6 month update natural light
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31 Jul 2015
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6 months post
Posting a pic in natural light, no make up. I have seen the biggest improvement on the right side of my face-which definitely had the worst damage. I am happy to say that it's now getting to the point where it's hard to even photograph the damage now because the scars are getting so shallow. Picture on the left was from about 4 months ago (with make up). Today I tried making it look as worse as possible and it was difficult to find a bad angle-but that for me is usually side natural light.
6 months post ipl
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30 Jul 2015
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6 months post
It has been about 6 months post. I have seen some improvement in smoothness and shallower scars from using dermaroller. I have been switching off between .05mm and 1mm. I am going to give my skin more time to heal in between sessions though since some redness, inflammation, and small breakouts tend to occur after rolling. Positive change is often not evident until 1-2 weeks post rolling. I use HA and Vit C before and after rolling. Right now I am trying to give my skin a period of time with out much product at all to see if that helps as well. So far my pores seem less clogged. Has anyone else experienced severe clogged pores post ipl treatment? I am even on Spironolactone to help control that, and it's still pretty bad. I could seriously use bioree strips every single day :( This is the only symptom I have seen zero improvement with. The only thing that seems to help is bioree strips, and it is very temporary. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Nerium AD
Experimenting eith Nerium AD and I was a bit skeptical since some of the reviews I read were not good, but I read a lot of good reviews so I decided to try a 7 day sample. It does help shrink pore size, but not permenantly. It has also helped shrink down my scars. Again, this is not a solution so I will continue to derma roll for more long term results. The effects of Nerium seem to last a couple of days or so. I used it religiously for about 4-5 days and then stopped it for about a week. I noticed a few days after how drab my skin had began to look again. So I finished up the sample about 2 days ago but I still have some of the day cream left. The before and afters show a pic of my skin while not using Nerium, and then a pic of what it looks like today. Quite a difference. I like how smooth it makes my skin look. If you have ipl scars, fine lines, and lg pores, it helps with all. The crows feet around my eyes look great too. I urge anyone to try the sample first as some have had adverse reactions from using Nerium. It's a day and night cream-over $100 if you buy both. I just bought the full size of the night cream on eBay rather than buying it from the company so I don't have to worry about their aweful customer service and automatic monthly fees. By the way-that's a huge account for all the negative reviews. Just bypass the middleman and buy from eBay. Much less hassle!