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Currently Experiencing Nerve Paralysis from Kybella
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42 yr old, overall fit woman who wanted to have...
barneyjim92April 22, 2017
$1,500
42 yr old, overall fit woman who wanted to have Kybella procedure for a small double chin that's been bothering me for a couple years. Didn't want invasive surgery, Kybella sounded ideal to me. I TRUSTED, who I now know as an unskilled Kybella injector, the doctor I chose to complete my first Kybella treatment with only the expected side effects of swelling and pain. Immediately at beginning of the procedure, I felt my lower lip feeling fatter and then numb along with a metallic taste in my mouth. I told her this as she continued injecting. I now have paralysis because she hit my nerve, something an experienced injector would never do. I have a very crooked smile now, I dribble & drool liquids that I drink & chewing foods makes my jaw ache. I literally look like I had a stroke. The public needs to be informed of incompetent injectors like the one I had. To top it off, she knows that she screwed up yet still charged me full price. I didn't realize how bad it looked until I arrived home and looked more closely in the mirror, otherwise I would've refused to pay. Please do your homework and find a reputable plastic surgeon for this procedure.
UPDATED FROM barneyjim92
14 days post
No change with paralysis
barneyjim92May 4, 2017
Just a quick update! No change in the paralysis, adjusting quite well to it now. Hardest when drinking liquids and brushing my teeth(the spitting part is difficult). Let you know when it looks/feels back to normal.
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May 4, 2017
How long is this expected to last?
May 5, 2017
I'll send positive thoughts that you'll be on the shortened end of that time line. I certainly hope you get good results to the chin at least!
May 6, 2017
It will go back to looking normal and feeling normal in time. Still not okay. Thats not what you signed up for or paid money for. It's embarrassing to have to look at people and conduct business until this resolves. I would think about explaining to the provider that you will post your experience on social media and on kybella website if they don't refund your money especially since you felt something funny regarding the taste in your mouth and the heaviness of the lip and she still continued with the service. Not okay.... but you will be!
May 6, 2017
Yes! You totally get it my little Paralyzed twin! I have my own private practice & have had to repeatedly explain my crooked smile to all my clients, VERY embarrassing. I went back to the office demanding a refund which was no problem. They wanted to inject the other side of my mouth with Botox to "even out the smile" but I refused. Can you believe also that right after the treatment while I was still looking at myself in disbelief in the mirror the injector says to me, "everything has a silver lining." Just downright b**chy to me. I'm venting now lol sorry! Just nice to know someone who knows exactly what I'm going through now. Thanks so much for your encouragement!
May 4, 2017
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry to see this happen to anyone.
May 4, 2017
I had the same damn thing happen to me! I never read a review that someone experienced nerve damage until now. I had mine done over a year ago. It took about 8 weeks before i was back to looking normal. My lower lip is still a little thicker.
May 5, 2017
no significant results. kind in mind i only had 1 treatment and its recommended to have a few treatments to see results. i did research on the facility i went to and it had great reviews in general. the problem was the doctor did not do the treatment an office staff member did. it was an injector error (office staff member). i didn't know there was a problem until the next day. after consulting with the office i was told the issues would resolve in a couple of days, then a week, then 2 weeks, then a month! it took 8 weeks before i had a normal appearance. Sooooo disappointing!
May 5, 2017
Sorry you had the same results from your first treatment. I also will not be getting any further treatments since I'm too afraid of this happening again. Glad the paralysis lasted only 2 months for you, still felt like forever I'm sure though! I had a periodontist perform the treatment on me, found her 'center' on the Kybella website. You trust that these doctors know what they're doing!
May 8, 2017
May 19, 2017
I want to ask both of you, Faroutt and J. How much Kybella was injected, when they hit you nerve?
May 20, 2017
I felt the R side of my lower lip becoming numb immediately during the very first 2 little injections she performed, excruciating pain. Of course that's when she hit my nerve.
February 21, 2018
Hello Faroutt, I am currently going through the same heartbreaking experience and it is the worst. Have you also gone back completely normal feeling and appearance wise? Thank you
May 5, 2017
Sorry to hear about your experience. Strange you don't want to share who injected you if you really want to help people. BTW - Board Certified Dermatologists can inject and they do a wonderful job by using the template and mapping out where to inject so I don't think it is necessary to say to people to only go to a plastic surgeon. I don't think Kybella works as well as they advertise and most need 4 to 6 treatments of 2 vials each treatment which is ridiculous and people are better off saving their money or doing chin lipo that actually gets results and even without being put to sleep which many hate that part. If I were you I would talk to a lawyer about your situation. Get your money back and then some.
UPDATED FROM barneyjim92
2 months post
Kybella Paralysis Almost Resolved
barneyjim92June 4, 2017
My Kybella paralysis is looking much better now, picture attached. I don't recommend anyone doing this procedure if you're thinking about it, just too risky. I think we should all stop being so superficial & save our money for retirement lol!
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June 5, 2017
Very happy to hear! You have a beautiful smile.
June 6, 2017
Yes, good point. Most the people I see getting Kybella do not need it. They look fabulous the way they are.
June 6, 2017
Excellent point actually. My Grandfather's Alzheimer's care facility is $5000.00+ per month and guess what...Alzheimer's units are generally considered Assisted Living which means SELF-PAY! Medicare/Medicaid do not pay even 1 cent. Most younger people don't know this painful fact and the realization will be tough one day when some look back on good money spent on what amounted to pointless procedures. I'm all for a little "work" done here and there, but some get a whole body work overall, spend thousands and thousands, and really won't have any better of a life. Sad.
I'm very glad to hear your facial paralysis is subsiding. Lesson learned.
I'm very glad to hear your facial paralysis is subsiding. Lesson learned.
June 7, 2017
I'm so sorry about the ordeal with your grandfather, it must be very hard for you.
June 7, 2017
Thank you and yes ... it's absolutely awful and I could right a book on that but this isn't the place. This is about you and your struggle. I was considering Kybella myself and I'm going to hold off considering your story and other people's stories. I have heard better things about the lunchtime liposuction for the submental area and saw the procedure done once in person. It appears to have better results, with no repeat visits (if one is a good candidate and has relatively good skin and muscle tone). It appears also that older people and/or who have excessive sagging have to go the facelift route.
June 7, 2017
....This Kybella might just be the old line "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". I think it's better to wait a good 5 years after something comes out to try it and do as much research as one can before just going for something because it is marketed as non-invasive or quick and easy. I am a RN and there are reputable, excellent physicians and there are some bad who are just peddling for big pharma and do not care about anything but their bottom line. We all need to be our own advocates and seriously do A LOT of research before we choose to trust someone.
June 7, 2017
...And the face/neck is loaded with nerves, blood vessels, an intricate musculature, etc.... it's not an area to go playing with lightly because bad results can be very hard to correct. Just look at Meg Ryan...she has all the money in he world and apparently no one has been able to fix her botched lips, etc...
June 7, 2017
All of this is just my opinion and thoughts, and I DO NOT have training in plastics but I have seen enough to know caution and intuition is best used in anything like this. Again, I am so happy that you're paralysis is subsiding...It must have been like a nightmare for you. I would've been scared sh**less!
June 7, 2017
I'm glad you are doing better!!! And you made me LOL about saving money for retirement. You are probably right! :)
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it was during the procedure with a pass of the probe, i felt an INSTANT numbness of my right jaw which felt weird and different. i remember looking in the mirror immediately afterwards and being horrified at how my smile was crooked. at first i thought it was just a temporary thing until the anesthetic wore off but sadly it persisted for weeks.
at first i cried and cried, angry at myself for putting myself through such a traumatic event all because of my stupid vanity. i was angry too at my doctor for being so overly aggressive in passing the probe.
hopefully i can make you feel better sharing my own experience and recovery.
(full disclosure, i am in the medical field and actually professionally inject patients every day at work. you can private message me for details if you like.)
right now, i feel your pain, shock, anger and misery. i'm so sorry for that. i will tell you that i was beating myself up thinking i would forever look like a stroke or bell's palsy sufferer. gradually over time my motor function to my lip did return but it took an excruciatingly loooooooong time.
feel free to private message me for more details, it's hard to summarize in one paragraph my experience but today i am back to normal. i'm hoping you too have the same good outcome, but so sorry for the psychological trauma of going through this:(