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Less than a day after my treatment my entire face erupted in pustules

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AviClear Left Awful Scars and Did Nothing for Acne

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It’s been 8 months since I made the terrible mistake of doing AviClear and it took me this long to write a review about it as it really left me traumatized.
Less than a day after my treatment my entire face erupted in pustules. It damaged my skin such that I had horrible pitted scarring that even 8 months later are not yet gone (though have improved very slowly). On top of this, it had zero improvement to my acne. Even worse, throughout the entire thing Cutera kept insisting it was normal purging reaction!! Which was utterly absurd. The NP at the clinic I went to spent 6 months convincing them to give me my money back.

I keep seeing Cutera claim no side effect, risks, and it makes me so angry. I’ve seen several other people review this happened to them too. This risk needs to be disclosed!! This is why I’m trying to spread the word!

I would strongly recommend you don’t try this treatment!! This is your face, it’s not worth the risk of this kind of thing happening. Anyone with acne can understand how devastating it can be and I was left with a face much worse off. My acne was mild-to-moderate but it never scared my face and after this I get horrible scars plus no acne improvement. Don’t do it!! Don’t trust Cutera! Bunch of greedy people who don’t even care what kind of emotional trauma they cause.

I hope this review will help prevent someone else from going through what I went through.

Replies (19)

October 10, 2023
I dont see acne in last photo. Perhaps look into skin resurfacing. Skin Resurfacing made a huge difference for me and my girlfriends.
October 10, 2023
The last photo is showing the scars left by AviClear. These are not scars caused by acne. They were done by AviClear. The other photos aren’t Acne either. They are what AviClear did to me. The last thing I ever want to do is put another laser to my face after this one did this to me.
October 10, 2023
The AviClear treatment stated purging would occur so not surprised by your photos. If your skin doesn't improve after 12 months, look into resurfacing. Resurfacing usually takes at least 3 months for results. Be patient on recovery time because that is different for each individual.
October 10, 2023
That was NOT purging. It happened less than 24 hours after the treatment. It was damage to the skin caused by the AviClear laser. All the medical professionals I spoke to about it agreed it was not purging. This is the risk of this laser that I am warning people about.
October 10, 2023
Purging does not cause scaring. Also, you can clearly see the stripes on my forehead where the laser went. It’s ridiculous to say that is purging. AviClear even finally admitted to it and refunded my money but the damage is done to my face. I’ve yet to see them disclose this risk.
October 10, 2023
October 11, 2023
Clearly, you work for Cutera or are getting paid by them. No one else would spend so much time going around and commenting on everyone who left a negative AviClear review, trying to downplay, discredit, or blame the provider (which given the number of people online reporting this happened to them says a lot about it not being ‘provider’ related). Or talk about skin resurfacing/how to remove scars, which is completely beside the point. I wouldn’t need that in the first place if AviClear hadn’t scared my face. The point of my review was to warn people of the risks of AviClear (seeing as Cutera refuses to disclose them), so that they might not have to go through what I did. I’ve done that.
November 7, 2023
This is what happened to me also!
November 21, 2023
Thank you for the warning. They all say it doesn't punch holes in the skin, so it's harmless. But, here, we can clearly see that it can cause serious damage to the deeper levels of the skin. Hope for you, it's reversible. And thank you again for spreading the word !
December 17, 2023
My daughter had AviClear. 3 treatments. It actually made her skin worse in addition to painful round burn marks that took a significant amount of time to heal. It’s 9 months after her last treatment and she just started
accutane.
Biggest waste of time and money!!!