Anoushka

Thank you ever so much for your comments. I traveled from Europe to see this particular doctor. He is quite well known and a dean at UCLA and has been at Cedar's Sinai for over 20 years and very well versed in Laser, though no one it seems has much experience with fraxel re:pair. I am his fourth patient as the machine is so new. I would never ever go to a "budget doctor" and fully appreciate your warnings. i am deeply concerned that I jumped the gun by trying this new technology so soon but everything I read made it seem very safe. There has been no improvement in my face and I do have a little bit of a problem eating, perhaps this is because the skin is tight. One side droops hideously and the other side is a bit higher. The problem came on day six, completely out of the blue. I believe neither side turned up at all then. I have feeling everywhere on my skin. Perhaps the slight problem with eating is, as my doctor says, caused by the ederma fluid, maybe there's imperceptable swelling still and it hasn't drained. I spoke with my doctor today who said that unless I had a stroke or suffered from viral Bell's palsy, then, as you say, the laser is most definitely not the problem. He said every person takes a different amount of time to heal and has different reactions and that I will make a full recovery. ( The botox was injected between my eyebrows and a bit at the side of the eyes, no where near the cheeks or mouth. He says this is absolutely not a problem) He stresses the ederma fluid is causing this and just to give it time. I do not understand why the ederma fluid drained so quickly from my eyes and is now doing this to the lower half of my face? He says it's a more complicated area. Do you think this is an accurate assessment? Kind regards, Anoushka

Hi, if you send me a private email address I can post before and after photos. If I were looking now, I'd be scared too. I believe that Allie, CMC, Christine and myself were the first four on this chat page to have had the treatment (jackster, I believe hadn't had the treatment) so that means there's a 50% chance something can go horribly wrong. Regards. A

Dear CMC, How sweet of you for your thoughts. I'm still not right at all. I'd like to post a before, day 6 and current photo of my mouth. It seems no one has been able to post photos though so If anyone has a tip on this, please let me know. Christine heard of a case even more extreme than mine which took 9 months for a full recovery. Anyway, I am very much hoping this spontaneously corrects itself this summer. I guess I am 20% better from day 6. Today marks a calendar month. On another note, have you found a good moisturizer? My skin literally seems to drink it. Are you red? My skin has an even tone though still a bit pink. I can feel the tightening come and go. I believe I do see tightening on my left side, neck and jowls The right side is not the same or perhaps is changing at a different pace. I don't know. I've been so preoccupied with the smile and laughing (not) issue that I just noticed. Can you describe what you see on your face? Aren't you just over a month in? I'm interested in what is happening with Allie's treatment too and of course I hope we here from Christine soon.Would love to hear more about your progress, if you're happy you did this etc.. Take care. A xx

Dear CMC, How sweet of you for your thoughts. I'm still not right at all. I'd like to post a before, day 6 and current photo of my mouth. It seems no one has been able to post photos though so If anyone has a tip on this, please let me know. Christine heard of a case even more extreme than mine which took 9 months for a full recovery. Anyway, I am very much hoping this spontaneously corrects itself this summer. I guess I am 20% better from day 6. Today marks a calendar month. On another note, have you found a good moisturizer? My skin literally seems to drink it. Are you red? My skin has an even tone though still a bit pink. I can feel the tightening come and go. I believe I do see tightening on my left side, neck and jowls The right side is not the same or perhaps is changing at a different pace. I don't know. I've been so preoccupied with the smile and laughing (not) issue that I just noticed. Can you describe what you see on your face? Aren't you just over a month in? I'm interested in what is happening with Allie's treatment too and of course I hope we here from Christine soon.Would love to hear more about your progress, if you're happy you did this etc.. Take care. A xx

Hi Allie, Glad you're back! Thanks for the positive wishes. The left and right side of my mouth are still very different and in the morning when I try to I smile in the mirror i still only see only a bit of my front two teeth and a bit of the 2 teeth next to them. It seems whatever mussels lift the lips to cause a smile are not working. I'm sure the blotchiness will go away for you. They said the redness etc could take up to 3 months. Are you having any other issues and are you having any positive results in terms of tightening etc.? Take care, A