“No Difference...will Cause Hyperpigmentation - Canada”

fraxel so not worth it! i've had 6 treatments and to start with i only had acne scars, NOW, not only do i have the scars i have hyperpigmentation!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so upset! my derm now wants to do a chemical peel! so disappointed!!!!!! save your $$$$

Hi aracely and Nicki, Were you treated with Fraxel by Reliant, or another fractionated technology? Were you treated by a physician? What were the treatment settings? Thanks. Dr. P

I had Fraxel Re:Pair in early August and followed post-care instructions exactly. Used heavy sunscreen, hat and avoided outside as much as possible. Acne scars (reason for treatment_now show little reduction and my face is COMPLETELY covered in hyperpigmentation. Esp chin/upper neck has stripes. I'm 34 and it actually made me look OLDER. I avoid mirrors and am so depressed. Dr prescribed Tri-Luma and said ok for breastfeeding but my Internet research contradicted that so I weaned baby cold turkey. Painful and hard too. Is there anything that can be done to get my skin back to where it was? I'm caucasion, VERY fair skinned, lots moles, but don't tan that much w/ green eyes and Dr said was surprised this happened.

I am so thankful to find there are other people experiencing what I have gone through!!! In 2006 I went in for lazer hair removal and ended up with PIH. The hyperpigmentation is above my lip so now I look like I have a brown shaded mustache instead of hair there! I should have kept waxing!! In 2007 I went to a different derm and he decided to do a large test spot of the fraxel lazer on my cheek to see if he could lighten the hyperpigmentation on my upper lip. Now I have two huge geometric patterns of hyperpigmentation on my face that is only getting worse with time not better!! I have spent thousands of dollars on topical things to lighten and correct the problem nothing works!!! Help!

I had Fraxel a few years ago. Didn't notice any great improvements in my fine lines (which is what I was after) but I felt I was overly burned. I had the checkerboard marks all over my neck. It took a long time to heal. I forgot about it until this year when I suddenly got hyperpigmentation on my neck. I also now have what looks like white scar lines. I couldn't figure out where I got the scars but just realized they are in the pattern of the fraxel checkerboards. I now have dark neck with what looks like many white slash mark scars on my neck and chest. I just realized what this was. My last derm wanted to do Fraxel on me to get rid of the hyperpigmentation.

I have all these same issues...Look at my before afters..... Please post a review with pics.They don't have to show your entire face just an example.... So many are posting positive reviews a day or so after treatment..If you are months or years out please post your review..I to thought It was fine right after treament... And you MUST CONTACT THE FDA it takes 5 minutes to do a report...you can watch our story on CBS3 facing the pain.. http://cbs3.com/video/?cid=220

momof2fraxel Please cotact me..I have been emailing with a lot of women and we are all trying to find the best way to get our faces fixed... You are in Charlotsville they did some research at UVA regarding stem cell fat grafting maybe you can research that aspect and talk to the doctors...We are sharing information to find the best treatments without causing further damage... You can email me by clicking on my name and clicking contact awalk it will send me an email... Best wishes

Email me walker942 (at) cox (dot) net

I have bad sun damage that also includes a fair amount of hyperpigmentation (kinda hormonal) - I was just research fraxel and ran across these comments - changed my mind - will just use over the counter remedies and more sunscreen - so sorry you all have had such a bad experience but am thankful that you were honest enough to post -

i have had some lightening with natural lemon juice. i also do a weekly 'scrub' of oats (quaker oats), mixed with brown suger and milk. don't do this more than 1xweek. it does a pretty good job of exfoliating. on other days i apply lemon juice or lime juice, whatever i have in the fridge, and leave it on my skin over night or under makeup! this has worked sooooo much better than the triluma. just be cautious, if your skin is sentive it feels like it burns when you apply the lemon or lime juice on your skin. i have tried lots of expensive meds, and can honestly say the juice has worked 10 times better!

Asian with olive skin and I had Fraxel Laser 3weeks ago for acne scars, wrinkles on forehead and slight hyperpigmentation - disappointed with results. Had opposite results. The setting of the Fraxel laser was at the lower settings to prevent hyperpigmentation. Hyperpigmentation got worst - darker and spread on my face, skin got very dry and started breaking out which hasn't happened in years. Wish I could get my money back. Thoroughly do a research before getting the procedure done,so you don't waste your $ like I did.

I had one fraxel treatment 3 months ago. It has helped lessen the severity of light 'pick-ice' acne scarring on my cheeks. However, it has caused hyper-pigmentation underneath my eyes. The hyper-pigmentation is in the form of brown patches (like darker, more pronounced freckles). I signed a disclosure document prior to treatment that said 'increased pigmentation' is a risk that occurs in 'less than 1%' of cases. On revisiting the dermatologist to discuss my concern, his reply was that this hyper-pigmentation or 'bronzing' was "to be expected", which utterly contradicted what I was originally told by him and what was stated on the form that I signed. I was told that the hyper-pigmentation couldn't be removed, but the dermatologist (at a large clinic in Sydney) suggested further treatment, which I wont be doing as they said it wouldn't remove the hyper-pigmentation anyway. I'm terribly upset, not just about the increased pigmentation around my eyes, but that I wasn't given the whole truth before my treatment. The dermatologist is obviously making quite a lot of money from fraxel treatments, and saw a sucker coming! He was very quick to recommend fraxel, but only asked questions about my family history and whether I was prone to hyper-pigmentation after the treatment. I was also told that if I had the treatment on Friday, I could go back to work on Monday. I went back to work on Tuesday feeling awful, with scabby, swollen, red face with terribly breakout of acne. It took a full week for my face to mildly presentable. It's been 3 months post treatment and the skin that I had treated is redder and darker than the skin I didn't have treated. Dermatologist or salesman? I was naive to accept the treatment (or perhaps I was just trusting) and DO NOT recommend it to others. The distress of the hyper-pigmentation and not being told the truth is worse than learning to live with a few acne scars.

I wrote to the Better Business Bureau about my experience with fraxel. I filed my report against Solta Medical, who makes fraxel laser. The BBB sent me an email and then about 3 weeks later someone from the company called me. All the complaints that get filed with the BBB on Solta laser have to be kept as permanent records, so I urge anyone who has had a bad experience with this laser to report it. It takes about 15 minutes to file the report.

Not recommended. It benefited my acne scarring, which is now barely noticeable, but it caused hyperpigmentation. Perhaps it was the clinic I chose. A laser technician did the work while the actual "doctor" (Morrell in Vancouver BC) was busy injecting people with expensive fillers. I was lied to, ripped off and belittled. Morrell suggested that the reason I suddenly have hyper pigmentation is because I'm 30. BS. I had nothing when I was 29 and only show signs of it now, basically right after treatment...coincidence? I think not. So now I don't know what to do to make my skin normal again. I had such an even tone before and now my skin is patchy with these brownish spots and I am very upset.