I’m Going to Do This Three Times?

It’s two weeks out. I think I’m starting to see an improvement in the crepey skin of my neck - my chest is still fried-feeling. I think my facial skin looks great and I only have the faintest shade of yellow from the black eye. I’m not looking forward to going back in two weeks- however I’ve split the next treatment in two: one appointment for face, one a week later for neck and chest.

It’s day number three and my skin is healing. I’ve been pushing about 100 ounces of water a day and between the treatment and all the water, I can see a big improvement in the texture of my skin. It doesn’t show in the photo because I’m still a bit bruised, but I think this is going to work.
(Bonus result …I must’ve been mildly dehydrated for years because my increase in water consumption over the past few days has brought my (usually sky-high) blood pressure to a normal level.)
If it weren’t for my black eye, I would be able to wear makeup and look presentable. As it is, I’m hanging around the house and taking care of myself.

Ahhh…the things we do to ourselves to assuage our vanity.

I’m fifty-one. After a lifetime of staying out of the sun, I got a terrible sunburn on my chest. It’s been over fifteen years and that sunburn has never gone away. As I’ve gotten older, the skin on my neck and chest has degraded and become both leathery and crepey. The texture is bizarre.

I tried IPL twice (two rounds, six sessions) to very little result. The v-beam laser test didn’t do much either so I purchased three sessions of Morpheus8 for my face, neck, and chest to work on the texture and (at least) bring a little collagen back to my fried skin. My face is actually fine, it’s just aging. I’m not a big fan of the aging process. Why can’t I just look and feel the way I always have?

Anyway…yesterday was my first session of Morpheus8 and I didn’t tolerate it very well. Apparently, I’m a bleeder. The technician wasn’t able to get the needles particularly deep on my thin, fragile skin and I have a big black eye from her attempt to use what would be a normal depth for anyone else.

Word to the wise, this treatment HURTS. I watched a ton of YouTube videos before my treatment and nothing prepared me for the reality. I did an hour of numbing cream and took the NOX and it still made me want to jump every time the needles stamped my skin.

I didn’t, of course. I might’ve kicked a few times but I’m a stoic soul. I’m not usually a complainer and I don’t have a super-low pain threshold.

I don’t know what happened.

My neck and chest went better than my face. I still bled profusely but it was less painful. I think the numbing cream was on longer and that helped immensely.

It took more than a half-hour for the Nitrous to wear off enough for me to drive home. The technician waited with me until I was good. I was shaking for another hour after that.

I don’t look terrible (except for the black eye). I was bright red for four or five hours but I expected to look like hamburger after all the blood. I’m a little red and swollen (and shiny from the post-treatment salve) and certainly don’t look good enough to go out in public, but I don’t think I’ll have a problem healing up in a few days.

I can’t believe I’m going to do this another two times.