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Not the Best for Smile Lines.
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Not the Best for Smile Lines.
I went to Dr. M last year. I found him on groupon (which doesn't sound like the best way to find a cosmetic doctor, which I know now). I have had HA fillers before this treatment to fill in my smile lines. I needed a bit of a top off. I researched Radiesse before getting the treatment - so I thought I was in the clear...Not so much.
I went to the location in which the Dr. stated he was going to be at (I had NO IDEA that his place(s) of work are mainly pop up! ) and waited for him to arrive. The facility was EMPTY. Everyone seemed to have gone from the place for the evening which kinda weirded me out. My gut was telling me that this may not have been the brightest of ideas, but I had already paid for the groupon, and I couldn't get the money back.
Once he and his nurse arrived, they were carrying multiple bags/suitcases to where I guess they rented a room in the facility for a few hours. Myself and roughly 6 other women had been waiting in the front of the facility for a while, and we followed them to the room. There we sat in fold up chairs in a bland open room with one office. The Dr. set up shop in that one office room.
I was the youngest of the following patients ( I was 27 at the time). I got called into the office and sat on a what looked like a massage bench. The Dr. looked at my paperwork and straight up told me that the filler (Radiesse) was going to be too thick for my skin but that he'd do it anyway. He also pushed me to buy Disport (which I had no idea that it was basically botox. He didn't say that). I asked if I could use the money I spent on the Radiesse to get a thinner HA solution, and I had no response. Sheepily, I went with both the Radiesse and the Disport. I felt like I was being bullied into it. I couldn't get my money back - I was desperate and naive. I thought that he had compassion, but I was so wrong.
The Radiesse made my smile lines look engorged. I'm a model and a make-up artist by trade and let me tell you, this was one of the worst decisions in my life. I luckily have been able to try to hide it by doing some make-up tricks - but the lighting never lies. I now struggle to find the confidence that I used to have and I am way more anti-social than I used to be. I've lost out on potential long term jobs and social events that I can never regain.
I know that it's not mainly the Dr.'s fault. I should've walked away and just taken it as a loss money-wise.
Please, please, please heed my warning. Just because the dollar figure on groupon seems like a "great deal", it's 100% not worth it in the long run.
I have been microneedling to try to distribute the product since Radiesse cannot be dissolved.
I will post pics soon.
Thank you for your time. Love and peace to you all.
I went to the location in which the Dr. stated he was going to be at (I had NO IDEA that his place(s) of work are mainly pop up! ) and waited for him to arrive. The facility was EMPTY. Everyone seemed to have gone from the place for the evening which kinda weirded me out. My gut was telling me that this may not have been the brightest of ideas, but I had already paid for the groupon, and I couldn't get the money back.
Once he and his nurse arrived, they were carrying multiple bags/suitcases to where I guess they rented a room in the facility for a few hours. Myself and roughly 6 other women had been waiting in the front of the facility for a while, and we followed them to the room. There we sat in fold up chairs in a bland open room with one office. The Dr. set up shop in that one office room.
I was the youngest of the following patients ( I was 27 at the time). I got called into the office and sat on a what looked like a massage bench. The Dr. looked at my paperwork and straight up told me that the filler (Radiesse) was going to be too thick for my skin but that he'd do it anyway. He also pushed me to buy Disport (which I had no idea that it was basically botox. He didn't say that). I asked if I could use the money I spent on the Radiesse to get a thinner HA solution, and I had no response. Sheepily, I went with both the Radiesse and the Disport. I felt like I was being bullied into it. I couldn't get my money back - I was desperate and naive. I thought that he had compassion, but I was so wrong.
The Radiesse made my smile lines look engorged. I'm a model and a make-up artist by trade and let me tell you, this was one of the worst decisions in my life. I luckily have been able to try to hide it by doing some make-up tricks - but the lighting never lies. I now struggle to find the confidence that I used to have and I am way more anti-social than I used to be. I've lost out on potential long term jobs and social events that I can never regain.
I know that it's not mainly the Dr.'s fault. I should've walked away and just taken it as a loss money-wise.
Please, please, please heed my warning. Just because the dollar figure on groupon seems like a "great deal", it's 100% not worth it in the long run.
I have been microneedling to try to distribute the product since Radiesse cannot be dissolved.
I will post pics soon.
Thank you for your time. Love and peace to you all.
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