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Never Again....... - Boston, MA

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I bought a package of ematrix at a medspa and they...

Chasethedream
$250
I bought a package of ematrix at a medspa and they offered me a complimentary upgrade to their new Palomar 1540 laser due to a customer service issue. (I listed 250 as price as that was price to upgrade from cheeks only to full face). Big mistake. I had good results with ematrix and should have left well enough alone. It has made my entire face breakout everywhere. It's not the post treatment products either as it's the same I used after ematrix and never had any issues. I haven't broken out this bad since before I took Accutane 6 years ago. I'm sure I will need a peel to remove the marks this will leave. Definitely NOT recommended unless my skin somehow looks flawless after these awful breakouts. Pic of right before laser and now 5 days later.

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August 8, 2014
Thank you for sharing, sorry you have not had a good experience. Keep us posted, sending you some healing vibes as I am sure everything will clear up. 
December 14, 2014
I experienced severe break outs after my 1540 treatment even worse than your pictures... Its been 4 days and I have never had acne like this before!!
December 14, 2014
How is your skin 4 months later? Lots of conflicting info on lasers. I had the Palomar 1540 laser to remove a few stretch marks back in the summer. I *think* they look less crepe-like in appearance and smaller. I do however wonder if over time they will look worse than before because of the treatment.
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July 2, 2015
what is ematrix?
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July 2, 2015

Hi Cheryl Durant, here is a video that talks about eMatrix 

http://www.realself.com/video/ematrix-resurfaces-t...: <rs-video-player video='{"id":"5590","external_id":"3903744655001","uri":"video\/ematrix-resurfaces-the-skin-without-lasers-see-for-yourself"}'></rs-video-player>