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Can Fraxel make your skin look worse at first before it improves?

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I had my first fraxel session two weeks ago (acne scars...had acne conglobata ), my face is no longer red but I think that it looks worse than before. I had a small acne breakout / got some whiteheads, a pimple on my nose and the area on the cheeks right next to the nose looks more uneven than before (like the skin of an orange). Is this normal? .... can I still expect an improvement or did something go wrong? I am supposed to have another ssession next week (4-6 are plannend but I panic now.

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