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Fraxel Destroyed my Face - Dallas, TX
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I had Fraxel Repair done in June 2010 for what I...
SkinDeepBeautyJanuary 17, 2017
$5,000
I had Fraxel Repair done in June 2010 for what I now see as minor acne scarring. Everything looked good for 6 months, and then my skin started to nosedive. I went back to my doctor who simply recommended Retin-A. Years have passed, and it has gotten to the point where I haven't left my house except to buy groceries. I have been unemployed for two years because of massive depression. I am left with red scarred skin. There is no elasticity left. The fat is just gone. When I bow my head, the skin hangs. My acne scarring is still there, but now I have holes, lines. I can see two pronged marks from the laser all over my face. I have orange peel skin everywhere. There is a line of demarcation around my jaw where the laser hit me. I have had people ask me if I was in a car accident or fire. Put simply, my face looks like a mask of extreme sun damage.
For those considering this procedure, please don't. For those who are suffering similar damages, please respond and let me know how you are doing? What you have done? I feel like I should seek legal representation. Has anyone done this? I am finally going to see a plastic surgeon to see if there is anything that can be done. Facelift. Fat grafting. I am 44 yrs old, and i look like a burnt raisin. There has to be hope for us.
For those considering this procedure, please don't. For those who are suffering similar damages, please respond and let me know how you are doing? What you have done? I feel like I should seek legal representation. Has anyone done this? I am finally going to see a plastic surgeon to see if there is anything that can be done. Facelift. Fat grafting. I am 44 yrs old, and i look like a burnt raisin. There has to be hope for us.
Replies (34)
January 22, 2017
Your pen name, Skin deep beauty actually says it all. I urge you not to let this destroy your life any longer. Beauty fades regardless of how we try to fight it. It starts at the face and works it's way down. Our bodies looose the muscle tone and eventually growing older effects everything about us. I am 70 and I now understand the expression, "Getting old is not for sissies." There are aches and pains eventually that we all face. We either shrug it off and go about our lives or give into it. If it is possible, I urge you to find a highly skilled therapist that can help you. If you could afford Fraxel you can probably afford some therapy. If you can't go to an organization like JSSA. You do not have to be Jewish to use their services. My heart breaks for you. I hope you do not live the rest of your life feeling too ugly to be seen. Think of people who are very disfigured. Would you want them to feel they should hide. Best wishes for 2017 in finding comfort and self acceptance.
January 23, 2017
I so understand how you feel. I went to therapy and she made me feel worse. She asked me what will i do if my skin never gets better. Here i am paying her for advice and she's asking me!! I went into major depression. I even have to take sleeping pills but they don't even work. It has effected my health to the point were i dread every morning knowing it's another day of looking at my skin. I only feel better at nite when i know no one will see me. It's a horrible life, I could handle if it was an accident or i was born this way but when someone does this to you and you trust & pay them it's different. I stopped seeing people & family. We have PTSD, at least that's what i was told by many doctors who see people with damage. I have been on anxiety pills but they don't work. I have a bad back because stress makes your body not able to repair itself esp with no sleep. Know your not alone, i know that doesn't help much but if you ever want to talk to someone who understands I'm here. So many have been harmed, there is a board called ipl and laser damage that you can read stories of others who are in the same boat. The thing i hate is when you ask doctors what can you do all they suggest is more laser treatments. I've been needling, trying to use gentle products to heal but the laser her used on me completely destroyed any chance of my skin being normal again. I had the Erbium laser done 10 yrs ago. So again if you just want to vent we're here for you.
January 24, 2017
I understand what you're going through. I had the co2 laser which aged my skin 10+ years. It's horrible. :(
April 15, 2017
I keep ready all these posts with the same severe per many damage I have to live with why can't we sue for this??? It's ruined my life!!!
January 24, 2017
The same thing happened to me and Im having a very hard time with it too. Im sorry for the both of us . Could you please let me know what the plastic surgeon says ? I would really be grateful .
I am getting a second opinion next week.
So found I have found gentle mosterizers help but it's the grid marks and overall texture that are so concerning.
I regret it every minute of every day.