29 Years Old, Mommy of Three, Desperate to Find Something to Help my Skin!!

Hello everyone. I wanted to share my experience with you all, because maybe some if yous are looking into doing the same type of procedure. So i have been having skin problems all my life, but more recently now that ive gotten older. (Im 29) ive always had breakouts & stuff, so for a long time, i would lay out in the sun in the summer trying to clear my skin up.( i know, stupid!!) but the fun WOULD ALWAYS help clear my skin up. Well around the age of 25 i started to notice tiny lines on my forehead. Fast forward to now... The jibes had gotten a little deeper i now had the (parenthesis) wrinkles. Not deep, but noticeable to me. I also had tiny crows feet lines. So i found out over 2 years ago that i had fibromyalgia, which completely dries me out. (Skin, eyes & mouth) well it took a huge toll on my skin and i started getting acne scars!!!! Ive been completely devastated by this! My skin has been my biggest insecurity now. I look at my friends skin & sisters and stuff and their skin is flawless!!! It makes me so sad! Like why do i have to be cursed with bad skin!!! So ive tried a lot of things to help my lines and scars but nothing works!!!! Ive spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars???????? my next step was Botox and microdermabrasion. So in December i went to a spa, and had her take care of a broken capillary i had on my face. & my nurse has to be in her late 40s. Well.... Her sling was effing flawless!!! Line free, pore free.. I was shocked! Of course i had to ask her what she did!! She told me her AND her husband (who works there as well) both did a CO2 fractional
Laser treatment!! So she have me all the info for it and quoted me 700.00, which was a pretty good price to me. As i sat there getting my consult, i cried to her with tears telling her how much it would change my life if it worked. I never wear my hair back, i wear really think face makeup which i hate and im sure everyone notices how much i wear, and it pretty much just makes my self esteem like [RS bleep]! So she assured me it DID work & sent me home with her FB page to "like" and all hers and her husbands before and afters were on there along with other peoples. So i looked and yup! They were amazing! He had REALLY REALLY BAD pox marks/ acne scars and now his skin looks amazing! I would've never known. Soooo... I had to make an appointment!

Ok so these are my before pics. I do think the light is making it look alot worse than it really is! I have a few tiny lines on my forehead, acne scarring & tiny crows feet. I also hate my neck! From gaining and losing weight so much, i feel like it looks horrible:(. So i never ever wear my hair back or anything!! Im hoping the procedure will tighten my jawline!

Ok do i got my CO2 fractional laser treatment on saturday. First of all i wanna say that last night i was reading a few reviews of CO2 fractional laser treatments, & im so so so scared now!!!! Not ONE person said they had good results! Everyone said the treatment ruined their life and their skin permanently!!! Idk what to think. I hope & pray to god thats not my case... But only time will tell. The hope that i have is, the lady who did my face, also did her OWN AND HER HUSBANDS, & they look amazing. Ok soo here's my review, i went in the office at 10:00 am. I had to put numbing cream
In my face for 1 1/2 hours. After that my face & neck felt crazy!!! And i accidently got some in my mouth lol so my mouth and tongue were numb!!! Anyways, she came in with her husband and they told me they were gonna start the treatment... When they started( right away) i felt EVERYTHING!!!! I swear that numbing cream did not help AT ALL!!! And i thought it was gonna be a laser that went over my whole face, well nope, i was wrong!!! It was a tiny little laser that they had to move all over my face one tiny burn at a time!!! It wa harsh. They had to keep stopping for me. I was cussing and everything lol!!! The worst part of the face was between the eyebrows, forehead, around the eyes and jawline. I guess its cuz thats where your bone is close to the skin. I could see smoke and smell my skin burning!!!! Yikes.... But they were true angels throughout the whole process, which i appreciated so much. So afterwards, your face burns for like an hour! So they had me for back with cool rags on my face which helped a lot. Also, before the procedure, she had given me a valume. So i was sleepy. Then they gave me a care package and explained everything and sent me on my way home. In it was cleanser, instructions & a mixture of sunblock and like Vaseline . So i came home and my darn kids were scared of me lmfao!!!! Hell, i really look like i belong in a scary movie!!!! So that night i was told i had to sleep sitting up:( it sucked! The next day i woke up looking a tiny but better but still red AF! You can see time red squared all over your face & my face & neck are soooooo swollen . I pretty much have been hiding in my room so no one can see my SCARY face lol. I can say i dont see any lines right now or scars, but my face is swollen so i dont want to get too ahead of myself! Last night i had to sleep on my back so that way im not putting pressure on my face( which is hard lol cuz i usually sleep on my side) so today is monday and i went outside for the first time (to take my kids to school)& im worried about hyper pigmentation. I heard it happens from the sun. My face is still really red. I see squares everywhere. My neck is dark:/. I text my nurse to see if its normal and she said yes! Also, for some reason the CO2 makes you get white heads like crazy!!!:(sooooo now its pretty much the waiting game. Im praying so hard that it didnt ruin my skin:( i wish i would've read these reviews before i did it, but hopefully i have good results!