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forehead dented after cosmetic procedure - Winnipeg, Canada

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Being a cyclist for 20 years, the position my head...

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Being a cyclist for 20 years, the position my head being down and eyes looking forward on a 10 speed had taken it's toll on my forehead creating significant lines. I decided to let a surgeon address this. He stated he had to "think out of the box" and combined Fractura and Facetite. This was in combination with a mid-facelift.

Immediately post-surgery I had asked my friend who picked me up if she noticed a bruise on my forehead because it felt like I had walked into a wall. I recall on my first post-op visit to the surgeon when he asked how I was feeling I said fine except for my forehead "and feeling..... a wall".
Four months later the pain in my forehead is no longer there, HOWEVER, I am left with a nice dent in my forehead.
My surgeon stated it was fatty tissue that was destroyed during the procedure. I told him, I don't think so. I stretch that skin and there is a definite DIP in my forehead. I am going to a clinic tonite to have a CT scan taken to verifiy what I think it is and what it feels like... bone deformity as a result of that blasted procedure.

When I stuck to my guns stating I have never had a dent in my forehead, he apologized and I am scheduled for a "revision". I still have not heard from their office in three weeks. I am terrified to undergo another surgical procedure. These doctors are not god, they make mistakes... and when they do... they are big costly mistakes on the patient's part!



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Anthony Lockwood, MD, FRCSC (retired)

Anthony Lockwood, MD, FRCSC (retired)

Certified Plastic Surgeon

Replies (4)

December 11, 2014
Looks like he definitely obliterated your entire dermis and subcutaneous tissue and fat. I don't know if a laser can obliterate bone too, but that is quite a dip. Of your bone isn't damaged you could probably repair the dent with a fat trsnsfer, which I would think he would be happy to either do himself or pay for you to have done elsewhere. This looks like something you would get a settlement for if you went to court, so hopefully he realizes this and works with you. Fat transfers are expensive and usually have to be touched up more than once and this expense should not be yours to shoulder.
March 7, 2018
any updates would be appreciated please
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January 15, 2015
That's terribly that you were left with a dent in your forehead! You're right, plastic surgeons are NOT and I'm sure they ALL make mistakes sooner or later!
October 27, 2018
Hello, just reading about your experience. Did your surgeon do the right thing and fix your indentation? Should he have not done your forehead with that procedure? Thank you for input.