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Is he a plastic surgeon? If yes, I would definetely consider him for fat grafting....but I would absolutely also consult with a dermatologist for your skin issues

I forgot to say that I actually tried to organize the petition but only very few people (like aimhigher) wanted to help me to organize this. The problem is, that I do not live in the USA and that my english is not good enough to organize such a petition. We would need a couple of persons who live in the USA, speak a perfect english and who would - once the petition is completed - sent trough the internet the petition to medias and medical centers. It would be so important to have one scientific papers that prooves that our side effects are real and can happen. Unfortunately such a paper does not exist as these side effects have not been studied at all (because for obvious reasons, doctors don't want to study them). And doctors and laser companies continue to deny these side effects saying that they are impossible. I also contacted the administrator (DCNGA) of iplandlaserdamagesupport proposing to do such a petition. But she wasn't thrilled about the idea. She told me that they organized several petitions in the past but that they were all useless. However all the petitions they organized were directed to the governement (useless of course). I would do a petition - that once completed - should be sent not to the governement but to as many laser docs as possible making them aware of theses dangerous devices and asking them to do a scientific study on laser side effects, hoping there would be at least one medical center, one laser dermatologist interested in doing such a study. It would be so important to have a scientific proove and explanation of our damage. The point is, that it is useless today to talk to laser docs cause 1) they all deny, "lasers can't do such damage, that's impossible,that's unscientific they are safe, amazing" bla bla bla (and exactly because of that we need a scientific paper!) 2) as these side effects have not been studied dermatologist do not really know what happened in our skin, how we were damaged and which is the best way to help us. If you consult laser dermatology literature, textbooks you will NEVER read anything about laser induced skin aging, lines, wrinkles, open sores , skin thinning, dry skin, sagging, vascular damage ecc. Thesy say that the only risks are: rarely scarring ad transitory pigmentation changes . LOL .It would be a earthquake for the laser industry if a major medical center could proove that lasers sometimes can actually cause these side effcts, skin aging (they say it's impossible) for example modifying negatively the collagen structure in our dermis (how I think) or maybe causing even dna damage to skin cells (how others have suggested on this forum). Many people all around the world are experiencing these side effects. We and others on this forum are the living proove. I don't know you, but I had my procedure done by an experienced board certified dermatologist, who did the procedure correctly and who did not use high settings. Regardless, I am left with permanent redness and objective, abnormal premature skin aging... Did you see the story of Angela Walker (she had her fraxel procedure done by a doc who teaches others physicians how to use that laser)? Maybe you could convince the admistrator of iplandlaserdamagesupport to help us to organize such a petition. On that website hundreds of laser victims have already shared their story.. we'll keep in touch!

I want to add. that as long as you are red you have to stay out from the sun and avoid everything that could irritate your skin and cause a flare up of your redness. The best way to cover redness is to use a GREEN concealer. I would use mineral make up cause it doesn't irritate the skin and contains zinc oxid

I took a look at you pics and this is what I think: 1) I don't see the fat loss issue, but if you are complaining hollowness you can choose between fillers (like hyaluronic acid) or fat grafting (that has the potential to be permanent). 2) I see that you have alot of redness on your face. If this is still the situation and if it is bothering you I would definetely try the V Beam laser (with purpura settings) that is the gold standard for everything that is vascular or red. Of course you should have a test spot first to see your skins reaction. 3) From the photos I don't see the skin texture issues and wrinkles you are talking about, but I believe you. I would avoid new lasers (except the V-Beam). You could try to improve your skin with peelings, microdermabrasion or Retin A.. But if you have redness on your face you can't have none of these procedures cause they would only irritate your skin and cause more redness. So, you have to be redness free to try them. One of the world's biggest laser experts is Richard Rox Anderson at Massachussets General Hospital (Harvard) as he's the inventor of the fraxel laser (sic!). If you need a skilled plastic surgeon I recommend Dr. Daniel Baker in NYC. I had here in europe fraxel laser under my eyes and I'm left with permanent redness and premature skin aging (dry skin, thin skin, weird skin texture, lines , wrinkles). These laser devices are evil machines!

Hi aimhigher, how are you? Did you have your consultation with Dr. Baker? Which surgeon are you going to choose? At the end I'm not going to have my eyelid surgery now (but in the future) and prefering to have some fillers (HA) for my upper cheek hollowness. Let me know