Getting my Baby Smooth Back - New Zealand, NZ

I thought that I had good skin and as much as I love my facials, they weren't cutting it. In the past I have had VLP on my skin to bring out the pigmentation but I have always been aware of the fine line and now as u am getting older, the volume loss.

I have had two sessions now and am starring to see change . My skin is looking more youthful and even. It is tightening up but is not yet as firm as I would like. I have noticed the scars above my left eye and in my right eyelid are becoming smoother.

So, a little about the procedure. Firstly, I had this gel/cream in my face to numb the area. After about an hour I was zapped with this laser. It is done in areas and tiny little hole are made in the skin. I could actually smell my skin burning. Once the face has fine over your entire face, some spot treatment was done. At this point you get the feeling back but your skin is burning and hot. Due to the trauma you def need some sugar. The next few hours my face was red and hit, but with the use of the saline spritz it went done.

The next day I noticed a lot if swelling And blood spots. I rang the clinic and talked to them- I was pretty freaked. Apparently swelling is a good thing as it means it is working.

Over the next few days the swelling came down but the itchy skin and massive spots came in. Really attractive, dry skin, redness and pus heads not to mention swelling.

The down time was at least 4 days. After this tine I could use a tinted mineral moisturiser but at this stage I started flaking. The second round was worse than the first lot and I seriously couldn't see why u had done this to myself .

Anyway, I have three more treatments between now and February so I will keep you posted.

So, I now have had my third treatment. They did 30% depth and 30% coverage today but didn't turn it up as I recently had my chin lipo'ed. I am already dealing with chin fat so they didn't want me swelling up too much. Procedure went fine didn't really hurt just a bit prickly when they went around my ears and nostrils but that was all. Wasn't too red once it was done but as I looked at my face I could see whit lines from where the lazer had been, that was surreal. After the procedure i drove home. Haven't really used the saline spray like last time as my face wasn't that hot. It's day two and my face has heaps of blood spots which is a change from last time. Very swollen but sleeping with your head elevated heaps a lot. I have noticed I don't have the white or black spots I had the other two times, not really sure why. Hoping that the swelling goes down quickly as I have a very full in week next week (it's Saturday today)

Redness has gone down and bleeding has stopped. I still have heaps of blood spots but iam leaving those until tomorrow when I can wash my face. I am a little itchy and am trying hard not to scratch and am using my saline spray so that is helpful. Because I swell a lot the nurse recommended I take antihystimime for the week. The grids in my face aren't nearly as bad as last time and I don't have the horrible whiteheads covering my face which is great. Like time it looked like i had an attack of the whiteheads. I am really looking forward to tomorrow when I can wash my face and hair.