Drewboy,

It is funny...I did not realize Dr. Lam was in Dallas. I had been assuming you were treated by Dr. Alkek, especially with the texas state avatar (bad assumption on my part). I will have a look into it. Thanks.

 

Dan,

I saw you are thinking about seeing Dr. Lam. Like you, I have seen Dr. Alkek. What would make you want to go to Dr. Lam vs. Dr. Alkek? I cannot say either way what my results are with Alkek yet, but I feel I should be having better results right now. Also, Dr. Alkek seemed to think this would be my last session...and in my opinion if the treatment works, I want to do it until it does not make sense anymore. I would guess that is a few more treatments at the least. I would think the first few sessions are "filling" sessions and the subsequent ones would but "tuning" sessions. These scars are very very sensitive to light and need very good correction to remedy that issue.

set my next appointment for july 15th. Ill have some pics for you guys then.

Does Dr. Lam then recommend a 2 month interval? This seems about right. The treatment I had done a few days back look pretty good right now, but I think its probably still the swelling I am just keeping my finger crossed that it will look like this permanently. It is an exciting treatment for sure.

I have had CO2, dermabrasion, subcision, artecoll, professional dermarolling, retin-A, and now silicone. I bet I have done some other things as well that I forgot....jeez, looking back this crazy.

WOW.. DREWBOY : still remember me ? i ever chat with u in msn long long ago.. now i see your face again ... excelent progress bro .... how's ur day now ?

Hey Bama, can you tell us more about the Artecoll injections you had. Your description of your scars sounds very similar to mine. I;m going in for a consultation on thursday and i am strongly considering this option.

First off, how much did they cost (I live in Canada).

Also how much improvement percentage wise did you think you had with your scars (25%, 50%?)

I'm really looking forward to your reply,and i'm really excited to try artecoll and i just wanted to know how it worked out for you.

Oh, and one more thing. DId your derm make you try collagen injections on your scars before you did your Artcoll injections. My derm told me that it's best to try collagen first to make sure that i like it. This kind of concerns me. When he told me this i thought why wouldn't i like the look of it if its back to surface level. I dont know if he's trying to get me to do collagen because he wants more money from me, or if its really necessary before trying artecoll. Id like to hear your thoughts on this.

thanks,

rob

Bama - Dr. Alkek did a great job and in his opinion I am done with the treatments. As we all have discussed, we are all our greatest critics and I still have several spots that I want one touch-up round so I have considered a consult with another dr. for one more touchup. From what I recall, it did take several rounds before I began seeing some improvement on the surface because I had so much tissue loss and subsurface scarring that it must have taken some time for the subsurface areas to begin filling and then push the skin upwards so it would make a visual change. At any rate, it was a long process and I had to be very patient.

well said Dan, Im in the same boat as you. If you choose to have Dr. Lam inject yoru silicone next, please let me know how it goes for you. Im going in on the 15th of next month.

Hi there,

I would like to share some info concerning my treatment with a

permanent filler (ISP/PMS) for my acne scarring five months ago.

The treatment was without much positive result. Most of the dimples are still there

and and they are now accompanied by little lumps surrounding them, overcompensation.

I mean, on spots where there wern't any lumps before.

Also when I laugh I feel tension on some some treated areas. My idea is that the filler is

brought in to closely under the skins surface.

My attending doctor says there is not much he can do about it. (This clinic said to be one

of the best in my country)

If I would have known the end result would be like this I would have never done it.

I would like to get in contact with this dr Lam, because I would like to know if there

is a possible way to treat my case. For both the dimples (tissue loss) as well as the

lumps (overcompensation).

Best J

Hi there,

 

I would like to share some info concerning my treatment with a

permanent filler (ISP/PMS) for my acne scarring five months ago.

 

The treatment was without much positive result. Most of the dimples are still there

and and they are now accompanied by little lumps surrounding them, overcompensation.

I mean, on spots where there wern't any lumps before.

Also when I laugh I feel tension on some some treated areas. My idea is that the filler is

brought in to closely under the skins surface.

My attending doctor says there is not much he can do about it. (This clinic said to be one

of the best in my country)

If I would have known the end result would be like this I would have never done it.

 

I would like to get in contact with this dr Lam, because I would like to know if there

is a possible way to treat my case. For both the dimples (tissue loss) as well as the

lumps (overcompensation).

 

Best J

Hi there,

 

I would like to share some info concerning my treatment with a

permanent filler (ISP/PMS) for my acne scarring five months ago.

 

The treatment was without much positive result. Most of the dimples are still there

and and they are now accompanied by little lumps surrounding them, overcompensation.

I mean, on spots where there wern't any lumps before.

Also when I laugh I feel tension on some some treated areas. My idea is that the filler is

brought in to closely under the skins surface.

My attending doctor says there is not much he can do about it. (This clinic said to be one

of the best in my country)

If I would have known the end result would be like this I would have never done it.

 

I would like to get in contact with this dr Lam, because I would like to know if there

is a possible way to treat my case. For both the dimples (tissue loss) as well as the

lumps (overcompensation).

 

Best J

now for the ultimate test...how does your skin look in sunlight?

I will speak for myself, but in the sunlight mine is pretty good. Directional light is the worst...and the sunlight tends to be closer to omnidirectional due to reflection off other surfaces (but not always).

Club and bar lighting...now thats where my problem is!

I will speak for myself, but in the sunlight mine is pretty good. Directional light is the worst...and the sunlight tends to be closer to omnidirectional due to reflection off other surfaces (but not always).

 

Club and bar lighting...now thats where my problem is!

According to him, silicone can be used for ice pick scars as well

Drewboy:

Did you do self-needling? maybe u didnt get good results because of this. What are you thoughts on needling?

that's what i meant...directional and not as potent as sunlight. like under a light post, or whatever the hell they're called

According to him, silicone can be used for ice pick scars as well

 

 

 

Drewboy:

 

Did you do self-needling? maybe u didnt get good results because of this. What are you thoughts on needling?

Drew Boy : I just did diamond fraise dermabrasion in November 2007 with local derm here, so now it has been 6 months after dermabrasion ... good recovery, i see good improvement from it, satisfied with the result

maybe i dont want to do any harsh treatment again hehehe dermabrasion is very very long recovery for me .. it needs about 1-2 months to re-gain all of my skin pigment

I am interest with dermaroller, but still didnt find a very dramatic picture from dermaroller. It's very high cost to do some dermaroller treatment here. But Fraxel is the most expensive.

Now I dont think I need silicone micro, because I dont have any depressed scar. I just think about 4-5 session of photorejuvenation to make my face more even out. Just it !!!

Good luck with you Drew Boy

drewboy: i love dr. lam's videos he is so thorough. he even my husband who hates listening to my scar rants and plans for procedures was drawn to dr. lam because his very clean, exact way of explaining things.

aside from that i have a question. is silicone dangerous in anyway? like can we develop cancer or die from this later?

drewboy: i love dr. lam's videos he is so thorough. he even my husband who hates listening to my scar rants and plans for procedures was drawn to dr. lam because his very clean, exact way of explaining things.

 

aside from that i have a question. is silicone dangerous in anyway? like can we develop cancer or die from this later?

Dr. Lam doesn't know what he's talking talking about. According to the video he says the purpose of dermabrasion and lasers is too sand down the normal level of skin to the abnormal level, which is untrue. The purpose of lasers and dermabrasion is to stimulate the pitted areas (abnormal level) so it'll fill with collagen and be leveled with the normal level. Not vice versa. Watch out for this guy.

Dr. Lam doesn't know what he's talking talking about. According to the video he says the purpose of dermabrasion and lasers is too sand down the normal level of skin to the abnormal level, which is untrue. The purpose of lasers and dermabrasion is to stimulate the pitted areas (abnormal level) so it'll fill with collagen and be leveled with the normal level. Not vice versa. Watch out for this guy.

Naitch obviously doesnt know what he is talking about. Dermabrasion is exactly what dr. Lam said, in which you sand down the edges of the scar to make the skin more even with the scar. I think you may be refering to needling.

Dr. Lam doesn't know what he's talking talking about. According to the video he says the purpose of dermabrasion and lasers is too sand down the normal level of skin to the abnormal level, which is untrue. The purpose of lasers and dermabrasion is to stimulate the pitted areas (abnormal level) so it'll fill with collagen and be leveled with the normal level. Not vice versa. Watch out for this guy.

My worst lighting is in front of a large mirror in late day/dusk sunlight near a window, especially with my head turned at an angle so as to really catch the shadows. In this lighting they look very very sevre.

mine as well ylem, keep the silicone discussion alive guys, I feel that this is one of the better treatments that offers real world results.