Fraxel II: Before and After

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Does anyone know if it's worth it to go for a second fraxel treatment for acne scars? I had my first one in Oct and most of the people I told said my skin looks the same.

What about today? Does your skin still look good? Are your results still good?

Hello ,I Had my first Fraxel Dual at a Plastic Sugerons office on Tuesday April 12th. Took a dose of zanax 1mg to help keep me calm since I cant take valuim. I was taken to a room to be prep. Numbing cream was put on my face and I waited about 1hr. The gal came in explained what was going to happen. Then bam! Oh man that smarted. I didnt like it at all, but was sorta prepared for it since I was told ahead of time.It isnt exstremly painful but it doesnt feel good we wont lie. Every time it went across my face I would shake all over, like I just climbed out of an ice coverd lake. The cold air may have been a factor coming from the laser. Not sure what was causing this affect? It took about 30 min since I needed her to stop ever so often, so I could catch my breath.I took a vixodin on the way home. I was given some Sin Arnica tablets to take every 6hrs to help with swelling along with Benidril and a balm ointment for my face. The first night I iced every 25 min and woke up every 4hrs to continue through the night. I took Ibeprofen 400 for inflamation every 6hrs which helped. I slept sitting up as directed. Right after the laser my face felt very hot and stayed that way for the first 2 hours. I had started to swell. The next day I was very swollen and went back to icing every 25min on again off again.It is now the 4th day and the swelling is starting to go down.I have little brown specks on my face and my eyes are still swollen. The spots will go away I was told they are not permanate.I do not see a big differance yet but will keep ya posted. The staff was very straight up, called me to check on me and were really great. I have another one in 30days since that is the amount of time you should wait for the cycle on your skin"I was told." and will be ready for it this next time. I will be taking the Pain pill befor I go out the door!I hope that works. I still have some lines and wrinkles but need to give it some time. Not sure how many one has to get for this kind of a thing to see results? Hopefully it is only three. I dont think I would like to many of these. But if you want to look better I guess it is better than going under the knife.

The purpose of resurfacing is to encourage new healthy cell growth..Ablative resurfacing kills and removes the cells..This beam creates a micro hole kills cells but damages the surrounding cells...They can still multiply but mutated....DNA damage premature aging...Cancer ect... If you want to do it by all means have at it nobody is stopping you..But don't say you weren't warned or fully informed down the road...Like many others here Ask your doctor for a study that disproves this one from unbiased doctors...That is Doctors who don't work for the companies manufactering it.. New is not always better..With any question of damage it should not be approved so broadly for something elective and only used on the worst cases... But hey the FDA is on top of it.LOL.. I would love to have Reliant market some of my dogs poo. Women and doctors would be rubbing it allover their faces And I could retire to the Hamptons....

Kathy The fact that retinoinds did that to your face would make the fraxel a contraindication for you.... I bet the doctor who was prescribing it didn't ask about previous reactions to products ect medical history ect... Did they examine your skin closely thru the magnifying glasses...? Fraxel does the same thing it creates an immune response to make you skin hyper exfoliate/turnover...Its based on normal transdermal elimination...Anyone who has immune issues that would create abnormal trandermal elimination have the potential for disastrous results.. This could be anything from dry skin/acne to diabetes ect.. Knowing that you would be a great candidate for the Skin medica Tns recovery serum and the eye cream...They have growth factors that do not irritate... I think you would see the same result or better than fraxel after a few weeks of using it...Check out reviews from sites...I like skincarerx to read reviews from customers.... Also the coffee berry cream during the day is amazing for redness irritation... better than cortisone based prescription the doc gave me with no steroid side effects It was voted Allures best night creamand is loaded with antioxidants...My new doc told me to use it during the day..... I like the original version better than the newer one The scary thing about these new medical devices is there was recently a case in the Supreme Court that makes it almost impossible for a person to sue a device company if it is defective or malfunctions ect...When it has FDA approval Combine that with the fact the Pharma companies lobby and give more money than any other industry.. Second in line is the banking/insurance industry.... The $168 million thrown at lobbyists amounted to a 32 percent jump over 2006, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity, which was based on data obtained from the Senate Office of Public Records. In all, the group says that drugmakers have spent more than $1 billion lobbying the federal government over the past decade. “As the biggest lobby on the Hill, the pharmaceutical industry wields tremendous influence that impacts everything from prescriptions to patents,” Bill Buzenberg, the group’s director, says in a statement. “The central point is that their massive spending has been highly successful, largely producing the political results the drug industry wants. http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/06/pharma-sets-spending-record-lobbying-congress/ http://projects.publicintegrity.org/rx/report.aspx?aid=723 Combine that with the corruption in the FDA and you have a free for all of what the manufacters can claim and do.... This is probably why they feel they can lie to the doctors to sell the devices...They know they are exempt from liability... Glad you found this site before you believed all the media hype they advertise... They sell it to doctors based on profit margins encouraging them to delegate to staff.. It's terrifying and we are only seeing the beginning of the fall-out it will be worse than the mortgage mess.. The most deadly form of skin cancer melenoma increased 50% in women but not in men since the 80's... Non-melenoma skin cancer,,Basal and Squamas cell has tripled in women under 40 Why? we are doing much more to care for our skin and spend less time than most men outdoors golfing fishing ect... Most makeup has at least a 15 spf.. Greed and politics control every aspect of our lives..The more you know the safer you are.. One thing I like about the transparency Obama is trying to bring to government.... Regardless of all the other issues.. With transparency it's very hard for corruption to stay unexposed.... Scientist at the FDA sent Obama’s transition team a letter exposing the FDA corruption and officials approving unsafe devices...Begging for Reform in the medical device division specifically.. To get to the bottom of anything all you have to do is follow the money... Who makes it and who they lobby or donate to.. Advertising money--controls the media to a degree Lobby money--controls the government, laws, FDA ect The only way to know the real truth is to FOLLOW THE MONEY and POLITICS.. It could save your life....