Fraxel Ruined the Texture of my Skin - 4 Months Until my Wedding :( - Chicago, IL

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to come back and update my review as I am 6 months post fraxel. Wow, I can't believe it's been half a year since this has happened. I had my wedding two weeks ago and I definitely feel a sense of relief knowing that this big event where everyone was staring at me is over. That said, it was beautiful and lovely but of course I thought about my skin when talking to people which is unfortunate.
Overall, I'd say my skin is about the same texture wise. In terms of improvement the only thing that has really changed is my skin is no longer red anymore and I no longer get random flushing episodes. I think the shiny, waxy appearance has also improved a bit too. I do still have the same, awful looking scarred pores and little slits in the skin. I have done 3 dermarolling sessions and 1 very light TCA peel but this has not really helped with the look of the scarred pores. I am also using retin a 5 nights a week and have been using this for about 3 months. I can confidently say the texture has not gotten worse but I can also confidently say it has not gotten better either.
I do feel like I am feeling around in the dark in terms of knowing what to do. I think all laser victims feel this way though. I don't know if it is better to leave my skin alone and only use gentle healing oils or if active intervention is the way to go since I am dealing with actual scarring. I have been experimenting and only did the tca peel, dermapen and use retin a and one side of my face and on the other side I leave it completely alone. They both look about the same so I can't really conclude what the best route is. The only thing I know is I will never touch another laser again.
I am hoping within the next 6 months the texture will improve but the only thing I have learned throughout this process is healing is completely unpredictable and it varies so much from person to person. Some people improve at the year mark or even after while some people continue to watch their skin get worse. I am praying that the worst is over and I can look forward to improvements.

While I realize that the study conducted is very different because these people are dealing with acne scars as opposed to laser damage pinpoint scarring, I still found this study interesting and some of the improvements are quite remarkable. I am by no means advising laser victims to go out and do what these people did to improve scarring but I think it provides nice proof that dermapen and peels can be good options to improve scarring and texture. Anyway, I have posted the link below.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996784/

I'd appreciate no negativity. You can take what you want with this information. I am by no means trying to give people false hope. I realize that the texture changes people experience from laser are often permanent. I am sure all of you laser damage victims will process the information with skeptism as I did. Have a good day!

I have received a couple of messages from people who have done tca peels or chemical peels to help them with the texture from laser. For those of you have tried it, did it help? Make things worse? I would definitely wait a little longer to do a peel but wanted to get some opinions from people who have fried this to fix the damage.