Nothing but a $900.00 Sunburn!

I had my first Pearl treatment yesterday. I have a four moderate acne scars and some sun damage. I tried punch-excision last year- and it seemed to make some scars worse. Erasing these scars is a must since I work in TV.

The treatment itself wasn't so bad...the passes over the forehead were the worst. I didn't have much redness at all after being sent home. 24-hours later, today, the redness is only slight and I haven't had very much pain at all. I'm pretty tired, though...didn't get a lot of sleep overnight because of the Aquaphor all over my face.

I am still waiting for the "big peel", but I can already tell I have a new overall smoothness to my face. The acne scars are visibly smoother...but am surprised they're still showing up as much as they are. The doc did three passes over the worst areas. Maybe things will look better after I peel? I am happy with the overall face. But the whole reason I had the Pearl, the acne scars, don't seem to have been helped more than 30%.

Will keep you posted.

It's been nearly a week since my Pearl procedure. My forehead is still peeling but the rest of my face is finished peeling. At this point I can say I am truly unhappy with the results so far. My acne scarring looks identical as to before the treatment. And my scarring was only minor to moderate in a few spots...nothing severe. The results are especially surprising since I had three passes over the worst-affected areas. My skin overall feels smoother. That's nice...but that's not what I had the procedure done for. The whole issue- the scarring- has not changed a bit. Perhaps we'll see in the next few weeks. The doc said it takes a while to see the results. But considering the scars look the same at this point- I'm pretty depressed.