OK so I got my first subsicion with Dr R. I know he has a few bad reviews for being money hungry but he didn't push lasers on me which I didn't want. Its the fourth day since the treatment and all of the scars treated are very bruised and raised still. Is this normal? I was supposed to go back to work tomorrow but will have to get temporary disability because I look like I got shotgunned in the face.

what type of scarring did you have this done on?

Doctor said mostly rolling and some boxcar scars.

keep us updated as subcison is meant for rolling scars but not much for box scars. i have box scars also so im curious . for you box scars did he mention a filler of any sort? subcision and filler provide good results

Will do. I'm just worried because its taking a lot longer than expected to heal. He actually recommended subcision and for the next treatment subcision and fraxel to smooth out the edges of the boxcar scars. Which does make sense. He wants to monitor how much my scars improve by subcision alone and asses from there. He is expensive. Altogether it was $915 for one treatment which comes with a small cylindrical suction device to help the results.

I did get all or most of my scars treated. From what I can count about 25 mostly on my cheeks and some by the temple area. Maybe the fact that everything was treated at once is slowing down my recovery.

Even tho I haven't gotten a response from my original concern I would like to update this thread as it could be helpful to someone. The raised areas looked a bit better today and overall my face is less swollen. Undereyes are more purple for some reason. I'm guessing the bruising travels where it can dissipate easier. Something interesting I've noticed, the raised areas are exactly where my true rolling scars were. Also I can see some of the boxcars laying right on top of the bruises. My scarring was complex, meaning a combination of some boxcar on top of rolling scars. So as suspected subcision doesn't do much for boxcar scars since the edges are very pronounced. It kind of fills the whole area but the actual |____| doesn't truly go away. I'm still very bruised but a little more positive since I have a feeling bruising correlates with results.

I'm a male but was thinking of applying some concealer to do some grocery shopping. If anyone could help with that it would be appreciated as well.

Hey I had subcision with him this week too. Did you use the suction thing? I'm a little freaked out to use it over all this swelling..