Fraxel Laser: Stories

I too suffered great loss from fraxel. I know I will never look the same. My life has been seriously altered as a result.

Ok so already did fraxel half face and I have scars and wrinkles and i look 10 years older. How can I reverse this? will collagen induction injections help? Been trying to eat healthy etc. what can i do to at least improve the texture of my skin it's been 10 months and it keeps getting worse.

Hello everyone, i had my 1st fraxel 2,5 years ago (jan10)if you read my reviews you will see that this experience was very stressful but and there is a big BUT, finally i healed and got very good skin, since that time i did 3 further treatments ( may 11, dec 11 and sep 12) at light settings( 15/5/6) . Healing and closing of microholes got from 8 month in first trestment to 1-2 months. Overall my skin looks healthier, more even and more velvet-like. I did a second treatment because after one ipl treatment i messed up my skin (my skin does not like treatments working with just heating up the skin like thermage ipl etc)and i risk to have a 2nd fraxel to fix the ipl damage. I always had kind of shiny thin skin with enlarged pores and After all the fraxels my skin got thicker and more elastic. Kind of teenager skin. I am36 and people think that im in the 20ees, that was not the case before the trestments. I dont know why fraxel turned finally out being a bless for me,maybe because i allow a lot of time between the treatments, maybe because of the low settings my skin got used to and is now perfectly coping with it, maybe during healing i do absolutly nothing then cleaning with a neem soap and 50+ sunscreen moisturer cream, thats it! , maybe because i am no longer obsessing about the changes while healing knowing it will be fine one day, maybe because i enjoy and stay outside doing sports, not thinking about my skin and having a positive attitude. As everybody here once i thought my life is over, i was stressed and in panic looking at my skin, depressed thinking i need a face lift to fix it, thought i damaged my skin for the rest of my life and more sad i got more damaged my skin appeared. Then thank god i went traveling 2 months backpackerstyle where o completely forgot about my face i enjoyed life again, slept well, healthy food and when i got back everybody said how good i looked and what wonderful skin i got, so ladies for healing properly you need healing power and only staying positive, sleeping well and sufficient hours, good food and being happy will provide you with full healing power!!! Please do not obsess and live in worry, this will have an opposite effect on healing and recovering your skin!!! Good luck to everybody i just wanted to let you know that fraxel bad outcome is no condition for life and can surprisingly turn out in a good outcome!

I truly feel for any of the people here who have posted and I truly thank them for alerting us women about the truth of these machines that have not been tested properly and rushed out and are using women like guinea pigs - it is disgusting that these procedures are being used with no care except for profit and I truly hope the government starts to do something about it.

I look in the mirror everyday and my complexion just gets worst, and my skin is aging. I hate what those doctors did to my face. I am no longer the person I was, they killed that person on November 21st, 2011. Megan, the doctors nurse told me about a month after the procedure, just think how bad you would like if you would of been in a car accident, I went home and cried. What a comment a nurse could make to someone who is already so upset about what they had done to my face, and she calls herself a nurse. 3 months went I went to see the doctor he suggested I have a face lift, and right before the procedure he stated I looked great for my age, and wouldn't need any work done, and this procedure would take care of my malasma. How could they do and say the things they did to me, these are doctors and nurses. This was a nightmare that is not ending, I feel so bad for everyone who is going through this, and hope someday we can all get our lives back, because right now I don't have a life. I go to work come home, take a sleeping pill, go to sleep, get up go to work again. I don't exercise anymore, I use to 5 to 6 days a week, I use to socialize with friends and family, I don't do that anymore, I use to go shopping, because I cared about how I looked, now I'm so ugly, I wear the same things day after day, I use to go get my hair done at the beauty shop, now I cut it myself because I can't stand people starring at me, I use to smile and laugh and have fun, I don't even know how to do that anymore, I use to work in my garden and sit in my gazebo, wouldn't even think about going outside anymore. They killed that person, I only wish someday, which I'm losing hope, will I ever be again. As more time passes, I have just become this very distant, shy, lonely, depressed person, with nothing to look forward to. This is what Fraxel laser and the doctors at Prevea Plastic Surgeons did to me and my life, if you can call it a life, I feel like I'm only living to hope for death now. I hate doctors and won't ever trust them again. I can't believe there is nothing that can help me or any of us. I have prayed and payed. How can these laser companies and doctors live within themselves knowing this is what there doing to people, or yes there getting rich over it, greed. I wish someone could help get my face back so I can have a life again, but like so many people on the internet, it's all a guessing game. I have tried almost every product out there but nothing seems to help, just hurts me financially, which I'm running out or money. I have seen so many doctors, but no one seems to know what to do to help. I just wonder how many people have ended there lives because of laser treatments, and how many more will, maybe someday I will give up hope to, and then just end my too.These doctors should at least try and help there patience, unlike mine, so there life isn't ruined. By all the mean and cruel things Prevea Plastic Surgeons did and said to me should be against the law. No one should ever be treated like I was treated, and this is a doctors office, these people should not be in the medical profession. Maybe god picked me for them to do this to, because I have so many friends, and they can warn everyone to stay away from there. They lied to me, it was just one lie after another, until they could not lie, and I wouldn't listen to there lies anymore, or I wouldn't give them anymore money, because they wanted to charge me $550.00 for a temporary fix, then after 3 months they could charge me another $550.00 for another stem cell procedure, and so on and so on. I didn't trust them after they ruined my face, and a lot of my friends, family and doctors told me this was not a good idea, who knows how much more damage they would do, just to get more money out of you, and good thing I talked with everyone before doing the stem cell, because they lied to me about fraxel, ruined my face and life, and now they wanted more money, to what, who knows, but the way they treated me after, I don't think it was to help me, it was greed. Yes, and stress is horrible for your skin. I know, and I have tried not to be stressed but it is extremely difficult when you look in the mirror and you don't know who your looking at, because that person is really ugly, and I didn't look like that before. I'm not only depressed now, but so angry. I never got angry before, so I really don't know who that person is, but stress yes my life is one big ball of stress. How can a person not be stressed out when there face and there life is destroyed by the lies of a doctor, please tell me. Please if anyone can help, would love to hear from you.

Thanks for the warning.I was about to purchase a deal for Fraxel but decided not to after reading your post. I'm so sorry for your experience. Its so sad to see that a lot of Dr's completely disregard the unfortunate side effects just to make a dime.!

I heard that lorna33 is trying to put a lawsuit against fraxel laser, the company needs to be in debt for the damaged they caused to people. Instead they are like fat greedy people making millions selling, lasers, we spend thousands and the laser only costs nine thousand so the doctors make profit. We come back and spend more for damages, and they make more, that is a deadly cycle. It like gambling

I signed up just to thank you. I'm sitting here welling up with the deepest sympathys for what you have been and are going through. Reading your feedback has changed the course of my life, I was going to have the procedure tomorrow.
Words kinda fail me right now, I'm abit overwhelmed.. Just thankyou, and I'm so so sorry this has happened to you
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Hi Everyone,
I had Fraxel (repair) I think - the one major session instead of four or five - about 3 years ago now for major cystic acne scarring I had when I was a teenager.
I had lived with the scarring for more than 20 years, and everyone in my life now was ok with how I looked, even me really, but I decided to have it done anyway to improve the texture and reduce the scarring.
I had not had a cyst on my face for over 20 years, but within days of the treatment, I was back in that surgery with a cyst 1.5cm across. The doctor freaked out of course, as did I - but I went in every day, and she 'drained' it, all while having that very horrible red/bleeding/healing phase going on.
Over that time though, despite the Fraxel having caused that cyst, the healing process from the procedure itself did help to heal the otherwise scarring I would have had. My doctor also made an emergency appointment for me with one of the countries top dermatologists (which was helpful - couldn't have gotten in otherwise), and since then have been on roaccutane.
In conclusion - 3 years on, my skin has healed, no more cysts, no acne thanks to roaccutane, the last cyst left no permanent scarring, and my skin overall has improved marginally, both in tone and scarring. I would say in hindsight that I shouldn't have done it because really the results 3 years on are not that amazing. The one really great thing was getting in touch with my amazing dermatologist who has done more for me in 3 years than I have had improvements in 30 years.
Hope this was helpful for anyone considering the pros & cons.

Is there a way to tell fake form genuine reviews? I don't think so

While it's all stories (whether sad or good) what on earth makes me think these reviews are genuine? Nothing so far.

You can't deny there are people who post good reviews and you say some are fake. Now why can't 'your' review be fake?

I don't see why not.