Does Fraxel Restore Cause Fat Loss or Indentations?

I've read that some people believe that they suffered fat loss or indentations from Fraxel Restore. Is this a concern?

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4 Doctor Answers | Asked by DJ53 in Pgh

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Fraxel does not cause fat loss

Fraxel does not penetrate to the depth of the fatty compartment. It helps stimulate collagen. I am not aware of any physician-documented reports of fatty atrophy received by Fraxel’s company.You should discuss this with your physician if you are interested in receiving the treatment.

Fraxel Restore causing fat loss or indentations?

I can't see this happening with Fraxel Restore and personally have neither seen this nor heard of it. Might you be referring to "old" Thermage when that technology first came out? In some rare instances there was report of an occasional over-treatment which did cause some indentations from fat loss. With the current Thermage protocols that should never happen. Fraxel Restore does not reach the fat layers in the skin so the only way this could even potentially occur with a... more

Nissan Pilest, MD

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Irvine Dermatologic Surgeon

Fraxel re:store, Does it Cause Fat Loss and Indentations?

Hi Dj, I have treated hundreds of patients with Fraxel re:store for the past 5 years without seeing any loss of fat or indentations. I have not read any reports of this type of adverse event in our medical scientific journals. Therefore I do not consider this a concern. Please let us know where you have read these reports. Thank you and be well. Dr. P

Michael A. Persky, MD

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Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Have not seen fat loss from Fraxel Restore

We have performed close to 1,000 Fraxel restore treatments and have not seen any incidence of fat loss or soft tissue indentation. The same applies to Fraxel repair.

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fraxelvictim 10 Nov 2012

YES FRAXEL and other lasers cause severe FAT LOSS. I know! It's been happening to be and it didn't start to occur until over one year out! Look at my pictures. 2.5 years ago I had a very full, round face. I have gained ten pounds since those pictures were taken 2.5 years ago yet all the fat has melted off my face leaving me looking old and haggard. The first sign of damage was pinprick holes all over my face that look like enlarged holes. The holes are now joining together and forming hideous wrinkles especially around the mouth area. My upper lip has become thin an shriveled with lines. I look like I have the mouth of an 80 year old when I talk. The laser does not restore collagen as they claim. It destroys it. It destroyes the collagen, elastin and fat and the damage may not show up for months and even years done the line. This is a billion dollar industry. Nobody in the profession is willing to acknowledge the truth. This sight is replete with testimonials of people claiming that they have lost all the fat on their faces. Some have sought fat transplants to try and restore some of the lost volume. Our faces have been destroyed and nothing can repair them to what they were pre-Fraxel/Laser. How can these doctors claim to have never heard of the fat loss issue when so many on this sight and others are claiming otherwise and have the pictures to prove it. DON'T LASER YOUR FACE! It could very well destroy your face and your life. Every day I awake to this horror. I want to die!

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