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Palomar 1540 Fractional Laser Melted the Fat in my Face - Kansas City, KS

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After I got the treatment my face kept burning. A...

whirleegigFebruary 28, 2011
$800

After I got the treatment my face kept burning. A month after, 2 months after, 3 months...it just kept burning. In the meantime, I noticed that my face kept looking more and more saggy. I could not understand what was happening to me. I noticed a little scar on my right cheek was actually getting lower on my face. The plumpness left my full lips, leaving them limp and deflated. I could see that my pores had enlarged and I developed a few little dents in my face that had not been there before. I sent my before/after photos to two plastic surgeons known for an aesthetic eye. One called me right away and asked if I had lipoatrophy from IPL or laser. I was losing all of the fat in my face. I've since gotten fat grafting but I'll never look as pretty and young as I did before. Don't do lasers!!

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Dr. Joseph Leiker M.D.

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He burned my face off.

Replies (5)

BrittB
February 28, 2011

Hi whirleegig, 

Oh my, I'm so sorry you had so much burning with no improvement. Did you ask your doctor what happened? I'm glad you went to find information from two others. How's everything going today? Please keep us updated.

Thanks so much for your review,

-Britt

whirleegig
February 28, 2011
Thank you, Britt!

I don't think my face can ever be the same and I loved the way I looked.

I just never look in the mirror and I keep living my life.

The doctor who burned me won't acknowledge that anything happened but I've seen other doctors who have explained that lasers and IPL can cause lipoatrophy, loss of skin elasticity and a host of other problems. Nobody can tell me why this happens sometimes but the doctors should warn people that it can happen. I was never told that lipoatrophy or loss of skin elasticity were potential risks. Nothing like that. Nothing that would make me pause and reconsider having it done.
Kathryn7160
January 10, 2012

I'am so sorry you went through this ordeal, you did not deserve this treatment from your doctor.I have been doing research on the internet pondering whether I should do laser resurfacing,and reading your post made me decide right away that lasers are wrong for anyone's face,I'm truly sorry for your trauma.

Hotlanta
July 25, 2015
When I first read this I thought it was the post that I had written a year ago because it sounds exactly the same I had the Palomar 1540 laser a year ago in August 2014 I. had severe burning my was bright red and I could feel the heat in my face . I noticed as soon as I got home the fat underneath my eyes was all melted the skin was sticking to bone in my veins were bulging out my skin was very loose I lost all the furnace my face and over the course of the week I lost my entire right cheek and part of my left cheek and all you could see on the right side of my face was bone . The nurse did the procedure at the doctors office so I called the emergency number and the doctor and the nurse refused to call me back they thought I was a lunatic stating it was impossible a week later the doctor still refuse to call me back I want into the office so she could see my face and she said it was impossible and the nurse set up a meeting with myself the nurse and the rep for cynosure Who stated it was impossible because Glaser doesn't go deep enough of my skin is hanging on my face the nurses telling me I had a good result my skin looks tighter it was reported to the FDA and cynosure and I haven't been contacted by anyone and the doctors office still tells me it's impossible because that's what the company tells them and the company says that they've never had another case or cases on the Internet if she stays in the sea face and the fat is melted. I have one procedure with the Palomar 1540 at a second with the Palomar icon which goes much deeper and is much stronger without being told that literally melted the fat my face I have gone through Tatian's for a fat transfer but I've since been getting Filler waiting to decide what to do
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Sky101
October 10, 2023
This happened to me this year. I’ve been desperately running around trying to fix my face.
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