‘Dental implants caused severe bruising on my face, making me look like a human inkblot test’

A mother claims dental implants resulted in the ‘worst bruising ever’ on her face, making her resemble a human ‘Rorschach inkblot test’.

Jessica Macko had been suffering ‘intense’ pain due to a previous eating disorder that had ‘worn away’ all her teeth.

The 44-year-old chose to undergo All-on-4 dental implants earlier this month [April 2] to address her ongoing dental issues, a procedure in which a set of four dental implants replace ‘loose, rotten, missing or failing teeth’.

Although she was cautioned by doctors about bruising, the stay-at-home mother confesses she did not anticipate the pain to be so ‘brutal’ or the bruising to be so severe.

The model shared a video of her face on the fourth day after the treatment, stating she appeared like a ‘monster’ and asking for others to contact her if they had experienced a similar reaction to the procedure.

The ‘horrific’ deep purple bruising started at her neck and chin and spread across her face, worsening hour by hour, even reaching up to underneath her eyes.

Now two weeks later, the bruising and swelling has considerably reduced, and the mother of three would still recommend the procedure, believing her extreme bruising to be a ‘unique’ case.

Jessica, from San Antonio, Texas, US, said: ‘The doctors did say I’d have some bruising.

‘The day after I had the implants put in, my face swelled up significantly, then the bruising started the day after that.

‘I got quite scared. It just kept getting worse and worse every hour.

‘It looked like I had a Rorschach blot test on my face, like the inkblots.

‘I tend to bruise badly but I’ve never experienced anything like that before.

‘I’m an artist so it was kind of cool to watch but it was horrific because I’d never seen bruising like that on anyone’s face.

‘It was on my chin and my neck, they were the most swollen and then it spread up and hit my nose and my under eye. It covered pretty much my whole face below my eyes.

‘It hurt so much. For them to take out like all your teeth, I guess it just causes a lot of trauma but I had no choice because I was just having constant dental pain.

‘I had no idea the pain would be that bad before I had it. I did not understand the brutality of it.’

Jessica’s dental problems began when she was younger due to an eating disorder.

She added: ‘Thankfully I’m healthy now and I’m better but part of getting the new teeth was my healing process.

‘My teeth were all pretty much failing due to some health issues and I was in agonising pain.

‘I was having all-on-fours dental implants. They put two screws in the top and two screws in the bottom to anchor the teeth in.

‘In the first week, I couldn’t sleep or eat, I just cried at night.

‘I immediately went back to my doctor when the bruising appeared.

‘He said it was always a possibility and mentioned seeing one person with it worse.

‘I also have anemia which could make bruising worse, and because it’s a big trauma to the area, it’s not uncommon.”

Despite the bruising, which she thinks may have been exacerbated by her anemia, Jessica has no regrets about the surgery and would encourage others to get it.

Jessica said: ‘It’s much better now. I went to MAC and bought makeup to hide the bruising. I think it should be fully healed by the end of the month.

‘My advice to others considering dental implants would be that it’s a great option, it helps many people, and I definitely recommend it and that my case was just unique.

‘I would definitely recommend the surgery.’