I am a 45 year old and had this procedure done April 28th 2010. It's now close to the end of August 2010 so it's been 4 months and I'm beginning to see the benefits really come forth. I too had some acne scarring, large pores and of course those of us who grew up with acne were sun goddesses because tanning helped cover the acne, so I had sun damage. I will be 100% honest with you about the procedure. It's more uncomfortable than they advertise, but very bearable. I had it done on a Wednesday morning and being an accountant who is relied on by many clients, worked that afternoon at a very private office, where I had a twenty year professional and personal relationship with the staff. My face after the topical anesthesia ran off, felt like fire and I took tylenol and dealt with it. The next day, I looked like a steak on a grill with brown and red lines and it looked like I had been in a bomb or explosion. I went to work as it was cosmetic and at that point for me not that uncomfortable. If I had been in a fire or car accident, I would have done the same. I had let everyone know beforehand I was having it done and would be at work and to prepare them told them how I may look. By the weekend, I looked like chicken on the grill, very pale with brown lines, peeling,some scabbing and bleeding, but very mild. This is when it was actually very uncomfortable for me due to the chronic itching feeling. I didn't take Benadryl, but I'm sure that would have helped. We also had record heat near 100 which isn't ordinary for April, so the air conditioning wasn't on and the heat aggravated the discomfort. I had a rough weekend, but it was still tolerable. At that time the areas where there were large pores literally looked like a babies butt, so I was thrilled, but that changes. The entire next week I peeled to the point of extreme. If you can't deal with people seeing you like that, you may want to plan on staying home. After that up to 2 weeks, there were some peeling areas and even some small scaling, but not where everyone was staring (which they did the first 10 days) After 2 weeks it looks like before you had it done, although there's tightening and at that point you say, it wasn't worth it. Then... probably a month later, you start seeing, slowly, the change. I'm writing this to you because it's now becoming visibly noticible 4 months later to me. You look at your face everyday, others don't, they will comment they see a difference after the 2nd week, you won't see that. I visibly see the difference in every aspect beginning to transform from firming, pore size, texture, scarring, discoloration, plumping, above the lip lines, it's really becoming amazing. If you read the experts will tell you 9 months out are when the real results emerge, I would have to agree at this point. It will be great if it gets better than now. I think it's worth it. I spent $2000.00, and I easily spend that in a year on products that only help with the appearance of your skin on the surface, not correct it. To me it was the most natural approach to correct what needed to be done, without chemicals or too much abrasiveness, botox, etc. I did this to prevent a face lift in my late 50's or 60's and I will after a year have it done again to amplify the results. I say do it, but don't expect immediate results. I'll stay in touch with you and let you know additional progress. Good luck
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