EMatrix Experience - Farmington Hills, MI

Yes, I went to work, everything was back to normal except the little dots from the treatment. I'm pretty sure no one noticed except couple of people who I stood close while talking to. I just had my 2nd treatment today. It is burning little bit and planning to go to work tomorrow, not worried about if anyone seeing it. Actually the day after the skin looks like with no acne scar, confidence get little boosted. Like you said, it should get better after few treatements.

im an asian male and indeed have this treatment for acne scars and yes the sales person told me that i will have 4 treatments every month and combining with microdermasion too i was curious if this extra treatment can promote a better result isn't it?

After my first treatment, I am really doubting the benefit of this treatment. I mean, is it either to clear the skin (black marks) or is it for leveling the surface. If I understand it correctly Microdermabrasion is for leveling the surface. My clinic also offered this after treatment. So after my 8 treatments they will do the Microdermabrasion. My problem with most sales people is that they are under commission and that's all they see, not the patient and their unique issues. Since eMatrix has been in the market for only little over a year, you can't find much information or consult with most doctors. Some they haven't even heard of it.

How far are you with your treatment? Did you finish all 4? Reading your 2nd line, are you doing treatment every week, so 4 treatements a month or one treatment a month?

wtf? i have 4 treatments for a full face and it cost $2950 total and i pay $737.50 per each session. before the treatment the technician took a photo of my scars before she started the treatment. the clinic i went told me after the ematreix 2 week after i get a microdermabrasion i don't how this supposed to work but after my first treatment i see no difference at all but all i see is redness and swelling and those red little dots on my face. so you don't get to see the real result until the 4th treatment? they said its expected to be 80%-90% improved like im going to believe them.

i have 4 treatments each months

error sorry lol!

i have one treatment per month of 4 treatment

I am sorry you aren't getting results as I feel the same way after 6 treatments. It sounds like you were expecting results as if it is a laser and it's frequencies which I didn't know either. The new esthetician medically trained said they will give me two complimentary but now I hear about one woman on Real Self who was left with some scars and I think this is still in a trial and error stage and we
are the guiini pigs. I didn't know this was only out for just over a year.

I hope Real Self will let this link from their webite with part of her answer print here as this explanation from a dermatologist is helpful although while I understand that the collegen takes six months to build, I'm still not clear if this is lasting and I paid from $75 to $150 each time.

http://www.realself.com/question/ematrix-compare-fraxel-laser
How Does EMatrix Compare to Fraxel Laser?
eMatrix also uses focused fractional energy but it is Radio Frequency energy, not laser. The thermal response is not confined to a column as laser is - it tends to spread out more broadly beneath the top layer of the skin, so you get the collagen response without a direct corresponding level of external damage to the skin.

The company has termed the effect as "sublative" in that much more is going on than you actually see....somewhat like a pyramid shape as the heat energy fans out after it penetrates the skin. For the most part, RF energy doesn't stir up melanin production so it's seen as a more desirable treatment for some skin types.

Collagen response continues after the superheating from either system for about 6 months at which time what you see is the final response.

As far as stopping the signs of aging, we continue to age no matter what process we apply to our skin, and collagen breakdown will continue as before - With Fraxel or eMatrix you just got a push back in time with the new elastin and collagen fibers your body created as a result of the heat energy.


Web reference: Http://rebeccafitzgeraldmd.com/ematrix.html

By mistake my account was blocked for few days :(
It is supposed to be every month (4 weeks). Even thought the swelling looks uncomfortable, I was only uncomfortable on the first treatment on the first day. The 2nd treatment was much better. Even the dots started to disappear little faster.

The clinic said, the dots will disappear by the 3-4th day and you could shave. In my case, it took about 7-8 days to clear my face, so I waited about 7 days to shave.

Yeh, it is little hard if you must shave. I normally shave every other day; since I didn't want to take any risk of scaring, I was using a trimmer for few days till I felt safe. It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't too bad either. Even if you use trimmer, make sure you don't push hard on your skin. Basically, you don't want to peal off those little dots by force, it might take longer to cure; That's what I found out from a test spot I did on my arm.

FYI: Seems like on the 2nd treatment the dots healed faster in 5 days.

I have before /after pictures but don't know how to crop them on this computer. If someone can help me, they can e-mail me and I'll share my pictures too.

alpen,

Since you couldn't find any info on this I went ahead & submitted it as a question in our Q&A section. That way the board certified doctors who volunteer on the site can give you their opinions.

It usually takes 24-48 hours for doctors to start to post. You can click here to check for answers.

Since I'm not a doctor, I could tell you only my opinion, don't take this as an advice or anything; make your own judgment. Like Magan P said, it is better to consult with an experienced board certified doctor.
If you are going to do it, why don’t you do it after work on Friday, that way you will have Saturday and Sunday to rest.
Like I said in one of my previous posts, I did a test spot on the side of my wrist, which I treated like any other area. I wear wrist watch, which might have rubbed against the spot more than I could count. However, I didn’t wear it for the first three days. I noticed that spot took about 3 weeks to heal. Now the spot is clean. If I were you, I wouldn’t even try to shave for at least 3 days. I am attaching another picture with zoomed in, so you could see how deep it is.
Again make your own judgment!

Jason, it sounds like this is still in the experimental stage as far as the public ..he said out just over a year. I will find out what level she used on me as obviously too low; now I'm worried as they are offering two complimentary but another woman on here shared pictures with scars and they aren't going away. Unfortunately, I can't remember if she followed up but it's on one of the Matrix threads. I think this takes very good training and usually many doctors just get a weekend of it. That's no substitute for time.

I know there are 3 levels, A, B, & C. On my neck for testing, they tried all 3 levels. If you look at the picture, the on at the top is level A and C at the bottom.

There are different settings for each level. For example, level B has 32, 34 ..... (I don't know other numbers).

On my first treatment I started off with B at 32, just to be safe. On the 2nd treatment, I could have done on 34, it just takes an extra day or two to clear. However, we decided to keep on 32 for right now since I have asian skin tone.

They could put numbing cream for you, but I didn't because I thought it was pretty tolerable. At first I thought it was touch, but the 2nd time it was nothing. It all depends on the technician and the machine. If you find someone you like, try to stick with that technican because I think it is better to keep the patter the same.

Glad people find this useful.

Yeh, they told me it is 100 pulses. I might call the company who sold the machines to get an accurate info. The $2000 is their deal, get 1 get 2nd free. So (4 treatments 1 microdermabrasion) + (4 treatments 1 microdermabrasion).

The reason I said getting the same technician is because the first time the area she covered was totally different from the 2nd time. So if you hit spot A the 1st time, you need to hit the same spot to see the results. Otherwise, it is like getting 8 treatments on 8 different spots on your body - so every spot got only 1 treatment. On my 2nd treatment the girl covered different areas and missed some areas where I had last time.

Initially, I wanted to get only my two cheeks and two temples where mostly I needed. You get 100 pulse from each tip, so why waste the rest. So ended up doing my whole face. In their do and don't do lists, it is suggested that the treated area might lose hair or damage hair growth. I haven't seen any of that after two treatements.