The fact that training varies greatly around the world is definitely true, and I'm sure lack of training accounts for much of the damage caused. I had my IPL done at the laser treatment clinic in Harley street, each time i went I had a different practitioner most of whom looked like they'd just finished sixth form college. The area where I was burnt under my eye now has hyperpigmentation. I understand that in England there is no qualifications legally needed for treating people with IPL. I wrote in April last year about the problematic journey i've had with trying to sort out my skin, and thanks so much for the supportive messages and comments people left. I have some good and bad news. Kitty, I went on the Obagi nu derm course in October last year, under the instruction of a cosmetic dermatologist. I would strongly reccomend against this to anyone with sensitive rosacea skin types. I spent three months with a bright red peeling dry face that according to my boyfriend looked like a 'slapped ballbag' I kept telling everyone that it would be worth it and the redness and peeling skin would subside to reveal beautiful new skin underneath. It didn't. After ten weeks on holiday in HongKong, people were actually stopping and staring at me I looked like i had 3rd degree burns on my face. When I stopped the treatment my skin went back to normal but the spots reappeared with the addition of some permanant wierd blotches. The hyperpigmentation got better but has reappeared again. The good news is I went to see a really good medical dermatogogist and he said the hyperpigmentation was caused by inflamation from the treatments. As a first cause of action he is treating the rosacea with Tetralysal antibiotics and Rosex cream which is working incredibly well! I'm over the moon. The Rosex caused a bad reaction initially but the antibiotics have made my skin more resilient and now I can use a tiny bit of the cream on specific areas each night. As a conclusion I would say to anyone with problematic skin go and see a really good medical dermatologist.
Hi there,
I've had a similar experience by the sounds of things to you, but with different treatments and was considering trying the limelight/Genisis to correct the damage thats been done so far. Two years ago i went for N-Lite peels and microderm to get rid of some spots and help skin texture. This got rid of spots but made my face very red. The practitioner said i had acne Rosacea. I changed therepists as i felt they were slightly responsible for not having looked at my skin properly before treatment. I visited the Skiin clinic and the therapist bizarrely said acne Rosacea didn't actually exist it was just inflamation caused by acne and suggested i have a medium strength chemical peel and another course of microderm which of course made my skin even angrier and at this stage i begane to notice a scarred appearence arround affected areas. (nose and cheeks) Then i changed clinics again and went for IPL treatment at the Laser clinic and noticed no difference. Like you i'm at my wits end. My skin looks awful, the pores are open and greasy and skin is red and scarred. I've also got this wierd brown partch on my forhead! There's no way i can go out without tons of makeup on now. I've got to do something and have tried everything else. Oh also tried Finecea cream which caused a bad reaction of spots and biopore Jan Marini (caused bad reaction) I'm sticking to really basic skin products now.
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