Fraxel Laser: Stories

No Prevea Plastic surgeons gave me no help at all. I wish I could help, but I don't even know what to use on my skin except what I read on the internet. It's been almost a year now and my face just gets worst. I hope yours gets better!!!

I hope so too, I use castor oil, coconut oil, vaseline...it's really awful. I just can't believe my face no longer can retain any moisture...I'll let you know if I find anything that works for me.

Hi Lily,
How are you doing, think about you often, since I have the same issues? I think about dying lately, because I just don't know how much more I can go through. My face gets worst everyday, and I'm so depressed. Hope you are doing better. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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Biggest Mistake of My Life - Just try to hang in there day by day for now. Use lots of sunblock and take really good supplements for your skin. Try to find a way to reduce the emotion associated with it (trust me, I know how hard that is). I can't tell you how much I've cried over this but I'm in a much better place now. I'm just hoping that the TCA peel I plan on doing will help... it might take a few of them but at least there is hope. Good luck to you too. I will also keep you in my prayers. Lilly.

Thank you Lily, I will try the TCA peels. I will also keep you in my prayers and file a report.

What I would recommend first is to see your doctor and ask for something to help with the depression, that is what I had to do and it really did help. I took the lowest dose of Prozac and it was just enough to help with the obsessive thinking of what happened to me. After about a week I started to feel better and getting some of my courage back. I also recommend counseling if you have that option. I was carrying around a lot of regret and it was just eating at me. As far as my skin, I am still working on it and hoping that in time it will get better. I recently had a consultation with a plastic surgeon and she recommended a 35% TCA peel to help with the texture issues. This is more invasive than what I would normally do, but I’m hoping that it will work. I’m waiting till the winter to do it so that I won’t be in sun much and risk making the discoloration worse. Something you can do is look in your area for dermatologists/plastic surgeons and see who has free consultations. Then see who you feel comfortable with and trust based on what they recommend and how they treat you. This way you are still looking for a solution, but you aren’t out anything. Feel free to message me anytime you need to. I will definitely post if I find something that works.

I would also recommend filing an adverse event report with the FDA.

Thank you so much for your advice. I have been in counseling and went on anti depression drugs to get through each day. I'm just angry now that the doctors and the staff lied completely about this procedure to get my money to pay for this horrible laser, that deformed my face for the rest of my life. My heart goes out to anyone that goes there because if they lied about this procedure, how many other people have they lied to not only about this procedure or other procedures and are living deformed, and dying inside. I went to them to look better, all I had was a mild case of malasma on my checks, now my whole face is ruined. I still can't look in the mirror and do they care no, it was all about the money. They treated me worst than a piece of garbage, when they ruined my face and didn't know what to do. On my birthday, the doctor send me a nasty letter, saying I was in non-compliance because he tried to talk me into a new procedure a several months later, but wanted me to pay him another $550.00, I was so desperate I almost did it, but I had called several others doctors who I was seeing and was trying to help me and told me that they didn't think that it was a good idea, because they lied to me about the other procedure, and was probably lying to me about this procedure also. I decided they were right just more lies for more money. They also stated in the letter because I didn't have this procedure they no longer wanted to see me. We'll I had to go to around 30 other doctors after the procedure because Prevea Plastic surgeons would not help me, they couldn't even answer simple questions like can I exercise I don't know, which was the answer to all my questions, and I believe they really did not know, or did not care. They even suggested I go to another Plastic Surgeon and recommend one, which I was told not to go to the one he suggestion by several other doctors. This is how Prevea Plastic Surgeons treat there patients. How they could even write me such a nasty letter was extremely cruel, but I found this out along time ago. I had found several wonderful doctors in Green Bay, dermatologists, and plastic surgeons, and were willing to help me and answer my questions, and they don't even use that laser. The only thing Prevea Plastic surgeons cares about is the money, not the people they are working on. My suggestion to everyone is go anywhere but there. I has been 10 months now and my complexion just gets worst, but I'm trying to go on, but I will never be the happy go lucky person I was before. Loved to go have fun, now I very seldom go anywhere. I'm trying little by little, and hoping day bay day maybe someday I can get my face to look a little better. If anyone knows anything that can help, please, please let me know. Thank you again Lily. I pray for you also. How do I file an adverse event report with the FDA?

How do I file an adverse even report with the FDA?

Yes, a doctor treated me.

I actually found the Dr. on the Fraxel website.

Have you tried any products or additional treatment?