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Barlnk

Location: TEXAS
Joined: 5 May 2010
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  • Posted to Clear Lift Pixel by Alma -Frisco, TX on 10 Apr 2013

    Lol. I knee what you meant. I saw fabulous, amazing even results for about a week. It burns your inner dermis causing swelling so you get a plumped up look temporarily. It would be great for a special event! I too went to your frisco spa. Are you using Taz? She is very knowledgeable. Just a two hr drive for me so looking at a spa closer. But this was your second treatment right? Taz pushes for every two weeks and for 6 treatments that close, not spread out. Therefore, I am very curious how you do and look after three going once a month. Keep us posted.
  • Posted to Clear Lift Pixel by Alma -Frisco, TX on 10 Apr 2013

    I have not been back yet for a second treatment due to time restraints. frisco is so far for me also that I am looking for a closer spa. I do not think I will buy a pkge deal but just pay as I go. I will try for three total. Already having had one. No visible results after the first week. But, no additional wrinkles either! Not sure this is a permanent thing. May be better off with Radiesse and juvederm fillers...money better spent perhaps?
  • Posted to 7 weeks post op explant and lift... new photos added!! Brighton UK GB on 25 Mar 2013

    You look so great! Small and high! Like a twenty yr old! Now makes me wanting to get a lift also! Congrats!
  • Posted to Clear Lift Pixel by Alma -Frisco, TX on 17 Mar 2013

    Thanks for the words of caution. I have an appt. first of April. The tech wants me to come in every two weeks. But reading up says 4 weeks is optimal. I cannot afford more than 1x a month period though. I shopped around yesterday and found only two other places in Dallas with this same Alma laser. Can that be? It is called other names. The Clear Lift name is most recent. It also is called REDO still at some places and Pixel Q-Switch was the oldest name FYI. Still, hard to find reviews looking under all names. One nice tech I spoke with at a different spa had a slightly better package price and she was pretty candid when I asked her about results. She basically told me that results vary based on after at-home care. She said one has to pamper their skin to achieve the best results. Hmmm. Sounds like a lot of product pitching going on to me. I use natural products on my face and good sunscreen by Obagi but, I am not one to spend $80 on a face cream. Been there done that. I have had one deep FX laser peel(major), a deep blue peel(also major)and recently three IPLs(ouch). All were successes though even though I had downtime and they hurt. So, my sun damage is under control. My neck still has some melasma that I think either a light blue peel or more IPLs might get rid of. But I want something that builds collagen and firms. This whole Alma laser pitch frankly sounds like bologna to me. But, after one treatment I do see results...they have faded though because, like you said, most improvement I saw immediately and the few days after may have been puffiness or swelling which has subsided. That makes sense. But, a couple of shallow wrinkles I had have not yet returned. The deeper ones are still there but my jowls seem a bit more shallow..not positive. My neck looks the same. Still, with mixed results, I want to do at least three of these. No where can I find any less than three recommended. May even change techs and places. But, now worried about settings etc...that you mentioned and thinking perhaps I need to stick it out with my current locale rather than price shop. I like my tech anyway, just not the spa so much. BTW, how long has it been since your second treatment?
  • Posted to Have the Explant and Not Revision on 16 Mar 2013

    I am 6 weeks post explant and I notice now the swelling has gone down. I guess I did not realize I was swollen at all. But, i would not recommend bra shopping until 6 weeks at least after. I am happy with my smaller size now and their shape, which cont. to improve with time. Still wearing a sports bra day and night. Not sore any longer at all. All takes time.

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