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Young 50 Year Old Getting Rid Of Double Chin... - Fall River, MA
UPDATED FROM lunamax
7 months post
The expense and recovery time is not worth it!
$1,200
It's been a little over 6 months after my first and only round of Kybella. I wanted to quickly update and close this chapter... I feel I wasted $1,200 I can't recover. I only had one round and my results were not what I expected at all considering I didn't have much to lose to begin with. The recovery is awful and way too long. That said, I would not consider lipo; it is way too unpredictable. I am losing weight now and already seeing a slight reduction. I'm hoping with more weight loss, the double chin will disappear.
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UPDATED FROM lunamax
15 days post
15 Day Post Kybella
All the swelling is gone and the only thing left is a hanging, jiggly chin with some numbing sensitive to the touch. I guess I'm in that in-between stage where it looks and feels almost back to "normal." And I am feeling a little scared because I don't know if this thing is really going to work...yikes!
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October 18, 2016
Your pics and updates are very helpful. How are you feeling now about having the procedure done? Worth it or not? I have an appt next week and not sure if I want to go through with it. My chin looks similar to yours. Thanks.
October 18, 2016
I had my first treatment today. 2.5 vials. I am hopeful. Previously I had 2 coolsculpting treatments with zero results. The rep was actually there when I got my treatment today, she said it would swell and bruise. I bruise easy anyway. I'm not real bruised, but numb and very swollen. Please continue to update so I will know what to expect. Thanks.
October 19, 2016
Hi, I'm curious--how did they decide to use the 2.5 vials and how much did you end up paying? I'm just wondering if the amount of product used depends on the condition of the chin. I have seen a lot of reviews here where people say they've only had one treatment but had 3 vials. I got administered 2 and I don't think I had a severe condition however, I am no wondering if 3 vials would've been better(?)
October 20, 2016
It depends on the number of "dots" that are actually injectable on your chin. Everyone gets the same grid applied to their chin but all of the dots are not injected on everyone since everyone has a different amount of fat. Some of the dots they cannot inject because of where they are, too close to the face or too low on the neck, etc. Kybella comes in 2 cc vials. So once the grid was placed they wiped off the dots that were not to be injected. 0.2 cc of Kybella solution was injected on each dot left on my chin. 10 injection sites will be covered by the 2 cc vial. You will not know how many injection sites will be required until the grid is placed on the skin. The most common amount of vials uses is 2. I had 22-23 dots that were injected, multiply that times .2cc and it's .44 or .46, which is 2.5 vials. I was actually a test patient for my plastic surgeons office. I have had cool sculpting there, lipo, and breast augmentation. So I have spent close to $14K, they let me be part of their training session this week.
Today is day 3. I am still swollen, the "bull frog" neck but not like it was day 1 and 2. All redness and bruising is gone and I bruise very, very easily. Like black and blue with my abdominal lipo and cool sculpting of my inner and outer thighs. So this is good. There is no pain at all on my neck unless I press on it. I'm not icing or anything. It's a little jiggly. I'm about 25-30 pounds overweight and have a double chin anyway, it's a little worse than normal, but I am hoping this makes it better. I was non-responsive to 2 cool sculpting treatments to my chin. I am also dieting, hard and heavy. So I have lost about 9 pounds in 2 weeks. Diet, water, exercise. I am praying all of these in addition to my procedures will help me become more fabulous at 50! Thanks for asking--Julie
Today is day 3. I am still swollen, the "bull frog" neck but not like it was day 1 and 2. All redness and bruising is gone and I bruise very, very easily. Like black and blue with my abdominal lipo and cool sculpting of my inner and outer thighs. So this is good. There is no pain at all on my neck unless I press on it. I'm not icing or anything. It's a little jiggly. I'm about 25-30 pounds overweight and have a double chin anyway, it's a little worse than normal, but I am hoping this makes it better. I was non-responsive to 2 cool sculpting treatments to my chin. I am also dieting, hard and heavy. So I have lost about 9 pounds in 2 weeks. Diet, water, exercise. I am praying all of these in addition to my procedures will help me become more fabulous at 50! Thanks for asking--Julie
October 21, 2016
Hey Julie, thanks for all the info. It's very helpful as those details were not explained to me. I want this to work and I still have numbness so I'm assuming it is still working and I have to wait at least a couple of weeks to see the results.
October 19, 2016
It's been a full month today and I'm at baseline with still some numbing in the area. My Kybella administrator and I decided to postpone the follow up appointment until all the numbing is gone so we can determine if I had good results and if another treatment is needed. I know I will not see the final results for another 2-4 weeks and I'm feeling apprehensive about it. At this point I can't decided whether it was worth it or not. However, I do know that I would not have done lipo no matter what. I've had lipo before and it is a very scary experience and the results cannot be guaranteed by anyone. And while Kybella is a safe procedure, it is long, with horrible swelling that everyone can see (so there is down time!), and it is also very expensive.
I'm really hoping Kybella works and that the first treatment results are noticeable because I'm not sure I want to go through it again.
I'm really hoping Kybella works and that the first treatment results are noticeable because I'm not sure I want to go through it again.
UPDATED FROM lunamax
9 days post
8 Days Post Kybella
I'm posting these pics 2 days after taking them. The swelling had gone down but I was suffering from a horrible rash in the lower neck area I treated with benadryl and Zyrtec for the first 4 days. I finally applied Cortizone 10 and that seemed to do the trick. The rash was gone within two days. All the swelling seems to be gone now (day 10 post Kybella) and I just have a low hanging, jiggly under chin I am covering up with big scarves. I will try to post again in a few days.
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September 29, 2016
Please continuing posting your updates. They are very helpful! Thank you!
September 30, 2016
Thank you for your posts and pictures. I am your same age and I'm concerned about the giggling skin that remains after the fat disappears for ladies our age.
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