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I'm fully healed for my dermabrasion. I will post my healing photos and current condition soon. I will take pictures later in the day because morning swelling tends to blur things. I have since moved residence and will need to take pictures under lighting that is consistent, so be aware of new lighting conditions in photos.
I asked my doctor these questions and leaving this here for your reference:
When I can use tarzarc / fabior -- 1 MONTH after Dermabrasion
When can I get laser resurfacing -- 2 MONTHS after dermabrasion
When can I get fillers -- 2 MONTHS after dermabrasion.
NEW SCAR PLAN
I have a new plan in mind. I was absolutely hating for months that I re-excised the dimpling scar but its been somewhere between five months since and it's looking great. I even compared it to my prior photos before my first excision and after the second, and the linear scar line is so much better. Therefore, I am thinking of removing another large one on the same cheek. I'll let you know with photos which one and which options of removal would look like. I will ask Dr. Mascaro if he will be willing to do it. If not, Dr. Ben Taibel in Cali is my next choice. I will seek out my options.
In the meantime, I am considering laser on my current linear scar by Dr. Waibel (co2 ultrapulse + ebrium + pico; will ask for spot treatment) or another new doctor and I am considering fillers for my right cheek as there is a lot of indented scarring there and I don't believe any doctor would perform scalpel scar revision for those types of scars.
I have to wait two months or so to start any treatment but I will be searching for my next scar revision doctor and making consults.
This journey continues.
Here™s my next planned excision. Dr. Mascaro doesn™t recommend doing this excision because it may be too much skin to take out. Despite in my opinion, it being about the size of a dime or so. I said fine, okay. Called Dr. Ben Talei this morning and office said he doesn™t do scar revision anymore but that another doctor in the office does. I said to send over any work he™s done to assess his skill level. Emailed these pics and called Dr. Janjua, he said he thinks he can help and to schedule a virtual consult. I have seen Dr. Janjua™s work on youtube for a while so I™m not uncomfortable with his expertise level. I may look for more local scar revision surgeons in my area to balance out the options.
Here™s the pictures below.
It wont give you overall improvement as an acne scar patient from other people opinion fixing one scar is not going to make the people say thats it she is perfect. People looks how you look overall and for that reason blunting edges is better for wide scars and then fillers. Thats the best you can do.
Update on Former Post
I called Ben Talei in Beverly Hills, he doesn't perform scar revision anymore. They ushered me to Dr. Ali something who works as a surgeon in the same office but I declined to proceed with it. I don't know his work and the consult was $150 just to speak to him. I'm not afraid of a little consult money but if the work is not shown on the office website or on realself.com, I don't see reason to bite. I might as well put the pedal to the metal and exhaust all my options. Then again, it's not as competitive out here, scar revision is not performed well by all facial plastics, goodluck trying to find a gem in the field. But, pedal to the metal we go.
The Prep Work
I began this week by calling ALL major scar revision surgeons that google has to offer. Googled "Scar revision near me" first, clicked on doc websites, went through galleries and ran through the list with my little phone in hand. Most answered, some didn't. Saved the ones who didn't answer to the "call later/maybe" list. I hate it when they forward you to some random call company to take your info like you're a cow with an item tag attached to your ear. But anyway...
I emailed with images a bunch of scar revision plastic surgeons in Beverly hills, New York, and Boca (and one in NJ). That's where I seem to find highly skilled facial plastic surgeons who aren't afraid to perform a mid- to- large excision on the cheek. I have two FaceTime consults for out of state surgeons and local surgeons around Boca have yet to respond to my emails since it's Friday entering the weekend.
I won't say who the doctors are until I know they can perform the surgery. I would hate to mislead you.
Lots of obstacles in the headwinds, like schedule conflicts, limited expendable resources during a economic slowdown, doctor/patient struggle of expectations, and still attending mandatory grad school that requires my full attention and physical presence with daily interaction. But I'm going. And I'm doing it. Always stubborn like the Bull.
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By the way, google is the WORST for searching plastic surgeons. You add or omit one keyword and you potentially miss world class surgeons. It's frustrating. I have to constantly tinker my search and think of new keywords.
I even emailed Mascaro's office after being turned down multiple times on a particular excision but my SO convinced me to push a little more since I already have a patient-relationship with him and I don't have to travel thousands of miles on a plane or so. It made sense. His office must think I'm a little rascal... in which they will most likely decline.
On 9/8/2022 at 3:24 AM, getsmart121 said:It wont give you overall improvement as an acne scar patient from other people opinion fixing one scar is not going to make the people say thats it she is perfect. People looks how you look overall and for that reason blunting edges is better for wide scars and then fillers. Thats the best you can do.
You may be right. But consider that the excision will extend and be larger than the target scar. I'm fine with that considering the scars that are around it. I'd exchange that for a linear one, similar to the one below that scar that was an excision. There is a chance that this works in terms of improving overall scar appearance. I will still very much have scars. It's a trade-off. I will never ever be perfect, it's kind of downhill from the moment of birth, right? At least for most of mankind.
But like most things, I'm probably wrong.
7 hours ago, Dontgiveupitsonlyscars said:Update on Former Post
I called Ben Talei in Beverly Hills, he doesn't perform scar revision anymore. They ushered me to Dr. Ali something who works as a surgeon in the same office but I declined to proceed with it. I don't know his work and the consult was $150 just to speak to him. I'm not afraid of a little consult money but if the work is not shown on the office website or on realself.com, I don't see reason to bite. I might as well put the pedal to the metal and exhaust all my options. Then again, it's not as competitive out here, scar revision is not performed well by all facial plastics, goodluck trying to find a gem in the field. But, pedal to the metal we go.
The Prep Work
I began this week by calling ALL major scar revision surgeons that google has to offer. Googled "Scar revision near me" first, clicked on doc websites, went through galleries and ran through the list with my little phone in hand. Most answered, some didn't. Saved the ones who didn't answer to the "call later/maybe" list. I hate it when they forward you to some random call company to take your info like you're a cow with an item tag attached to your ear. But anyway...
I emailed with images a bunch of scar revision plastic surgeons in Beverly hills, New York, and Boca (and one in NJ). That's where I seem to find highly skilled facial plastic surgeons who aren't afraid to perform a mid- to- large excision on the cheek. I have two FaceTime consults for out of state surgeons and local surgeons around Boca have yet to respond to my emails since it's Friday entering the weekend.
I won't say who the doctors are until I know they can perform the surgery. I would hate to mislead you.
Lots of obstacles in the headwinds, like schedule conflicts, limited expendable resources during a economic slowdown, doctor/patient struggle of expectations, and still attending mandatory grad school that requires my full attention and physical presence with daily interaction. But I'm going. And I'm doing it. Always stubborn like the Bull.
Sidenotes
By the way, google is the WORST for searching plastic surgeons. You add or omit one keyword and you potentially miss world class surgeons. It's frustrating. I have to constantly tinker my search and think of new keywords.
I even emailed Mascaro's office after being turned down multiple times on a particular excision but my SO convinced me to push a little more since I already have a patient-relationship with him and I don't have to travel thousands of miles on a plane or so. It made sense. His office must think I'm a little rascal... in which they will most likely decline.
You may be right. But consider that the excision will extend and be larger than the target scar. I'm fine with that considering the scars that are around it. I'd exchange that for a linear one, similar to the one below that scar that was an excision. There is a chance that this works in terms of improving overall scar appearance. I will still very much have scars. It's a trade-off. I will never ever be perfect, it's kind of downhill from the moment of birth, right? At least for most of mankind.
But like most things, I'm probably wrong.
I am trying to give a perspective from outside. Look at the picture below if he would have done excisions all wide scars what would have happened. Better resolved with sculptura
32 minutes ago, getsmart121 said:Salar hazany but heard he is very pricey
I saw him. His pricing makes no sense. And i personally didn't like him much especially since he was less focused on my scars and wanted to make money off of something else. I have disliked many of the derms that have been recommended on here which is why I continue to have to search for more qualified derms. No luck so far. I find most doctors are greedy or simply incompetent.
On 9/10/2022 at 2:52 AM, charisma786 said:I saw him. His pricing makes no sense. And i personally didn't like him much especially since he was less focused on my scars and wanted to make money off of something else. I have disliked many of the derms that have been recommended on here which is why I continue to have to search for more qualified derms. No luck so far. I find most doctors are greedy or simply incompetent.
I think most derms have a set amount or goal that they want to extract as much as possible. I think the figure of 10k in cumulative treatments. Just make sure you are doing right treatments for scars, sessions and time.
1 hour ago, getsmart121 said:I think most derms have a set amount or goal that they want to extract as much as possible. I think the figure of 10k in cumulative treatments. Just make sure you are doing right treatments for scars, sessions and time.
I have been doing skin treatments for over a decade and have met doctors throughout North America and have spent more money than most on said treatments. I am basically at my final stage now with very very shallow scars with slight borders so my focus is really on finding a dermabrasion pro to bring down those edges of those borders. I have done enough subcision now that I don't think my scars are tethered anymore or so multiple derms have told me.
Update
Hey guys! It's me, DontGiveUp. Acne[dot]org seemed to have deactivated my account and I no longer have original access since the new site change. In addition, this thread seemed to be archived. But as promised, I am updating. I reached out to Help, and they just said to create a new account (see photo attached). Anyway, I got a very large excision on December 2nd by Dr. Janjua (see photo attached). I am currently one week or so in recovery. I asked Dr. Janjua to film the surgery, and he did, but it's up to him when or if to upload that. Next procedure is laser at the 5-6 week mark on the new surgical scar.
Original Account was Deactivated?
Again, my sincerest apologies to report from another account, I was shocked to see the new website change. In addition, I am highly disappointed that the new website apparently deactivated my account and there is no way to recover it. I was not given a warning so I assume it wasn't because of a breach in terms of service. This incompetence by the site makes continuity difficult for me and, most importantly, users. Therefore, I will update from this account going forward.
Precautionary Action if Deactivated again
If this account is deactivated again, I will create a subreddit with "dontgiveupitsonlyscars" on reddit or a similar type of naming, which would probably be more optimal, since it would be an actual acne scar forum directed by me and any other users. For now, its just an idea. We will see how this website proceeds. As you can probably tell, I am very upset with this outcome. I need reliability, so this deeply upsets me. My intent for being here is to provide people and users with information and a documentation into my life as a girl afflicted by scars. The new website and its deactivation of my account affects and disrupts my purpose. Although its not that serious, I like to keep my word to myself. I guess it's just a matter of principle.
Any questions or comments, let me know. Once again, I'm very sorry to report from a new account.
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immediately after
next day swelling
5 days after bruising. Normal.
8 days later tape off. First wash. Dried blood. Very gentle wash.
Raised sutures. They are dissolvable which is fine, Dr. Janjua said that studies have shown no real difference between dissolved sutures and ones you remove. I did my own research to confirm and it seems there are studies that support this.
With flash. I was advised by Doc to NOT put silicone sheets until TWO weeks have passed since surgery.