60th Birthday Present in Arizona. Bad idea.

Over 6 mos. later I can now say that this procedure is horrible & not worth the money and pain. After one Kybella treatment, my underchin area is left with crepey hanging skin which looks worse than the double chin did. Just consulted with a friend of my age who also had it done. She had a similar bad experience, minus the crepey skin. Not pleased at all with the Kybella experience or the results.

1 wk: today is exactly one wk. since my Kybella injections and I am finally starting to feel back to normal. Went in for a follow-up today, and although my swelling feels like it's gone down, my dr. says there's still quite a bit of swelling, as the pics she took of me show. The big bruises are almost all faded. I feel much better about the whole experience, optimistic even!

As I'm one of her 1st Kybella patients my dr. wanted to examine my under chin area carefully. I hadn't touched the area myself so I didn't know what to expect. It's a little numb, slightly hard, a bit tender to the touch and not especially lumpy. It hurt a little to be touched.

My dr. reminded me it would take a long time to realize the full effects. She says she's seen strong evidence of skin tightening after Kybella - it can tighten loose skin around and under the chin - which would be great for me, but it could take like 3 mos. to happen.

The Allergan trainer who injected me made it clear that although she knew I'd get good results, that the Kybella would not correct the crepey skin on my lower neck. I asked my dr. today what I can no about that. She recommended a neck cream which is used a lot in conjunction with Kybella.

This past week has been uncomfortable. The injections were very painful for me, although I've had no pain after that. The recovery is far from over. It will take weeks, even months to see the effects. It's daunting to think that I will have to go thru this for a 2nd, possible 3rd set of injections.

I'm a very sensitive person, a worry wart, my dr. calls me. Although the physical repercussions of the Kybella this week weren't actually that bad, I was so apprehensive and fearful that I went off my diet bigtime, basically stopped exercising and starting drinking caffeine and diet colas again which I'd given up. I slid into a very unhealthy lifestyle trying to get thru this week. That kind of makes the Kybella counterproductive for me. But hopefully I can fix that now that I'm feeling better, and get back to healthier habits.

I've appreciated hearing very much from people who encouraged me to keep posting, because they were about to have Kybella and wanted to know what to expect. I think that's a terrific way to prepare yourself - to know fully what the process entails before you do it. This keeps your stress levels down so you don't get as freaked out and fearful as I did.

I also highly recommend a chin strap. They have to be ordered specially and it can take several days, so plan for this if you want one. Ask your dr. what company they order from and have their office order you one ahead of time. You can do it yourself but the dr. gets a better price. They pay $15-$17 whereas if you order one directly it's about $30 or more. I've been using the chin strap at night, that's all, and I think that's why I've had virtually no pain.

Expect the injections to hurt. Ask your injector to describe to you before she injects what she'll be doing and what you will feel. Make sure they have ice ready for you immediately after the injections. You'll be fine driving home but I sure wouldn't want to show up to work for the next few days. I'm on vacation right now, but if I weren't I would wait a week at least.

I think the tradeoff of not going under the knife for Kybella is that the injections hurt and it's a long recovery. You also have to repeat the whole process at least one more time for optimal results, which is expensive.

At this point I can't really evaluate if the results are worth it because my results are a long way off. My feeling is that they will have to be pretty noticeable to justify the discomfort, down time and cost.

Day 5: Whew! Finally starting to feel normal again. Feels like my swelling has gone down but when I look at my pics I still look pretty bad. Bruising is def. much better. Swallowing getting easier. Today was the 1st day I finally felt that maybe this was the right thing to do!

At last had the courage today to touch under my chin. It feels numb and lumpy, as if it's not a part of me. Absolutely no pain. Tomorrow I go in for my one wk. evaluation. I think I'm doing pretty well!