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Cortisone Shots Gone Wrong

guppy45 · 2012-12-17T22:54:26Z

I know this topic has been covered multiple times before but I wanted put out a warning and vent a little. ) I visited my derm to get an ingrown hair drained. He offered cortisone. I told him I was afraid of the side effects, the denting due to atrophy of the fatty tissues (I have read way too much about this stuff over the last 12 years of issues). He told me it was a very diluted dose and that if it did dent it should go away in a few weeks. I was still hesitant. Then he asked "Do you want it gone?" I said yes. It was probably the worst decision of my life. 1. It's not just the dose that determines the denting but also the technique. 2. There's no way to judge a doctors injection technique before being injected. 3. A doctor with a brilliant mind for connecting the dots and solving our issues may have hands of stone and not the delicate hands of an artist. He plunged that needle into my face. I was shocked by just how deep he went. IMHO, definitely into subcutaneous tissue. Then a second shot which I truly didn't expect. I trusted him cause he is the best doctor I ever had in other areas. 3.5 months later I still have two dents in my face. I've been a shut-in and really have stopped enjoying life. A follow-up visit didn't help. The solutions offered were to cut out the dent/scar and replace it with a slightly better scar or microneedling where the derm jabs your face with a needle to stimulate collagen growth. If there's scar tissue they can also try to jab away at it to break it up. People will say they've had cortisone shots in their face and everything went fine and I'm sure this is true but they were gambling. Bad technique and your face can be ruined. It's called a cortisone injury and it can be so severe that the body may not recover to normalcy. As you all know cortisone doesn't just reduce inflammation it causes other tissues to atrophy. I'm going to try some non-invasive approaches in January as a last ditch effort to save the day. I really hope & pray it works. With all my other skin issues I've always been able to find a solution but atrophic dents are the trickiest to solve and there's not many solid solutions on the web. American doctors, in general, are WAY too eager to give steroids. Almost like their bored unless they can break out the cortisone and stick you with needles. So if you're offered cortisone injections you may want to consider holding off. You can always go back to the derm a week later and get the shot if needed but it may turn out that some antibiotics(topical & oral) will heal you up fine. I wish I had stayed on that route. If anyone has any success fixing their dens/redness caused by cortisone over many months (over 4 months) please let me know your solutions. I'm open to all non-invasive approaches. Fasting, topical, excercise microcurrent etc. It seemed that saline solution was seen as merely a temporary solution on these boards...

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oilydave 94

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Posted : 03/06/2013 6:27 pm

High risk, high reward. Emma Stone revealed in a interview she used to have really bad acne, even went on tane at one point, and has gotten a lot of cortisone shots. Her skin is gorgeous and has no signs of previous acne.

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lazylizard

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Posted : 08/04/2013 6:15 pm

Okay I decided to reply again to give you my results. I was always frustrated that people didnt follow up on their progress. I was under the name shraddhaji before (lotus flower picture). I am happy to say my cortisone shot dent in my cheek is complexity gone! I had three saline injection and I was so obsessed about it I would squeeze it to get blood into it all day long. It has been 6 months and it is completely gone and it was deep. So yes they can resolve so please stay hopeful and get those saline injections!

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Dayne Carter

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Posted : 01/30/2014 9:41 pm

i want to get a shot for a raised scar but i am scared

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tracy 521

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Posted : 01/31/2014 10:14 am

i want to get a shot for a raised scar but i am scared

i think for the raised scars they usually start out lower to avoid any sort of dent but ask to be sure. you can always go back and get more later on. '

here is an interesting story i found for you to read on here:

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guppy 45

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Posted : 12/31/2014 4:57 pm

I wanted to update this thread. I had some improvement through non-invasive treatment but I am still dented. Still have a dent(s) that gets even worse when I smile and that area does't look smooth.

I'm going to keep trying to find a solution this year.

Question: Is subcision much different than the effect of the dermapen or dermaroller?

I'm starting to think my dimples are tethered and that perhaps microneedling will help. I'm going to see some doctors to get their opinion on whether my dent is tethered or not.

A friend says I have PTSD from the day it happened and I think he's right. Every time I look in the mirror I'm reminded of it and often relive what happened. It's over two years now and he mangled my face when there was no need to. I didn't even want the treatment. He pushed it.

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