53 year old female trying Ematrix for acne scars after many other treatments . A nightmare so far...

Well, today is Day 4 post treatment. I did see my doctor yesterday. He was very kind and helpful, and did say that my reaction was one of the worst he has ever seen. He said that he has had only two other patients who reacted to the eMatrix the way I did. He did say that he used a higher, "more aggressive" setting, but stated that he does this for all patients, since in his experience, lower settings do not produce results, and that he does not want to waste patients money by using a lower setting that does not work. He did say that the two other patients that had a similar response to mine did make a full recovery, so that gave me hope. He prescribed a cortisone cream for the itching. I was so desperate to use it that I literally went into the bathroom of the pharmacy downstairs from his office after picking up the prescription and slathered it on my face right there.
As of this morning, swelling continues to go down, as does redness, but it is very, very slow. The upper part of my face looks better than the lower part of my face. I am still having some itching, but it is not as severe as before. The doctor did say yesterday that he was a little concerned about the very tiny whitehead-like dots on my face in the middle of all the redness, and asked me to come in again today to monitor it (no charge for these aftercare visits). Those are still there today, although a little less so. The track marks are still very visible, especially on the lower parts of my cheeks and above my lips - cannot see how these could be covered with makeup, though I have not tried yet. I am depressed about having to stay in the house to hide my scary-looking face. One thing that is hard is that it triggers memories of how I wanted to hide in the house when I was younger due to the acne at that time. Just trying to maintain hope that I will make a full recovery.
I will post updates, but right now, I would say that I would change my recommendation to a definitely "not worth it" for me, but others should proceed with caution. Maybe do a test patch before treatment? Even my doctor said yesterday that he would recommend that I not do any further eMatrix treatments, due to my reaction. I really appreciated his honesty, and want to note that even though this treatment was nightmare for me, it may work well for others; my doctor says his patients usually do well with it, and have great outcomes.

I had my first ematrix procedure two days ago. A little of my history: After taking Accutane in 1993 - with much success - I have been on a decades-long journey to get rid of my acne scars, which are mostly rolling scars primarily on my cheeks, and large pores on my nose. I have done many different kinds of lasers, including YAG, Thermage, V-Beam, and two different types of Fraxel. Up to now, I have probably spent more than $15,000 on various laser treatments to get rid of my scars. None of them did anything for my scars, although the V-Beam did help with my rosacea redness (I did not develop Rosacea until about 10 years after I took Accutane) and also with small spider veins. I also think that the Fraxel helped with my pores and oiliness, but did nothing for the scars, and the benefits seemed to wear off over the years. I have seen several different doctors for these treatments when we lived in different cities, dating back to 2005. I was definitely only interested in working with dermatology practices who do cosmetic procedures (I would never go to a Med Spa -type place). After several attempts here in the city where we live now, I finally got a reliable referral from my doctor. This doctor recommended eMatrix, which I had never heard of. He explained that it is a sublative procedure, and how this works differently than a laser. The cost seemed reasonable (they also did not make me commit to pay more than one session at a time) there was no heavy sales pitch (as I had experienced with other clinics), and the doctor does seminars on laser treatments internationally. Seems like a safe bet, right? On the day of treatment, they numbed me with a lidocaine-based gel for about 30 minutes. The treatment itself was not that painful - just little quick zaps that were tolerable - and was over in about 15-20 minutes. I asked him if there were any post-op recommendations, and he cheerfully said "none". That first day, in the afternoon and evening, I just looked red, but nothing worrisome. Then, when I woke up yesterday on Day 2, the bad stuff started. My face was incredibly, severely red and swollen - I was almost unrecognizable. The swelling was way, way worse than swelling I had with Fraxels or V-Beam (the swelling with those just made my scars look temporarily a little less deep and little or no redness). On top of this, my face looked lumpy in some spots, almost as if I was having an allergic reaction. AND there were the "track marks". In addition, there was incredibly bad itching that persisted all day and into the night - I barely slept last night. I called the doctor's office, and they said to take some Claritin that I had in the house, and to call back this morning if there was no improvement. This morning - Day 3 - I look the same, and the itching persists. There is a slight - and I mean very slight - improvement in my swelling, but only under my eyes - the rest is the same. There is now also some crusting on my nose, and some tiny black dots on other areas, as well as some tiny rosacea-like white pimple -like areas on both cheeks. And the itching continues. There is absolutely no way I could have gone to work today or yesterday - I truly look frightening, and there is no way that makeup could cover the lumps and track marks, or the significant swelling. I am on vacation/off of work this week - thank God . I cannot even imagine how I will schedule follow-up sessions months from now - I cannot take time off of work each time I do this (4-6 sessions were recommended). Right now, I am just terrified that I will still look like this when I have to go back to work next week. Either this eMatrix session was done on a very high setting (which the doctor did not tell me), or I am having a reaction to it. Just awful - I was in tears all night last night - thank God my husband is so kind and understanding - he is trying to comfort me, but I am just in shock, upset, and the itching is like torture. I am going in to see the doctor this afternoon, and praying that he can give me some remedies for these awful side effects. I am pretty emotional about all of this right now - I have a job where I have to get up in front of people and speak every day, and I cannot imagine how I will do this next week - makeup cannot cover this. As of right now, I cannot imagine an outcome that would justify me going though all of this 4-6 more times??? The eMatrix does not have a perfect-enough track record for scar resolution for me to trust doing this again. I will post follow up info as I make my decisions. As of right this moment, there is no way I would ever do this again, unless my face looked completely scar-free and normal at the end - and I am not hopeful.