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Painful & Completely Useless

ruby2zdy
posted 5 years ago
updated 3 years ago

Not Worth It
Cost: $670
Sacramento, CA

The surgeon's brochure said the results would be...

31 Oct 2007

The surgeon's brochure said the results would be permanent. AFTER the procedure, he said I'd probably need a "booster" in 6 months. I said the brochure said it was permanent and so did he. He denied it. I showed him the brochure. He said "Oh. Well, I didn't write that, the company did. They probably meant that it's permanent for as long as it lasts." Sounds like the Bush govt. I felt like Alice in Wonderland. Anyway, it hurt horribly. I had to make them stop several times. Between the procedure & when I went back, I lost some weight, which comes off my face first, so it was significantly thinner, and I looked worse in the after picture than in the before & they admitted it. When I had it done I was in my late 50's. I suspect that collagen isn't so readily stimulated to grow when you're older (and he should know that & should have told me). So the procedure did me no good at all, and also I have little bumps (you can't see them, just feel them) under my skin where he applied the heating tip.

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Comments (2)

flagirl82
3 years ago

you get what you pay for! It reminds me of lasik - the people with bad results went to the cheapest dr they could find, normally using older equipment. Same with Thermage - they come out with new and improved versions every 6 mnths or so. My dr upgrades every time and is a facial surgeon. Paid $3300 for entire face and eyes with fantastic results. When you pay only $670, what do you expect???