Grace8

Exercise - get blood flowing!! Forget about the circles -- wear glasses - use retin-A and glycol and a good moisturizer and MSM and EXPECT your skin to be better than ever!!!!! We only have so much time on the planet!!

DOES IT GET WORSE OVER TIME? Mine was Syneron. It definitely caused grooves around my eyes but I have hope anyway. I'm using glycolic, vit c/e, and retino at night and it's much better. Also MSM internally and externally -- and i'm going to try the wheat grass. I'm wondering if the damage is worse on people who've used retin A for a long while and have thinner skin to begin with? The 'practitioner' i used was definitely unskilled and even careless i would say -- she randomly switched the thing from hot to cooler etc. but it was mostly so hot i had to insist she turn it down! In any case i think my skin is starting to look good again, regardless of the circles and i'm very relieved. I am 3 months out. To tbags: did yours continue to change? or was all the damage seen within months? That's probably the biggest worry for me.

Hi - I know how you feel -- I had 2 treatments about 3 and4 months ago and have had similar results. I used to have a glow to my skin and always got compliments. Now I have grooves around my eyes that were never there before and large pores. I am devastated. However, I've started using glycolic again- mixing a serum with moisturizer and I think it's helping to return my glow. Give it a try -- I am trying to be hopeful --- maybe even try a slightly cool masque from time to time---- I think it's reversible -- sun damage is reversible but takes time so don't despair about this. I'm trying to accept that the universal powers that be are trying to get my attention and that ultimately I'll be okay-- sounds naive but I have to have hope... Best if luck -- if you're ever in San Francisco maybe we could meet -- would be nice to have someone who understands around--

Hi! How do you do the castor oil heat treatments? Could you explain? Thanks!!

I wasn't one of the ones who got " burned " per se by IPL but I've definitely gotten grooves around eyes and darkness that want there before and I think it's because the light slaps tha face so hard that it's literally like being hit in the face and like boxers' faces, eventually you're damaging the fat/ collagen/ elastin and causing the face to droop--- would you ever say that being slapped hard in the face is a good thing for your collagen?? I think not.