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Definitely Not Worth It - Ireland

Diana22x
posted 1 year ago

Not Worth It
Cost: $700
Ireland

Im 22 and have very slight lines under my eyes and...

11 Jun 2011

im 22 and have very slight lines under my eyes and some excess skin on my upper lids. (hereditary)
I got Active fx for the eye area and after months saw no improvement, not even to the fine lines under my eyes.

The doctor told me because i am so young my results should be better than that of an older person. 6 months later NO DIFFERENCE. I went back to the doctor and he offered to do the treatment again on a higher laser setting so i did. Again it has been 3 months and i see no improvement, I am very disappointed, especially as i went to one of the supposedly "best" doctors around to have this procedure done and it didn't make the slightest bit of difference to my eyes. My left eye actually looks a little worse.

Dont know if that was due to active fx or what. My advice is to not waste your money and get a blepharoplasty.

PS. it wasn't that painful the first time i got it done but the second time (on the higher setting) was almost unbearable) I didn't scream or anything but my hands were shaking and i had a high tolerance of pain.

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Comments (4)

mairead 9 Nov 2011

i had this done also in Dublin 6 days ago, once the crusting ect went back came all the lines especially those around my mouth. I contacted the doctor who said wait a few months for collagen to build up and plump out the lines. Not happy with the treatment as i was lead to believe that the lines around my mouth and chin would go, this is not the case.

BrittB 16 Jun 2011

Hi Diana,

Oh, no fun that this did not work for you, especially since it might have made your eye worse. Maybe go back and talk to the doctor. Hopefully you can find someone to help. Please keep us updated.

Thanks so much for the review, and I hope you have a great weekend.

-Britt

Geewizz 13 Jun 2011

Are you certain your procedure was ACTIVE FX.........................$700 USA dollars??????

See prior comments for ACTIVE FX from members in the USA.......I don't believe ANY member has paid less than the minimum of $1500.

Diana22x 13 Jun 2011

Hi Geewiz, If you see right beside where it says $700 on my post it says im from Ireland, where i paid 700 euros for active fx on the eye area only, not whole face. Just checked online for conversion from euros to American dollars and it came to 1009 dollars.
It was definitely active FX :)