Do i really need 6 Fraxel Restore treatments?

I have just had my second fraxel. I am paying an arm and a leg for these treatments ($1500 each). The pain of each treatment is minimal. I don't know why everyone is complaining. The numbing cream totally negates any pain. I break out in whiteheads after each treatment for about 5 days. That is the absolute worst. I hate it and leaves me red to the point of making me wonder if this is worth it.

I DO see significant improvement in my melasma (upper lip, orbital eye area, forhead) but i get the feeling that i am being scammed somehow. The doctor immediately was like "6 treatments will be needed" and didn't increase the intensity on my second one. Is he supposed to? I wonder if i am not getting my money's worth?

I believe in the treatment, but do i really need 6?

1 answer to “Do i really need 6 Fraxel Restore...”

A: Fraxel Restore requires multiple treatments

Todd Minars, MD
By Todd Minars, MD - Miami Dermatologist

It is hard to say that you will need 6 treatments before starting the treatment, but 6 is not unreasonable, and everyone who does Fraxel Restore does 4 or 5 treatments. To answer the second part of your question, it is NOT necessary to increase the intensity on the second treatment:  Sometimes we do,... more

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Donna
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3 Oct 2007

Hello there: Not sure if I can help but I felt the same way when the Doctor said 5 treatments. She also stated I wouldn't really see a difference until treatment 4. (WHAT???) I plugged through even though I am paying $1560 a shot and did not see any real result until #4) I have just had my fourth treatment and the difference in my skins elasticity is AMAZING. Seriously I look like I dropped 7 years off my face. (I am 42)After 1, 2 and three the results were minimal but from my understanding it takes 6 months after each treatment to see the results. I am going to have the fifth and hopefully I will end up with another 5 years dropped (kidding). If you can afford I say it beats a facelift but, to me, it seemed like such a waste not to continue..... Only my two cents worth

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