Can't Tell the Difference After 3 Weeks - Winston Salem, NC

I've had 3 treatments on my neck with one more to go. The dermatologist said that you need at least 3 for the laser treatment to work and you won't really see any results until 6 months after the last treatment.

I never noticed anything . Waste of $ . That was years ago. It's 2020 now. Last fall I bought a series of (laser?) ' just pink, no downtime' I wish I had kept the pictures. I woke up with spots that looked like somebody had put a cigarette out on my face & chest. It was a NightMare. The PA has been practicing in this area for many years. I had been to her a couple times. She looks great. She texted me every day. It was according to her My Bad . Anyways I lost Weeks of time in the public I looked like a clown. It took almost a year for the spots on my chest to fade.
Meanwhile I have looked high & low for Anyone who has a light hand and some idea of where the veins are beneath your skin. I have let all the filler go away. I am soooo tired of loosing time to Black bruises . The Worst was a MD .Well Known . He stabbed the needle Multiple Times in my left lower portion on chin . I thought wow this must be some new technique. I went back there a week later crying. I said to the nurse does he hate me?? It was unbelievable. Over $600 down the drain & 3 weeks til make up would over it. I'm scared of having another needle stuck in my face. I honestly think if your wealthy & im not that you get better treatment & results. I've spent $1000s of dollars over a decade. The only think that didn't bruise me was Botox . I was ridiculed every time because I asked for Less not more because I've been thru every scenario from Halloween at to looking like the Joker so I figured out what softened my face and stuck with the same PA who did my Botox for a decade it looked nice. But she also did juvedermin my cheeks and I looked like a squirrel it was Terrible. I sat in the parking lot & massaged my cheeks til it went down some. She told me it was because the manufacturer had added the numbing cream in the product & I must have had a reaction.
I read of all these great new procedures but I can't go to LA or NY so I have to remember that smiling and rausung my chin helps disguise the jowls & saggy neck. .
I regret signing back up for realself.com. I cannot ask any questions or find any doctor in a reasonable radius from where I live who talks to me with understanding or reassurance or show me pix of actual patients. I've called and researched a device called Accuvein that is supposed to show veins under the skin so the needle won't hit one and cause brushing but I can't find one doctor whose ever heard of it. I would think their busy would increase exponentially if they advertised No Bruising. Well I've said my piece. I know No one will read this much less a provider. Good luck people.

TODAY: This is one of the most embarrassing things I've ever posted in my life. I wish RS would let me delete it but they won't.

The provider was beyond caring and went out of her way to see me thru the healing process.
in reality was not anybody's 'fault' it was a normal response to the treatment.

As to signing back onto RS. I had to try to make amends for negative uninformed posts that were harsh and thoughtless.

If any comments or posts I made in the past caused any negativity towards anyone please accept my apology. The cosmetic field is ever changing and new procedures are improving people's lives.

If it worked, and it does not, you should have seen results in 2.5 weeks.

Titan does not work. I have used that Cutera Titan machine in another providers office 7 years ago and NO ONE was ever happy. It wasn't the technique either. Most people can't tolerate the hight heat level require to make the smallest change. Even at the level there is a great potential for burns. Where I work, the business choose not to purchase the Titan option because it is a waste money for no results. Many practitioners will recommend other treatments inbetween the Titans so that you can't tell which actually worked. Ask for an in office credit. You got ripped off!

I got a brilliant result with titan but it took way longer than 3 weeks. I would say it was 6 weeks before I started to notice tightening, by which time I had had my 2nd treatment. After that I continued to get more improvement for six or seven months. After the first treatment I thought nothing was happening so I got the therapist to turn up the power, which did hurt a bit but nothing I couldn't tolerate.

I don't remember now except that I liked it at the time and in the long run it probably did improve my skin.

Love your comment, busyindc!! I just turned 55 and YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH! UGH!

TODAY : Providers stand behind the products they sell and also the companies who make them. It is My choice to purchase or not to purchase. Not one provider misinformed me about anything.
To say I was peeved was a naive and thoughtless comment.
There are lovely products and something for everyone. I appreciate samples that were generously given.
Live and learn :-)