“Worst thing i have ever done !!!!”
Mesotherapy: NOT worth it
Pain: Severe
The shots were more painful than I had anticipated. Went home that night iced my legs and the swelling began. It was so painful and hard to move my legs. Then in the morning open lesions began forming at the injection sites. Called the doctor, they said to give it time, but I stopped by the office anyways. She immediately put me on an anitbiotic. Wound sites continued to grow- my legs were very bruised, I had one injection site that continued to ooze and took 2 rounds of antibiotics and then I was finally sent to a plastic surgeon to clean out the wound area. It was painful to have the open wound cleaned out and now I have a scar the size of a nickel. I still have red bruised looking areas and it has been 1 1/2 years later. They told me I could try some laser treatments to fix that. Finally, after 1 year, some legal threats, I finally got my original monies back. PS- before that I had liposuction on a larger area of my thighs and stomach - I had very little bruising and was up and around after 2 days of downtime. I thought this would help the last small problem area above my knees - I would never do anything like that again and will only go to a plastic surgeon... do your homework - don't be dumb like me! I haven't put on a swimsuit in years because the area above my knees look like they've been beat up... I would do liposuction any day over mesotherapy!
Apr 28, 2008Comments and replies (5)
63 posts
30 Apr 2008
thanks for your story. I hope that you are doing better now.
unregistered guest
4 Jun 2008
Did you follow what the doctor ordered you to do post-care? With meso, you're supposed to keep heat on the area, not ice it. The heat keeps the miso working, because it's gallbladder bile that targets fat cells, and you stopped it dead in it's tracks. The swelling and bruising happens because of the doctor injecting at the sites and breaking the capillaries, but you should have been drinking heavy fluids, at least 6 glasses of water a day. Your after-effects are awful and I would sue over them as well, but if your doctor didn't know about proper after care, then that's what I'd sue them over.
63 posts
9 Jun 2008
Hello, Who are you posting to? Because I did follow the doctor's care. I had smart lipo not Meso. I agree I do look awful but feel that I was not the one at fault for my result. I Trusted that this plastci surgeon was skilled at the art of using a smart lipo machine. It is obvious by my outcome that this is the result of anything but a skilled physician. Granted I could have been a better candidate by exercising and dieting but if I was not a good candidate for this surgery that could have and should have been discussed prior to the surgery. I did everything that the doctor said to do. I even wore the garment longer than necessary to ensure a good result. As an option they said to go out and by Spandex to futher enhance results. I did that too. While I am very compassionate about your story and situation I do not feel you have a right to speak out about others when your are incorrect. Either this post is not for me or you have been misinformed somewhere along the way. Good luck with your future procedures and I hope that you have the courage one day to wear shorts again. It is sad that I too feel the same way.