I had a huge mole on my face that had bothered me since I was a little girl. I finally decided to do something about it. A friend recommended Dr. Mann to me for mole removal and I scheduled a consultation with him to see if he could help. He assured me that he get rid of the mole completely so that I would barely even be able to see a mark. I went through with the procedure last month and the mole is completely gone!
15 years ago - when I was barely 18, I made the worst mistake of my life by having silicone injections in my lips. At first it looked good, but over time my body became sensitive and continued to grow scar tissue around the silicone microdroplets, causing them to look very large and unnatural. At one point, strangers would stare at my lips and laugh. It ruined my self esteem. I’ve since had multiple surgeries that have helped tremendously - but they are still far from looking natural. Every new surgery leaves a trail of scar tissue which makes the lips move in an unnatural way. The swelling and pain is horrible and the downtime is at least 4 weeks - and with each new surgery the recovery time seems to get longer. After the 4th surgery I decided that I just couldn’t go through another, and I started looking for a dr who would try ultherapy on my lips. I’d heard about a Dr. in Connecticut having success with this procedure, and I began looking for someone on the West Coast to help. No one was willing to investigate further until I met Dr. Mann. He went out of his way to help me; he called the Dr on the East Coast and learned the protocol, took over an hour making sure I was numb and comfortable during the procedure and was truly kind and understanding throughout this whole process. It’s been one day since the procedure and I have high hopes. The procedure was affordable, painless and had no downtime. I will need about 3 treatments spaced 2 months apart. Stay tuned to this space for updates on progress. Updated on 18 Sep 2018: It’s been a little over a month since my first Ultherapy procedure on my lips. I know this is only the first of probably 2-3 sessions, and I’m only a month out (results are visible for this kind of procedure from 1-3 months), but I do think I’m seeing very subtle positive changes. For one: my mouth feels a lot less hard, which, for those of you with silicone, I’m sure I don’t have to explain what I mean by that. My smile is less distorted when I smile because the hard scar tissue from the silicone and multiple surgeries is more flexible. The bulkiness looks ever so slightly less, and is probably noticeable only to me at this point, but a few mm can affect a positive change, even if someone doesn’t know what you had done because the change is so small, a few mm can still make you look better. Now when I go out, people comment on my cheeks (which I had permanent filler in as well, unfortunately) instead of my lips. I wouldn’t say my lips look natural yet, but I think this is a step in the right direction. I will continue to update at 2 months, after my 2nd procedure at one and 2 months and after my 3rd procedure at one and two months. Here’s to not hopefully not having to go back under the knife. Updated on 18 Sep 2018: Updated on 19 Sep 2018: It’s a small change so far, but it’s early on in the process, so it’s encouraging! Updated on 20 Apr 2019: I should have saved that money towards a surgery. I did notice a very, very small change in size initially, and they also felt less firm after the 1st treatment. After the second treatment I saw no change at all. I am very underwhelmed. Updated on 27 Apr 2019: I had my first treatment on my lips and saw a bit of improvement - enough to give me hope to continue the treatment. On my second treatment I treated my lips and cheeks. My lips & cheeks definitely don’t look better. If anything they’re slightly worse. I wouldn’t recommend that someone with silicone injections use this treatment to for volume reduction.
