I have had an IPL and Fraxel skin treatment. Both were painful but the Fraxel was so painful that the aethestitcian only got 2 out of 4 passes. I am very fair but do have a decent pain tolerance. I did laser hair removal with no pain management whatsoever. For the Fraxel laser, they pretreated with lidocaine for almost an hour. When I inquired about whether there was anything else we could do for pain during the treatment the practice said no. Are there other options?
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