Deep FX Disaster Treatment?
I have been badly scarred by Deep FX treatment. The doctor who performed the treatment used an energy level of 50 (Lumenis recommends keeping the energy under 20!), which resulted in deep wounds that are still healing after 5 weeks. There are lots of scarring, red marks, depressions, and texture/pigmentation problems. There is also an unhealed scar that will need surgical excision.
I may be scarred for life, but I want to try everything that could help me get through with this. What are my options for treatment of this botched Deep FX job?
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5 posts
5 Dec 2008
Many thanks for the excellent advice. I will follow up with your suggestions.
81 posts
4 Dec 2008
5 weeks may be a little too early to see is something will scar but active treatment of those areas will likely be beneficial. Any area that looks raised should probably receive some Kenolog/5-FUmixture injections. Your provider should do about one a week for about 4-6 weeks. The Pulsed Dye Laser with conservative settings(5-6J) can be very helpful with hypertrophic (red, raised scars). You will likely need 4-6 treatments spaced about 4 weeks apart. After about 3-6 months, when you can better see your final results, it may be worthwhile to have the areas that were treated with the Deep FX blended into the surrounding areas. This will significantly improve the overall look and make any depressions much less obvious. Good products such as topical Vitamin C (pH around 2.2-2.5) and titanium/zinc based sunscreen in the morning are important. 0.05% tretinoin emollient cream at night will also help the skin repair itself. A Swiss company named Neocutis makes something call Bio-restorative cream which contains active stem cells. Although there are only a few studies, this may help keep the area from scarring. Remember the skin will likely take at least 18 months to really finish the active phase of healing. Will actively managing it try to be patient. Good luck.