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BA was a good skin enthusiast and a valuable member of this forum.Despite of him having a degree or not, he understood alot about scarring and scar treatments.This guyspent alot oftime here helping others and giving his opinions and assistance in free will for a very long period of time.
He summarized and organized important topics, case studies, testimonials and so on. Not only that, he never created or give false expectations towards anybody about scar treatments.. Things scalated, he became recognized here, not only by members, but by surgeons and other scar specialists that lurks around herebecause of the assistance he provided for years in this forum.
His image started to be directly related to these dermatologists and surgeons, but i really do believe he never had any type of business with any of those who he recommended treatment, i really thinkhe did because he believed they were good professionals.
This guy really spent alot of time here, hours and hours a day "working" in this forum. Specially in this section, for free and on his own, sometimes with the aid of several members, but he was here all day, everyday, andthats of course,unsustainable. As a stated before, he probably never expected things to scalate like it did, and after a while decided to monetize with his knowledge.
Despite having a degree or not, i dont think this is unethicalif his customers are aware of who he isand are alerted and not deluded with false expectations, which, i never saw him doing by here.
I saw the birth and death of BA in this forum. And i believe that not only me butseveral members would agree that this forum is worse without him. He helped alot of peopledespite any mistake he did, and that should be recognized.
Its very sad to see so many negative judgement about him, and even tho i think he should persue a academic degreeif he want to monetize in this field(if he doesnt have), i think he did a very positive impact in this forum.
can not agree more. I felt kind of safe when he was there. I cant givea proper word so I would choose 'safe'.
He is an absolute legend of this forum, and its totally dead without him right now.Scar Treatments forum = BA, for me.
Nowadays I see new members posting here and they have 0 replies in their threads. It wasnt a thing back in the days.
@MiroBA isbeautifulambition
12 minutes ago, Lany said:@MiroBA isbeautifulambition
Hes still no doctor, he could also be a Pigfarmer. He always pushes the same doctors to people and has a business with them, hes making money with us. Now hes even making more money as he has awebsite where he charges a lot of money for a videoconsultation, which is actually BS because you also just could visit a doctor and get a consultation there. Even if you get a treatmentplan from BA it doesnt mean that the doctor will think it is the best idea. BA is no doc ! He has his reasons why hes not showing us his identity. BAstreatmentplans werent that individual as well . He always say the same stuff,6-8 sub, TCA RfM and laser at the end. He even tells this to people whohave shallow scars like I did... and yeah my scars/ texture are worse now.No need to pay money for that.
Yes, I know, he is not Doctor. Some things he wrote makes sense and were useful.
Some things sound suspicios, like 8 subcissions, not sure why someone needs that many.
Dr. Rullan andDr. Emilalso were added recently to his website in line with Dr. Lim and Dr. Weiner. I asked Dr. Rullan directly if he is awarethat someone posted his picture to this "acnescars"website. He looked surprised with my question and answer was yes.
3 hours ago, Lany said:Yes, I know, he is not Doctor. Some things he wrote makes sense and were useful.
Some things sound suspicios, like 8 subcissions, not sure why someone needs that many.
Dr. Rullan andDr. Emilalso were added recently to his website in line with Dr. Lim and Dr. Weiner. I asked Dr. Rullan directly if he is awarethat someone posted his picture to this "acnescars"website. He looked surprised with my question and answer was yes.
Yep. If the first treatment shows no improvement, why would the 2nd or 3rd treatment would? I have never understood that logic.
The thing that I personally believe is most sorely missed about BA is the sticky thread he had, which was essentially a huge post of information and, IIRC, links to the literature and other sources.
I've been here for years, but have been browsing a lot more recently as I started getting serious about treatment,and notice that with so many of the new threads asking for help, a lot of these new posters seeking help simply don't have even basic understanding of acne scars - which is fine, that's why they're here, but the thread went a long way to help these people.
If we consider the fact that the purpose of this place is primarily a source for information (at least that's my perception), there should be some type of compilation of useful information - literature, videos, etc.
That sticky thread went a long way with giving people the information they need, and as a reference point. It would also help people replying, for example, BA would give a reply with useful information but also state 'refer to the sticky' in order to save effort trying to repeatedly explain the same stuff in detail.
E.g. a new person posts with rolling scars - its a lot of effort trying to explain the scar type, trying to explain fibrotic bands, trying to explain why subcision is often the best, and how it works. Its much easier saying 'you have rolling scars, which will likely need subcision before anything else, refer to x thread for more info.' I guess technically one could still post that, but having a dedicated thread to refer to, and for lurkers to read, would go a long way. Everytime I come here I miss that thread.
I understand this place is all unpaid moderators, maybe we can all collaborate and get a page of useful resources? Even simply links. What are peoples thoughts?
EDIT: I just realised that there is a useful articleon the right hand side of the page, though its pretty basic;the thread was still much better IMO, and having a compilation of links would still be useful. Oh and the list of acne scar specialists was amazing.
On 5/22/2021 at 6:18 PM, Candy Says said:can not agree more. I felt kind of safe when he was there. I cant givea proper word so I would choose 'safe'.
He is an absolute legend of this forum, and its totally dead without him right now.Scar Treatments forum = BA, for me.
Nowadays I see new members posting here and they have 0 replies in their threads. It wasnt a thing back in the days.
I'm posting less mainly because there's nothing new to discuss. The available treatments are still the same, and the community has reached some degree of consensus on what the best treatments are
2 hours ago, Skin Pessimist said:I'm posting less mainly because there's nothing new to discuss. The available treatments are still the same, and the community has reached some degree of consensus on what the best treatments are
Exactly , only thing that keeps me coming back is scarless healing , i wanna know if there will be something new in scar treatments , like this microcoring altough i keep my expectationslow , also what i d like to see people sharing their thoughts on drs , otherwise its still the same .
On 5/31/2021 at 7:44 PM, Miro said:Exactly , only thing that keeps me coming back is scarless healing , i wanna know if there will be something new in scar treatments , like this microcoring altough i keep my expectationslow , also what i d like to see people sharing their thoughts on drs , otherwise its still the same .
Same, honestly. Or at least a new, more effective treatment
On 5/23/2021 at 11:38 AM, Jason2121 said:Even if you get a treatmentplan from BA it doesnt mean that the doctor will think it is the best idea.
This confused me too even if he gives you a treatment plan, he cannot perform that treatment plan. Your dermatologist may have a completely different idea and treatment plan. So whats the point?
I have recently visited BA's website and I can tell you that he has the best information out there about treatments. Just read his tca cross or subcision articles. One could really tell he knows what he's talking about regardless of whetherhe treats scars himself or not. Plus he has the backing of some of the doctors known for specializing in treating scars predominantly and we just shouldn't take them or BA for granted. Truth is acne scar correction is a long difficult and often times unsafisfying process so many doctors prefer to do their botox and filler treatments for aging skin, and an occasional laser as the only option for scars.
I think the valuable about BA is that he has much more experience and desire to help than the regular dermatologist. The value of his plan is to give you direction not a perfect plan to execute. He can save you a tonof frustration by guiding you to the right treatments(usually manual work first) and doctors for you.It amazes me how little people know about scars and equate scar treatment with laser treatment.Or you can do it the hard way - get a couple of lasers done firstand then find out lasers alone have beencomletely useless.
I'm not defending BA I do wish he was a bit more transparent but we can't deny he's valuable for thescar community.
I am going so send him photos in different angles for evaluation. I think he can give me valuable advice as to what treatments I should get in what order, or at least offer a second opinion ontreatments already suggested to me.
3 hours ago, JaysonC said:I have recently visited BA's website and I can tell you that he has the best information out there about treatments. Just read his tca cross or subcision articles. One could really tell he knows what he's talking about regardless of whetherhe treats scars himself or not. Plus he has the backing of some of the doctors known for specializing in treating scars predominantly and we just shouldn't take them or BA for granted. Truth is acne scar correction is a long difficult and often times unsafisfying process so many doctors prefer to do their botox and filler treatments for aging skin, and an occasional laser as the only option for scars.
I think the valuable about BA is that he has much more experience and desire to help than the regular dermatologist. The value of his plan is to give you direction not a perfect plan to execute. He can save you a tonof frustration by guiding you to the right treatments(usually manual work first) and doctors for you.It amazes me how little people know about scars and equate scar treatment with laser treatment.Or you can do it the hard way - get a couple of lasers done firstand then find out lasers alone have beencomletely useless.
I'm not defending BA I do wish he was a bit more transparent but we can't deny he's valuable for thescar community.
I am going so send him photos in different angles for evaluation. I think he can give me valuable advice as to what treatments I should get in what order, or at least offer a second opinion ontreatments already suggested to me.
How bout u do it easy way , find dr that is specialist in acne scar revision and follow his plan
1 hour ago, Miro said:How bout u do it easy way , find dr that is specialist in acne scar revision and follow his plan
Chances are the doctor you will first see will not be an acne scar specialist. Like in my case I had treatments which didn't do a thing for my scars like glycolic peels 70% and fraxel laser. These specialists in scars you mentioned are 4-5 in the world and not everybody can afford them or have their knowledge. BA has the backing of most of them and can turn for advice to them I suppose.
I still might travel to Rullan for the deep peel in the end we shall see but in the meantime BA is very knowledgeable,his comments here are most enlightening so it wouldn't hurt to have his opinion on my scars and what will work best I guess.
46 minutes ago, JaysonC said:Chances are the doctor you will first see will not be an acne scar specialist. Like in my case I had treatments which didn't do a thing for my scars like glycolic peels 70% and fraxel laser. These specialists in scars you mentioned are 4-5 in the world and not everybody can afford them or have their knowledge. BA has the backing of most of them and can turn for advice to them I suppose.
I still might travel to Rullan for the deep peel in the end we shall see but in the meantime BA is very knowledgeable,his comments here are most enlightening so it wouldn't hurt to have his opinion on my scars and what will work best I guess.
BA is this your new account ?
45 minutes ago, JaysonC said:Chances are the doctor you will first see will not be an acne scar specialist. Like in my case I had treatments which didn't do a thing for my scars like glycolic peels 70% and fraxel laser. These specialists in scars you mentioned are 4-5 in the world and not everybody can afford them or have their knowledge. BA has the backing of most of them and can turn for advice to them I suppose.
I still might travel to Rullan for the deep peel in the end we shall see but in the meantime BA is very knowledgeable,his comments here are most enlightening so it wouldn't hurt to have his opinion on my scars and what will work best I guess.
He adviced me not to do subcision + genius on same day , Lim , Emil , Weiner tell u its nonsense , they all do it , Emil told me , who told you this ? BA will givu u plan , he s not dr , he hasnt seen you in person , didnt touch ur skin , no dr in the world will follow his plan , drs are responsible for their treatments they make their own plans . U think u come to some dr Rullan and he will suggest to do something and then he changes his mind cause BA said something diff, serious Lee ?
52 minutes ago, JaysonC said:These specialists in scars you mentioned are 4-5 in the world and not everybody can afford them or have their knowledge. BA has the backing of most of them and can turn for advice to them I suppose.
I still might travel to Rullan for the deep peel in the end we shall see but in the meantime BA is very knowledgeable,his comments here are most enlightening so it wouldn't hurt to have his opinion on my scars and what will work best I guess.
I don't understand, first you say there's only 4-5 acne scar specialists in the world and not everyone can afford to visit them, so that's why you want to send BA pictures of your scars for advice, and then 1 sentence later you say you're gonna visit Rullan (a known acne scar specialist) for a deep peel.
When you send pictures of your scars to BA and he offers you a completely different plan, what will you do then? Listen to the Dr that is going to treatyou or someone who to this day remains anonymous?
I'm not questioning BA's knowledge, certainly he understands acne scars better than the average dermatologist which is nice, but you're not visiting an average dermatologist, you're visiting one of the best with a plan already in mind. Don't understand how you can mention money issues when you already know what you want to do with your Dr, but still encourage to send some free money to BA.
48 minutes ago, Jason2121 said:BA is this your new account ?
No mate why would I be asking for information on this forum if I was BA?
37 minutes ago, Wish we could go back in time said:I don't understand, first you say there's only 4-5 acne scar specialists in the world and not everyone can afford to visit them, so that's why you want to send BA pictures of your scars for advice, and then 1 sentence later you say you're gonna visit Rullan (a known acne scar specialist) for a deep peel.
When you send pictures of your scars to BA and he offers you a completely different plan, what will you do then? Listen to the Dr that is going to treatyou or someone who to this day remains anonymous?
I'm not questioning BA's knowledge, certainly he understands acne scars better than the average dermatologist which is nice, but you're not visiting an average dermatologist, you're visiting one of the best with a plan already in mind. Don't understand how you can mention money issues when you already know what you want to do with your Dr, but still encourage to send some free money to BA.
Well I wrote already that I did a bit of research on treatments this weekend and the information I found on BA's website was very good and accurate. By the sound of it, it seems he really knows what he's talking about. I also like his comments on the forum in previous threads.
What I'd like to know from BA is whether or not I can benefit from the deep peel right now, if my scars are suitable. If not what can I do to lift them up. That's 10$ for a question, or 30$ for a plan.I am very interested in the peel and am not pressed for money but travelling to Lim, Weiner or Rullanfor many treatments would be a bit too much more than whatI am willing to spend especially if I find good docs locally. So help from BA would be nice.
Another thing is I believe Dr Rullan is a great doctor and I trust his opinion but as I've noticed before there seems to be disagreement about whento have the peel for best results. Rullan's paper and website recommend it for very severe (which probably means deep scars) while almost everybody here including the user F93d says it should be performed once the scar are at superficial level. I hope BA can have some insight on that as well.
5 hours ago, JaysonC said:No mate why would I be asking for information on this forum if I was BA?
Well I wrote already that I did a bit of research on treatments this weekend and the information I found on BA's website was very good and accurate. By the sound of it, it seems he really knows what he's talking about. I also like his comments on the forum in previous threads.
What I'd like to know from BA is whether or not I can benefit from the deep peel right now, if my scars are suitable. If not what can I do to lift them up. That's 10$ for a question, or 30$ for a plan.I am very interested in the peel and am not pressed for money but travelling to Lim, Weiner or Rullanfor many treatments would be a bit too much more than whatI am willing to spend especially if I find good docs locally. So help from BA would be nice.
Why do you want to pay BA man to ask him about a treatment Rullan offerswhen you can send Rullan photos per email and he will come back to you with a recommendation whether you're a good candidate for phenol? He will recommend you treatments based on your photosjust like BA would do but Rullan actually does it free of charge.
3 hours ago, JPK said:Why do you want to pay BA man to ask him about a treatment Rullan offerswhen you can send Rullan photos per email and he will come back to you with a recommendation whether you're a good candidate for phenol? He will recommend you treatments based on your photosjust like BA would do but Rullan actually does it free of charge.
Look what I wrote above mate. Second opinion. The phenol peel is a serious expensive procedure.After reading some threads about it yesterday I understand that some have concerns Dr Rullan might suggest the peel rather early. Almost all users on the forum say it improves mostly superficial issues.I will most definitely consider what Rullan recommends for my scars though.
And mate it's not that I am paying BA a fortune!
17 hours ago, dirigo39 said:Who else is good at subcision like Rullan in the USA?
Also it's true that BA gave the same recs. sub, acid, rf micro, sculptra
1. I really dont know
2. BA is a scammer, he did giveeveryone almost the same treatment plan and did claim that acne scar revision is a individual process.