Fraxel Laser: Stories
Write a ReviewSo Far So Good (photo) - New Orleans, LA
- moinnola
- updated 1 year ago
- Worth It
- Cost: $3,500
- Kamran Khoobehi, MD (New Orleans, LA)
After having a full F.L. My Dr. recommended Fraxel...
- 3 Apr 2012
After having a full F.L. My Dr. recommended Fraxel to treat the condition and texture of my skin as a addition to the F.L. I had my 3rd Fraxel treatment yesterday ( I will be having 4 in all ). Today I am very swollen and starting to "crust up" a bit. (Par for the corse) Over all I would say the Fraxel has addressed the pigment issues I had pretty well and has helped with over all skin smoothness and condition. Is it a huge difference? No, not huge. Is it worth the cost? Yes and no. The costs with all of this stuff is crazy, but do I like what the outcome has been? YES!!! I am so happy with my F.L. and thus far the Fraxel treatments. I am starting to feel good about the way I look, and that has never happened for me before. The pain side of the Fraxal is really not that bad. It hurts, but its not unbearable. They numb you before the treatment so it is more like a stinging. ( If you have ever had a tattoo, its very much the same sensation, only on your face....) I love my Dr. and his staff and simply cannot recommend him enough. He is wonderful.
Great review?
My Doctor: Kamran Khoobehi, MD
My rating:
Dr. Khoobehi is the best plastic surgeon I have ever been to. He is a perfectionist and highly qualified. You will be very pleased with your results .
Love all the info you shared on your post-facelift photo! Honestly, I would have guessed the price tag for all of that to be much higher than $35K. Seems worth it to me. Do you mind me asking at what age you started doing fillers & Botox?
Also, we do have a community dedicated specifically to facelifts. I know they would love to have you share your story there as well! :)
I saw your reply, no worries - you'll get the hang of it soon enough. :)
I think you are doing the right thing by just doing a lot of research. For me, I read reviews & look for people with similar skin as mine. I find the laser choices pretty mind boggling, and yes there is considerable downtime for recovery, so I have yet to venture there. Keep reading reviews & posting questions - thank goodness for awesome people like Moinnola who are willing to share their experiences so we can learn!!
Depending on what kind of lines you have under your eyes, they are hard to treat. :-/ I basically have crows feet that appear to the sides & under the eyes...some doctors say toxins (botox, dysport, xeomin) others say fillers, still others recommend something like CO2 laser...so I hear ya when its tough to know what to do!
After the treatments on both my face and hands I had a lot of swelling for the first 2-3 days so I didn't return to work until the 4th day. I have also had flaking that lasts about 2 weeks.
After the 2nd treatment on my face I had a few blemishes that looked like white heads but turned out to be small puss pockets. I gently picked them with a needle and they came right out. I didn't have them with the first procedure, but I think she used a higher setting on the laser the second time.
Believe me when I say that there is no procedure out there that will fix everything. I have had 2 fraxel treatments over the last 2 months and have seen a difference in the fine lines around my eyes and the scarring caused from surgeries. Fraxel has also gotten rid of broken capilaries and helped reduce the size of a few large pores.
It's true that the full effects from Fraxel won't show up for several months; however, I am pleased with the results thus far. I realize I will still need to continue with botox and fillers. Fraxel is not designed to do what those procedures do. It's just another method to be used in conjunction with other anti-aging products.
OK, after reading this comment from you & learning you are 55 I have to modify my above comment. You don't look great, you look AMAZING!!!! I never in a million years would have said you were anywhere close to 55.
Haha, gotta love Dolly!! Or any woman for that matter, who bucks others judgements and instead chooses what makes them feel happy with themselves! :)
She does look great, and no one is claiming this is hard & fast scientific information, we are simply sharing our experiences.