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radio frequency has damaged my face - fat loss is the worse side effect with rf

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August 19, 2014
After 2 infini RF skin treatments I am experiencing same side effects and my skin is burning from dryness. Specially under my eyes it's hollow and black and really thin. I'm only 25 and I did this to reduce my acne scars which were minimal. now my scars are worse I look 10 times older and I started developing wrinkles. I m so depressed and I don't know what to do.
August 20, 2014
I am sorry to hear you too had problem with the RF too .How long ago did you have them ? First thing you need is to let your skin heal before doing anything else and try not to have sugar in your diet as this would damage some collagen, try vitamins and drink 2 liters of water if you can, stay away from the sun and eat plenty of veg. Likely you only had 2 and you are only 25 so this is pro. I had 6 sessions and on top of fillers which I think didn’t help at all , I know how you fell and you are not alone believe me I had a very bad time because of this , it was the worst mistake of my life , but it will get better and don’t forget you are still very young your body will heal better .
October 1, 2014
It has been a year now, thanx for the advice i will try to follow it. Still my eyes burn and its starting to sag!! I cant put makeup alot to cover the damage and its always itchy and dry although i take good care of it. I also have reddness and acne from time to time The only good thing i just had a baby and thankfully with pregnency now i have fuller cheeks but the damage is still obvious! Wrinkling is getting worse!!
January 31, 2016
Thank you for the encouragement to eat healthy and drink plenty of water. I too have significant fat loss in my face following an aggressive RF treatment to my entire face. My eyes are sunken and hollow and my cheeks look thinner every day. I am 1 month post treatment, and was wondering if you could describe the recovery process.... When did the fat loss stop, were you able to gain facial volume back, and how? I really appreciate any advice you can give, I can relate to those who feel depressed and withdrawn from life. I really want to hide my face and not see those who know me. There is not too much information out there on recovery, only on fixes like filler and fat grafting, and I am not considering those at this point.
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March 9, 2016
Hi uraqt2
I am 7 months out from an IPL combined with RF. My fat loss appeared 18 days after the one and only treatment. The only changes I have seen in the 7 months is textural. I have weird lines and raised pores when I smile. I tried gaining weight over the holidays to see if the fat would come back. I did gain weight in the face but not in the same places, it was very odd looking and gave me a jowly appearance-it looked horrible. The only thing I can suggest that has helped me is to try different hairstyles and colours along with new make up. I can no longer do my eye make up the same way due to the significant fat loss. I relate completely to what you are going through and I'm sorry you have to go through this.
March 19, 2016
Was it scarlet rf I hward scarlet rf Has less side effects. And why didn't you get fraxek ?
August 10, 2021
My face was also ruined by radio frequency has anyone found anyone to help my name is Pam you can get in touch with me my number is 513-532-8635 I don’t know if I’m posting correctly on here I’m just desperate with someone please get in touch with me and give me some hope
August 20, 2014
Who did this to you liz75 ? I can't believe this laser nonsense is still allowed to continue and damage peoples faces. They really should be charged with a crime. I hope you feel better.
August 28, 2016
I can totally relate. My face is a different shape now.. Flat loss everywhere. My eyes gave changed shape & I can't do my eye makeup the same. I've morphed into a different person time & time again. First treatment was done without any explanation..only that it was heat to dissipate the Botox effect I hate around my mouth. She said the heat will lesson the effect of Botox.. Liar. 3 months later, Botox wore off & friends thought I had a stroke! I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on with my face! I looked horrible & saggy. But I never suspected that damn heating machine until this past Jan when I got a tripolar RF & I saw divots & scars & severe fat atrophy, shrunken eyes, My face is
ruined & I'm ugly.
August 10, 2021
Radio frequency has ruined my face in my life I had perfect skin and then they used it to supposedly soften up a bad Botox under my eyes it’s melted my face I looked 200 years old full of scars full of sores no fat lips are disappearing and possibly they think it has gone into my chin and I’m going to lose my bottom teeth six months ago I looked perfect now I can’t even walk outSide I don’t know if I am posting on here correctly but if someone sees this will they please call me my name is Pam my number is 513-532-8635 I just want a little hope I’ve gone to three plastic surgeons no one knows what the heck is going on with me except they told me I have no fat no collagen only scar tissue we’re six months ago I had a beautiful fat face
October 15, 2016
hi ladies. i just wanted to see how you were doing now? i am 4.5 months out from RF and i lost volume in my cheeks. it's been devastating. i recently did prp injections which actually gave me some volume. it takes time for the tissue to regenerate but i am hoping this will be a more natural approach to fixing the damage. have you guys had any luck with the texture? i have odd lines, large pores, etc.
December 26, 2016
hi, can you tell me what prp injections are. How are you doing?
December 26, 2016
I just wanted to update on my face.. I went to talk to the nurse practitioner who did the procedure on my face as a fix fo botched Botox. She had assured me that this treatment would heat & dissipate the Botox. She never explained what the machine was& stupid thought it was safe & it wasn't until after the Botox wore off that I realized something horrible was going on with my face.. I had blamed the weirdness on the Botox up to then.. I researched & researched effects of botox, menopause, stress.. I could not figure out.. 3. Years later after having a couple of Tripolar RF I realized that what I had experienced years earlier must have been a result of the machine she has used on me. So I went back to her to ask what the hell she has used on me.. the answer was CT3 laser... of course she denied that it could have caused what I described. The effervescent of that did improve. I regained some of my volume loss but my face shape changed forever & the full round plump cheeks were gone.. but I adjusted & I managed to feel pretty again. But now I'm 13 month out of the 1st RF & 11 month out of 2nd RF.. I look like a different person. I hate taking pictures. I don't look like me anymore. I look old& I'm ugly. Aged so much in a matter of months. I have long indented scars above my eyebrow wher fat melted.. my forehead is uneven & full of divots & dents.. my eyes have shrunk.. they are sunken & hollow... shape is different.. dents in outer corners from fat loss.. fat loss all over, temples, cheeks, jawline above nose... my whole face shape has changed. I try not to dwell on it, but it makes me so sad to know that I have lost who I was.. I don't recognize myself. I was pretty. I am not anymore & I think that I am still morphing. This doesn't seem to stop. It has just accelerated the aging process.. it's just continuing. So I will just continue to age 5 years for every one year for the rest of my life?? That scares the crap out of me. I think the radio frequency just altered the genetic makeup of my skin tissue with radiation.. like radiation poisoning.. is this what is happening?! How can these things continue? How many women get this done & then don't even know why their face is looking off & go back for more in the false hope of fixing things. My friend did.. it wasn't til I told her my story that she connected the dots & realized her treatments were what were causing her cheeks to sag! It's horrible.
August 5, 2021
How do I get in touch with you
August 10, 2021
Please call my name is Pam 513-532-8635 please someone give me some hope
June 30, 2024
I went to a place where this white girl worked for a tall east indian man and his sister. I went in to fix a tiny patch on the corner of my mouth, to tighten it with lazer fraxel and I had to buy half face treatment for 500. so I did and she altered my cheeks fat. a bump on one side and deep groove on the other cheek, never fixing the problem area at all! then I found out that he was using my "before" pics as after pictures and my "after" picutres as before pictures! how terrible. when I went back to see him i was furious and asked them to fix it but they refused....it happened when I was in montreal canada
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Fat Loss under the nose area due to RF

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The side effects of the RF are still continuing months after your last session , i have all sort of scars coming threw, my cheeks are now flat and i am loosing fat under my nose where the RF went which make my lips look a different shape not in a good way, this has left me looking awful and a lot older , has anyone experience this ? My skin is soo dry, the poors are very open and i have hole forming as well as spots.
This treatment has changed my face and i hate it.

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February 10, 2014
Thank you for sharing your experience with us, I am so sorry you did not have the results you were hoping for. I
hope you find support from our community, and I am certain you will. Also just so you know that you can also ask questions to our Doctors on site 

You mention you had 4 treatments, in what time frame were your treatments and did you just recently start noticing the negative side effects?
July 14, 2015
which RF did you had ? i am going this week for scarlet RF recommended by my dermatologist for acne scars and large open pores and one depressed chicken pox scar.....so much confused and worried after reading your post ?wont that make me look worse
November 16, 2016
I have to agree. I had an endymed skin tightening on my face and endybleph around my eyes. I hate the resulsts which have made my face shape change and hollowed out my eyes. My cheeks that I loved and were my favourite feature have lost volume and are flatter. I have been very depressed since this treatment. I am also only 2 months in and am dreading the next few months as I watch my face change. I hope I am over the worst of it but I look different from even 2 weeks ago. These machines should not be on the market or at the very least customers should be warned fully of the effects and side effects they can have. I was assured by my provider I would not experience the very thing I am. I am devastated.
September 8, 2018
Someone needs to stop this from happening. The very fact that the people operating these instruments are either saying this can’t happen or that when it does happen it isn’t from their instruments is appalling. I like one of the other people in these forums never knew the side affects and just joined the dots and did some research after I noticed dramatic changes. And then found that other people were saying the same thing. So it is real and it is damaging people. It has to stop
September 8, 2018
It's a cruel machine. I don't know how people with any conscience can use them.