Laser with bellafill 3 months later

I decided to have co2 laser done to help with acne scars and loss of elasticity due to being almost 50. Dr. Gilmore was wonderful and very tentative. She has a lot of experience with lasers which was my main reason for choosing her. Unfortunately, I would not do this again. I have had Fraxel and Erbium in the past but found co2re to be very painful despite numbing cream and lidocaine injections; I did not experience a lot of pain with the other lasers. My body would not stop shaking. I had my teeth clenched so tight that when the air was blowing on my skin (often being held so the air was going up my nose), I couldn't unclench my teeth to open my mouth, several times during the treatment I felt like I couldn't breath because of the air getting blown up my nose. I also broke out 3 days after procedure with several large pimples and a few cyst. I almost never breakout anymore so was surprised at how bad my face looked.
Dr. Gilmore always responded to me and even had me come into the office to get a steroid injection in the cyst and started antibiotics. I now have a few new scars post procedure. It is defeating when the main reason I did the treatment was to reduce/decrease scar depth only to get more scars . Now that all the swelling is gone my old scars look slightly better and the texture of my skin has improved. I just dont think it was worth the cost plus getting more scars is frustrating.

It seems like it has gotten worse rather than better. I was told to give a couple months to see how the skin improves. I have more scars. I dont think I would do a co2 again. I plan on reaching out to the doctor in regards to how I feel it is worse and see if there is something else that can be done.

Bellafill has been the answer for scar improvement for me. This is 3 months after bellafill. I do want to go back for more because there are some other areas on my face that I want the doctor to fill in. I do have some hard areas that are not visable but I can feel them if I rub on my face. I think they will eventually soften. I will stick with fillers and leave lasers alone. I do think the laser did soften some lines and got rid of the dark spots.