Edie

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• Posted to Fraxel Re:Pair results? on 2 Jun 2008

  Thanks Alie, For the recommendations of the Aveeno Calming wash & the SkinCeuticals E.P. for the redness. I have my 1 week's follow up appt. on Wed & I am going to ask my doctor about them for sure. I have been having to use the Aquaphor all the time because the other option they gave me wasn't moisturizing enough. It just soaked into my skin & it felt like I hadn't put anything at all on it. I had very dry skin to start out with & I think having the procedure done made it even drier, so the only thing that feels good on it for now, is the Aquaphor but I hate how shiny & greasy it feels & it attracts stray hairs onto my face, etc. I hope they give me something else on Wed. I'll be so glad if some of this extreme redness goes away. Edie

• Posted to Fraxel Re:Pair results? on 2 Jun 2008

  Today is day 5 for me & I still have to take the Benedryl for the itching. The purplish redness is pretty much all gone except for a few tiny areas on my high cheeks under my eyes. The itching hasn't been horrendous ........... just there! I keep sort of rubbing my face, not actually scratching it but I still have to keep that Aquaphor on ALL the time & when I rub my itching parts its really gooky. So the Benedryl is a lot better & really effective in relieving the itching. I think my skin looks really good but I'm not over the swelling completely either so it's hard to say if it looks that good from the procedure or from the benefit of the little bit of swelling I still have. The pain was horrible during the procedure & the squeezy balls they gave me helped TONS. Plus I had double the pain meds ...... Vicodin, & Valium & the numbing cream. I had one vicodin & valium an hour before & then shortly before they actually did it I had another one of each pill. The numbing cream was put on about an hour before. I can only imagine how bad it would have been without that double pain med ! It felt like hot sparks on my face with some areas being more tender than others. BUT it doesnt last long & it IS tolerable & I hope the results are worth everything. I had it for beginning jowls & that orange peel look to my chin area. There's no doubt about it that when you drive your whole lower face area is exposed to the sun. And when I used to drive to work for years, I was exposed to that. Plus, whenever I would do my fast walks, the sun visor I used only covered the part of my face from my nose up. So the lower part of my face was what I wanted fixed up by the Re:pair. Edie