Hi all, I have lived with my acne scars on my temples for all of my 20s basically trying to obscure them by wearing glasses or growing my bangs out. I finally decided to take a chance on improving them because I figured if not now I never would.
Went on a few consultations and the doctor I felt the best connection with recommended 2 sessions of ablative venus viva and bellafill for my scars.
Was wondering what y™all thought of this plan and insight on how much improvement I should realistically expect at the end. Thanks!
Also, I was recommended to start applying hydroquinone and retinoic acid before the treatment but not sure if this is necessary?
I would never start with Bellafill here, ... this is the number one complaint for members. Bumps, lumps, or issues. Very thin skin in the temples. I would do HA filler and subcision (3 of them), then while waiting for the filler to need a top up do your venus viva though that is not as good as other rf microneedling maching ( you will need 3 - 3 months apart).
Do bellafill once you like getting filler a few times. It's permanent and as such not a good place to start for fillers ( non reversible).
Yes as Quad said you have to do tretinorin and hydroquinone or bleaching cream with albutin and konjac 3 weeks at night before treatment wit ha week break. Your skin type is prone to hyper pigment.
13 hours ago, crankysaur said:Was wondering what yall thought of this plan and insight on how much improvement I should realistically expect at the end. Thanks!
Very difficult area to treat due to lack of volume. Your best bet is subcision + HA filler for now, as already mentioned above. Later, consider getting Sculptra + Infini. Subcision is more about breaking up the scar bands, whereas Infini is about stimulating collagen production to fill the pits from below.