Aliciapie

It's been nearly a year now since Total FX. I've been very disappointed but guess what? Fine wrinkles on my cheek are gone, and yesterday I saw my sister and she could not get over my skin. She insists it's much better. I think it is. It's subtle, and deeper lines remain but they're not as deep or obvious. It seems that 11 months later, there is improvement.

Oh, this is terrible! What did your dermatologist say about this? I've been considering IPL treatments. I did Total FX last May, paid for two of them but I didn't see any benefit from the Total FX so I've been thinking of doing IPL instead.

I agree. I had Total FX 8 months ago (May 26, 2010) and the brown spots and fine lines that I hoped would be eliminated, or, at least, attenuated, remain the same. I'm using Retin A and I think that's done more for my skin than the laser procedure.

I had Total FX last May, so about 8 months now. I, too, had a lot of discoloration that I feared would be permanent, but it's gone. I used a bleaching/Retin A cream for a while, now I'm using 0.1% Retin A mixed with Vitamin C and E.

I have light olive skin and the dermatologist didn't want to use extremely high settings on me because of it. Overall, I'm disappointed in my results. The fine lines that were bugging me enough to do the procedure are still there. I've had Botox and fillers, and with them I get improvement, and I'm convinced the Retin A has improved my skin texture and tone more than the laser procedure.

I got a deal in that I paid $3000 for two Total FX treatments. I only had one, and I'm tempted to do IPL instead of another Total FX treatment. The Total FX didn't do anything for my brown spots or my fine lines, the two reasons I did this brutal procedure.

How are you doing now? It looks like those brown spots would eventually come off. Not sure how long ago you had the procedure. I just booked IPL in two weeks for sunspots.