I had Kybella done twice. Once in late December 2016 and the other in late February 2017. I'm at 16 weeks after the first and 8 weeks after the second. Both treatments were 2 vials each and I think 6 needles full of Kybella at each treatment. I would like to mention before the Kybella treatments I had two Mini Coolsculping and also did not see any improvement so feeling a little light at $3400 and a bit depressed. That's a lot of money to me for zero results. Thanks!
Answer: Welcome to the world of Kybella. I personally have concluded that Kybella is not a very good value for most individuals. Doctors who don't perform liposuction like Kybella and cool sculpting because it gives them the opportunity to offer more invasive services. The reality is that these services are over promised and over sold in my opinion. And they are expensive. In the initial clinical studies of Kybella leading to FDA approval, approximately 60% of study participants requires all 6 Kybella treatments over 6 months. At the end of that time, only about 60% of participants were satisfied with their results. That is a very expensive alternative to a neck liposuction which is really a minimally invasive treatment. One liposuction with minimal swelling and comfortable recovery produces a result that is much more dramatic than what most will experience with Kybella or Coolscuplting. Stop wasting your money and look into neck liposuction and please review Kybella on sites like this so other consumers can get a real idea of what this service is actually like. The commercials are amusing but the treatment does not live up to the hype in my opinion.
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Answer: Welcome to the world of Kybella. I personally have concluded that Kybella is not a very good value for most individuals. Doctors who don't perform liposuction like Kybella and cool sculpting because it gives them the opportunity to offer more invasive services. The reality is that these services are over promised and over sold in my opinion. And they are expensive. In the initial clinical studies of Kybella leading to FDA approval, approximately 60% of study participants requires all 6 Kybella treatments over 6 months. At the end of that time, only about 60% of participants were satisfied with their results. That is a very expensive alternative to a neck liposuction which is really a minimally invasive treatment. One liposuction with minimal swelling and comfortable recovery produces a result that is much more dramatic than what most will experience with Kybella or Coolscuplting. Stop wasting your money and look into neck liposuction and please review Kybella on sites like this so other consumers can get a real idea of what this service is actually like. The commercials are amusing but the treatment does not live up to the hype in my opinion.
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Answer: Kybella works well to reduce fat in necks in my NYC patients If I examine a patient and determine that they have hanging muscle bands that are bringing their neck down and that they don't have a fat collection, then I don't recommend CoolSculpting or Kybella. However, if there is fat in the neck, usually two to three CoolMini treatments(CoolSculpting) or 3- 5 treatments with Kybella using 2 to 4our vials can reduce the fat. There are some patients that do have fat more underneath the muscle layer than above the muscle layer and they won't respond as well to Kybella.
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Answer: Kybella works well to reduce fat in necks in my NYC patients If I examine a patient and determine that they have hanging muscle bands that are bringing their neck down and that they don't have a fat collection, then I don't recommend CoolSculpting or Kybella. However, if there is fat in the neck, usually two to three CoolMini treatments(CoolSculpting) or 3- 5 treatments with Kybella using 2 to 4our vials can reduce the fat. There are some patients that do have fat more underneath the muscle layer than above the muscle layer and they won't respond as well to Kybella.
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April 16, 2017
Answer: Skin Tightening -- VASER Lipo, ThermiRF, Thermage, Ultherapy, Sculptra, PDO Novathreads the issue here is that you are a candidate for a neck/face surgical lift, kybella will do very little.Options include for skin tightening:
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April 16, 2017
Answer: Skin Tightening -- VASER Lipo, ThermiRF, Thermage, Ultherapy, Sculptra, PDO Novathreads the issue here is that you are a candidate for a neck/face surgical lift, kybella will do very little.Options include for skin tightening:
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June 12, 2017
Answer: Kybella treatment Based on your photos, you are not an ideal candidate for Kybella treatment. It appears that you have 2 layers of fat above and below the muscle that require a more invasive treatment. I would recommend submental liposuction to address the fat located beneath the skin and a platysmaplasty with removal of fat below the muscle to address this second layer of fat. Unfortunately, Kybella nor Cool-sculpting can remove fat beneath the muscle.
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June 12, 2017
Answer: Kybella treatment Based on your photos, you are not an ideal candidate for Kybella treatment. It appears that you have 2 layers of fat above and below the muscle that require a more invasive treatment. I would recommend submental liposuction to address the fat located beneath the skin and a platysmaplasty with removal of fat below the muscle to address this second layer of fat. Unfortunately, Kybella nor Cool-sculpting can remove fat beneath the muscle.
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May 10, 2017
Answer: Unusual not to see results with Cool mini and Kybella The first question is whether you had improvement in the fat, but can't recognize it because of skin laxity (sagging). Cool mini and Kybella don't worsen skin laxity - and often improve it - but if a patient has a lot of sagging, another different treatment may be necessary for tissue tightening. Reviewing the before and after photos with your treating physician should help you with that.A second consideration is whether the treatments themselves were optimal or if you've had enough treatments to assess your results. Two vials of kybella is not a lot. In the kybella study, most of my patients had 3 or 4 vials per treatment and 4 treatments. In practice, many physicians try to limit the amount of swelling the patient will get after kybella by reducing the amount injected with each treatment. Also, even with sufficient kybella injected, depending upon the amount of fat when you started, you may need several sessions.Although it is unusual not to see results from coolmini or kybella, it is not impossible. There is a subset of patients whose fat is less susceptible to these noninvasive options. These patients are thought to have very fibrous fat -- similar to the fat in a lipoma. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing that in advance. If that is the case here then you may want to consider a surgical alternative.I hope this answer was helpful. Best wishes.
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May 10, 2017
Answer: Unusual not to see results with Cool mini and Kybella The first question is whether you had improvement in the fat, but can't recognize it because of skin laxity (sagging). Cool mini and Kybella don't worsen skin laxity - and often improve it - but if a patient has a lot of sagging, another different treatment may be necessary for tissue tightening. Reviewing the before and after photos with your treating physician should help you with that.A second consideration is whether the treatments themselves were optimal or if you've had enough treatments to assess your results. Two vials of kybella is not a lot. In the kybella study, most of my patients had 3 or 4 vials per treatment and 4 treatments. In practice, many physicians try to limit the amount of swelling the patient will get after kybella by reducing the amount injected with each treatment. Also, even with sufficient kybella injected, depending upon the amount of fat when you started, you may need several sessions.Although it is unusual not to see results from coolmini or kybella, it is not impossible. There is a subset of patients whose fat is less susceptible to these noninvasive options. These patients are thought to have very fibrous fat -- similar to the fat in a lipoma. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing that in advance. If that is the case here then you may want to consider a surgical alternative.I hope this answer was helpful. Best wishes.
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