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[juicygirl]

I've posted so much about my cortisone dent so I'm sure some people are sick of hearing about it... but i can't express how depressed i am about it. I haven't gone out with my friends in about 4 months... since I got the corisone injection in March. My self confidence just doesn't exist anymore. Let me start by saying my skin is now perfectly clear at this time... other then this dent that is dead center in between my forehead a little above my eyebrows. I got restylane injected into it... which felt gross and disapeared after less then a month and i now have a dent once again. So that questions for anyone who knows what they are talking about..? i need all the help I can get. I am rediculously depressed. I'd be so happy if this dent wasn't here... I'd be out enjoying the summer nights. Its been 4 months since my injection and it basically looks like i have a finger print dent on my forehead..... i can feel the uneven dent and im getting so sad that this will be here forever.... even though i've read/heard that it goes away with time. Uh.. i am so depressed from waiting.

I was wondering....... Has anyone had any experience with Saline injections? Does a series of saline injections help the dent go away???

I feel like sometimes the dent looks better but in other mirrors.... not at all! I feel like the dent has gotten so much deeper and continues too. Uh this is horrible to me. I mean months have gone by and it just has gotten worse.

I know i've posted alot i'm sorry but any info that people have with experience with cortisone atrophy and with saline injections would be great. Thanks so much for anyone who is reading this/ responds.... any info what so ever would be great. Thank you. Juicy--

[jaden]

Did your dent ever go away? I have one too, its been3 weeks so far, and I am going to do saline injections. I am 38 so I am not sure if my skin will heal that fast.
Please give me any information that might help me, this is very distressing.
I also have hyperpigmentation on the dent.

pm me if you like.

[sam245]

Juicygirl, now that it's been a few years, did the dent eventually fill in? I saw that you were very distressed about it in many posts, but that you haven't mentioned it recently. Hopefully it's cleared up and is a distant memory! I have one now and am just wondering what I should expect.

[lena2]

Hi Juicy Girl,
I had saline injections for a dent on my face from a huge pustule and I have had almost 100% improvement on the indentation. It's still there but almost completely filled in - I can still see it in certain light but barely. I had only 2 injections and I had the first injection only days after I noticed my skin was denting. So - the dent was not from cortisone, just from how my skin healed. But - I am posting this because I would encourage you to try it. I had Restylane as well to fill in another dent and it's still a nightmare. I wish I had tried the saline first.

[sharnell]

lena2 where did you get the saline injections done? I would like to get them done but I'm on the East Coast, only West Coast doctors seem to do them

[DC-girl]

Yes, I second that! Where did you have the saline injections done at? I've heard of people on here doing it themselves too..............

[mellyjelly]

I'll try to keep this short and sweet as I have a way of rambling sometimes....but this IS a SUCCESS story, so if you are looking for hope please keep reading!
I'm 30-something, had mild acne with occassional serious deep pimples (cystic) for years. I started seeing a derm a few years ago who would inject the larger breakouts with cortisone injections (kenalog). It worked well for years, until last year when I did a double treatment on one specific area. Within a few days the cyst went down, but the skin around the area began to SINK! I panicked and searched all over the internet for WTF this was, and how I could fix it. I learned that too much cortisone can break down the collagen and cause either a temporary or possibly PERMANENT atrophe (or indent). Ahhh!!! I talked to my derm to told me the only thing he could suggest was cosmetic fillers, which are expensive and need to be done routinely to keep up the effect. I couldn't afford it and was devastated...until I came across a post somewhere, can't even remember where, a girl in the exact same situation discovered this link online. It's to a medical study that shows the use of inexpensive, completely harmless SALINE injections can improve the look of these dents. So I sent my derm the link and begged him to try it. He saw no harm in it, and actually didn't even charge me. Although the article recommended 5ccs of saline, I was chicken and told him to start with 2.5ccs (he said 5cc would cause ALOT of swelling, although it would be completely temporary). So we did 2.5ccs and YES, it did swell to the size of a round dime, and then completely went down within 2 hours. We did it once every 10 days, 4 times in total and the results even impressed him. It is now 9 months later and I just started noticing a slight indent starting again. I just went back for another 2.5ccs and I expect the same results as before. Check out my pictures, it really works. Send your doctor this link today, it could be your solution!! Good luck!!
http://onlinelibrary....31216/abstract

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[LillyMay77]

Some dents from cortisone are permanent.

[sadpotatoes]

Is there a way to tell if the dent is actually filling up or if it's going to be permanent? After I had a large cyst on my cheek injected 2 weeks ago it started to rapidly deflate and I was left with a dent. Now I feel like the center of it is starting to become a defined point which leads me to think that it's permanent!

I have small acne scars but I've never had a large scar like this before and I'm freaking out. I don't want to rush to do something to it but I also can't stand looking at it! Has anyone ever experienced this and actually had it fill up eventually? Or am I screwed... :'(

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Edited by sadpotatoes, 17 September 2012 - 08:05 PM.

[girl11]

I am going through the same thing now too. I had a dent happen once, and I said I won't do it again. It filled in that time eventually. But then I thought maybe that was just a one-time thing, had a pimple injected 2 weeks ago, and now the skin is starting to sink in I am scared it's just going to get worse and worse. It's on my lower cheek. I'm pregnant, so I can't do injections but I would just have to give it time anyway and hope it fills in after a couple months. It's just so depressing. Do you know how many times the derm has said 'oh we can do a cortisone injection' and I said 'no because I'm afraid of a dent'. WHY would they think getting rid of a pimple fast is worth the stupid dent? UGH. What's worse is that I always felt like I seemed like a parnaoid freak when I said I was afraid of a dent and always refusing it and pushing for an extraction. I was right though, i know myself best. I'm just mortified. If it stays the way it looks now without getting worse, it is not too bad. But I know it's capable of sinking more with time, so that's what I'm terrified of. This was not worth a quick fix.

Edited by girl11, 23 September 2012 - 07:51 AM.

[Njmom]

Hi ladies - just wondering if the cystic "dents" ever cleared up? I just got my first shot today and I'm so nervous my skin is going to get a huge dentation now. My derm used kenalog, but swears low dosage. Were your dents caused by 1 low dose too? Hope you're all doing well!!

[CNA7]

A dent is only caused by your dermatologist who did not use the correct solution. If they use 5ml/cc (which is the highest dose) -- that can risk indention's. If they use a mixture of saline and cortisone at 3.75ml/cc you should be ok (thats what I get and I have never had an indention). If you have anyone to blame ladies, its your dermatologist -- not yourself. There are ways to fix indention's (not sure if there is an actual procedure name, but I know cosmetic surgeons can remove a small amount of body fat from somewhere else and inject it into the dent to fill it out). That being worst case scenario.