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Journey to heal from laser with accutane

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Worst decision of my life. Had fraxel almost two...

rladlstj
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Worst decision of my life. Had fraxel almost two years ago. High setting. was 23years old at the time and was living in asia.Had flawless skin. Got the laser done coz of small scars that were hardly noticable. No significant changes other than an explosion of acne. Weird small whiteheads sprouting all over face. Almost at the one year mark noticed extremely abnormal and rapid skin dryness. a couple weeks later noticed skin thinning and volume loss(mainly cheeks). a week after had extreme inflammation after washing my face. Complete deteoration of skin in texture, tone, and hyperpigmentation. a day after had rosacea symptoms, fine lines all over face, and dehydrated skin(no amount of moisturizer seemed to help). Starting exercising intensly and going on a healthy regime of shakes and food for one month with no results. At this point confirmed my belief that this was due to laser. Been almost seven months from thatpoint on and i have to say all the research i did led me to believe this is skin thinning and fat atrophy from heat damage(sun, hot water, body heatfare up, inflammation of any kind even in the slightest) after having the laser turn my healthy skin into HYPERSENSITIVE skin. Basically the fraxel caused my skin to become so sensitive and vulnerable to any form of damage that the amount of damage u get over an year (sun,alcohol, stress, whatever) gets multiplied by tens or hundred of times. Result?= RAPID AGING. Since the skin loses its ability to protect itself from any heat damage (sun, product inflammation, even hot water), the massive inflammation and thermal damage causes fat atrophy as well. Trust me almost all plastic surgeons know this is happening and the real evil ones do it on purpose knowing this. They frame the damage in the name of aging and bad self care and offer to fix it up with procedures that cost thousands (thus their income). Thus the beginning of chasing tail. This is the truth in the industry known as plastic surgery and there isnt a god damn thing we can do about it. The chances of winning in court is almost none. Well what goes around comea around so who knows what might happen later. Back to my story. Been almost eight months i think (dunno exactly) since i had the major detoration of my face. Recently had stem cell fat grafting done on the whole face. Returned the volume i lost. Dont care if all of the fat gets reabsorbed as long as it doesnt leave any lumps like many people describe but from research ive concluded this doesnt happen to people who had laser damage for some reason. Will know fosure after three months-six months(Keeping track). No significant changes noticed other than having all the fat i lost back. One thing to note is that even though i thought was overfilled immediatly after surgery over a week my face absorbed just enough so that i feel it looks just like the facial volume i had before the laser (Dunno, mabye i just done remember my old face lol) No significant changes noted on my skin. Another thing to note is that the flare ups (redness inflammation) was getting is very subtile (not sure if its time or the procedure that did it). Currently 17daysot from having the graft and on accutane 10mg doses everyday. no side effects whatsoever. (consumed 17pills so far. had about 7 before graft and stopped for a week to prepare for graft). Bruising from graft completely gone at this point and no side effects whatsoever from accutane. Will keep people posted. Heart goes out to all the people who had experienced what i did. Feeling like the person u were was murdered. What comes around goes around. One day the people that did this to us will get what they deserve. In this life or the next. Good luck to all and do what u feel is right. There is no perfect or one solution to all our problems.

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June 28, 2014
Good luck with your healing! How is your texture looking after the grafts any changes there?
June 29, 2014
yeah i can now conclusively say i no longer have dehydrated skin(if anything its oiler). Also the inflammation is all but gone. I can only wonder if this is due to stem cell graft or accutane or time or healthy lifestyle or all of them combined. Whatever the case may be i can confidently say im healing :)
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June 29, 2014
Keep up the healthy lifestyle! Your doing great!
July 2, 2014
thx. i read ur story and i just wanted to say ur a very strong women. good luck with whatever u may choose to do inthe future. If i heal from the accutane theres probably a good chance u will as well so i hope i can help u make a good decision in the future :)
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July 2, 2014
Thanks I don't know if I'll be able to get any I had to lie about acne to get retin a. Doctors don't seem to know what to do with me.
July 3, 2014
the only reason my doctor in asia believed my story was because he probably had so many patients my age 24 come in with similar issues. Even still he was very skeptical when he prescribed me those pills. i had to even lie a bit to get them. I doubt doctors in western countries will ever believe us since their sense of ethics are much greater. U can order accutane online through pharamcy websites (make sure they are legit). i would say its worth a try. I honestly dont feel its as dangerous as people say it is at this dose ( although for the first few days of taking it the dry throat and stomach pain was a bit disturbing) but dont take my word for it since i havent had any thorough testing done yet( planning to get them done in 3-6months). Whatever u choose to do i wish the best for u :)
July 12, 2014
I just started reading your page again to catch up on your progress. I can agree on the oily part!! I just had it Wednesday and its Friday and my skin is super super oily. Like it use to be when I was a kid. I like that I feel like its healing from the inside out or something..
July 12, 2014
And I'm so very very thrilled your healing!! That is AMAZING NEWS!!! :)
July 13, 2014
yes it does get oily a bit in the beggining, probably a sign of healing, but for me that only lasted a couple days before i felt all the swelling go down and my face return to how it was (took about 15days total before i concluded it hasnt done anything significant). I consider myself lucky that my graft hadn't done anything to make my face worse, and i never had significant fat loss to begin with, the only major portion i could actually notice was my cheeks during the initial skin damage, and that was quite some time ago. Hopefully u will actually have some results unlike me, but if u dont get anything out of it, i would consider myself lucky. People do say u see a small change three months into it and a significant change 6months later with fat grafts just like accutane so thats something to consider. Good luck =]
March 23, 2015
I need to comment.....so bad on this.....I was on accutane prior to having ONE laser treatment for broken caps on cheeks & some dark circles ....wa told May or may not work ....especially 1st time....I told docs my whole medic history & that I had only been of accutane for 2mos...they stated it was fine....it was all in writing...I asked several x.... Well , after the initial/normal redness from laser....lo & behold my unde eye area became raw, red, hurt, looked like I was 70/80...(I am early 50's)....docs had NO idea why...said used lowest settings...this was a well known dermatologist office...I hurt & looked horrific for months & had to get 2nd opinion ...that doc said I should NEVER have had laser 2 mos after accutane....accutane prolongs healing & dries you up inside/out....my only option was to have a blepharoplasty to help w the extra skin....lost elasticity & had biopsy which even said damage was due to laser.... The place would NOT help pay for my bleph....it is 6 mos since my last procedure & I'm still trying to heal discoloration & get my skin healed /healthy w tazorac, vitamin c, medical barrier creams etc...I consulted lawyers but since it wasn't a huge amt of $$ nobody thought it was worth it....doctors need to take each person as an individual & take the tine to see if laser is a good option given a persons skin & history ...it's so sad....I hope you heal ....
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UPDATED FROM rladlstj
2 years post

stem cell graft 20days out

rladlstj
wanted to wait till 30days before i update but honestly i dont think there will be a difference. The graft has 100percent reversed the fat loss. I had very subtile fat loss mainly noticable in my cheeks and i have to now wonder if that was due to stress from university at this point because i feel that the grafted fat was completely absorbed after a week yet i look exactly like myself before the fat loss. One thing to note my skin is no longer dehydrated and inflammed. Its definatly healing. Only texture to worry about at this point. Still on accutane 10mg dose. took 20pills so far (took a five day break before graft) and no side effects at all almost to the point of worry lol. Not even dry skin or lips. Still on a healthy lifestyle change (no alcohol or smoking exercise every other day etc). So far things look promising! Oh one more thing, been worried about lumps or whatever tat people say fat graft causes before going in for the surgery and i have to say i dont have them period after searching for them almost everyday. Im guessing its related to how i feel the grafted fat has all absorbed.

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UPDATED FROM rladlstj
2 years post

accutane update

rladlstj
still zero side effects. had stomach pain and dry throat when i took it for the first time but its gone. texture still the same. hyperpigmentation extremely subtle to non exsistant. volume returned 100percent after graft but never had good before pics so im not sure if it was stress or the graft that did it (once again feel that the grafted fat was all absorbed duringthe initialweek)

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