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Crossroads About Next Action For My Derm Appt.?

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(@zen9821)

Posted : 03/29/2014 8:05 pm

Hi all,

 

Have some serious acne scars on lower

left cheek, not much elsewhere on face.

It was from my 20's before accutane shut

my serious acne down like a light switch.

Anyway, in last 15 years I started with collagen injections (useless), co2 laser

(minimally effective), THEN just 2.5 years ago a vampire facelift (platelet rich plasma with hyaluronic acid fillers= minimally effective), Subcision with 2 units of artfill

(moderately effective), self derma-rolling

(minimally effective).

I'd honestly say i had ALL of the above to

give me a 30% improvement :-/

I have an appt. with a pretty good derm in a bit over a week now and Im just not sure where I should take things from here (AND SO IS THE QUESTION FOR THE FORUM)??

After reading above what might any of you see and or recommend?

Thanks in advance.

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(@blahblahblahblahz)

Posted : 03/29/2014 8:21 pm

Tough to advise without pics to see the extent and type of scarring.

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(@luckydory)

Posted : 03/29/2014 8:31 pm

Well 30% is almost a third of the way there, at least you are making some improvements.

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(@zen9821)

Posted : 03/29/2014 9:05 pm

Yes, u r right blah.

Ill post a picture tommorrow

(have to shave first).

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(@binga)

Posted : 03/29/2014 9:21 pm

subcision with a filler usually works

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(@zen9821)

Posted : 03/29/2014 10:36 pm

Binga,

 

Thats kind of what I was thinking. However, I had one subcision already 2 years ago followed by 2 units of artfill a month later.

How many subcisions have you heard of having for serious scarring for correction??

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(@binga)

Posted : 03/30/2014 6:56 am

Binga,

Thats kind of what I was thinking. However, I had one subcision already 2 years ago followed by 2 units of artfill a month later.

How many subcisions have you heard of having for serious scarring for correction??

Since u are in florida talk to dr. bafitis or travel to LA to talk to dr. rahimi. They get good results.

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(@zen9821)

Posted : 03/31/2014 11:04 pm

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Ok, see above photos now of left lower

cheek which is by far worst scarring on

face. I took under worst possible lighting of course notably in first picture.

I welcome all commentary and as

previously stated I had 1 subcision

and 1 treatment of artfill.

I sincerely appreciate ALL feedback

and commentary. Thanks in advance.

 

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Ok, see above photos now of left lower

cheek which is by far worst scarring on

face. I took under worst possible lighting of course notably in first picture.

I welcome all commentary and as

previously stated I had 1 subcision

and 1 treatment of artfill.

I sincerely appreciate ALL feedback

and commentary. Thanks in advance.

 

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I took one more wider picture as

i did not want people to think my jaw line

was a scar (earlier photos were hard to interpret with borders of cheek

and face)

Thanks again all.

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