Life Changing in All the Wrong Ways

Via a friend who is seeing someone else who does these peels in California, someone with care and skill, I got a further opinion via email. This is his opening comment.'There are definite textural changes with white fibrotic areas.' Anyone who's tried to capture textural issues via phone camera knows how tricky it is. But he's clearly able to see the mess I'm left with.

I had to leave work yesterday as had meltdown over this. The rippled scarring continues. My life is bleak. I feel physically sick every time I look in a mirror. There are no words to describe my daily suffering and I fear I'm losing the strength for this battle.

So here is a summary of the verdict I've received from the consultant who I saw who does similar peels in the UK. He very kindly canvassed a number of European specialists in this peel for their opinions. I would copy and paste, but his letter is PDF and can't see how to do that. However, he said, the consensus was that I was unevenly peeled and that's what caused the scarring and hypo pigmentation. Of note, at my first follow up with Dr Kass, I showed him my left cheek, a big area that he actually missed and hadn't treated at all. He agreed he'd missed it and did a light going over that area with the chemicals there and then in his office. So this further suggests he has no methodical procedure to ensure even coverage and just applies it sloppily. This man's cavalier approach to my skin has wrecked my life. Oh and by the way, the wrinkles around my eyes are still there. Not only that, my entire cheeks crinkle when I smile. I'm having to pay a fortune on consults, psychological support and ultimately some sort of remedial treatment. My next step will probably be PRP. The tacrolimus is showing no signs of repigmenting the deeply scarred areas. Even camouflage make up doesn't cover them, they are so bright and blue white.