Well, I'm almost 4 weeks out from my IPL & I'm in a much better place. Everything did eventually come off after about a week and a half. Then I was left with a white grid pattern all over. At week 3 I went back to see her & she assured me that everything was going to be fine. She said that she just didn't realize how much of a tan I had & that is what caused the boxes. She also said she had it set on a higher setting to attack the rosecea. Her solution was to put in on an extremely lower setting and zap the dark places left on my face....of coarse free of charge. Believe it or not I trusted her to do it! This time it did not hurt as bad, I didn't smell that burning smell, & my face wasn't even red afterward. I am 6 days in and this process has been soooooo much better. I am starting to flake off & I'm praying everything will look more even. She told me I could have just waited it out & eventually overtime the hypo-pigmentation would have evened out, or she could hurry it along. So far I am really glad I trusted her. We'll see once it all comes off. Never again will I do something like this!!!! This has been, by far, the most traumatic thing I have EVER experienced.
YES!!! I'm freaking out! It is very surface no blistering, but boxes like a grid on my checks & jawline. I'm 48 hrs post treatment, and I can feel my face tightening, but I just want to know that the boxes r going to flake away as well, She said that she had it on a low setting & that I probably had more of a tan than what she realized....so it picked up that pigment. She isn't worried, but I AM!!! I just want my face back!!! I had NO idea this could happen.
Nate with your hyperpigmintation could u see the square outline of the tool that was used? I am trying to figure out if my reaction is similar to yours. It sounds like I may be suffering from hyperpigmintation, but I'm not sure. I'm in the freaking out strange. :).
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