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[Cmc23]

Ok everyone.. I just recently had Recell/PRP done by Dr.ahmed in glasgow for some scars.
I had recell done 8 days ago and Prp done yesterday. Well my scars look worst at the moment, I had an indent on my nose, a surgical liner scar and a burn scar on my cheek and another indented scar left by on my cheek as well. These scars aren't big but very noticable and bothersome to me so I traveled thousands of miles to get this procedure done by this doctor.

He seemed very kind and caring at first, he called me personally before I came in to see him and discussed about this treatment and all, he even arranged a pickup for me at the airport back to the hotel where i'm staying right now. But after I finished all these treatments he just walked me out of the door basically kicked me out in a nice way.. I had recell done on there regular business hours and the PRP a week later after recell at 9:30, he came into the clinic and opened it to perform the Prp for me and there was no nurse to help.

Dr.Ahmed also suggested to me on using some products for aftercare before I had these treatments, but he never gave me any and never mentioned after all the treatments were done. I paid him £3500. He also never told me that I would be expecting a drop off to the airport. Seems like he just wanted my money and did get it and then left me for dead but thats not the main problem.

My scar on my nose is more indented and deeper and wider now. I know its not going to heal up.. and the surgical scar and burn scar looks worst but bruised and now has more scars on it because of the needle holes the nurse and Dr.ahmed injected in to many times. I honestly don't think this treatment works, i\m not sure if it's the doctors skill or the treatment.. Or both? I wished I went to see Dr.Khan instead because he seems more knowledgeable, but after reading the scotsman article which now I think is a bullshit scam in order to gain publicity for us desparate people with impurity on our faces to go in to see this dishonest greedy man.

Dr.Ahmed guranteed me a 60-70% improvement, I would be lucky if I even got 30% but I don't think that will ever happen because my scars are worse now.. He did say it will take up to as long as 24 months to see full results, but come on minor results should be atleast visible and not worst.

I am not lying or making this up. I spent a total £5000 for my stay in glasgow for worst scarring.. I am now in a financial and heartbroken mess and theres nothing that can help now. Guys I honestly want to say that minor scars may be able to be improved but my scars are deep and seriously damaged.. Its going to be there forever.. I would suggest waiting for the government or someone with high credibility to say that there is a revolutionary treatment that can remove scars or improve scars greatly. I know that Dr.ahmed reads this forum but I don't care, he messed up and lied on my procedure and I want to let everyone else know my expierences.

I have tried too many procedures and treatments, all but the surgical excision was a failure. I just exchanged a scar for another with the excision. I honestly don't know what to do anymore.. You can say that I've tried the most "cutting edge, revoultion of skin regeneration treatment" and it didn't anything and even made it worst.

If my scars somehow miraculously does improve, which I highly doubt it. I will compensate but I know its not going to heal just like that.
Guys this isn't some magic potion here. Please wait for the FDA approval in the states first or go to Dr.Khan if you must, i'm sure you will have better chances with him then this Dr.Ahmed.

I have a urge to post my pictures up to fully back my expierence but in a sense, I don't want the whole world to laugh at me and know who I am for failing so miserably.. Life needs to go on everyone, I know it sucks with scars, but please think carefully first before you do anything regarding to surgery for scars unlike me. I fell for that scotsman article.

I will tell everyone how i'm healing in a couple of months. And sorry if there are spelling errors or sentencing mistakes, I didn't bother to go back and check I just wrote what I thoguht of and know at the moment.

[waitingforacure]

i just read ur whole story all i can say is u should give it more time..if u saw ernestoria's right after his procedure it did look alot worse for a few weeks and then it got much better..its a gradual process at least give it 2 to 3 weeks..but i understand your fustrations and pain..theres no quick gain with scars ever! and u got to be patient. im also thinking about going to London but to Khan...anyways wish u the best and thnx for sharing ur experience

[Cmc23]

Yes I did see ernestorias photos. This is a different doctor and likely a different treatment or method performed. Also a different individual with different scars.
I'm not the only one that has received poor results with recell. I'm positive that this is just all hype, Recell is more of a burn treatment I suspect.
Believe me I know my scars are not going to improve much, but I will reassure everyone in a good few months to confirm it 100%.
Please don;t waste your money guys. There are two types of doctors Ethical and non-ethical.

Edited by Cmc23, 08 October 2011 - 11:34 AM.

[gbl]

cmc i think you should post photos to back this up- people certainly wont laugh at you . or see YOU as a failure

i cant understand why your scars look deeper at all. mine didnt look worse when the dressing came off.

i also think dr ahmed should mention the aftercare products at an earlier point , mine came to about £120 but im glad i bought them as they do seem to be helping .

i think the lift back to the airport should have been clarified better if you were expecting it. I have to say I wouldnt expect a lift there or back .

I hope you do feel you can post your photos. Have you seen mine? I dont regret having the treatment.....

[Cmc23]

I had multiple areas treated, and while you only had your forehead scar treated. I had an indented scar on the tip of my nose and it looks deeper, wider and definetly more noticable now mainly because of needle injections I believe. The nose has less bloodflow then the face, so I really can't imagine it to just fill in and heal, although dr.ahmed did say it will in time.
gbl - I wasn't expecting a dropoff to the airport I only mentioned that it wasn't mentioned or offered to me as well as the aftercare products.I do think that it is important that the aftercare products be provided right after treatment and because i'm not from glasgow.

As for the other scars so far there are quite a few needle hole scars present, not sure if it will disapear in time but it does look worst than before. As for the texture and color, the burn scar is really white and kinda plumped up and the surgical line scar is still visible. So that being said it's hard to imagine that it will "virtually be gone in a year" My old scars are all still present.

Recell has listed that it will restore color and pigmentation to the way your surrounding normal skin looks. But all my scars are still there. As for the pictures i'm not too keen on that one because I don't want to expose myself. You can choose to believe it or not but I am honest with this. I might post the picture of the scar on my nose but maybe not others.

[Cmc23]

You know what? i'm not as brave as most of you people who are willing to post their pictures up for viewing. I have had these scars since I was very young and it changed me for the worse. I'm not too strong or brave ok.. I admit. So therefore, I don't want to harm anyones reputation or anything I just wanted to share my expierences here with this treatment and doctor. I will post my results in words in a few months hopefully and hopefully it will heal right and well but i'm not too optimistic on it..

[dialadate69]

Hi CMC thank you for your honest post. I would give it some more time before you make your final judgment. Hopefully everything will work out. If you post pics I do not think anyone will laugh at you. Your posts are helping allot of people figure out which treatments to seek. And if these doctors do read these forums it also keeps them on there best game when treating us. There reputations are at risk which is one reason I love these forums.

I would expect the area treated to be red for at least a few months. I remember after I had the affirm laser done on my scar it was red and swollen for weeks. Then did calm down complete for awhile. So give it time and please keep us all posted. I am also from the united states. I am making my decision to travel solely off this website. I do not trust any of these doctors’ claims or even the publicly traded corporation avita medicals claims. You guys are the only ones I trust. So thanks again all of you for your posts.

[Cmc23]

Just a quick update..
I have now noticed that the area on the tip of my nose has about 5-6 more tiny indents around the initial indented scar treated and the scar that was treated on the tip of my nose looks bigger now.. due to needle injecting, not sure why it was necessary to poke so many holes on that area. Reason why I noticed this late is because I had it covered in a dressing for a few days and blackheads started growing around that area and was kind of hard to notice but now I can see it at an angle.
The burn scar and surgical scar area is turning yellow and the burn scar is more white now.. I'm worried and I know its no use contacting Dr.ahmed because I know he will just say it will be fine in "time.."
Not sure if its infected or something. When I first had the Prp done, all treated areas turned white and now its turned yellow only on the burn scar and surgical scar area treated.
He also never told me what I should avoid and what not to do in order to protect the wounds.

My scars look the same as before I got treated only now it has more indented holes caused by needles and some color change. Like wtf? I feel that I have been experimented by an inexpierenced trolling doctor that charges more than what top surgeons charge.. I mean this sculpta clinic in glasgow has only been in business for 1 year only. I should have known better..

And in case if Dr.ahmd is reading this, why you wondered that I said I was pleased on how my scars were looking that day was because my dried blood was still covering my scars.. Thats why I thought my scars were gone and it was healed nicely.. You don't ask someone to write a testimonial before they clean there wounds. Thats just plain stupid in my opinion. After that nurse cleaned my wounds and I took a look at my scars, I then knew that Recell was too good to be true or perhaps used in the wrong hands.

Dr.ahmed himself insisted that I share my expierences on here, so I did, I didn't share my expieriences here for him but for others as well.

Edited by Cmc23, 09 October 2011 - 07:47 PM.

[gbl]

i feel really bad for you that you arent happy, and i dont know why your scars would be looking white or turning yelloe- mine are still pinkish even 6 weeks post procedure. Did you get antibiotics? I got a perscription for penecillin from Dr Ahmed to avoid infection. Also the ONE thing i could definitely say Recell worked on for me is the whiteness so i am really surprised and sad for you that yours seems white still

Did you have Recell on all the scars and then PRP into them a week later? It seems strange to mess with the scar by injecting it when its in the recovery phase from the Recell. Did you have PRP as in blood taken , or did he do a PRP-style thing by injecting with the stem cell solution (as he did in my case)

[Cmc23]

Yes I had the PRP done a week later after Recell. I had the PRP taken in blood then fused in the fuse thing which then had yellow liquid on top and blood on the bottom in a tube then injected into the treated areas. I recieved Ranbaxy Clarithromycin tablets and took 2 tablets twice a day for 1 week.
Gbl - What aftercare products did you get and when did you start to use the aftercare products after your treatment?

Edited by Cmc23, 10 October 2011 - 05:49 AM.

[gbl]

I was advised to get the milk cleanser, vit C serum, beta gel and pigment oil. I started using them after the dressing and scabs had fallen off, although they didnt have the pigment oil in stock so i got that about a week later.

I didnt have PRP so i dont know if any yellowing is normal or not. I thought you werent supposed to mess with the new skin surface tho thats why it seems weird to inject it but im not an expert.

By the way, im not brave. I posted my pics, yes because I'm hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. Yet i cant show my face to my own family. So you're not the only messed up one ) You may find that posting the pics gives you strength. It did me, because i had to battle to prove I was 'real' and laughing about that distracted nicely from all that fear and shame . People will be talking about your scar as an inanimate, objective thing rather than it being an emotionally-loaded, intrinsic part of your self/ personality.

[Cmc23]

Ya whatever either way i'm screwed.. I can't do anything to my scars for atleast 2 years due to non-stop surgery and treatments, need to let it heal and rest for a while..
I just got the aftercare products and managed to get them for free and not sure if it will help, maybe on normal skin and light scars but I doubt it will work for mine.. Thats the only good thing he's done so far the way I see it.. Not to mention all the other factors that were involved in this trip for Recell/PRP. I need to recover. But I won't lose hope even though its dim.
Btw gbl, I'll be in glasgow for 2 more days msg me if you want to meet up to see the pictures in my camera, I have been taking photos of it everyday so you can be my proof that i'm real and not lying in anyway. But I won't post them on internet at the moment.

Edited by Cmc23, 10 October 2011 - 07:49 AM.

[Cmc23]

Ok i'm now positive that there is another permanent scar on the tip of my nose that was treated, I now have 2 scars, the initial one is 2-3 times bigger now, and the extra one that I got from Dr.Ahmed was the size of my initial scar before I was needled many times. As for my other scars that was treated I see no improvement and believe that it will stay that way 95% positive. Also, there is a VERY noticable indent by my surgical scar caused my a needle which looks worst than before I was treated.

So I mean let alone recieving improvement, I got worst scarring. Fuck you dr.ahmed for lying and giving me more scars also making them worst..

Guys I basically took the bullet for you and tried this, if you do decide to proceed or are planning to see this doctor I warned and informed you.

[gbl]

hey. I know you're feeling upset but i honestly couldnt see that the scars looked worse than the before photos. The slight yellowing looked like a fading bruise from the prp. Obviously its your face and you notice tiny changes more and i only saw photos but it honestly didnt look worse to me. Like I said, do give it time. I was initially upset that my indent seemed unchanged, but 6 weeks on its changed A LOT. Nowhere in the Recell literature does it say there will be an improvement after 7 days.

I know you arent happy with dr ahmeds approach but i really think the doctor doesnt matter that much. They're ALL rich, they ALL drive nice cars and have nice watches, they ALL want to sell their services, and none of them have extensive experience with recell. The doctor doesnt matter. You research, you pay, you hope for the best. To you, the outcome wasnt worth it. (although i still say give it time)

I agree with you that Recell isnt the answer for all types of scarring. Its helped mine. It may help yours yet.

Have you rethought posting photos so other people can comment on whether they think it will improve or not?

[Cmc23]

Hi, as promised I would post back a few months prior my treatment of having this Recell and PRP treatment done. I had no noticeable improvements - basically no improvements.. That being said, my scars look worst, many icepick scars were formed due to needling which I think was unnecessarily and made the scar on my nose larger, also the scar behind my ear was created.
That's just me though..
From my experience and knowledge, I believe that this Recell treatment is used only for burns that are fresh - meaning right after you get burned, you get it done to have effective results.
I'm deeply disappointed in having this treatment performed by this Dr.Ahmed because he has promised me a false result - meaning he lied to me. It really is shocking to know that such highly educated and trained "Doctors" are willing to con paying patients for a paycheck, not just this Dr.Ahmed, there are many more doctors who practice the art of scam as well.

Lastly, I'm sorry if I have offended anyone on this board in the past. I really don't care anyways but just saying. In my opinion, the internet forums aren't a very good source to find treatments as there may be false advertising designed to lure you in. I hope that one day justice will be served and people do find an effective way to rid their scars for good. Thank-you and goodbye.

[gbl]

hey CMC im sorry to hear you havent seen any improvment since. And shocked actually that you have scars left from needling, especially bearing in mind the small size of needle used in a clinic. Is this anything anyone else has experienced? I scar really easily yet i have no sign of the needling Dr Ahmed did on my scar.

[guitarbandka]

thx for ur post ,cmc
and frankly
there ar no guaranteed treatments rite now
big money,small improvement,or even no improvement at all

[mrjarjarbinks77]

You just got to accept yourself. I am not paying for laser. I need to buy a house, finish school, and I want to travel. Not run up debt I can't pay for. Fillers is the only thing I will look at. I think stem cell research is the way of the future for us and scars but. not for decades.

[Cmc23]

Guitar: If It were only that simple as you said it is. I wouldn't have stressed this much if I had no improvements or whatsoever, Money and time wasted is nothing new to me. The thing is this Dr.Ahmad made my scars looking alot worst especially on the nasal area. Not to mention the scarring on the back of my ear (which was expected but just saying I got it for nothing..). That tells alot about this guy, he\s pretty disturbed inside the way I see it.. How can one do something like that to another person?

Jar: It is indeed easier to say than to do. We all want desiring lives but problems like these are harder than making a million or more dollars for an average individual in comparison I would say.. Also the psychological impact that it has on you that may well stay with you for the rest of your life. And out of curiosity, how are you so sure that it would take decades until a cure arrives?

Nothing but the truth.

[softly_softly]

Should have taken before and after pictures bro.