“Fraxel ruined my face”
Fraxel Laser: NOT worth it
Pain: Worst possible
My derm recommended Fraxel to me for my crow's feet. Five treatments and $4000 later I developed horrible hyperpigmentation all over my face, which was once very nice. I literally looked like I had a mustache and beard. I spent the next eight months and several more thousand dollars clearing the hyperpigmentation only to see that under the dark spots were hundreds of broken capillaries. I went to the top doctor in Columbus Ohio who has " no idea" why this happened to me. ANY amt of sun on my face will bring this all back - for the rest of my life. I have now undergone 5 Vbeam and 3 IPL treatments to try to reduce the broken caps. Fraxel also caused large spots of HYPO pigmentation on my face. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. Please do not do this to yourself.
Mar 5, 2008Comments and replies (11)
3 posts
10 Jul 2008
I had 3 Fraxel treatments a couple years ago for my Melasma. Since then I've developed larger brown pigmentation that makes me look like I have dark makeup on all the time! I used to have nice skin with a few pigmentation spots. I don't sunbath and use sunscreen religiously, the only thing Fraxel did was tighten the skin a tiny bit and spread the melasma out over the whole face instead of in spots! It wasn't a bad experience but I'm now faced with seeking more laser treatments to get rid of all the hyperpigmentation. I wouldn't recommend it if your skin is light and very sensitive to UV and hormonal changes, or if you have freckled in the past. I can't stay out of the sun, just stepping out the door to the car does it, even with sunscreen slathered on! :(
465 posts
21 Jan 2009
Have you been able to get this fixed? Did anyone tell you what happened...This laser is just like getting Radiation treatments for cancer...So whatever they do to fix/help skin damaged by Radiation treatments could possibly help a little..
5 posts
9 Mar 2009
Please contact me directly
465 posts
9 Mar 2009
Don't do anymore of the treatments look at my pics I did one treatment of the restore This lunchtime no risk no dowtime procedure ect ect is more dangerous than a full face C02...... But has been marketed so aggresively that women are getting it at Spa centers now......... If it goes wrong and it does the scarring and DNA damage is irreversable because it goes so Deep.....Don't be fooled by the marketing Just because your face isn't raw on the surface doesn't mean you are not severely burned...underneath it comes to surface later.......... Not just the top layers being peeled off ..... The ones who get decent results are not even close to worth the RISK.... All the people giving good reveiws are a few days or weeks after not 2 years out like mine..... If you look thru the reveiws many say they look worse after the intial swelling....Because they are!!!!!! They have DNA damage.... The skin on the surface looks better at first because it is dead ghost skin with no blood going to it so it dies..... What do you think those thousands of micro dots/zones do to your veins and blood supply.....They seal them..... They don't reattach..... Please think about it a few extra dots and you have a hole in your face...
465 posts
9 Mar 2009
You guys need to post your provider it seems like a lot of people in Ohio have been harmed.... It may be the same place ect...
5 posts
13 Mar 2009
The doctor has little to do with it, it is the machine itself that is so dangerous, pls consider yourself fully warned!
1 post
14 Jul 2009
Can someone tell me who this Dr is in Columbus, Ohio. I was just refered for Fraxel treatment but seriously reconsidering.