“Broken Capillaries on Face - Painful, Downtime, Good Result - Omaha, NE”

OMG! I pray my brisung does not take 8 weeks to return to normal color. Please tell me it isn't so !!!

It's not as bad as it sounds - without makeup, I could still see redness for 8 weeks. After a week, I could go out with well applied makeup, but if you were looking, you could tell. After 4 weeks, I was not self conscious if I had makeup on. But it was 8 weeks before I was comfortable going out without makeup on.

It will be a week tomorrow. Purple (barney color has now turned red). Still very noticable. I have not left the house. I look like I have been punched in both cheeks and the red spots all over my nose look ridiculous. I can't go thru the summer like this! I was told it would take a week to 10 days for bruising to "go away" by assistant at MD office. I also gave the negative review at this time due to the look of my face. The deep red marks all over my nose are so awful looking. I had little red cappillaries prior to treatment but thought "Hey if there is a way to get rid of them and have a nice even skin tone, whynot?" I thought if I had it done I would not have to worry about covering the broken areas all the time..If this really takes 8 weeks for the red spots all over my nose (looks like polka- dots, seriously)to go away I will be so upset that I was not well informed. I mean I was shocked right after treatment to look in the mirror they handed me. It was dark dark purple and I really was scared of what I was looking at! I am going to call them tomorrow at the one week mark and see if this can be resolved at all.

how is your recovery ann?

I had Vbeam done on broken capillaries on my cheek, nose, chin and forehead, and like the rest of you I had bad bruising almost immediately. I was told that my bruising would be gone after 1 full week, and 3 weeks later it was still noticeable. My cheek still has 3 dark bruises and so do a few other spots on my face. I am mortified and can not even cover them with make up! No one ever noticed my broken capilaries, but I figured if my insurance was covering it, then why not get rid of them? I had this laser procedure done at the end of April, and it is now nearing the end of July, and I still have bruising. I am so depressed and upset, I really hope that this is not a permanent scar, because I could not live with that! My doctor recommended a bleaching cream, which I am hesitant to try because I do not trust him at this point.

I had vbeam done as well, and was NOT told about swelling, potential bruising, etc.. in advance, either. WHAT is with these doctors or their assistants? Why don't they tell you the best case and worst case scenario, so you can plan and make treatment decisions, accordingly (with all the info) ? This is the second or third time I've been "misinformed" -by 2 different doctors. No matter what the doctors say now, I double the time- unless I've experienced it myself. If the doc says three days, that means 5-6 days. If they say a week, it's 10 days to 2 weeks. So plan for the worst, and hope for the best-and do your research online in forums such as these!

The key is *V Beam Perfecta* and the right setting. I have never bruised from this. I hear regular V Beam bruises mightily.