Should Have Taken Advice Given on This Forum

I asked about Fraxel/rosacea on this site & 2 doctors replied that Fraxel is not the right treatment for redness and/or rosacea. I live in a remote little town so not a lot of choices closeby for beauty treatments. I decided to have a series of 4 Fraxel treatments, for wrinkles, enlarged pores, aging skin (62) etc. I was told a week's recovery. I am blonde with fair skin that marks easily. The morning I woke up where my skin was NOT red enough to show through my makeup was 12 days later. The first 4-5 days I looked like a swollen chipmunk. Way too harsh. Way too much down time. And now, 2 months later, my rosacea/acne has been activated & I can't honestly say my skin looks any better at all. If anything to me it looks rougher. When they used a photographic machine to test my skin before the procedure, I was 97% better than those my age. Not sure what I will be now or down the road. I should have let good things lay rather than trying to improve minor imperfections. Perhaps in time & as collagen is activated I will see some anti-aging results. For now, it was a complete wase of money & down time (I cancelled the remaining 3 treatments & got a refund). The only reason I did not choose IPL is because I had 2 rounds (6 each round) of IPL treatments when I was younger & the results, although good, were very short lived. It would be too expensive to maintain. Live & learn.