Gaelicprincess

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• Posted to Do you think Costa Rica is safe for cosmetic surgery? on 2 Apr 2013

  I had the $500.00 CO2 laser resurfacing.

• Posted to Do you think Costa Rica is safe for cosmetic surgery? on 2 Apr 2013

  I had red dots all over my face, some of them bled a tiny bit, and some brown areas peeled -- but they were very small areas, not my whole face. As I mentioned, my skin looked noticeably different after six months.

• Posted to Do you think Costa Rica is safe for cosmetic surgery? on 1 Apr 2013

  Also, I want to add that with my laser procedure, there was no real peeling -- and Dr. Tabush told me that I shouldn't expect that. If you research CO2 fraxel resurfacing, you will find that the resurfacing doesn't really occur because of skin peeling -- it works by heating the skin under the surface which causes more collagen to be formed over six months. Also, the dots where the laser goes deeper into the skin removes a tiny column of skin, causing some immediate tightening which gets better over time. It is not a "peel" -- although I don't know that that might not happen if the deeper treatment is done. Dr. Tabush not responding to your emails is certainly not very good form; I am merely responding to what may be unrealistic expectations of your procedure before there has been enough time to see skin remodeling.

• Posted to Do you think Costa Rica is safe for cosmetic surgery? on 1 Apr 2013

  I had laser resurfacing by Dr. Tabush, but it wasn't in the OR; it was done in his office. In other words, it wasn't the "deepest" resurfacing that he does. He put numbing cream on my face and ordinarily gives a valium to sedate, but since I didn't have anyone with me to help me get home I couldn't have the valium. I had some red marks and was horribly swollen for about 3 days. Amazingly, most of the swelling was gone after that. I could cover up the redness with makeup pretty much at that point. I did remain pink for about 2 more months, but that is pretty normal. It was easily covered up by makeup. You have to keep in mind when getting fraxel resurfacing that the full effect isn't going to be seen until six months after the procedure. It takes that long for the collagen remodeling to kick in to improve firmness, fine lines and texture. Since the change happens over six months, it may not seem like anything is happening from day to day. It's a good idea to take a before picture to compare your six month results to. I did have improvement, especially in texture, and my skin glowed -- but I didn't see those results right away. A friend who saw me before and then about 8 months later told me she really saw a difference. Skin remodeling just takes time.

• Posted to Do you think Costa Rica is safe for cosmetic surgery? on 16 Apr 2012

  Bravo :)