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55 Year Old with Malar Mounds/festoons
UPDATED FROM Lucy and Mickey
1 year post
55 year old malar mounds/festoons
Lucy and MickeyAugust 5, 2018
WORTH IT$2,200
Almost one year out and still love it. Would definitely do it all over again and sharing the results with other to encourage anyone wanting this procedure...go ror it girls. Dr.Balikian is awesome..look younger in a short amount of time and recovery.
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UPDATED FROM Lucy and Mickey
8 months post
55 year old with Malar mounds/festoons
Lucy and MickeyApril 25, 2018
8 months out...thin scars but worth it. I use silicone scar bandages at night
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April 25, 2018
Hmm, I really wonder if the scars have to be the same on each side or if they could be made more asymmetrical and "natural" looking, you know. But probably not. Is this photo with or without makeup?
April 26, 2018
The surgeon follows the lines of the crescent-shaped malar mound in my case it's Improvement not perfection and it takes up to a year for a scar to heal but if you put the silicone gel on it vitamin E it you just have to count the cost to you to me it was a hundred percent worth
April 26, 2018
Yeah no kidding, your improvement is amazing. And your scars are still fresh. You could also improve scars more with microneedling or lasers at a later point. Even do micropigmentation to blend it with your skin tone if it turns into a hypopigmentated scar.
April 26, 2018
I am doing follow up laser. I wish you well. I had seen at least 7 different surgeons, all with different approaches...i knew direct excision was the only real choice for me.
April 26, 2018
Yes, definitely better with scars than those malar bags. I can't believe how small he made your scars, they are barely noticeable and look nothing like what I had expected. It's really absurd though that we've come so far and yet the only way to get rid of malar bags is through direct excision. It's frustrating, but I'm going the excision route too when I get older. I think I'm too young right now for excision, as they're not as developed yet as yours.
April 26, 2018
Be careful with the laser though, as heat in this area can actually cause malar bags, so find someone aware of this. I'd honestly try microneedling first since it's so safe and from the published data pretty much equally effective to laser, believe it or not.
April 26, 2018
The surgeon who did my direct excision is also the one that does my laser.. yes it is quite surprising that the only way they can get rid of malar bags and festoons is through direct excision but I'm thankful for it probably in 3 or 4 years I'll have a different way
May 1, 2018
Hello Lucy, I am a 68 yo male with malar festoons and am just beginning research for treatment. I understand the direct excision surgery, but did your doctor recommend this over laser? Or, can the scars be revised with laser later? You look great now and I am so frustrated with festoons, I have had them since college.
October 31, 2018
I went to 6 different surgeons, some said it's not fixable, some said deep laser but many who had laser said the festoons returned. From my reading and the extent of mine I knew direct excision was the choice for me. Mine were full of fluid, when Dr.Balikian saw them he said direct excision and I knew he was right.
UPDATED FROM Lucy and Mickey
4 months post
55 year old with Malar mounds/Gestapo
Lucy and MickeyDecember 12, 2017
This is a before photo somehow I erased it but here you go sharing the ugly and the beauty before and after
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March 2, 2018
Wow! That really was an amazing transformation!! You now look so beautiful and alive! Congratulations!
April 26, 2018
I wonder, have you always had malar mounds since childhood, and then they turned into festoons at a later age? I'm too young for festoons but I have malar bags, very prominent, and I wonder what the future holds for me..
April 26, 2018
No...they have shown up in the past ten years and really bad the past three years. I took my time finding the right person to help. Dr. Balikian in Murrieta, Ca is wonderful. I his assistant has them too but not as bad as mine, He treated hers with laser and filler. Her name is Noelle...worth a call or email to her.
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I wonder if the fluid has returned or if the result still holds?