“You'll look like a freak but it's worth it”
Laser resurfacing: Worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
I had CO2 laser resurfacing years ago. It didn't change the surface of my skin one bit, but it really tightened up the collagen underneath (better than Thermage). When I was in my late 30s, I looked like I was in my early 20s. I would get carded at casinos. The results lasted for years.
The huge downside was that my face scabbed and swelled so badly I looked like a freak. i could not go out in public for weeks. I looked so horrible that when I looked in the mirror I thought I had made a serious mistake and ruined my looks. I couldn't see how the mess that was my face was going to heal up and ever look normal again.
There was one burn/scab that went into my bottom lip. It cracked and I could see into the interior of my lip. I was very careful not to disturb this scab because it would have scarred badly but amazingly it healed up and left no trace.
I highly recommend this for sagging skin who can hide from the world for about six weeks.
Nov 6, 2008Comments and replies (5)
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16 Dec 2008
tammy i am wanting lazer work done but my doc says in 10 days i should be able to go back to work and wear makeup but i see your saying 6 weeks. im afraid of not being able to really go back to work in 10 days because i think he may just be telling me that. do u have any pictures of how u looked right after u had the co2 done the lazer my doc is going to use is called the feather touch co2. is that the same as yours. please give me as much info as u can even if u can remember what it was like from day 1 until day 30. please more info
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29 Dec 2008
Tammy, I had CO2 laser under my eyes about three weeks ago, and I am still an unusual shade of bright pink/yellowish in two large arcs under each eye. I also have strange, tiny little bumps on the skin. I have no idea what they are. I found the procedure extremely painful. I have not tried to put makeup on. My advice--don't do this without plenty of downtime. You also have to be religious about sun avoidance for about 6 months!
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10 Jan 2009
It was called CoolTouch. I believe that it was not a pulsed laser. I did not do much research on the different types of lasers. I have heard of Ultrapulse but don't know anything about it. Make sure you get some different opinions about the length of downtime!. I am still bright red and having a tough time covering it up--green makeup and all, it tends to slide off the skin. I can't give you much info about the results because I don't know yet. I can tell you that it appears the fine lines are gone, but the deep wrinkles are still there. I had a transconjunctival blepheroplasty at the same time--very little downtime there and great results!