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I went to Dr Ruiz in tijuana like some others here did, and I am happy with the results. Out of all the time and money spent on trying to improve my scars, PMMA injections were the best. I had rolling scars, the PMMA won't work on ice pick scars.
The cost was $400, and the first time there was 70% improvement on the scars. There was minimal swelling (hardly any really) and no discomfort at all except for the injections. I had it done a few days ago, and all the swelling went down and I have these purple dots on my face where he injected, but they are starting to go away. I have to go back so he get can some spots he missed, but this is free of charge. I am hoping once he gets the spots he missed I will have up to 80-90% improvement.
I went to Dr Ruiz because of what the member "jgroove" posted, and I 'm glad I took his advice. I live in Southern California, but Tijuana is still 4 hours away, so I stayed in a hotel in San Diego, Best Western Americana, and they have a free shuttle to Dr Ruiz' or any other doctor in Tijuanas office, so you don't have to worry about the border hassles driving across.
This is the only thing that showed so much improvement, so I recommend it before you try dermabrasion or laser. You can email me if you have any questions. Sorry, I didn't take before and after pictures, but I should have.
I went to Dr Ruiz in tijuana like some others here did, and I am happy with the results. Out of all the time and money spent on trying to improve my scars, PMMA injections were the best. I had rolling scars, the PMMA won't work on ice pick scars.
The cost was $400, and the first time there was 70% improvement on the scars. There was minimal swelling (hardly any really) and no discomfort at all except for the injections. I had it done a few days ago, and all the swelling went down and I have these purple dots on my face where he injected, but they are starting to go away. I have to go back so he get can some spots he missed, but this is free of charge. I am hoping once he gets the spots he missed I will have up to 80-90% improvement.
I went to Dr Ruiz because of what the member "jgroove" posted, and I 'm glad I took his advice. I live in Southern California, but Tijuana is still 4 hours away, so I stayed in a hotel in San Diego, Best Western Americana, and they have a free shuttle to Dr Ruiz' or any other doctor in Tijuanas office, so you don't have to worry about the border hassles driving across.
This is the only thing that showed so much improvement, so I recommend it before you try dermabrasion or laser. You can email me if you have any questions. Sorry, I didn't take before and after pictures, but I should have.
im glad you took the chance and went for a new and interesting procedure. i must admit, you need to give it more than 4 days before you make a definitive statement, as you would still be left with swelling. between week 3 and 8, you should start to see your real results.
Anyone around this thread see any good results with pmma? I was browsing my plastic surgeons site and came across the part where he does these injections. I'm sure everyone here is long gone but it worth a shot to me. Out of all the fillers this one seems to be the best although I have just started researching it within the past day or two.
Here I what his site says:
PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) fillers contain about 20 percent of tiny PMMA microspheres that are suspended in 80 percent purified collagen gel. This substance, considered semi-permanent, can be removed. PMMA is most often used to treat medium-to-deep wrinkles, folds and furrows, particularly nasolabial folds. It can also be used to fill out pitted scars and to augment thin lips. PMMA has been used for many years in permanent surgical implants. Because of this, your surgeon will likely under-fill on the first treatment, adding more later if needed. Brand names include: Articol, Artefill, Metacrill.
It that's what it takes then ill go that route, I only have a couple scars and if they can be filled in once a year with results that are up to my standards, it's better than walking around all nervous of my face when I'm outside or in that lighting that makes it 10x worse, y'all know what I'm talking about.
Are you sure that link is about PMMA??
I don't speak Portuguese but the title says rhinoplasty and it's all pictures of peoples noses falling off.
All those pictures show the result of rejection by the body after injections of PMMA, especially on the nose. The worst case refers to the treatment of nasolabial fold.
There is a button on left side of the page, 8 inches below the title, to the Google Translator. You can translate it to English ( Ingles ).
It is a victim's web page, who collected those cases from the internet, so it is not totally reliable, but she provides some links to the sources. One of the links is a report on the Brazilian Board of Plastic Surgery web site. You can use google translator again.
Based on the article, this was not "rejection" of the material per se, but a vascular occlusion which caused subsequent necrosis. This can happen with any filler, because if you hit an artery and inject into it, it will block blood flow and cause tissue death.
PMMA is the chemical name for products like Artefill, which is the only approved permanent filler in the US.
Based on the article, this was not "rejection" of the material per se, but a vascular occlusion which caused subsequent necrosis. This can happen with any filler, because if you hit an artery and inject into it, it will block blood flow and cause tissue death.
Do you have any idea what the likelihood/occurrence of this is??
I don't really get how you can hit an artery, surely the injection should only be a couple of mm into the skin.