Hi all,
Have a derm apt later this week.
Good derm who gave me a subcision followed by artfill 1 month later about 2 years ago
Then a month later gave me an autologous plasma/hca filler mix.
Improvement level = about 30%.
So I'm going back to her later this week.
I respect her especially since she refused to do anything for me until she first did subcision, (this
as before I knew about subcision).
Now looking for more improvement and since I heard it often takes a few subcisions for correction
of depressed acne scars we'll see what she says.
Now that aside, I have been researching and looking at the benefit of even further and more
improvement of "Suction" combined with subcision. Suction started on 3rd day after subcision
and done every other day for two weeks seems to be the protocol for the subcision - suction method.
Here's my real question though: no dr's basically offering this that I can find and the suctioning technically creates
temporary hematomas.
I seriously have doubts my dr would prescribe to this method, hmm?
DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND/OR CONFRONTING
THEIR DR ABOUT IT??
Thanks in advance to all feedback.
Skull,
I agree.
My question is kind of how i would do suction:
I assume i would have to tell dr i plan to do after subcision (saying she agrees to subcision of course). I order the kit on owndoc or some place like that and just do it.
Anyone else here have dr performed subcision and do their own suctioning after??
Ty for your response previously skull 
)
I combined suctioning with subcision after my fourth subcision treatment. My doctor did not offer suctioning as part of the after-care, so I used a hand held Orec vacuum sweeper nozzle to my face and suctioned my face twice a day beginning after the third day if I remember correctly.
It was highly effective and amazed my doctor. However, it did result in prolonged bruising which ended up being a good thing. I had large bump on my left cheek and one on my right cheek which lasted for weeks. However, the scars on my left cheek never reappeared much to my amazement. With the previous subcision treatments, the scars would reappear at various depths after a week or so and then fill in to various degrees.
I regret that I had not known about suctioning when I had my first subcision treatment done. I encourage you to find some type of suctioning device online or improvise like I did - it made a huge difference and I have never regretted the decision to use it.
Mr. Matt,
Thank you very kindly for your response with good info
. I have gotten
good info from your posts on
this forum as i think many here can attest to as well.
I wanted to tell you this for a while so here goes:
You are a true asset and a great person for all the help
you have provided and continue to provide in this forum for peoples quest to heal themselves. God bless you brother!
LOL... Plus one for sheer resourcefulness and ingenuity with the vacuum. I think owndoc has a suction made specifically for scars and is quite cheap.
I combined suctioning with subcision after my fourth subcision treatment. My doctor did not offer suctioning as part of the after-care, so I used a hand held Orec vacuum sweeper nozzle to my face and suctioned my face twice a day beginning after the third day if I remember correctly.
It was highly effective and amazed my doctor. However, it did result in prolonged bruising which ended up being a good thing. I had large bump on my left cheek and one on my right cheek which lasted for weeks. However, the scars on my left cheek never reappeared much to my amazement. With the previous subcision treatments, the scars would reappear at various depths after a week or so and then fill in to various degrees.
I regret that I had not known about suctioning when I had my first subcision treatment done. I encourage you to find some type of suctioning device online or improvise like I did - it made a huge difference and I have never regretted the decision to use it.