Male 38, Full Face ... Still Waiting to See - Ireland
I am 38 year old male & was concerned about...
I am 38 year old male & was concerned about the decline in my facial skin & bags under the eyes.
I have tried a few other treatments incl micro-abrasion and another laser treatment called 'Polaris'. Neither was particularly good.
I read a lot on this site about Active FX & was pretty scared by some of the reviews, i.e. scarring & pustules. I spoke to my clinic's doctor. He seems to have a lot of experience & is quite well known. He gave me a patch test on the side of my face to check things out. That took about 2-3 weeks to fade out completely.
As a result, after a LOT of thought I decided to go with Active FX.
I had the treatment 3 days ago & have arranged 10 days for recovery.
So far, it seems OK. As well as the scary brown skin, some white spots have appeared beside my nose. As such, I am going back into the doc tmrw for a followup.
The worst thing so far is the itchiness. It has been quite bad today & I doubt will sleep well tonight. I find myself gently rubbing my skin a bit & am a bit worried that could cause scarring.
The other thing is that I am bald, so when the healing starts in full there will be quite an obvious line between my face & my bald head. I am still trying to work out how to handle that.
Day 4 Sleep was very fitful last night due to...
Sleep was very fitful last night due to itchiness of my face. Eventually had to take a sleeping pill & managed to sleep from 4am-8.30am.
I was hoping more of the dead skin would be gone by now - but still have at least 60% brown skin coverage.
The emerging treated skin is similar to the skin you might see under a scab.
Unfortunately, the emerging skin under my right eye appears blood shot. This is probably because I accidentally brushed it against the leaf of a plant on Day 1. This shows that skin is very sensitive early on!
I also have some bloodshot skin beneath emerging stubble on my chin and slightly on my right cheek.
As well as that, a few white spots have appeared on & around my nose. They are not so big, but I called the clinic & they asked me to come in again to take a look.
OVERALL I am still uncertain. I think some of the emerging skin looks OK, but am worried by the bloodshot skin & white spots. However, I have promised myself I will not react until after the new skin totally emerges. So my fingers are still crossed.
The FINAL thing I want to mention is that I asked the doctor who dud my skin to 'feather' it in, i.e. so it would lend in naturally. I appreciate that that may be hard to do, but he stupidly put 2 big squares of 'deeper' treatment on my forehead & neck. It looks like someone pasted a square on a face, so I am annoyed about that :(
(Ref photos - you should note that true life colours are more saturated than they appear in the foto, i.e. redder)
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I went back to the doctor (the clinic is busy, so...
He reviewed the spots & bloodshot skin. He has 2 possible diagnosis for the spots - normal spots or some type of pustule.
He prescribed Tetracycline 100mg in case it is an infection. He also prescribed Hydrocostisone for the itchiness.
Overall, he seems pretty confident things will be OK, which makes me feel better - but of course, it ain't his face! Anyway, he wants me to come back again in 1 week for another review.
Finally, this evening more spots seems to be appearing around the side of my nose & cheek. They have a texture like acne (see pic). I often get spots so it is not such a surprise. However, I rarely get them in that area.
I am somewhat worried that if they do not die down soon, the texture could be 'concreted' in place as the new skin forms :/
Does that happen?
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Hi decriain,
I did a bit of checking in our doctor Q&A you might want to check out the answers to the question How to Stop Irritation and Itching? It might provide some added info. Hope it helps. Keep us updated on how things progress.
Thank you!
-Britt
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