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For me and for my husband, Youthology did work. He has thick skin with heavy bags, and I have thin skin with slight droopiness. Sudden Change did the same thing for about 1/4 of the money. I'm wondering if people who had bad results are putting it on incorrectly.

{Edited} was my surgeon. At the time, five years ago, he was the chief of plastic surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. You can find cheaper, but I know he is competent.

Edited by Tom: As mentioned by Sharon, the doctor's name is shown above to registered members of the RealSelf Community.  Joining is free, of course.

I'm now on day 9 and much better. I had been pretty miserable up to day 5, when I went into my doctor's office for a followup visit. They removed a lot of dead skin that apparently, I hadn't been aggressive enough in removing for fear of creating scars, and the discomfort stopped from that point on. Every day the redness decreases, but I'm still very streaky and blotchy, which my doctor says is to be expected at this point. All the major peeling has stopped, but there's still some flaking. I feel human again, but still have to stay out of the sun completely for one more week. I can see some fine lines between my eyes and on my forehead are gone almost completely. My upper and lower eyelids appear tighter and smoother. Lines around my mouth are improved, and may disappear completely as the collagen rebuilds over the next few months. I think it's still too early for me to tell if its worth it. I'm glad you are feeling so positive about your experience. I suspect with time, I will too. I just have a lot more healing to do.

I am so glad to hear that someone feels optimistic on day 5. I've just started day 4 and hoped to wake up to more improvement than I did. The swelling is going down a little, but I still look like a monster. My mouth and eyes are distorted and pulled from swelling and tight skin and it's hard to see at times. I really wish my doctor had given me more medication, because I think for me, with the discomfort and trouble sleeping, I could have used some help to stay calm and rested. You do start thinking things like "what have I done and am I crazy vain to put myself through this". The procedure itself wasn't that hard (just had numbing cream and no other meds) but the burning for the first 24 hours and swelling and discomfort are challenging. I couldn't take steroids for swelling that my doctor usually prescribes because of an allergy to an ingredient in them. Maybe people who can take something for swelling would have an easier time than I did. I told my doctor I had 7 to 10 days to recover, so he based the depth of treatment on that. I'm sure there are lighter treatments that are a lot easier, but the results are probably less dramatic.