Fraxel Repair: Stories

Try researching cell-enriched fat grafting using the Puregraft machine made by Cytori...extremely healing. I had a lot of the same issues and this procedure has really helped heal everything...so there is hope! My doctor is located in LaJolla, CA...Dr. Steven Cohen at FacesPlus. Thank you.

I don't envy you, going the legal route. Especially if you are already having anxiety issues. I know from experience how the doctors can verbally diminish and dismiss you. I had similar burns from the Sciton Velashape, and I was told that the machine, at worst, might not work....but it can NEVER harm!! That is absolute hogwash, but the longer it goes on, the momentum is lost and it's so hard to prove that what was done was not already there. That is exactly what a NYC plastic surgeon told me, that it is hard to prove what was or was not already there. At first I was told that a Sciton rep would meet with me in the office where the treatment was done, but when I accepted the offer, the terms changed to, "Here's their number, call them!". It's a slippery slope, expensive, and you can never get it off your mind. Hope you get some peace.

I havent been on here for a while but im ready to write my story and the nightmare that began in august,2012. Growing up I had acne and was left with SOME acne scars but still had smooth skin. I thought why not improve it and went to a doctor in my area with 30 years experience. He performed the Sciton Profractional Laser on me, which left with with microlaser holes, scars,redness, red marks weird skin texture, hyperpigmentation and HYPO pigmentation. I did fraxel laser a few months back which helped with some of the redness but the sciton destroyed my skin and the doctor says " the laser does not do that". Im currently on anti anxiety and depression medication which I will most likely will be on for a long time. I rarely show up to work which eventually end up in my being fired and than at least I can hide out at home. I was 24 when i did this and im currently 25. I wish I just never walked into this mans office and did this procedure. The morning are so hard to wake up to because I than have to deal with the day and look myself in the mirror, sometimes suicide does not sound like a bad idea. I stay home a lot or only go to my boyfriends house and I dread going out or going to work. My fear and worry is how bad can it get and how much more damage will resurface. Im truly at my witts end. I found a lawyer who will take my case and than alone is a long process and will not bring back the person i once was.

Tell me something, since you think my story is fishy. Take a look at my pre fraxel pictures and tell me WHY any doctor would have fraxeled nearly perfect skin????? If something is fishy, it is a doctor that would recommend and perform such a drastic and agressive treatment that was clearly unnecessary and dangerous. But hey, that's OK. Let's just blame the victim. My advice: Beware of unscrupulous Doctors out to make a buck selling expensive and unwarranted treatments. You may just end up buying your worst nightmare.

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what a loong post. I cannot see the damage you're describing. If there a way to take high-res picture? Your cheeks are sort of deflated but it's hard to tell, did you have any injections at all prior to Fraxel? My only thing w/Fraxel is one scar where doctor went uber-agressively, tried to fix the chicken pox scar and now it is flatter but somewhat bigger scar. I think we should concentrate on how to fix things/scarring instead of blabbing here and feeling sorry for ourselves.