Following a facial tightening treatment an area at the top of my nasolabial fold became infected and took some skin away, creating a groove after healing. At first I thought this was just an exaggerating tightening effect. I attempted filler after this photo which settled outside of the indentation which further solidified my belief that it is actually a depressed scar. Could I benefit from subcision? Is there something else that could help (injectable), selphyll for example? Thanks!
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Our office has many different treatments for acne scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Acne scars require a combination approach using our HIDEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...
I realise there are limited papers on suctioning post subcision. The most cost effective method if you have your heart set on this would be a Chinese cupping set, or suction set. About 20 bucks off eBay. Suction 3-5 times a day for 3-5 days. The use of buffer filler such as HA will give more ...
Depends on the Specialist, I use everything from Nokor to 30 g fine needle subcision and everything in between. My favourite is a special flexible cannula by TSK - its not the tools, it is the workman or workwoman behind it. Nokor cuts easily but has a higher rate of blood clots. Be guided by...
