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Jessner's + 25%/30% TCA Peel - Beverly Hills, CA

UPDATED FROM lef0x
1 year post

For those...

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Who do not read my reviews thoroughly and make vague and uneducated comments, as well as ask questions I have already answered - I am very happy with the peels as they have helped my skin OVERALL. Holes are from laser damage, I had *poreless* skin. I will no longer be updating this review. Cheers.

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David Hansen, MD

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I think your acne scars on your cheek have improved remarkably, you DO NOT have orange peel skin, the person sitting behind their computer writing that must have such low self confidence and must be incredibly unattractive (ugly on the inside and on the outside unfortunately). I think the peels made your skin look wonderful.
Thank you however you cannot tell me what I don't have, you have not seen me in person. I used to have smooth skin but now I have holes from lasers because they burned me. Please see my other reviews, thank you. Sorry to hear about your own.
I hope you'll keep updating, if you try anything more, new, or see additional improvement in the microholes. Mine are still pretty much the same. Except the little tiny holes now sort of run together and have turned into lines, and that's really distressing. Its like 60 year old skin in those places or something. The rest of my whole face looks completely different than the three places I have micro scarring / micro holes / grid lines. The peels and Retin A and other things I have been doing help with overall texture though so far nothing has filled in the microscars/holes/lines. It just looks so bizarre compared to the rest of my face. Trying to stay positice regardless. It's hard.
Sorry to hear about your battle. It is hard to stay positive so I keep myself busy. Nothing to update for me. Peels were great but dermabrasion for me, not so much.
Yes!! Please come back! What happened with dermabrasion? You are so helpful !
Dang nooooooo come back
Nothing to update. I am still happy with the peels but not dermabrasion. Good luck.
Please update. Would love to hear how your skin is doing.
Excellent review. Thank you so much for doing this! You skin looks great even with leftovers from the laser holes. Much improved in texture imo. Would love to see how you skin does now days. Cheers and good luck with school!
UPDATED FROM lef0x
10 months post

Dermabrasion

I was tempted to get another peel due to a couple new acne scars from being off birth control for surgery but decided to book my appointment to have dermabrasion. I am having my full face done by the same doctor at the end of the year. My laser damage is all over my face so I opted for full face instead of just cheeks. I will update in the next few months. I'm still very happy with the peels overall.

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Thanks so much for sharing your journey and keeping your review so up to date...so helpful! Glad the peels are working well for you, look forward to your updates - good luck!!
Did derma rolling work? Micro dermabrasion for the holes? Peels did not work for your microholes that is deeply disturbing.
I have not done either of those. I plan on dermabrasion next month. I'm still happy I did the peels as I did have some benefit from them.
I read your reviews on your peels. I considering them, not sure if peels will make the holes better or worse. Some scratched up areas on my lower check from the laser too . So hard to know if the holes damage pores or microholes. Like you, I was not born with them. I am one year post. Some holes are shallow and some deep. Let me know how your dermabrasion goes. Stay with Micro derambrasion, I had derambrasion in tiny area, texture was bad. Do a test spot.
Wishing you much healing.
Thanks so much, will keep you updated!
Thank u for sharing
Glad I can help
UPDATED FROM lef0x
7 months post

Update

Tone has improved. Maybe some improvement with the holes but hard to tell right now without stopping my Epiduo, which I don't want to do this yet. It takes about 3 months for Epiduo to really work & for the skin to get used to it so I will continue using it for awhile.

At this point I am still thinking dermabrasion or a light Phenol peel; the former was the recommended procedure by my doctor but I want to get more information on a light Phenol peel before I can fully commit without any doubts.

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SO happy I found your posts tonight!! I have this same issue. Microholes and microscarring from Palomar "fractional" laser. It's under eye area, tops of cheeks and between brows. It's been 2 years with no success at fixing them. I've tried Glytone Glycolic peels (7 of them), microdermabrasion, Retin-A, Tria Anti-Aging laser, etc. Nothing worked. I'm still left with these little holes, sort of like orange peel, and in a grid like pattern, from the Palomar fraxel. I went for my first TCA peel today (35%). Hope it helps! After I peel and heal, I'll start Retin-A again. I'll wait a few months and do another TCA. My doc said he could probably do a light phenol, instead of the TCA, and I'd most likely have better success. We'll see. Until then, I too am hating these holes/grids that have ruined my once smooth skin.
I know just how you feel josephine8 because I have the exact same symptoms and have had them for 5 years. Do you think an Obagi Blue Peel would help? I know a doc in NJ who does Hetter peels (light phenol), but he won't do it on my damaged skin because he thinks he will make it worse. I just want my other skin back.
I'm going to try TCA peels first and then go from there. That's my plan for now :-) I'm not convinced that anything will help the holes long term.
Gotta start somewhere, glad you have a plan and best wishes :)
Josephine8 keep us posted on your progress. Good luck!
35% TCA peel went well. The grids under my eyes and very top of cheeks seem to be the tiny bit softer but really not a major difference enough to notice that much. The ones between my brows and forehead have not changed at all. I had to wait a couple of months due to traveling before my next peel. I'm not sure when it will be exactly, but I'm definitely going to try it again!!I Planning to do a few TCAs and go from there. I'll let you know how it goes! until then, I am still using Retin A, and an alternate nights, glycolic.
Thank you for sharing!
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