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My face is very swollen, my eyes are swollen and I'm red as a lobster

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ntmireMarch 29, 2023
$2,550
Do not believe no downtime. My face is very swollen. My eyes are swollen. I'm red as a lobster. It feels like it's burning. I had it done 3/28/23 for 2nd time. No going out like this. Everything says it's like a mild sunburn. This is like a severe sunburn I'm swollen it's uncomfortable and it takes several days to where I can even put make up over top of it and probably a week and a half before this redness goes down.

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auntjane
February 16, 2024
The longer you stay red, the better. My doctor told me that. It shows that collagen is building. Not being red for a long time would be a disappointment, long term.
Rosamond
March 14, 2024
Me too! I’m red, swollen, and itchy, although not as severe as the last CO2 laser treatment I had a couple of years ago. Oh, what we do to be beautiful and youthful! I’m not worried, though. I’m sure it will be worth it in the long run.
Rosamond
March 14, 2024
This is reassuring!.
Adam9545
April 18, 2024
I'm curious did were you completely off of all other skin care such as retinols before your treatment? I'm a doc considering buying one of these lasers and I am very interested in hearing about your experience and figuring out why you had this reaction which is apparentlly quite rare.
Dazzling232167
January 11, 2025
This reaction isn't rare at all. The only way someone wouldn't have this reaction is if they waster their time not going aggressive enough to be irritating to the skin. My skin gets as red as a lobster for days, itches, peels, and is laughably swollen. At about 7 days things start getting more normal.
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kaylers97
May 3, 2023
Where did you go and what post care was given to you? This was either a very aggressive treatment or maybe you used a product that you shouldn’t have too soon? I’m an aesthetician and CMLT that has a lot of experience with coolpeel.
Cute860135
July 22, 2023
Did they go deep on certain areas ? How is your face looking now? Is your skin plumping up?
clingen
October 17, 2023
I and the same experience. Painful, very very red and swollen and am now at day six and finally feel comfortable leaving the house. I still have sandpaper skin and brown spots in areas but am hoping for good results.
blmiller
March 2, 2024
What were your final results?
Diligent378950
September 10, 2024
Again, no final results!
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