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Fraxel Ruined my Face

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My derm recommended Fraxel to me for my crow's...

ScaredforlifeMarch 5, 2008
$4,000
My derm recommended Fraxel to me for my crow's feet. Five treatments and $4000 later I developed horrible hyperpigmentation all over my face, which was once very nice. I literally looked like I had a mustache and beard. I spent the next eight months and several more thousand dollars clearing the hyperpigmentation only to see that under the dark spots were hundreds of broken capillaries. I went to the top doctor in Columbus Ohio who has " no idea" why this happened to me. ANY amt of sun on my face will bring this all back - for the rest of my life. I have now undergone 5 Vbeam and 3 IPL treatments to try to reduce the broken caps. Fraxel also caused large spots of HYPO pigmentation on my face. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. Please do not do this to yourself.

Replies (27)

Loris15
July 10, 2008
I had 3 Fraxel treatments a couple years ago for my Melasma. Since then I've developed larger brown pigmentation that makes me look like I have dark makeup on all the time! I used to have nice skin with a few pigmentation spots. I don't sunbath and use sunscreen religiously, the only thing Fraxel did was tighten the skin a tiny bit and spread the melasma out over the whole face instead of in spots! It wasn't a bad experience but I'm now faced with seeking more laser treatments to get rid of all the hyperpigmentation. I wouldn't recommend it if your skin is light and very sensitive to UV and hormonal changes, or if you have freckled in the past. I can't stay out of the sun, just stepping out the door to the car does it, even with sunscreen slathered on! :(
awalk
January 22, 2009
Have you been able to get this fixed? Did anyone tell you what happened...This laser is just like getting Radiation treatments for cancer...So whatever they do to fix/help skin damaged by Radiation treatments could possibly help a little..
Scaredforlife
January 23, 2009
No I am still a mess! I was literally suicidal for a long, long time and hate myself for it! I recently met a woman who went to my same dr who is horribly disfigured. Are you getting anywhere?
awalk
March 1, 2009
I received a email from another lady in Ohio I wonder if you have the same doctor..I will forward her email....
(unregistered guest)
March 9, 2009
What is the Dr's name? I'm being treated in Columbus, Ohio now. I've had two treatments so far and it isn't going so well.
delebow
August 22, 2013
I have an appt. to get Fraxel here in Columbus, Ohio and just saw the reviews! Could you share the Drs. name that you went to? I am ready to cancel as this is scaring me!
Scaredforlife
March 9, 2009
Please contact me directly
tvandenh
March 12, 2009
Please contact me directly and let me know what doctor you went to so I don't make the same mistake....I live in Dayton, Ohio. I am looking into Fraxel Laser. Thank you so much.
awalk
March 9, 2009
Don't do anymore of the treatments look at my pics I did one treatment of the restore This lunchtime no risk no dowtime procedure ect ect is more dangerous than a full face C02...... But has been marketed so aggresively that women are getting it at Spa centers now......... If it goes wrong and it does the scarring and DNA damage is irreversable because it goes so Deep.....Don't be fooled by the marketing Just because your face isn't raw on the surface doesn't mean you are not severely burned...underneath it comes to surface later.......... Not just the top layers being peeled off ..... The ones who get decent results are not even close to worth the RISK.... All the people giving good reveiws are a few days or weeks after not 2 years out like mine..... If you look thru the reveiws many say they look worse after the intial swelling....Because they are!!!!!! They have DNA damage.... The skin on the surface looks better at first because it is dead ghost skin with no blood going to it so it dies..... What do you think those thousands of micro dots/zones do to your veins and blood supply.....They seal them..... They don't reattach..... Please think about it a few extra dots and you have a hole in your face...
susanml
April 9, 2010
I had a co2 full face laser in 96, microdermabrasions and an obagi blue peel. In 2008 I had 4 fraxel laser treatments. First I was under the impression that the results would be permanent after at least three treatments. My skin did look good and the scarring appeared much better and less noticeable. But I was extremely dissapointed in being told during the treatments that I would need treatments every 6mos to 1 yr to maintain the effects. Weel my skin did look good for a while. Then sometime after I developed hyperpigmentation in different areas on my face. I had patchy areas on my forehead, upper cheek bone at he corner of my eye, and the worst was my whole upper lip. It looks like a 24 hr 5 o'clock shadow. My cheeks seem "white" and a shallow scar has turned into a white spot also. My whole face is different shades and makeup doesn't completely cover or even out. I feel like I look "grey". I wish I never did this. A waste of looks and money. I should have done a co2 again.
squareone
September 26, 2010
Rest in peace
awalk
March 10, 2009
You guys need to post your provider it seems like a lot of people in Ohio have been harmed.... It may be the same place ect...
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