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Doc Hughes and his staff are very 'touchy/feely' - made me feel comfortable, to the point of being uncomfortable. It was like he paid extra attention in medical school to "Bedside Manner 101". Do not blindly trust him until you can talk to other patients that have had similar treatments. He jilted me out of a couple of thousand dollars for facia/facian injections in my temple area (to fill in areas that appeared 'sunk in'). It was so incredibly painful that I was squirming on the table, screaming and crying, and squeezing the staff's hands so tight that they were hurt too. The emla (sp?) numbing creme was not helpful at all. I could hear the material passing through the needle and squirting under my skin. I'm not a stranger to pain, and I understand my case was non-typical, but he encouraged me that I would be very happy with the results and he had done it many times before. I cannot believe that my experience was unique, since I know NO ONE ELSE that had facia injections, nor do I hear of any providers offering it. I feel he should have not treated me unless he had previously proven results and his patients had given him satisfactory feedback. And now, many years later, the facia (which is sterilized, donated 'collagen like' cells from human cadavers), is working it's way to the skin surface like giant zits and once they are burst, I am left with scars/pits where the facia was placed. He never called to follow up on my results.
Side note: If you are considering Sculptra, which I started doing AFTER my terrible experiences with Dr. Hughes, please reconsider other alternatives (implants/permanent or Radiesse/expensive) I did 16 sessions of Sculptra, and multiple thousands of dollars spent over many years, and I would say Sculptra's not worth doing. It simply does not last, and the pain and expense should give longer lasting results. Sculptra is painful and expensive, one treatment costing almost $1200-1500, (and most people need several or more sessions for large volume loss), does not make it worth it, as it lasts less than a year. I even went and testified to the FDA Advisory committee in Washington DC as a patient testimony for the approval of Sculptra/NewFill, since facia and collagen were the only thing available at the time in the United States.
Any other alternative should be considered before facia. I was told by the review committee, that part of the reason the FDA approved Sculptra was because my 'after' picts of the facia injections, (given by Dr. Hughes), were very moving and they felt compelled to help people that want alternatives. The facia injections left lumps, and had 'unacceptable' results to be considered as the only available large volume facial filler device.
I would encourage Dr. Hughes or any other provider for that matter, to not use facia for the treatment of people in facial identity crisis. He took advantage of my desperate situation, caused much financial loss, pain, and I regret that I trusted him.