Also 2 more things:
- with pixel they go over a nerve in your forehead which feels strange as it feels like some tugs on a small clump of hair on your head, with fraxel this doesn't happen
- I'm comparing fraxel dual with pixel (not the co2 pixel)
Also for the record: pixel is not the same as fraxel. I was told by clear skin care clinic mosman that they are the same thing it's just a different name. This isn't true. My twin sister had had fraxel, and I've had pixel.
They are both ablative lasers but:
- fraxel can treat up 70% of the surface, pixel only does up to 20%
- the fraxel lazer beams are about half the size of pixel lazer beam I.e with pixel you see the lazer marks very clearly straight after the treatment but with fraxel you don't
- fraxel can do a much deeper treatment than pixel
- fraxel involves 8 passes, pixel is 2-4
- fraxel allows you to wash, wet, and apply as much moisturizer as you want after the treatment, they also let you rub off the scabs if you want probably cause they're so much smaller than pixel, they even apply a cream straight after the teeatment. With pixel you're not supposed to put anything on your face for 24hours, and after that it's very minimal on creams and washing
- as far as results go, we both saw them, but were treated for different things. My twin was treated for malasma and pigmentation- the results after one treatment were phenomenal, they did 45% of the surface. I was treated for large pores and acne scarring- I've been told my skin looks clearer and smoother although I don't notice any change in the scarring, which is to be expected after just one treatment. Now i wonder how different fraxel would make for me compared to pixel???
I was booked for a pixel treatment at clear skin care mosman last year. I did all the prep work i.e. no sun for a month, used a cream to get my skin tone down, wore sunscreen everyday, booked annual leave time off work, bookd it near a weekend i knew i had no big plans, and organised a lift to and from the appointment.
Then on the day of the appointment I got a phone call from them saying the girl who would do my treatment wasn't feeling well and so Veronica told her to go home. I was really disappointed in their lack of care or concern for me-the paying customer, they asked if I'd like to book in for the following week like I was just needing a wax....I wasn't able to reschedule my annual leave and didn't have another free weekend for 5 weeks. I wasn't very happy and found the situation very unprofessional.
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Posted to Pixel Laser with Radio Frequency, Skin Resurfacing - Cremorne, NSW on 7 May 2012
Posted to Pixel Laser with Radio Frequency, Skin Resurfacing - Cremorne, NSW on 6 May 2012
- with pixel they go over a nerve in your forehead which feels strange as it feels like some tugs on a small clump of hair on your head, with fraxel this doesn't happen
- I'm comparing fraxel dual with pixel (not the co2 pixel)
Posted to Pixel Laser with Radio Frequency, Skin Resurfacing - Cremorne, NSW on 6 May 2012
They are both ablative lasers but:
- fraxel can treat up 70% of the surface, pixel only does up to 20%
- the fraxel lazer beams are about half the size of pixel lazer beam I.e with pixel you see the lazer marks very clearly straight after the treatment but with fraxel you don't
- fraxel can do a much deeper treatment than pixel
- fraxel involves 8 passes, pixel is 2-4
- fraxel allows you to wash, wet, and apply as much moisturizer as you want after the treatment, they also let you rub off the scabs if you want probably cause they're so much smaller than pixel, they even apply a cream straight after the teeatment. With pixel you're not supposed to put anything on your face for 24hours, and after that it's very minimal on creams and washing
- as far as results go, we both saw them, but were treated for different things. My twin was treated for malasma and pigmentation- the results after one treatment were phenomenal, they did 45% of the surface. I was treated for large pores and acne scarring- I've been told my skin looks clearer and smoother although I don't notice any change in the scarring, which is to be expected after just one treatment. Now i wonder how different fraxel would make for me compared to pixel???
Posted to Pixel Laser with Radio Frequency, Skin Resurfacing - Cremorne, NSW on 6 May 2012
Then on the day of the appointment I got a phone call from them saying the girl who would do my treatment wasn't feeling well and so Veronica told her to go home. I was really disappointed in their lack of care or concern for me-the paying customer, they asked if I'd like to book in for the following week like I was just needing a wax....I wasn't able to reschedule my annual leave and didn't have another free weekend for 5 weeks. I wasn't very happy and found the situation very unprofessional.