Menche

Hi everyone,

I am curious to know more about what the doctor in Germany says about the granuloma "burning themselves out"... anyone knows how that works??
I hade dermalive injected in my nasolabial folds and between the brows lines, in 2002. For about two years I was fine, and then I started noticing tiny little bumps alongside where the injection took place. I also started showing redness alongside the lines, to the point where I had to start using cosmetic concealer which did hide the redness. In time however, the bumps became larger, especially the ones on my forehead, between the eyebrows, the bumps are elongated and very visible, they are horrible!!! My self-esteem has been hit hard, I am a teacher and students and teachers look at the problem area. Students ask me what I have there, but teachers and other adults don't. I have seen about a dozen of board certified plastic surgeons in different parts of the United States and the original one that injected the Dermalive in Central America, she didn't tell me ofthe side effects at all. As a matter of fact she told me the fillerwould go away after about two years and I would have to return for a "touch up" injection. She was wrong! She claims she has had the injection done, but I really don't believe her, she shows absolutely no sign of anything on her face.
Anyway, plastic surgeons are interested but they really don't know what to do without any bad results pssoibly resulting from surgery. I took steroids, had cortisone injection in the area which made a huge blister and had to be incised, now I have a scar there. I have been told by some surgeons that surgery through the inside of the mouth can be done, but others say that this could cause bad nerve damage leaving me impaired in my mouth. Steroids did decrease the bumps but made me gain weight incredibly and they returned to their original size before I had even finished the steroid treatment...I want to know more about a posting saying that someone had found a doctor developing a new treatment that leaves no scarring (laser and/or microsurgery). Lawsuit to the company is also a good idea, I think the more people pursue it, the better.
My bumps continue to grow very slowly, but they do, I wonder if they ever will stop growing and who will have the cure to dissolve them without surgery. I used to have a beautiful face, now it is all deformed because the bumps have caused to lift the skin and it is uneven one side from the other, some of the lumps are very visible, they cannot be hidden with cosmetic concealer like "clinique concealer" which is what I use.
I also had a surgeon perform ultrasound over the skin surface, which was effective in reducing the lump size but they returned to their original size after a week or two.
Please let me know of a herbal cure for the inflamation, that would be very good, to find a herb that reduces the inflamation and cuts the aleergy that causes the lumps. Maybe through a naturopath or homeopath??
Thanks,
Menche