Subcision and Fat Grafting for Acne Scarring - Kolkata, India
Hi All , I am Soham and I am recent but but...
Hi All ,
I am Soham and I am recent but but frequent member of this blog. Well ,I has a severe acne since my early teen and now when I am at 25 I have severe scarring due to that.I have tried many thing like with little invasive like microdermabrasion, dermarolling,chemical peeling.Nothing seems to work.Then almost 1 year ago I developed two cysts on the both my cheeks which had to surgically be removed and thus I developed stitch scar along with acne and my face was a mess.I then videted to may derm and plastic surgeon in my city and only one proceedure remains and that was Laser.He suggested mt ablative laser as my scarring was pretty much severe and it look ever more due to the surgical scars.I was a bit nervous because It was a costly process and couldn't afford if it sort of fails and It did faif.I dad 0% improvements with my first one and the derm said you need three more cause you have severe scarring and I was a bit worried as I have Asian skin complexion.Then I sort of found another plastic surgeon in my city who suggested me have subcision and then fat grafting before going to any resurfacing..I has all type of scars Boxscar, ice pick and even surgical.
Today ,I has this procedure done.I has it done under full anesthesia so I cant say how was the procedure.Now my face is is swollen like hell and is now covered with bandages.I am going to take that out on day after tomorrow.I will post gradually how I heal.This procedure is not going to take care of the narrow ice pick scar but going to improve my boxscar and surgical for sure at least this what I am thinking.My PS said this will definitely going to improve my depth of scarring and then he wants a total ablative laser to complete the procedure but that is after 6 month because autologous fat takes 6 month to settle down.
Thanks for patience.I like you to post if you or your friends have similar sort of experience regarding fat grafting in acne scar and also I will welcome any sort of quaries.
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Yeah I have taken of the Bandages,but still not sure how this procedure has helped me.My deeper ice pick scars are now looking small and shallower but not gone.the are pretty much there.I didn't expect also them to do completely.But which I really expected was to my sergical scars and deeper scars to be gone or close to be invisible.But this isin't the case.They are all present.Probably looking much flatter because my whole face is swollen like a balloon.My face is now looking very big.The actual shape has changed.My PS has said it will take a few more days to subside,but right now this procedure is not giving me any pleasure cause my entire face is swollen-it looks like fat is grafted to the whole face of mine.I am sure this is not the case.I am still hoping for the result to come up when the swalloness of the entire face goes down..which actually is happening quite slowly.
Please help me if any one had fat transfer after subcision for acne scars and how the things gone for swelling.Please post.Right now my face has changed to something different...but still someone said patience is a virtue....
I'm sorry to hear you are having so much swelling. I think this Q&A might help with your concerns about the swelling, as you will see several doctors talk about it talking 4-6 weeks for the swelling to completely subside:
Reversing Fat Transfer Results?
So don't panic just yet, remember you are early, early, early in the healing phase. Hopefully there will be some good changes to your scar after all the swelling goes down - will be looking forward to hearing how you are doing.
Thanks for the link.I am right now disappointed with the result,when I discussed this with my PS he said my scar's depth has reduced significantly.now he assured that there will be a single but reasonably deep laser resurfacing will give me a Hugh improvement.
I cant predict any thing now.I am a bit scared of the pigmentary problem as I have Indian Skin tone and also the down time.That too I can do after two-three month's now.
Wow, that sounds like quite a procedure. How are you feeling today? Have you removed the bandages?