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Concerned About the "Orange Peel" Texture Some People Report After Fraxel Re:Store, Normal?
In some reviews, people are stating that Fraxel Re:Store ruined their skin by causing a permanent "orange peel/golf ball" texture after the treatment. Many people who experienced this reported that they took all precautions and proper after-care measures, but it still occurred. I am considering having this laser done on my skin and this side effect scares me to death. I'm wondering: How often does this occur? Is it caused by the laser itself, or by misuse of the laser by the physician?
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DaniJeanine85
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Fraxel and Skin Texture
Fraxel Re:Store is an excellent treatment for skin texture. While it is impossible to eliminate large pores, they are usually nicely improved by the treatment. I have not experienced a permanent "orange peel" type skin in my patients. For a week or two after treatment a rough surface with a little bronzing can be present which is the old skin working it's way off the surface. This disappears leaving smoother, softer and smaller pored skin.
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'Orange Peel' skin post Fraxel...
In my office, my Physician Assistants have done hundreds, if not thousands, of treatments of Fraxel and we have never seen a permanent "orange peel" effect on a patients skin. This type of skin is normal right after the treatment and that is during the normal healing process. After a few days the top rough skin sloughs off leaving new, fresh, glowing skin.
Hope this helps.
Dr. Grant Stevens
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I had full face laser resurfacing (one pass). With the traditional C02, and plastic surgeon did the procedure. I healed well, no infections and had swelling the first 2 weeks. The healing has been good and I'm now at 7 weeks healing. The skin can still be damaged easily with any pressure or rubbing (blood will come to the surface and stay for a week or two). What has happened now is I'm seeing the skin is not smooth like it was before the procedure. It has a orange peel texture or gold ball look in places. The sides of my face is worse. I'm extremely depressed, saw the doctor yesterday and he said it was the pattern of the laser that caused this. It's not my skin or type of skin but from the lasers pattern. And it's not all over more in certain areas like the side of my face where skin was perfectly smooth before. Will this go away? I don"t see how it would. The texture is so uneven that make-up sits in the crevice's and look very noticeable and awful. I'm devastated. I had this procedure done years ago with the same plastic surgeon and he went deeper and the healing took longer but all the skin was smooth. The skin stayed red longer but that didn't bother me. In time it subsides and I could put make-up over it. It looked great because it was smooth. Can any professional plastic surgeon offer me any hope or a procedure that could fix this?