I have recently had an unpleasant experience with carboxytherapy for the eyes, which I just found out that it is a treatment that's not approved by the FDA. I wanted to treat my dark circles with it. The swelling went down after days, but now it's been 3 weeks and some slight raised malar bags have been developed on the top of my cheekbones. I've never had them before and I'm panicking thinking I caused permanent damage. I'm wondering what should I do to decrease them?
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The protocol for stretch marks is one treatment every week for 4-10 weeks. Sometimes if someone is a quick responder we will go for 4 weeks in a row and then start to space them out to every 2 weeks and then monthly. I tell most clients that they should expect to be treating their marks for...
Thanks for your query. If you have lot of swelling then you should immediately go to the treating doctor. Try arnica as it helps in easing out the inflammation. Hope it helps.All The Best
Hi, I am so sorry that this was the result of using Carboxytherapy. In my 20 years of using carboxy around the eyes I have never had one complication whatsoever. Without knowing exactly what this practitioner did during the administration of the treatment, I think it is highly likely that they...