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Bad reaction after Deluxe hydrafacial - extremely, intense itching

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Bad Reaction After Deluxe Hydrafacial??

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41 year old looking for some advice. I had my first deluxe Hydrafacial on December 8th and had zero visible reactions after procedure. When leaving she told me that I may experience some peeling but it’s very unlikely and to not wash my face until the next day. On the second day I woke up and my face was extremely tight sloughing/peeling, very itchy, very shiny slightly red and purging and Stung if I even splashed water on it. The moisturizer that I am using wasn’t helping and my skin started to burn and tingle so I called the plastic surgeons office and spoke to the aesthetician who performed my procedure.

She told me that this was all normal and for me not to worry and that to just keep moisturizing. This morning I woke up which is the third day and had white bumps covering my chin my upper lip my cheeks, under my eye on the sides of my nose, most of my forehead and between my eyes. I went to wash my chin area and immediately it started to burn just by splashing water on it. My face immediately got irritated, very puffy and almost instantly little bumps just started popping up.

I called her again this morning and she told me to take Claritin and to skip face washing for a few days and to apply the after surgical procedure a balm twice a day. She also said that it all sounded OK, even though I told her it didn’t look or feel ok. I wanted to come in and have her look at it just to make sure but that didn’t happen because she was getting ready to leave town after work. I did however forward a video of my face along with six different pictures but still haven’t heard back. I’m wondering if this is some type of an allergic reaction or it could be some type of folliculitis??? The only thing I had done was the hydrafacial and Botox that day……Can somebody please help!!! I did take Claritin but nothing is relieving these awful symptoms especially the extremely intense itching. Had I known my face would’ve reacted this way I would’ve never done it. Before going in my skin texture was so beautiful and smooth. I’m just scared I ruined my skin :(

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I just had my 3rd hydra facial done on Monday second day my skin was very dry flaky. Third day around my chin area and jawline very red very itchy. I had to wear an ice pack around my face because it would relieve the itchiness. Today is the fourth day some red spots feels dry and tight. Slightly itchy I called and find out what was going on if they did something different. She told me I must’ve develop an allergic reaction to the serum that has selfish in it. She told me to take Zyrtec and take Benadryl tonight and to give her a call first thing in the morning I told her are you sure this is not going to be a lifetime thing. I have sensitive skin and I suffer from eczema but I never had this reaction before. She made sure that it was going to clear up and if it wasn’t clearing up and there is something that she could give me to help clear it up.
I am five days post and super itchy too but without the other symptoms. My skin does feel bumpy, and I want to scratch sooo bad. It definitely feels like an allergy, but I’m not allergic to shellfish.
How long till ur skin went back to normal?
It took about three weeks. I didn’t put anything on it or take anything to try to speed up the process, I just let it play out. It was definitely an allergic reaction.
So sorry to hear about your reactions. I hope that you feel better. Did your skin go back to normal?? As for me I guess it did it looks as it did before I don’t really like my skin anymore. I probably won’t try another Hydro facial definitely not at that plastic surgeons office I found another office here in Portland where they offer a bio repel that I really wanted to try. It’s a very light TCA peel that doesn’t make your skin peel….. I know a peel that doesn’t peel or cause downtime sounds crazy. I’m 42 I’m just really hating my skin I feel like the ugliest person on earth. I have a hollows under my eyes are so deep I feel like I look 50 not at 50-year-olds look bad but they look better than I do. Hopefully I can find a place to help me with that problem.
Hi , had HydraFacial done Friday. Saturday woke up itchy and breaking out on my cheeks and forehead. Freaking out and not sure what to do. I have a wedding in a few days. Took Claritin but did not work. How long did u have the bumps for?
I just had my hydrafacial last week. The day after I experienced dryness,bumps and itching on my face. I put moisturizer on my face since I didn’t have time to visit my derma. On the third day I visited my derma and she told me that I had an allergic rxn to the facial due to the acids used during the procedure. She then gave me hydrocortisone cream. Thank God it worked within 5 days. I can still have my facial but it should only be the basic one.