Acne scars, moles as i age.Updated on 16 May 2011:I am extremely satisfied with my Fraxel proceedure. Did it hurt? heck yeah, did it swell? yes but keeping the cold packs on my face for 2 days and a fan in my face brought the swelling way down. My biggest complaint is the nasty cream you have to wear, it's greasy, heavy & gross but overall my results have been amazing. Dr. Gashri went light my 1st procedure to be safe & sure of my skins reaction. The 2nd procedure he went a bit heavier causing the pain & recovery time to exceed the previous procedure. Fraxel has taken 8 years off my fce, too much sun and acne caused discoloration and scars. I would definetly do it again. I have read other postings about pain, swelling, acne, after effects... I am curious to know how high the machine was set, so many variables and a persons skin reaction. My husband also had 2 Fraxel procedures, Dr Gashri gave him a deeper treatment than mine since his sun and scar damage was more severe than mine had been. My husband did not have any of the adverse reactions either. In fact, he is scheduling his 3rd Fraxel. He is 60 and he looks to be 50-55yrs old.

skin discoloration, age spots, light acne scaring - 1st treatment slight improvement, 2nd treatment people say i look 10 years younger. Just wanted to wake up in the morning without havng to put make-up on before the family woke up.

Doctor is nice but rushed. Treatment for cyst, left a very dark scar and ignored after calling. Treatment for capillaries and little blood spots on face, worked on spots but veins were and are actually worse. Face painfully swelled up and bruised badly, skin had pigment change after it went down which also took very long time. Called several times and was told to ice it and take Advil. Thanks. Now I seriously look awful without makeup, pigmented and broken capillaries make me look older and worn. I am so upset every morning I look at myself and pray it heals. But nothing. I have tried gentle creams and retin a cause I'm terrified to do anything and make it worse. He did fillers for a relative and after 3 weeks it looked like it started to go away and by 5 weeks it was like nothing had happened. Waste of money and very disappointed. Calls went ignored and they even tried to double bill me and insurance for cyst. Shady in my opinion. Office is clean and nice, staff is nice but depends on who you speak with, billing is not great and phone calls are like playing tag. I don't recommend castle dermatology.