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55 Year Old with Malar Mounds/festoons

Name: 55 Year Old with Malar Mounds/festoons
Item: Richard Balikian, MD
Rating: 5
Author: Lucy and Mickey

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Having had this annoying problem for years and...

Lucy and MickeyOctober 5, 2017

WORTH IT$2,200

Having had this annoying problem for years and many consults with plastic surgeons all with different approaches .I finally decided on Dr balikian and they were removed by direct excision. He remove them beautifully and I suggest this to anybody with this problem as it is said to be a hard fix but not with Dr balikian

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Richard Balikian, MD

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

4.7 | 77 Reviews

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Replies (30)

liveyourdream

October 9, 2017

Wow you look amazing! Huge huge difference, takes years off your age.

Lucy and Mickey

October 14, 2017

Thank you. These things showed up in the past five years. Best money I ever spent.

Lovereviews

October 14, 2017

Beautiful results. You look fabulous now!

Lucy and Mickey

October 14, 2017

Thank you. I still have small scars but they will fade. A small price to pay to rid myself of those horrible bags. I'm done with the sun...

Lovereviews

October 16, 2017

Indeed it is, because your results are fantastic.

peggyc0323

December 5, 2017

where is this doctor located? I've been to 3 surgeons none will do anything..

Lucy and Mickey

December 12, 2017

Murrieta, Ca....Southern California

WillieM

April 11, 2019

Dr Balikian did a good job on you. You are lucky. I had a NL (bands still visible/won't last), BL (with large wound on forehead and burn on chin after surgery/talk about scars) and a FL (we agreed on a Deep Plane, got an Extended SMAS (and assistant accidentally snipped the dissolvable sutures 1st week being right ear causing it not to close, heal the same and left with a Mickey Mouse ear which he disregarded.)

urlm

April 25, 2018

Do you have some better photographs of the scars from the excision? Considering this myself once I get older and they inevitably start sagging more.

Lucy and Mickey

April 25, 2018

I will post a photo tomorrow for you. The scars are much better than havimg the Malar mounds.

urlm

August 5, 2018

Thanks! I agree, but it doesn't seem like any surgeon would agree with me considering I'm only 25, but they are really bad. They're more like bags than loose folds of skin in my case, so I don't know if that disqualifies me. Are the festoons completely gone now? If so, that is an amazing trade off. Are your scars any better today?

classycleats

April 25, 2018

do you have scars?

Lucy and Mickey

April 25, 2018

Yes, barely noticeable. Getting better everyday. I'd rather have scars than Malar mounds anyway.

UPDATED FROM Lucy and Mickey

2 months post

55 year old with Malar moumds/festooms

Lucy and MickeyOctober 15, 2017

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UPDATED FROM Lucy and Mickey

2 months post

55 year old with Malar mounds /festoons

Lucy and MickeyOctober 15, 2017

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maria1170ljc

October 24, 2017

You look awesome what a great job you doctor did.

Lucy and Mickey

October 25, 2017

Thank you and He sure did...

ChicagoBulls23

December 3, 2017

My festoons genetic. So many approaches don't know which one to choose. You look great!!

Lucy and Mickey

December 3, 2017

I understand. Took me years but I knew this is the only approach that would solve this problem.

peggyc0323

December 5, 2017

How long was your down time? I've hated my malar edema forever

Lucy and Mickey

December 5, 2017

Hi Peggy... I had my surgery Aug 21, stitches out the 29th. No make up for 30 days after surgery but really no down time. You wear a flesh colored tape over scars at night for a month. I went out with the tape on...great experience. So, downtime was really surgery until stitches out. 8 days total. You won't be sorry but choose the right doctor...