guineapig

No More Hives - New Jersey

Bruised Badly on Jaw Post Procedure and Now, 3 Months Later, Have Developed a Few Lumps on Jaw Line Where Bad Bruise Was.

Well, I have had a few botched cosmetic procedures, in the past, so there must be something seriously wrong with me that I trusted this procedure, thinking it was an innocent filler, without researching the product--especially on this site!. I have been more careful lately about that sort of thing, but was not thinking that day obviously( 3 months ago)! I'm not sure why I decided to trust this oculofacial plastic surgeon after all the rest, when I was actually consulting with him on a botched fat transfer to the eyes which also resulted in a couple of lumps, which is why I was consulting with him and he had mentioned possibly doing kenelog or exicsion but we decided to wait it out and that issue is better thank God, though I will still need an undereye lift due to the misplaced fat. This surgeon seemed more knowledgeable-- of course I thought that about the last ones too.... I had him put restylane under my eyes which didn't do as much as I had hoped for the holowness but at least no problems there. Then somehow he talked me into the overpriced Sculptra, with no literature/video or much info other than his statements that it fills hollows in cheeks and jowl/jaw depressions (which I have lost volume and definition in) and lasts over a year, was not warned about lumps,and of course I didn't think to ask, but was given instructions to massage every day for a few days with arnica to prevent swelling. I was last minute given a consent form, which I didn't even look at very well, I think I had already taken off my glasses getting ready for procedure! Also, as a side note, he was showing a visiting doctor (or student) on the procedures he was doing on me.... He filled upper lower cheeks and jaw line and above mouth, which I think I feel lumps there but they are deeper so not as noticeable (yet). The lumps I just developed in last couple weeks -- 3 months post injection-- are on the jaw line. More on one side than the other and one of them is visible, looks like a pimple or bug bite. and if I touch them, which now that I know they are there I can't stop doing, they hurt a little. Did not get a noticeable positive result from 1 vial of Sculptra, I don't think. I need to see before photos again. Had I even looked at the brochure where it says lumps may occur I might have thought twice! Though in the brochure it sasy they usually resolve on there own, which apparently is a lie. So there you have it. I was hoping I wouldn't let myself continue to be a guineapig, but since I have to get rid of these lumps now, I guess not!!!

New victim here, has anyone looked into how we can get a class action going? .

Target just started selling adhesive chicken fillets, only $20, great for under swimsuits. I like Maidenform push-up bras.

I had my transfer 8 weeks ago in NJ to upper cheeks and under eye area, supposedly to fill in dark hollows. NOw dr. says it wasn't supposed to fill those in?? even though that was what we had discussed and how he talked me into this risky procedure! What was it supposed to do, besides give me chipmunk cheeks and make my under eye areas look more hollow and darker than they were? Well I guess I'm lucky after hearing the above stories that the fat didn't go in to my tear troughs, as I thought it would. I currently have one small hard fat lump under one eye that will probably have to be injected and hopefully it will dissolve, but after reading the posts here, I may be stuck with it. The fat in the other eye went high into eye area on outer side only and looks swollen because there is a ledge of fat. I hope that it can be injected with something. What a nightmare! I've never cried so much! and pissed off my husband who paid for the procedure as a Christmas present to me... I visited an oculofacial plastic surgeon in NYC last week who said he can't help me for another 6 weeks. Then we might do fillers. He suggested a pinch for under eye wrinkles (slightly loose skin) too, but I'm not ready to risk that yet, without a lot of research this time. I'll try some lasers first (after researching this time). He says he's not sure if he can blend a filler very well on the side that has the bulge because it's so high up. I do not think I would ever attempt fat again, even though a lot of drs seem to like it, as it's too unpredictable, especially in the wrong hands. We really are the unsuspecting guineapigs, and I signed all those waivers, so no recourse for me...

Yeah, how do you find a decent competent ps in NYC/NJ. I think the problem with plastic surgeons is that they all try to be good at every body area when they really should pick and area and master it. I'm sure there must be some good ones in NY, but if you read the ratemd reviews, they all seem to suck at something. You can't trust those
Top Doc reports either. I just had a botched fat transfer to under eye area myself in NJ. Not sure who to see next to fix... Very aggravating.