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Journey to heal from laser with accutane
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Worst decision of my life. Had fraxel almost two...
rladlstjJune 26, 2014
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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.
UPDATED FROM rladlstj
2 years post
stem cell graft 20days out
rladlstjJune 29, 2014
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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2 years post
accutane update
rladlstjJuly 1, 2014
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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