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Fraxel Ruined my Skin and Life

Not Worth It
Spent: $800 in USA

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Posted 3 Aug 2011

I had one Palomar 1540 restore treatment a little over two years ago and it ruined the texture of my skin and broke nearly every blood vessel on my face. Before the procedure I had near perfect skin except for some fine lines around the eyes.

The healing process went exactly as described yet two weeks after I started to have major issues such as broken blood vessels, wrinkles that were not visible before and a strange grid like pattern all over my entire face. When I went back to the tech who preformed the procedure she informed me that the grid-like pattern would shed off in time and the broken vessels were probably there to begin with even though it was not noted in the pre-op report.

Two years later the strange pattern isstill present along with more broken veins and extremely dry skin. I have spent a ton of money trying to repair the laser damage but nothing seems to have worked. Please do not do this procedure unless your skin is really bad and even then I still would hesitate.

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BrittB 5 Aug 2011

Hi Fraxel, 

I'm so sorry. I'm glad you posted a review, it will help the other members in the community who too have had the same problem. Please keep us updated on what happens next. 

Thank you! Enjoy your weekend!

-Britt

KdDaisey 23 Sep 2011
Hi there,

I was thinking of having a Microlaser peel to correct some of the damage - You said you had tried peels in a previous post, I was just wondering if you have any thoughts on the Microlaser peel. If so, can you please let me know. Thank you so much...Kim
MKM 24 Nov 2011

I was thinking of having this done for fine wrinkles and acne scars. What has happened to you is so differnt from what the dermatologists say. I think you should sue the doctor. My heart goes out to you.

jenn089 21 Jan 2012
ok it has been 3 weeks since my first reatment of palmar 1540...one side of my face looks good the other side is streaked with gridlike patterns...pores look larger than before i spent 800 on treatment bout sunscreen form the place i got treatment 80 bucks and retinol a 90 bucks the retinal im not complaining about if i have a pimple one night i put the cream on wake up its gone but as far as the treatment i dont know what to do im so embarrassed to go in public everytine my husband looks at me i want to cry my skin is ruined and dont know what to do... please help!!!!!!!!...
MKM 21 Jan 2012
The side effects are often worse than they admit. It usually goes away after a few months. Try to rebuild your skin using natural oral and topical supplements like collagen, sea cucumber, and emu oil.
jenn089 24 Jan 2012
ive been using the retinol cream i bought from them plus iv been taking vitamins like crazy... and not to mention the 10 other moisturizers... am really hoping it starts to look better soon i dont know what to.. i go to college and people keep asking me what happened to my face i keep saying i had an allergic reaction to a cream lol think they know better to be honest...
Laurie5b 26 Apr 2012
You might consider stopping the Retinol until your skin calms down. This might be why the redness is continuing. I did the 1540 treatment last week, had redness, heat first day, moderate general facial swelling next 2-3 days and now just a little itching and tenderness around my jawline and cheeckbones. Thankfully, no grid patterns, but it did darken my freckles. I am told this is temporary and they will slough off.

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