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Reddy, If you will contact me I will send you pictures of my skin today. I was just like what you described and thankfully, my face is now its normal color. I can pretty much say mine healed on its on because I could never tolerate (retin-a, obagi, kligmans formula, etc)long enough to see results. I was very faithful to sunscreen and finally my patience paid off. I agree with Dr. P. I would mix a little Jane Iredale mineral make-up with my Nia24 sunscreen and it covered pretty well. In my case it was hard to tell what was pigment and what was vascular. I was the dark bronze color like you described. (Look back at my post and you will see my panic ..ugh.) I can now tell that most of mine was vascular. I know it's hard to find patience, but I am confident you it will get better. CB

Reddy, If you remember I had hugh pigment issues. I'm about 5 months out and my issues have for the most part corrected themselves. One would have to really look now to see any discoloration. I would have never guessed that the stripes caused by the laser that was once so visable, would correct on it's own, but it did. I started using Pigment Corrective by PerriconeMD and it helped with the reddness. I don't think it was a miracle product, but it was something my skin could tolerate and it feels nice. My derm wanted me to wait it out and as hard as that was to do, I think for me it was the right choice. Good luck and I hope you continue to improve.

Christine, I have those streaks....grrr. I know nothing of the Vbeam. Is it like IPL? Thanks CB

Reddy, I considered the re:store also, but if you read the reviews online, it appears that re:store has just as many, if not more, bad responses in regards to pigment. I got another opinion and he told me to wait it out, so that's what I'm going to do. If you will email me, I will tell you in more detail what I was told. Regards, CB

I know exactly the red/brown color you are talking about. Mine was the very same way. It's a bronze color and you are right, makeup will not cover it up. The more I tried, the worse I looked. A lot of makeup would make me look plastic. I expected two weeks (at most) down time. I own my company and I was forced to cancel many key events that was critical to my business. I'm not happy with reliant right now. I feel they downplay the down time. I was convinced too that I was scarred for life. I was obsessed over it and would wake up in the middle of the night praying to see some sort of sign that it was better. I'm using nothing but Cervae cleanser and moisturizer. You can get it at Walgreens and my derm told me to use it. Everything else made it worse. The bronze color is gone thank goodness. My neck is totally healed and you can't even see the line of demarcation anymore. I still have slight pigment spots on my face, but each day it is better. I refuse to use anything else as I see the most improvement with just time. If its due to inflammation, what sense does it make to keep irritating the heck out of it with product? I'm sure there are some that disagree with me, but my face was already a mess. Drying it out with Retina-A and Triluma only made it look worse and I could not handle worse. My face was at least 5 shades darker everywhere that laser touched and it's now almost back to normal. I even see a lot of benefits now in regards to texture and smoothness. I felt hopeless as I could not seem to find anyone that had the issues that I had. I was only my doctors 4th Fraxel patient and he had not seen it in any other patient. I just wish I would have had someone to reassure me that it would get better. People are starting to comment on how good my skin looks now. You will get better I'm sure, but it's so hard to find patience. CB