My MiXto Experience - Orlando, FL

8 days later...

I have been almost completely healed and have been able to leave the house with makeup (due to residual pinkness-not bad) since Sunday. The swelling has gone down, so the smoothing effects of the treatment have diminished somewhat, temporarily, I hope. In the next 6 months the collagen under my skin should increase and I should be seeing more smoothness again. I have definite tightening and more brightness of skin around my eye area, which I am happy with. Some skin imperfections are gone. They say to expect an approximately 30% improvement with one procedure and I would say I have achieved at least that so far, but I am looking forward to a little more improvement. I am now wearing an SPF 50 lotion on my face, neck and chest religiously. Will update again in one month and at that time I will post my before, immediately after, one week and one month pics for comparison. I am planning to have a 2nd round of MiXto in 6 months if all goes as planned. The NP, M.B., her asst. M, and Dr. Soto helped make this a positive experience for me.

Day 6

I received my cream in the mail and it is a godsend! Wish I had it a couple of days earlier. It is Avene's Restorative Skin Cream with Cicalfate, which is designed specifically for post-procedure (laser, microdermabrasion, etc.) skin. I applied it last night and it was very rich and soothing, without being greasy or irritating (available at drugstore.com). I woke up this morning and SURPRISE!!! I have a second round of peeling on the redder part of my face. I was wondering about that, but all is well. My skin is looking awesome and am now very happy I had this procedure done, despite a couple of little glitches. By tomorrow I think I'll be able to apply makeup a leave the house looking just about normal (and am looking forward to it too!). The only thing I would do differently is that on this MiXto my forehead was done on a slighly lighter setting (1 joule less) with only one pass, while the rest of my face had two passes. I would have the next MiXto done on the same setting as the rest of my face with the two passes. At this point I'm just not seeing too much of difference there. It didn't even get red or really peel or anything there, unlike the rest of my treated areas. I was told that the collagen would still remodel there and I would see a difference within 6 months. I have before pics and definitely will be taking pics then for comparison. On the rest of my face, though, the difference is obvious at this point...

Day 4
This is the day the major peeling happened...Just to help others, the night of Day 3 I mixed a dime size amount of 1% hydrocortisone ointment with my aquaphor ointment in my hands rubbed together and applied all over my face, avoiding the eye area. This quelled the itchiness while I slept. It's been mildly itchy since, but not enough to want to treat it further. I used moisturizer during the day, but opted for Aquaphor over the whole face prior to bedtime.

Day 5
Though there is still mild flaking and peeling and localized red patches with allover pinkness in the treated areas, my skin looks fantastic! Still very mild itching, but not enough to warrant treatment. After washing my face this morning, I applied moisturizer for sensitive skin and it stung slightly. Will use Aquaphor again before bed. Waiting for my Avene cream to arrive from drugstore.com, which I will be using from tomorrow onward. It contains ingredients (forgot offhand, will list later) that promotes healing, especially after procedures. Recommended on another review. It's not cheap ($23.00), but it's very gently and specific. Also bought a moisturizing mask and anti-redness cream from the same line to apply under makeup once I start wearing it again (probably 2 more days or so).

I'm reserving final judgement on this procedure to when I am totally healed to judge results. I am already planning a second treatment in 6 months as recommended by Dr. Soto at consultation.