Electrolysis: Stories

Thank you for your response. Since the doctors I've seen in my area try to claim that the wrinkles are a result of age, it has been very helpful to me to hear from people who suffered the same side effect. The incident happened in 2008. A few months after my treatment, I was able to see a specialist about the post inflammatory hyperpigmentation around my upper lip. 1 week after that appointment, I noticed pits at the corners of my mouth, the outer edges of my brows and above my right brow. Around that time, I noticed that when I puckered my lips while brushing my teeth that wrinkles would become visible, which was unusual but livable, I thought. A week later, the pits around my mouth turned into wrinkles that show even when I'm not puckering. I have one wrinkle towards the left side of my upper lip and a plaid wrinkling pattern of many wrinkles at the right corner of my mouth. The pits around the corners of my brows turned into what is known as "stretched scars." I made another appointment with the doctor and since then have seen two others. I was more alarmed about the wrinkling at my mouth than the pits. Initially they claimed it was my age and a result of the mechanical movement of my mouth. They also claimed it was a result of thin skin and being female. In 2009 I posted on Medhelp as Scarface457 and a doctor, to whom I sent pics, said that it was a result of scar tissue during the healing process attaching itself to the underlying muscle. Since then, many people of differing ages have responded, saying that they suffered the same side effect from negligently done electrolysis. I showed the first doctor I went to the many posting and pics of others who had the same experience as well as the online doctor's diagnosis and he finally stopped disputing the cause of the wrinkling. He also mentioned that my scars are most likely due to electrolysis done on too high a setting, though he won't put that in writing. If it's any consolation, the wrinkling did not get worse and because it's not in the usual pattern of aging (it looks like an injury), people still say I look younger than my age. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.