Omaha3523

Wouldn't Do It Again - Omaha

Broken Capillaries on Face - Painful, Downtime, Good Result - Omaha, NE

Britt - I gave it a thumbs down because I was not prepared for the downtime. I was told zero downtime, so I expected it to be like getting botox - in, out and back to the office. It was the swelling and the 8 weeks of bruises/redness. For a few broken capillaries, if I had know that is what would happen, I would have spent the money elsewhere. Now, 6 months later, I am about 50-50. I feel my face looks better. But again, I still think that if before I decided to do this, the doctor had shown me pictures of what i looked like afterwards, I would have run like the wind.

It's not as bad as it sounds - without makeup, I could still see redness for 8 weeks. After a week, I could go out with well applied makeup, but if you were looking, you could tell. After 4 weeks, I was not self conscious if I had makeup on. But it was 8 weeks before I was comfortable going out without makeup on.

When I went in for a consultation in April, he said "no problem, we can get rid of those, but wait until winter because you can't go in the sun after". So, I made my appointment in early November and went in. They were having me sign a waiver saying they told me what to expect and I told the nurse I really had not been told. She said it would feel like a snap of a rubberband and I might have some slight swelling and bruising that won't last long (24 hours). The procedure hurt like hell, but there was no pain post-procedure. When I called the nurse both the same day and 24 hours later, she just told me to take Advil. when I finally go the doctor to call me back 48 hours later, he said that everyone responds differently and that happens sometimes, but they like to wait 24 hours before prescribing steroids to see if it resolves. I thought, but didn't mention, "then why did you not respond for 48 hours!!!". I could have started sooner.