Vivace (Radiofrequency Microneedling) Disaster

Identical damage to mine. I'm so sorry you are going through this!

Thank you so much for posting this review. After 6 year nightmare that I have been going thru because of horribly botched cosmetic procedures by Dr. Michael Byun in Chicago, I am trying to help my face and my well being. I was going to have the Vivace done on my cheeks and temples. After reading your review I changed my mind.

I had an unfortunate result from my Vivace procedure but not nearly to the extent that you two have had. I have a review I posted here but I never see it because it must be buried because it’s not a positive review. First I received no benefit in terms of smoothing and tightening but I had a year’s worth of breakouts. My skin developed these pustules and upon pressure they exuded a white creamy substance which I think was some of the filler I had injected. Then the blemishes lasted for weeks and there were usually more than two at a time. It lasted a year. Another reader posted a similar result. I guess the procedure works well for many people but not knowing ahead of the procedure makes it rather risky. Good luck people. Maybe you should inquire about an alternative treatment before doing Vivace.

I was told that because in Vivace the needles are insulated, as opposed to other brands/earlier models not being so, atrophy is not possible at the -up to 3.5mm depth. Did you ask the provider?

Hello, I can tell you that I had similar issues, but the culprit is not necessarily Vivace, it is Microneedling in general. It has now been over 3 years since my 1 and only microneedling experience using the Skinpen and I was left with 1- Tissue loss 2- Tissue injury (which is very slightly depressed tissue which has still not bounced back) 3-Tons of fines lines, that I would call scarring in strange geometric shapes like circles, triangles and rectangles. In fact they look very much like the picture of your chin that you posted. Of course I have gone to multiple doctors since and they all say they've never seen it before and that it did the opposite of what is was supposed to do....well duh! The doctor of course didn't take responsibility and claimed that it must be something else that just so "happened" to show up right after treatment. Thank God I didn't do it again as I had bought a 3 pack, in fact my doctor was encouraging me to do it again. I have done multiple micro dermabrasions, Aquafacials and chemical peels to try to correct. It literally just takes time to improve as it's now been over 3 years and there is a slight improvement, though I can still see the strange lines, still have tissue injury where the skin is slightly indented under my eye and also fat loss on my cheek. The scary thing is I never thought I'd have a reaction like this, my skin has also been very normal. Just goes to show you never know, so I'd be afraid to do Any Microneedling again!

Do you have any before photos of your skin to compare? I have had a series of 3 treatments and did not experience any side effects. I’m just wondering because it seems like a good treatment but maybe they did not use the correct settings for your skin? It’s hard to tell because you didn’t post before pics.

I did the treatment a few months back , and my skin is worse!! I have become so stressed out trying to reverser the damage that was done

Hi! I am sorry to hear that. I am planning to do a vivace on my face and neck to remove acne scars. After reading your feedback, I want to give up this idea. How bad the side effect is? I hope you are going well soon.

It’s pretty bad. It’s been 8 months and I am still absolutely miserable. I haven’t been happy really since my procedure. I am so self conscious about my face and just don’t feel like myself anymore. Still have scarring, significant fat loss, texture changes, crepey skin. I have had some VBeam perfecta to a few areas where there were broken capillaries which fixed those at least but my skin is ruined