joedude99

Active FX is Amazing!

Active FX

I didn't see a lot of results until the 6 month mark, and saw even bigger results after my second treatment. I asked for a higher fluence my second time. HTH

At Christmas someone commented on how great my skin looked and how tight my jawline was. I think sometimes because you see yourself everyday you can't see the mprovements because they happen overtime.

I just wanted to put my two cents in. I had Active FX about a month ago and I have great results that are still evolving. When I went to see my doc before treatment I wanted Total FX and he offers that too because I was convinced I would see greater benefits with that. The doc incidentally helped Lumenis develop the treatment. In any case, he talked me out of Total FX because he said it was too extreme for what I needed and that the downtime would be high and he compared it to old school CO2, and that he could accomplish the same result with two Active FX treatments spaced 4 months apart with a better safety profile. He used an aggressive setting on the Active FX and he stressed that going less intense versus traditional CO2 allows the skin to repair itself more efficiently and more quickly. My doc does lots of Active FX and I went with what he recommended. He believes that patients should come in once a year for a touch-up to repair the yearly damage and that makes sense to me. Hope this helps.

I think my neck skin is about how half the size it was before, which ia pretty amazing reduction in turkey neck. You know how when you lower your chin to your chest there is some extra skin. I'm going in for another treatment in Januaray, and I am going to ask the doc to try and tighten my cheek and nasolabial fold area that I still think has too much slack in it. My skin also feel softer. From time to time, my skin drinks moisturizer, and sometimes crows feet appear under my eye appears when my skin gets dry. I still don't have the final result, but its definitely improving.

My neck and jaw are definitely tighter and some of the lines in my forehead are softer. I still see some fine lines around my eyes under side lighting. My skin is shinier and softer. I think I will see more improvement in a couple of weeks.