Active FX on Neck - Mountain View, CA

 Month 1 Anniversary It has now been 31 days, since I had the procedure.  When I saw my doctor at week 3, he agreed that I still have some pink color that hasn't gone away.  He said that it was not uncommon at that point, but that it was not hyper pigmentation. Although I can tell that there is still some pink color on my neck, I starting wearing regular tops (non-turtlenecks) last week and no one at work commented on the pink color (including my girlfriends, who I hadn't told that I was having Active FX done) .  Even my hair stylist, who notices any change on my face didn't say a thing.  At this point, I am using my normal skin care products and sun screen on my neck without any problems. My opinion is that I do have some mild hyper pigmentation, and I will talk with my doctor again when I see him on Feb. 4th.  If I do, I am not overly concerned about it and figure I will just have to use bleaching cream for a few months. As for my neck improvement, the skin texture is differently smoother. My neck rings are softer and less obvious.  Judgement continues to still be out on the improvement in the crepey skin. Will post at Month 2 with another update.

 Day 6-13 Every day, my neck continues to get less pink although I am still glad that I can wear a turtleneck to cover it up for now.  Saw my doctor on Day 8, and he says that it is healing fine and that I could put sunscreen and even makeup on if I want. I also found out that the setting he used were 80mj, 200 Hz, Density 1.  I don't know if that will help anyone else or not thinking about this procedure.   I have noticed in the last few days that my neck rings look less prominent and the skin seems smoother.  Judgement is still out on how much the crepey skin has improved. My plan is to post again at Month 1, 2 and 3 to provide updates on improvement.

 Day 2-3 As other have posted, the itching increased over the evening of Day 2 and Day 3.  It was finally bad enough that I took some Benadryl which did help so that I could fall asleep.  No peeling yet, and I am starting to get a bit of that "will this ever end" feeling.  Day 4 Went in for my 2nd post-procdure visit, and this time the nurse did soak my neck and exfoliated quite a bit of dead skin.  Found out that I was probably not be aggressive enough when I was cleaning the area myself.  Nurse said healing was progressing well, and that by Day 7 my neck would look great.  At that point, I had my doubts, since honestly I looked even worse when she finished and for the rest of the day.  Also was advised to continue with the Aquahor for the rest of the day instead of switching to the CeraVe moisturizing cream, which was disappointing.  Keeping the Aquahor out of my hair has been a losing battle.  Almost wish that I had left my hair long, so that I could just pull it back (hair is about chin length and not really long enough to put in a ponytail).  Finally had a moment of panic that this was not going to turn out well, but got over it quickly since I do have great faith in my doctor.   Day 5 Woke up this morning, and when I saw my neck should not believe the huge leap in improvement that had happened overnight.  I even woke up my husband to look, just because I couldn't believe it.  Did the soak and exfoliation process that was done at the doctor's office yesterday and lots of brown skin pealed off.  Although my neck is bright pink, I can actually see tighter, newer skin.  Switched to the CeraVe moisturizer, which means that I could again style my hair which helped my spirits even more.  I am now going to put on a turtleneck and go out to dinner tonight with family to celebrate my in-laws anniversary.