I wish I had read this earlier I just had Fraxel restore and I am still moderately swollen 4 days after the procedure. Ias not even told that I could have swelling until I turned up for the procedure. My skin also is still very pnk and flaking. The latter does not bother me. Looking as if I just had my wisdom teeth out does. And I have to go to work tomorrow. The literature from the company and the doctor talks about "typical" side effects including xome "mild swelling" on Day 2. Not sure what they mean by "typical"- does that refer to 50% of patients? If so there is another 50% of patients like me who have way more side effects and down time. And "mild - ha what does that men"My swelling was certainly not "mild." There seems to be a lot of misinformation and hype peddled by the company and by the Fraxel practitioners and I wont be going near it again.
Sorry but this answer is factually incorrect and greatly understates the side effects. I just had Fraxel restore and I am still moderately swollen 4 days after the procedure. My skin also is still very pnk and flaking. The latter does not bother me. Looking as if I just had my wisdom teeth out does. And I have to go to work tomorrow. The literature from the company and the doctor talks about "typical" side effects. Not sure what they mean by "typical"- does that refer to 50% of patients? If so there is another 50% of patients like me who have way more side effects and down time. I dont care about the final result at this time - I am very unhappy witth the downtime and the misinformation and wont be repeating the procedure for that reason.
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