From the moment I walked in I felt welcomed and invited in this medi spa. I wanted to fix my lips as they just were uneven. I was scheduled with NP Lee N, she was so skilled. She recommended removal for my upper lip. She used Hyaluronidase as I had some migration of the filler. I rescheduled for 2 weeks later for refilling. After speaking with NP Lee I decided I wanted the Russian lip technique. She selected Restylane Defyne for the filler. I really didn’t want much projection as I had “ duck lips” before. My lips are still healing it’s only been a few days but I love my results and highly recommend their clinic. I’m already calling for a new appointment for other work and also started facial laser hair removal with them as well ! Updated on 20 Jul 2020: I’m loving my lips ! Going to have them slightly touched up due to minor asymmetry but I’m loving their shape! Np Lee is truly and artist when it come to fillers ! Highly recommend BHR chino hills !
As with every procedure, I try to read as many reviews as possible to try to make an informed decision before even approaching any provider. Many reviews state how awful the experience was. The swelling made them look like Bullfrogs for a few days, pain in swallowing, getting out of chairs and moving around, in general, unable to sleep. As luck would have it, the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center Med Spa had a presentation from the Kybella rep and a special going on when I had an appointment last week. I'm not sure how they determine the amount of Kybella you need, but I purchased two vials for $650.00 instead of $900.00 for a total of $1,300.00. It turns out that after they but on some stencil it determines the exact amount of injections/vials you need. It turned out I needed one more for a total of three, but they gave it to me for $400.00. As to the procedure, first, they wanted to put some numbing cream on me for 15 to 20 Minutes and then inject Lidocaine for completely numbing the area. I thought that was complete overkill and declined the numbing cream and told Sydney just to inject me with the Lidocaine, which was a total no-brainer for me. I had Lidocaine Injections for Epidurals many times, and it was never painful or even remotely as uncomfortable as getting you Blood drawn by some Tech that needs to stick you ten times. No kidding, ten times to find a vein and the getting a hematoma for three weeks since they punctured the vein - go LabCorp, you hire the very best phlebotomists, of course, it's a $12 to $15 job a hour so you really can't expect anything more. I digress, after the Lidocaine injections I was given 36 injections with a tiny Insulin syringe, didn't feel a thing. I took pictures that I posted a couple of hours after the procedure and 4 hours. As I'm finishing up writing all this and doing some other stuff around the house 2 more hours have passed and I see no changes from the last picture I posted. Tomorrow I'll post more. Updated on 16 Jun 2016: So here are the pics from this morning. From the front not too noticeable but from the side quite swollen. Nothing that I wasn't warned about before, so no big surprise there. I don't want to minimize anyone's experience with pain, but I stated yesterday the procedure itself is completely painless. I have a very high tolerance for pain, so I have been told. I'm not sure that is true since every Dentist appointment is a white knuckle session for me even though they only do a cleaning. Later last night after the Lidocaine completely wore off; I started to feel quite uncomfortable and took a couple of Motrin's which did the trick. I'm not saying I didn't feel anything, but it was certainly tolerable, like a light headache. The area feels numb and swollen, but I have no problem going out in public. I will update if something? changes. Updated on 17 Jun 2016: The area is quite numb and still a bit swollen, no pain whatsoever. Notice on the 4th picture some discoloration on my lower neck. As of yet, nobody has even noticed that anything was done. Updated on 18 Jun 2016: Swelling is going down and it feels much softer now Updated on 19 Jun 2016: Swelling is going down, it's still quite numb but not painful even if you really massage it. If you compare the side pictures from day 3 and 4 to today you'll see a difference. Updated on 21 Jun 2016: Numb and slightly less swollen. Updated on 22 Jun 2016: Getting less and less swollen. Updated on 23 Jun 2016: Slowly but surely swelling is going down, so far so good. Updated on 24 Jun 2016: Not much change since yesterday, I did notice however that when I woke this morning my eyes were very dry and I used some lubricating drops, so I tilted my head way back and that was a very strange pull sensation, not painful but certainly not normal. Updated on 26 Jun 2016: You can see the improvement in the side picture. Updated on 28 Jun 2016: Waiting? for more improvements, Updated on 6 Jul 2016: Slowly feeling is coming back. Updated on 8 Jul 2016: Feeling is almost all back. Updated on 13 Jul 2016: Comments please, I can't tell if it did anything or not. Updated on 16 Jul 2016: Couple of days later Updated on 17 Jul 2016: Updated on 18 Jul 2016: Updated on 24 Jul 2016: I feel it's definitely getting better... anyone agree? Updated on 27 Jul 2016: Every day a little better. Updated on 28 Jul 2016: Updated on 2 Aug 2016: I don't have any more fat left, just skin. Updated on 5 Aug 2016: Shaving/trimming would help :-) otherwise I'm happy with the result. Updated on 6 Aug 2016: Updated on 10 Aug 2016: Only 1 treatment. Updated on 13 Aug 2016: I think that stuff really works... Updated on 20 Aug 2016: All the feelings are almost back to normal and I think the result is as good as it's going to get.
