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Kybella Fail

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Kybella Fail

I had 3 rounds of Kybella treatment for fullness under my chin between Dec 2016-October 2018 and it did absolutely nothing. The last treatment was done gratis and without numbing agent and with a greater number of injections and product (I would not have paid for a third treatment, but was game to try it in case the numbing agent had affected prior outcomes). I liked my doctor and will return to her to discuss other options, but it will be a while before I can afford anything. Kybella was expensive, the swelling was obvious for about a week each time, and it hurt. I have no needle-phobia and while it wasn't pleasant, I found it tolerable at least. I wish it had done even a little bit of what it's supposed to - it makes me sad to think about the time and money wasted after I had gotten my hopes up to be rid of this pad of fat that makes me so miserable. In my opinion, the fail-rate is grossly understated.

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I agree I also had the treatment and there was absolutely no change it is not worth the money.
I can definitely see a difference! The issue is that the treatment will remove fat, not skin. That’s what it looks like happened to you. You look awesome & I see a difference!
That's nice of you to say, thank you...but it simply didn't work. If the difference you are noting is between picture 2 and 3, that's because picture 2 is not what I normally look like. That is the inflammatory response within the first few days of getting the treatments (aka bull frogging). After that huge amount of swelling went down, I was left with the same amount of fat as before. There isn't any excess skin - the skin around by chin and jaw is rather taught...it's just unfortunately pudged with fat. Multiple angle photo comparisons and measurements were taken by my doctor and she noted no change. So sad.
Hi there, I don't mean to bore you with same questions you've likely been asked but I had 3 rounds of Kybella to both my jowls & submental, first round 1 vial split between jowls (1/2 each side), second round, 1 vial split between jowls & 2 vials to submental, third round, 1 vial split between jowls and 1 vial to submental - my injector told me it does take significantly more product to reduce submental vs. jowls (just for frame of reference). It has changed my life and I'm not exaggerating. & no I don't work for Allergan or whoever makes Kybella. I'm not suggesting you shell out more $$ for Kybella, but I'm trying to figure out how the product didn't work for you. I would say you are under 30 and your skin looks great. I'm 45 & my skin snapped back into shape, I don't have any sagging skin leftover which I thought MIGHT happen. What I have read is ineffective treatment was from not using enough product, again, I'm not suggesting you spend more money, you look FINE!!!, but I appreciate that you're saying it didn't work as you hoped and it has to be that not enough product was used because the acid in Kybella is destroying the fat cells. Unfortunately the pursuit to destroy as many as we'd like gets expensive. If I hadn't read somewhere that ineffectiveness is due to not enough product I wouldn't bring it up but I do believe that's the case because unless the doctor was injecting you with a placebo product (which I KNOW is not what happened) it can't NOT work. I hope I don't sound like I'm being bossy or weird but I love so much what it did for me I want YOU to be happy with it too so I'm sincerely trying to analyze what happened and I want to hear what you think of my "theory". Take care :)
I'm glad it worked so well for you! It would have been a life-changer for me,too. I'm about to turn 40, but this little pad of fat has been there since my 20s. When I turned 30, I gained quite a but of weight and a lot went to my face. Despite years of diet and a lot of exercise, I haven't lost any weight, but I am a lot more muscular and smaller in general...but that fat is parked right there. I've dropped a dress size since I began treatment, but that submental chunk makes me look much more overweight in photos than I actually am. It's not *huge*, but it makes me terribly uncomfortable and it's visible from the front. I want it gone while my skin can still snap back!
My first treatment was likely on the conservative side. I did not expect to see results from that...I had been told that it would be at least 2 treatments before there would be any slight difference. The second treatment used more product, though I couldn't tell you how much. I think it was 2 full vials. When that failed to produce any result, my doctor spoke to her rep and they offered me my third round for free, which I thought was really cool of them. I appreciated that. Though it seemed unlikely, my doctor suggested we forgo the numbing agent and used at least 2 full vials to the submental area. I think there were more injections, too...but maybe it's just that I felt every single one without that numbing. It swelled the same as before (which is apparently good). It was jiggly, gross, and bruised for a week. I did one or two stop-ins for photo follow-ups, but they showed no improvement.
On Kybella's website, they post the results of their studies. Only 15% of people saw significant improvement after 6 rounds. 72% of people saw a moderate. That means there are some that had no improvement. For what reason, I don't know. Maybe it has to do with how the body metabolizes it.
hi, from what im looking at your pictures. seems like there is a significant change!
I would agree and also doing it over 2-3 yrs probably isn’t the right timeframe I have been told it needs to be more consistent with at least two treatments over 4-6 weeks
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