Victoria Johnson, MD

I literally just tryed Fraxel on a whim. I was in the doctors office getting laser hair removal when I found out about this. I paid $1800 for five treatments (spaced a month apart) the same day with only reading a pamphlet about it.

I'm so glad I took the gamble!

I had a blotchy T-zone, large pores, unevenly combination, semi sun damaged skin and I no longer have those problems just after 1 treatment. Great thing about Fraxel is- you see results IMMEDIATELY! Luckily, I'm only 28 so wrinkles weren't a concern but this laser clears those up as well. I cannot wait to see what my face will look like after the 5th treatment if the 1st already changed my life!

Updated on 21 Mar 2016:
IPL not Fraxel!!! I'm sorry.

Updated on 6 Jun 2016:
Well I finally made it! The magical 6 week post op date. Now I can finally work out and live my life normally.

Am I tho? NO lol

I still wear my compression garment and Spanx every night as long as I humanly can. I also wear my waist cincher to work if I'm wearing a looser shirt. I plan on doing this foreva. Lol literally.

I have lost 5 inches in total so far in my waist because of the dedication so now I'm addicted to results. Plus, it seems to help with the bloating.

I still drown myself in Bio Oil after a shower and cover my scars with it and a different scar cream in the morning and at night. Now my scars are almost gone thanks to those oils/creams.

Still a tad numb/tender on my belly but my butt is 95% back to its original softness so I'm excited. My boyfriend definitely appreciated that. LoL

I also, out of habit, sleep on my stomach but I drive completely on my butt and sit on it as normal.

I 20 years old and have had my acne scars for about 5-6 years. I bought a package of 5 treatments. They were having a half off deal for the month of april so it ended up being 2500 for all 5. Yesterday was my first treatment. They put a numbing cream and left it for about 25-30. They then wiped it off and started the procedure. They gave me what looked like a vacuum hose that blew really cold air, so that if my face was getting uncomfortable i could put it whereever i needed throughtout the treatment. It hurt but it didnt hurt that bad. 

I wanted smart lipo to tighten my skin from the previous two lipo procedures. Lipo will make your skin lumpy. Smart lipo was not only a rip off, but my skin did not tighten any! I am so upset with myself for spending that much money on something that was not only painful, but didn't work!

I have had four fraxel treatments over the past 4-5 months. I was hoping to get get smoother skin across my checks where I had some enlarged pores and acne scars. I also had a small area a pregnancy mask I wanted to get rid of. The first session I had was great. It made my skin smoother, pores smaller, and got rid of the pregnancy mask.

The 2nd session they turned up the laser. At the 3rd session I pointed out to the docter a dark spot I had under one eye that was not there before. She did not act like it was a big deal and prescribed HydroQ4/Ka2/RAO.05/TMCO.05%. She told me to put it on my face every night before I went to bed. She then told me she was going to turn the laser up even more for the 3rd session, so that I would get really good results. When I went in for the fourth session I had brown spots under both eyes and a little bit on one cheek. The told me the were going to use a diffrent laser for the 4th session that would help more with pigment. It did fade the spots a littl bit. I have also noticed a few very small white bumps unders my eyes.

It was more painful each time, but was tolerably for me. I usually had a dew days down time. My skin would stay dark and would peel for about a week. They did numb my skin before hand and gave me a device that blew cool air on face during the procedure.

My questions for everyone is will the bumps go away? If I had another session done at the setting it was the first time, that seemed to get rid of the pregnancy mask, would it get rid of the dicoloration that I have now? I am starting to get very worried and need advice. Should I go to a dermatologist and see what the think? I am overall so far happy with the texture of my skin, but am very upset about the discoloration. Can this evr be fixed? I have a dark complexion.