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43 Year Old Man Now 65 Year Old - Ireland

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I was a happy go lucky man with a few small pock...

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I was a happy go lucky man with a few small pock on my face about 3/4 marks but it was doing my head in but looked in Google and found a clinic in cork city and called in for a consultation and was told that fraxil laser would get rid of them so i asked would it do any damage to my face and was told NO. I only wanted a tiny part of my face done and paid and came back a few days later she started on the mark on my right cheek and kept going i was going to ask her to stop and only do the few marks oh boy do i regret not doing this now!!! As if i had done this the damage would be small but thought she was a professional and knew what she was doing so let her do my full face after all she wanted to do was sell me over priced aloevera and nothing about after care when i left in the summer sun my girlfriend met me in the car and was horrified at the way they had burned my face !! For the first few days I called there office and asked how to care for my face and this started to ring alarm bells in my head but my ex girlfriend helped me trough the care of the burning of my face! The first few weeks it looked ok as I was perfect in the first place so didn't see any improvement in my original scars but soon after i noticed the fat in my face sagging and i was looking as if I aged about 20 years i am lucky i am in my mid 40s and stopped this so called treatment after 3 goes ! I demanded my money back and got it in full but had to sign a paper stating i would not sue them! I went to my old dermatologist to see would she stand by me in order to take them to court but she would not! I am lucky i didn't do all of the lasers i had paid for !! My life has changed so much from getting nice smiles from the lady's in shops and chatting to getting funny looks and not a single kind look at all now! This laser is evil and i beg people NOT to use it at all it will take your good looks and turn you into an old person with big poors wrinkled and sagging face and will do nothing to fix old scars at all! And it has started to kill my hair on my head starting me to be bald from the laser on top of the rest of the misery!

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Clinic in Cork Ireland

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Told me a lot of lies in order to get my money off me and when I started to say to her look at my poors there getting bigger she told me I was seeing things and they were not! But my woman is not blind nor am i !!!!! Lies lies lies and lots of hurt!

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I think you are the first man I've seen in this forum. You sound like you have an awesome sense of humor. It has probably helped you through a lot of what you're going through. I'm very sorry to welcome you to the forum, as that means you are one of us unlucky persons who just wanted to "freshen up" or enhance our looks. I use the term "freshen up" because that is what I was "sold" by my dermatologist. It was freshen up and it being no more invasive than a bad sunburn. They made it sound so inert and since it was the same dermatologist I've trusted for five years, I believe her. I am nearly 9 months post and cut ties with her after 3 months of being told that everything was 1) on track or 2) slow to heal or 3) just needed some minor tweeking. I was also sold concoctions that would help me heal and even more to help me hide what this produced. I am under the care of a new dermatologist and a plastic surgeon. My left cheek has what looks like a red roadmap and a more deliberate red scar that looks like someone pressed an iron to my face. My right cheek has clusters of brown hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation that looks like someone drew on my face with a white ink pen, in even striations. My forehead has all the microdots and tracks of microdots. The bottom half of my face looks like it is melting. If you continue to read this forum you can really freak out. I have. But, at the same time, I want people to hear my story, because it seems like nobody is telling the truth about how harmful and dangerous this technology is. I also want to learn about what is working for other people, as post treatment. I want to share, with others, what has worked for me and how. I also dream of all of us getting together, at the same place and time, and having it filmed and aired for all to see on a television public service announcement. Nobody is watching out for the patient, as far as I can see, and I refuse to be a victim or just go away with a pat on the head. If I sound angry, I am. This has been robbing me of my self confidence and the joy in my life. I have always been social and enjoyed being social. I no longer have the confidence to look people in the eye and laugh. I live in Florida and I have to fear the sun, regardless of the sunscreen and hat I wear at all times. I cannot put the top down in my car. If that sounds trivial, fine, but what right did they have to take this from me? I am at the very beginning of a litigation process on this. I, too, doubt that any physician in my community, will say anything negative about a colleague of theirs. My lawyer says that they typically go out of state to get a medical opinion when damages are assessed. Sometimes, I wonder "why me"? But, then again, why not me? Who else would I rather this happen to? Nobody, that's for sure.
It's evil what they do to people for profit! I am so hurt and don't know what to do as its getting worse and wish something could help but I'll look here to see if there is anything possible. The clinic forced me to sign a gagging contract in order to get a refund its sick!
I never asked for my money back, because I knew she would just twist it around on me. Keep the money and give me my face and life back. After almost nine months, it still hurts like a bad sunburn and worse when I wash or massage/moisturize. I have to sleep on my back because if my face touches anything like bedding, I wake. On a positive note, I am three days into a trial of tinted bb cream/spf42 combo by Missha. It was recommended on another fraxel support site. They sent me some samples of different colors and it seems to blend well and look artificial. I haven't tried their other products but I'm happy that I'm tolerating this. I'm also starting a test patch of a cream that my new dermatologist wants me to use twice a day. According to him this should help to allow the scars to be absorbed by the body. He called it into a compounding pharmacy and I just received it this morning. I'll keep you updated on it. I spoke to him about so many of the different issues on my face, that I'd forgotten to ask him why I had those white streaks ranging from the top outside of my upper cheek down towards my mouth. I'm sure it must be from the swipe of the laser, but I'm not sure how progresses from there. Does anybody else have those white lines and have they experienced how those heal or change?
Oops. I meant that the Missha SPF DOESNT look artificial.
After my dermatologist cut me loose, I was surprised at how good I felt. It was a relief, I think. I decided to see a new dermatologist and a plastic surgeon. Because I live in a very tight community of doctors, I refused to tell them who did the fraxel on me. I also asked each of them how far along that I was post fraxel. Each said they thought I was a the three week mark, although I was actually three months post. Anyway, I finally told them how far along I was and they acted very surprised. The reason I did this charade, is that I obviously needed some kind of treatment and I didn't want to be turned away because they would probably assume I would call them as some kind of witness, against my doctor. You may want to try this tactic so that maybe someone can help you. It's just a thought, of course.
Thanks i will try doing this :)
These laser damage stories really make me angry. Sorry we're all going through this. Dermarolling has helped me with the scarring from a Vbeam laser. This might be an option to look into. It's a slow process though. It took the laser a few minutes to wreak havoc. It takes months or years to attempt to repair it. I'm as angry as you are about what they do to people for money. Then I look around at some of these reviews praising lasers. Makes me wonder.
Please let's do it. Let's all get together & take a stand I really think about that at least few times a week. Im tired of just taking it on the chin while people look at me like some freak & have no idea how this came to be. Im ready to speak out now
So sorry this happened to you. It's something I'm living with too. What did your dermatologist say? Did she give you any explanation or try to help?
It seems that laser company's or clinics are putting up false stories of good laser I wonder too!
Hello are you still here?did you hral?
What has the dermarolling do for you ? Does it help with fat loss?
I wonder what causes this? Is it that the doctor didnt know how to use it well enough? Or was it set on too high a setting? Its hard to deal with a procedure gone bad or even just the down time required. Been there done that. It must be so hard when it remains permanent. I think sometimes its good I didnt have enough money to do all the things ive wanted to do to myself at one time or another. Im so tough on myself but in others I look for kindness and sense of humour and I totally dont focus on shallow things like looks or a full head of hair in fact I like a bald guy with a belly. Go figure!
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