Very Comfortable Experience, Now Have Permanent Damage.. - New York, NY

Just an update to anyone that is thinking about trying out an ipl, laser, or anything that a provider says admits light but isn't a laser (uh huh, that is ipl). Don't take the gamble. If it goes awry, even at the lowest setting, it is permanent. Just traveling back from seeing an awesome derm in NYC, yup, he refuses to submit anyone to a laser, it's not worth his practice to take the gamble.
So, my textural skin of course is awful, but little things have helped. Reviva at 10 percent, TCAs at 12.5 percent (done at home now that I have the hang of it), witch hazel toner instead of washing my face, sunblock from Elta MD for acne and blemished skin, and I just purchased the PMD, which I love (don't do it until you are a while out from any lasers, at least a year, that's about how long it takes to see the scarring one is left to deal with), and I love the strivectin micro current gadget thing. 20 minutes a day of electrocurrent, I have no idea if it really works yet but it feels nice. All of this I do, in a half hazard combination.
My heart goes out to everyone, and their families who have to comfort those they love, who got caught up in the madness of these fda approved devices. xoxo

hi, ive had many people reach out asking questions, primarily because many are going through the same issues post ipl. wish i could give everyone grand news, but i dont have much. the waxy sheen went away, and the texture is a hair better, probably because of time. cheeks never came back, but im 38 now, vs when i was 31 and went through the process. the coloring is better, i use reviva 10 percent still and sometimes opt for a home peel, nothing major. it is what it is. im still getting ised to what happened, and every once in a while i feel that internal pang, wondering how things went so wrong, but i wont beat myself up over it. i trusted people, it went south, and here i am. if i try anything new again, ill update. even if its filler or a lift of some sort;).

Well, I have another update. I tried a very conservative amount of juvaderm about a year ago to help out with the loss in my facial contours. This time, I did all the research, read pros and cons, and took a chance. Now my texture is actually worse than what I had started with, but at least knowing everything I took the gamble. My tissue is undergoing granulation from the juvaderm. My skin went from orange peel texture, to now full on lumps on both sides where the juvaderm was placed. We know its granulation because it is latent, and my tissue started morphing all at the same time, so basically my body had a latent response. I have an appointment to go back to my doc that placed the filler. Im not going back to complain, and oddly enough Im not as distraught as the way I when I underwent the side effects to the ipls, which got me here in the first place. With the ipls I was lied to, and now doctors do says its a form of laser radiation and hes it can scar. 4 years ago suppossed,y it wasnt the case. At least here I knew my options and different outcomes. I have a great doctor, and we will take it from here. Filler for ipl damage will no longer be an option, sigh.