Fully Ablative CO2 Laser to Face

My goodness what did they do to you? I had co2 laser but maybe not liked that. You can look at mine I am 3 weeks out today or is it a month gosh I forgot. Can't wait to see your upcoming pics!

HI! I just had fractional CO2 via Lumens Deep FX. Totally disappointed as I was trying to get rid of sunspots, age spots. Not sure what depth was chosen by the PS., but day 3 I just looked like a mild case of sunburn. Unfortunately on men they cannot go near the beard area as it kills the hair follicules so the best your get is a 3/4 face resurface. Now I am back to square one minus $2400. Anyway was curious what laser brand you used and if you know any depth data. Thanks.

You look great!! Beautiful. It looked so painful...but the outcome is great.

Thanks for sharing

I had this done... I don't care what anybody says.. I was in pain! It hurt like hell and continued for five days... Thank goodness I had pain medication and vinegar spray... ugh! Don't let anybody fool you...

I had mine done today! Definite burning going on and clear oozing. Do you have this? I feel like I want to rinse my wash again. I did rinse and reapply aquaphor at 3 about an after I got home. I don't remember if he said to wash again before bed and nothing is on the post instructions. Did you wash again the first day at night ? Any other helpful tips to share?

Hi Maura, sorry for the late reply. I'm using 1 part vinegar to 5 parts of distilled water. I mixed it in a new dishwasher clean Tupperware container. I change the water everyday and since I live in Michigan I keep my gallon of distilled water in my garage so it's nice and cold. In the first few days I didn't like it too cold because everything stings. During that time, I tolerated the water at room temperature. I used a 3x3 or close to square gauze I purchased at Walgreens. Get a lot!! I would soak them in the container and put them on my face for relief as well as for washing and drying. Pat only, you not gonna want to rub! I did not tolerate doing any washing in the shower so I just rinsed off and washed my face over the sink. You do not get all the aquaphor off and will not want too. Your skin is very sensitive to the touch and air. This aquaphor barrier is very much needed but also very annoying. I'm on day 7 and thankful to finally be using Cetaphil Moisturizer on some areas and aquaphor on other more sensitive areas that are still healing like around the eyes. I swelled greatly around my eyes! Yikes! I used tiny ice packs over my eyes but on top of a very soft half sheet of vinegar/water soak paper towel. I chose not to take any premedication like an antibiotic. Have had absolutely no issues. The first 48 were the absolute worst for me. The burn and oozing is tough. If you make through that then you can make through every else. Ps. I was given hydrocortisone cream for the itching and used it twice a day for two days. It doesn't last long but you will love the relief it gives even if for a few hours from the itching. Best of luck

I am 50 years old, had co2 laser done yesterday...Just like your description had only a few fillers and decided this treatment would work better, I am very swollen red and crusty, really did not get much aftercare advice, I bought aquaphor after reading reviews on this site, was curious about the vinegar soaks, what your instructions were? Did they recommend Ibuprofen for swelling.....My instructions were to avoid them so my body could go through the anti inflammatory process's? Anyway very uncomfortable like what you describe!

Thanks for sharing your experience! What type of numbing or anesthesia did you have? I think you will be very happy with your results.

Wishing yiu a speedy recovery with great results. Hope the procedure wasn'5 as painful as laser facial vein removal. Yikes!!

Is this the old-school CO2 that leaves you looking like a burn victim? I had it in in 1997 and it took 2 weeks to even unwrap my face. Loved it but I hear no one does it anymore.