nightpanda

now that all the redness is finally gone: i'd say the sundamage is still there about 65%-- i was really hoping for more. the deep fx part around my eyes really did work-- the lines are gone and the color/texture is better. i plan on keeping the lines away with botox. bottom line: it isn't a miracle process but there is obvious improvement. my skin is much softer too and although you can still see the sundamage it is much lighter and all i have to put on is a tinted sunscreen and my skin looks flawless. all the best!

hey! might have missed it -- perhaps you already got this done? hope all went well if so. in response to your question... nothing is going to look good on your face for awhile... when you do go out in public be religious about sunscreen or everything will come back. i used something called "solar" protection formula... it is an spf 60 with all the right protection.. it comes with tints that you can adjust to your skintone..... it is awesome stuff and i use it everyday! good luck!

hi! yes, i had both done... my doctor told me there was a risk of some persistent redness but if you are still worried i would schedule a follow up. its 2 months for me now and all the redness is gone. i do feel my skin has improved: not dramatic but about 50% better for sundamage.... all of the wrinkles around my eyes are gone and my skin tone is much better. my boyfriend says it took off about 5 years (he's brutally honest so i trust him!). hope that helps....it's hard to see the improvement when your face is still red.

hey.. not sure when you had this done or if you're still experiencing the redness problem but wanted you to know even though my experience was mainly positive after 7 weeks i still have redness. it does get better little by little every day.... apparently for a few of us the healing process takes a lot longer=( i went yesterday for a facial/microderm and it helped tremendously. would not recommend this though until your face is less sensitive and the roughness goes down . hang in there/ be religious about sun protection... it will get better.

hi mimosakitty... my doctor gave me a range of products for recovery... they are probably mostly more expensive versions of aquafor etc...if you're interested one was called "silkses" by a company called sesderma and "bio-cream" by neocutis. but for me it really was a combination of keeping the skin moist at all times and taking presnidone (sp?) for swelling and benadryl for itching... it seemed really important to keep my face very clean and not touch or fuss with it. i also slept slightly elevated the first couple of nights which really helped the swelling. i had to be in public after 5 days which wasn't really enough time... i wore a ton a makeup....10 days should be alright -- i STILL have residual redness where the doctor did deep but apparently that's not common (lucky me). i'm not worried though -- it continues to get better every day. best of luck with your procedure!