Fraxel Repair: Stories
Write a ReviewFraxel Re:Pair NIGHTMARE! Hyperpigmentation, Severe Redness, Laser Track Marks! - California
- CAgirl
- posted 3 years ago
- updated 2 years ago
- Not Worth It
- Cost: $1,000
- California
I am hispanic with tan skin. I am one month post...
- 11 Jun 2009
I am hispanic with tan skin. I am one month post fraxel repair and the treated area is still very red, with hyperpigmented spots (brown spots) and laser track marks. Please-in specific detail-tell me what to do for this!
This is not the "walk in the park" that I was told it would be! Should I begin Tri-luma? Renova? What is going to make my skin color and texture normal again? It's horrible, dark and bruised looking, and bumpy with laser track marks; it looks very wrinkled and discolored! No make-up can even begin to make me look even semi-normal, not even Jane Iredale! My life has completely stopped and I've been in hiding for 30 days now...please help me!
Please help me end this nightmare and get my normal life back.
- 9 Feb 2010
2 YEARS POST FRAXEL REPAIR: Because of Fraxel...
- 15 May 2011
Because of Fraxel Repair, I now have skin that looks like an orange peel, scarring caused by the laser, lots of "fine lines" and holes in my skin that resemble enlarged pores. My HYPERpigmentation has faded. However, I have spots of HYPOpigmentation (loss of pigment). ALL of this is PERMANENT LASER DAMAGE! I had NONE of these issues BEFORE Fraxel.
So what's there to do??? NOTHING! Because the truth is, there's NOTHING out there that will ever restore my skin to what it was BEFORE Fraxel destroyed it. I can continue to take more risks and have more laser surgery, but it will more than likely cause more harm and injury.
I can continue to spend thousands of dollars on creams, treatments, skin care systems, facials, etc. And all it will continue to do is drive me insane, while adding financial strain. NO CREAM CAN FIX THIS! NOT Obagi, Vivite, Retin-A, etc. NO LASER CAN FIX THIS! NOT Fractional, Erbium, YAG, CO2, WHATEVER, it doesn't matter. NO LASER CAN FIX THIS.
NO CHEMICAL PEEL WILL REPAIR THIS. NO FILLER. NO INJECTION. NO COMBINATION OF ANYTHING WILL FIX THIS. The best, most expensive and proven-effective treatments WILL NOT WORK! NOT EVEN WITH THE BEST PLASTIC SURGEON.
If any of you have any good sense about you, YOU WILL HEED THIS WARNING AND NEVER, EVER HAVE LASER SURGERY ON YOUR FACE. EVER!
You want to "fix" your face because of "this" or "that?" It's time to turn off the TV. Throw away the "fashion" magazines. IGNORE all things "celebrity." Be thankful for the beautiful and unique person you are and all you have to offer the world. MOVE AROUND. Stop analyzing yourself in the mirror. Smile and live!
Please hear my heart on this, You DON'T want to go down this path. It's an illusion. IT'S A LIE! It is meant to cause destruction in order for them to earn lots and lots of money!!!! These procedures ENSURE that you keep coming back for more by destroying your face and making you WORSE! PLEASE DO NOT DO IT!
What a nightmare for us all now... The only thing that has worked well for me is obagi skin care line. I used the enhance & condition and it helped correct some of the damage of fraxel. I'll never have my face back but obagi has helped more than anything else that I tried. It's been almost 4 years and I still live with the nightmare & always self-conscious about my face. Talk about regrets...
Your name and the name of the doctor will not be on public display but only viewable by the FDA. If you reported this outcome to your doctor is was their obligation to notify the mfg, who was then supposed to file a report with the FDA but that does not always happen. Each patient still needs to file their own report with the FDA so you will have a voice and you can be sure the damage was reported and documented.
You can file the report online at this link below, just click the "Begin" button to the right. You will need the manufacturer and model (or at least that would be helpful) of device that harmed you.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm
all i can look forward to in life now, is to try and find some sense of peace and acceptance.
all my other life's goals have been thrown out the window. a career? a love life? a family? all devastated
in my search for peace, i've looked into Buddhist teachings, new age-y stuff like abraham-hicks stuff, also looked into quantum physics..
as they all talk about the impermanence of life and that we are more than our physical selves. and also that it's possible to transcend our physical beings into higher consciousness..
i've always thought these ideas were all hokey before.. but now i find great comfort in them..
So what's there to do??? Because the truth is, there's NOTHING out there that will ever restore my skin to what it was BEFORE Fraxel destroyed it. I can continue to take more risks, which more than likely will cause more harm and injury. I can continue to spend thousands on creams, treatments, skin care systems, etc. And all it does is drive me insane. NO CREAM CAN FIX THIS! Obagi, Vivite, Retin-A, etc. The best, most expensive and proven-effective treatments WILL NOT WORK!
Searching for inner peace and healing...
All that being said, did you doctor ever inform you that darker skinned people were prone to this? My doctor did and said therefore, I was the perfect candidate. I have heard so many horror stories in the last 15 months that I think this procedure should be banned for cosmetic reasons.
What issues do you want to address?
I have the lines too from Fraxel. The lines are made up of tiny microholes. Is this what you have. I am seeing a doctor on Monday regarding tradional Ultrapulse CO2 or Er Yag to remove them. I am devastated. This whole procedure has been a nightmare!
How far out are you from your procedure?