I had Fractora done around eyes 5 months ago. As soon as swelling went down I noticed skin in eye socket area was a lot looser. Now all skin that was treated seems to have lost elasticity - my skin was quite good before now it looks 10 years older, and not in a natural way. My surgeon told me that this was a normal part of healing process, that collagen gets destroyed and remodelled so it may be worse before it got better. He suggests using SmartXide to speed up healing. Is any of that right?
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Unlike Fraxel, Fractora is not a laser whatsoever. It is a microneedling device that looks like a stamp with many tiny needles on. These tiny needles penetrate the skin all at the same time and they once they are in the skin, a pulse of radiofrequency is...
I feel you get a better result for fractora/Morpheus when it is done more aggressively at one time with local anesthesia with a little iv sedation for complete comfort. Why suffer?
A photo would have been helpful. But, in general, I am amazed that you have gone the way of the expensive "bells and whistles" fraxel laser gizmos and made no mention of ever having been treated by what is considered first line treatment for hypertrophic scars, namely intralesional triamcinolone...