Is AFT Photofacials Supposed to Be So Painful That You Cry Throughout the Entire Nightmare?

It should not be as painful as you describe. We apply a numbing cream to the treated area prior to treatment. We also using a cool air device while administering the laser. At most, it should feel like a hot rubberband snap to the skin.

Quite simply, NO! it should not be that bad at all. At most, in the most pigmented areas it should feel like a light rubberband snap. You should not be crying through the procedure. In my office, I am all about comfort. I give all of my patients topical numbing cream before any laser or light procedures, and we use a cold air chiller to also help pre-numb the areas being treated, and increase the depths the light travels to for more effective treatments. Even without those though, back in... more