I had fraxel done several years ago with a modest improvement. I did Botox and juvederm after that. Few times over the next few years. I went in a few weeks ago ( and saw the doctor who had taken over the practice) to have a touch up and was encouraged to have the dual fraxel to help with tone and the brown spot I had developed on the sides of my cheeks. The recovery was much worse...
I go for my first Fraxel treatment next Wednesday and wonder, as a 52 year old male, what to expect? I worked in the sun for many years and my face shows it. My wife, who is 48, looks at least 10 if not 15 years younger than me. My original thought was to go with Erbium/CO2 and get it done in one treatment, but I can't take off work for as long as I have been told it takes to heal. So, instead...
I had the dual fraxel done by Dr. Todd Besnoff (owner of Ultimate Image this month. Since I am an experienced RN, BSN and in school for my ARNP, FNP, I obviously did my research. Especially because I am going to be majoring in cosmetics and I will be opening my own med-spa upon graduation, I only wanted the best doctor working on my face. There is a correct way to run a business and there...
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