Fraxel Vs. Dermabrasion - Luxembourg

for Fraxel the max the skin can handle is 5 fraxels in a row (without a big break). as far as I understand the collagen stimulation reach its max. there is in theorie an improvement of 20% for each. between each treatment you need a break of 5-6 weeks. so basically you have the fraxel and the first hours you will have microsweeling (which is great, even skin! yay), but next day the sweeling might be too exagerated to go out specially if you also do the under eyes like me (to erase the signs of age and get rid of those pesty little wrinkles). To get the sweeling down there are lots of tricks but the simplest one is "arnica montana ch5". the next 2 days your skin is tomato read and I don't go out (typically for the weekend this phase). Then you have 2-3 days or light redness that can easy be covered up by foundation. I use a bit of mac foundation slightly lighter than my skin tone (if you use the normal completion one you will look like you have a fake tan which might work in LA but not in Europe). I even go to the gym with makeup and no one notices it. to get it "glued" to my face I use the fix spray "all nitgher" from urban decay.

Eva I really want to try to go from acne scar skin to an almost even skin, so each winter I will resume new trials as long as I can afford it. In the past I tried CO2 laser which is very painful and does not bring that much more than a fraxel so I don't recommend it. I also did an exopeel once with no success. Same goes for microdermabrasion. I never tried dermabrasion or strong TCA. I am thiking either on one of those or to resume fraxel (5 more LOL) From my experience the best result for low price is anything that does microsweeling. I will try dermaroller for summer. The idea is to have microsweeling for weekends at least. (not sure about the break times yet).

The Fraxel I am doing is Restore. I am also adding to my "to do" list a Fraxel Repair which is still Co2 but no pigmentation risk is involved.

Hey Davide, Don't waste your time or money with dermabration. I've had it done twice when I was in my early 20's (I'm 56 now) and it didn't do anything but made my face bright red for 10 months. The first month, you can't do anything such as any sports, exercise, overexertion, .....nothing. You'll have oozing fluids along with scabs, blood, and lots of swelling plus the stench of raw skin that's enough to make anyone around you sick to their stomach. Any people have! Believe me, it's NOT Worth it. I've had silicone treatments that made a big difference for the better in my late 20's and 30's. I would try that. It's now 20 years later, so my skin does not look as good as it did back then. The down side is you have to keep going back for maintenance after time. Also, make sure you go to someone very reputable. Currently, like you, I've just got done with my 5th Fraxel treatment this past Feb. 26th (2014) and like you, the results are very subtle. I'll be going 3 more times (spaced 3 months apart) for a total of 8 treatment. After that, I'll probably go back for the silicone treatments. You see the change immediately. Good luck to you! Cameron

thank you. i actually had a light dermabrasion in the past and i hated too. my cheekbones were very red and reactive for 6 months

never heard about this. thank you for the tip

I did Accutaine when I had active acne. I don't have that anymore. Actually Accutaine is partially responsible for aggravating acne scarring because of its radical effect. To young guys with acne I totally advise to have the sebum controlled by topical creams instead of antibiotics when possible. "Menemoy" for instance on oily skin types. I don't have acne problem anymore but now the problem is the worst one known from on the beauty world: scars.