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Fraxel Vs. Dermabrasion - Luxembourg

UPDATED FROM Davide
2 months post

It is not worth it

$2,000
Trying for the last time to update my review to "not worth it" - Fraxel restore on acne roling scars

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Serguei Volodine

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One of the fine doctors (using laser) here in Europe. He has worked in LA before.

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Thanks again for keeping us up to date, sorry you are not happy with your final results. Will you be trying any other treatments?
i am thinking to go for fraxel repair for next winter. it seems more apropriate for my case :)
Fraxel restore is not aimed at Acne scars. You gotta do Fraxel repair and at the following setting: 70mj 60%. However, ask your doctor first if this setting is right for you considering your skin tone and location of the scars. Honestly, i would never do Fraxel repair on any other area than my nose. Everything else seems too risky at those settings. If you're in Europe, go to the UK. They have something called "Avita Recell" that they can combine with Fraxel Repair. IT WORKS WONDERS!!! Basically here is what will work the best for you: Go to the United Kingdom get treated with fraxel repair at 70mj 60% ( if the doctor thinks it's safe) in conjunction with Avita Recell and that will bring the most improvement. Good luck dude!
thanks for the tip. my skill heals fast and its oily so i will try the fraxel repair solo for now. avita recell is a very expensive treatment as well as london city. it would be a very salty invoice. i will still keep that in mind as a last resort! thank you
Glad I could help, and yes the most effective treatments should always be saved as a last desperate measure. But know this, getting rid of acne scars is not a matter of if but a matter of when. Yes it will take a lot of time and a lot of money but each treatment brings a bit of improvement so if you keep accumulating treatments sooner or later the scars will be reduced to the point where you won't care about them anymore. I know of people who had 5 fraxel repair treatments. 1st treatment: 30% improvement 2: 50% 3:70% 4:90% . It's cumulative! The point is, don't worry. There will come a day where your acne scars will no longer bother you. It's only a question of how much money you're gonna have to spend. It really is a question of money. Removing the scars, it can be done it's just that it's costly. Just keep accumulating fraxel repair treatments and do recell if you can. Eventually, your scars won't stand a chance. I have a single scar that's bothering me on my nose and I just did my first Fraxel repair treatment for $1215 ...So damn expensive. I'm gonna have a second treatment and maximum i'll have a third one. So yeah, don't give up and keep getting fraxel repair treatments and keep doing them until you're satisfied. Good luck man , cheers!
thanks for the words of hope. and you are right. i have done dermabrasion, exopeel (phenol), co2 and 5 fraxel restores and of course i can see the difference. actually only bad lighting will show my indentation :)
Hi November, my doctor is saying 60% is too agressive and proposes 45%. Do you think 45% is worth it? I really want to have it for my money.
I did mine at 70mj 60 percent and im two weeks post op and the redness is almost gone. However thats because the treated area is very small (only one scar) and on the nose (a safe area) and I have pale skin so higher laser settings are safe. Did he say it was too much because of your skin tone? If yes then you should listen to him im sure he knows best. Ask him why he doesnt want to use high settings if his answer is justified go with it if not ask him if he can do the high settings. Is 45 worth it? No idea but im guessing that it will do something. Talk to the doc and see if its possible.
My Doctor accepted 60% finally. And he even came back with 70%. Should I go for the 70%?
I strongly recommend 70mj 60% Anything more powerful I don't know since I've never tried it. I'm 4 months post op and I can see that there was no danger doing 70mj 60% since my skin shows no sign of damage. 70mj 70% sounds risky. Especially if your skin is not extremely white and it also depends on the areas you're doing. Like I said before, I would never want to try fraxel at such high settings on a different area than the nose. Since you're doing cheeks, I would stick to 60% and even that might be risky. If you choose to do 60% take extremely good care of your skin afterwards because your treated area will be much larger than mine and on a dangerous spot (cheeks). The decision is very hard. Higher settings with better results but with the possibility of making things worse. Or lower results with less effectiveness but safer....Which one to choose? It's very tough. If you really want to try 70% ask your doctor if he's sure that it's safe to do that on an area such as the cheeks especially if you're doing the entire cheek. Seems kind of weird to me how he was refusing to do 60% and wanted to do 45% but now suddenly he's fine with 70%. Ask him what made him change his mind. Ultimately, the decision is yours.
He went to a seminar with the most famous doctors using fraxel. They all seemed to agree 60% and 70% would apply to my case without risk. But I will stick with 60%. Thank you!
Hi Davide, thank you for sharing. I have been reading comments related to Fraxel treatment and hoping to find some case similar to mine. I am in China. I paid for 5-time dermaroller (original $1419. after discount is $1135). will start taking it from September. Because I am afraid there will be much redness for days or even allergy after treatment in a hot summer.After reading your posts, I have taken off CO2 fraxel, exopeel, dermabrasion off my lists. I am looking forward to my treatment in Sep. At the mean time, I am also looking forward to seeing your results. Please keep us posted.
The Fraxel that I tried was restore. I will try Fraxel repair in the winter time this year.
From what I have read from the maker of Fraxel website, Fraxel restore (1550/1927) is for wrinkles and pigmentation and Fraxel Repair is for acne scars. Both of my plastic surgeons confirmed what I read and said Fraxel Repair is more painful because it goes deeper into the skin at higher setting.
Hi, Davide! I am in Europe and went to the same doctor S.V. with acne scars problem. He is considered to be a professional in lasers, using original machines and having a vast experience, working at the different countries, he is a plastic surgeon too. He was highly recommended by several clinics. He talk professional and suggested 2-3 Genesis treatments and 3-4 fraxel restore procedures. I did Genesis. My skin became very dry in 3 days and all the wrinkles became very visible. I reported the doctor with pictures, he certainly denied that it was after laser. In 1 month the wrinkles seemed to be better due to constant usage of different moisturizers( he recommended good ones) and I did the 2 treatment Genesis- the same reaction. This time I noticed that all small scars I had became visible too, before you could see only the large ones, also the same dry skin and wrinkles. So I understood that my skin can Not take laser. If I got such a reaction with Genesis so what could happen after Fraxel? After Genesis it has already been 6 months, zero effect for scars and still dryness and prominent wrinkles. I look 5-7 years older. The doctor has written me the letter recently suggesting doing Fraxel and suggesting doing it at a lower setting as he does for patients with Asian type skin. I wrote in return asking clear questions about aside effects and questions about other possibilities(subcision, fillers). I have never got any answer. During my visits I felt he was in a hurry after the procedure when I tried to ask extra questions. He lives in Luxembourg and comes to the city where I live 2 days a months. And all these days are packed with the patients every 15 min, 30 min. So if your time is out- you are out even if you still need to verify smth. Yes you can communicate through email which I did but it is not the same. The price for 1Genesis was 150 euro and the price for Fraxel would be 750 euro. Now after learning more about lasers, reading the reviews and visiting plastic surgeons(2 years research) I understand one thing: you could go to the certified professional who has the original machine(what I did), to get the right procedure at the right power and still get a bad result from just dryness and wrinkles to severe reactions with acne outbreaks, face fat loss, orange peel texture and premature fast aging afterwards. It is always a Risk! I also understand now that I did Not need Genesis at all and that 3-4 Fraxel restore procedures reccomended by the doctor would Not have much effect ether. I wish you luck Davide and if you woul try smth else please write here, your review was extremely important for me!

Hey there EleniEleni, I would love for you to share your journey with us, as you mentioned how helpful Davide's review was to you, your review would be just as helpful. Here is a link to get you started.

I live in belgium And i went through Dr s v also
I did the first treatment with laser genesis And it was so good and im happy with the results And im gonna continues with the treatment
UPDATED FROM Davide
2 months post

Fraxel Restore for Rolling Acne scars (Oily Skin)

Skin improvement but nothing spectacular. Don't waste your money. It might work for very light scars. It gives skin improvement and works for fine lines. Don't understand what all the fuss is about.

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UPDATED FROM Davide
2 months post

Fraxel Restore for Rolling acne scars (Oily Skin)

Fraxel Restore for Rolling acne scars (Oily Skin)

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