Orange County Laser Surgery doctors
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Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon
23211 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 200, Torrance |
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Sanjay Grover MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon
360 San Miguel Drive Suite 507, Newport Beach |
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Amy T. Bandy, DO
Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon
320 Superior Avenue Suite 170, Newport Beach |
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Paul E. Chasan, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon
1431 Camino Del Mar , Del Mar |
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Edward J. Domanskis, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon
1441 Avocado Ave, Suite 307 Ste 307, Newport Beach |
Recent Answers
I had laser therapy for the second time this past month and it was very painful during the procedure. Right away I developed large watery blisters that eventually turned into dark scabs. I have been soaking my legs in a bath for the past two weeks and using neosporin to fight infection.
The blisters broke and opened up. Three very sore areas became red around the lazer sites and inflamed. I called the drs' offcie 2 X and finally went up. The technician that did the lazer therapy took me into a room looked at my legs and said I looked normal. I was in a great deal of pain and did not like the red area around the sores. Finally after another week and not getting better, I called in and said I needed antibiotics becuse I feared I had a raging infection brewing.
I am into the 24th day and still feeling discomfort. I have deep scabs and redness around some areas. I feel I was literally burned during therapy. How can this procedure be run of the mill as I was told? Can you tell me if I am exeriencing a normal reaction or if something went wrong?
Your experience is not normal. Blisters are not a desired clinical endpoint for any of the laser treatments we provide and we have done 75,000 of them over the past 5 years with 10 different lasers. If your legs were being treated it's possible you were getting hair removal, spider veins or even brown spots. None of these conditions would normally result in the kind of trauma and infection you are describing.
What is just as concerning is the cavalier attitude of the "technician" you describe. Class IV medical lasers are legally only for use by physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the state of California. Did the "technician" that performed the treatment have one of those licenses? If not, you should be considering legal action, given the nature of your condition and the attitude of the person that saw you.