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Worth It but Painful!!!
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Worth It but Painful!!!
WORTH IT$800
I recently had the plasma pen treatment done on both my upper and lower eyelids to help alleviate sagging upper eyelid skin and wrinkles left from a recent weight loss
First off if you have vascular skin like me, expect this treatment (and recovery) to be VERY painful. The esthetician that did mine has been treating my skin for over 10 yrs and knows how reactive my skin is and numbed me twice. It still hurt!!!
Once the treatment was done is felt like a bad sunburn for the remainder of that evening. Not too bad. The next morning however I woke up and could barely open my eyes due to the swelling. My lower lids were the worst.
I would never recommend that both upper and lower lids are done at the same time! (My opinion due to the swelling!)
By day 2 the swelling had mostly subsided and it had started to crust over. It was dry, and TIGHT for the remainder of the next 3 days until the scabs started coming off.
You CANNOT pick these scabs or it can leave scarring!!! And you need to keep the area dry until they shed. I didn’t wash my face for 5 days until 80% of the scabs had fallen off. And then just gently washed, immediately dried, and applied a very gentle moisturizer and spf 55 sunscreen.
I am very happy so far with the treatment and will update photos at the 6-8 week mark. At that point I will decide if I want to do another round on my upper lids.
First off if you have vascular skin like me, expect this treatment (and recovery) to be VERY painful. The esthetician that did mine has been treating my skin for over 10 yrs and knows how reactive my skin is and numbed me twice. It still hurt!!!
Once the treatment was done is felt like a bad sunburn for the remainder of that evening. Not too bad. The next morning however I woke up and could barely open my eyes due to the swelling. My lower lids were the worst.
I would never recommend that both upper and lower lids are done at the same time! (My opinion due to the swelling!)
By day 2 the swelling had mostly subsided and it had started to crust over. It was dry, and TIGHT for the remainder of the next 3 days until the scabs started coming off.
You CANNOT pick these scabs or it can leave scarring!!! And you need to keep the area dry until they shed. I didn’t wash my face for 5 days until 80% of the scabs had fallen off. And then just gently washed, immediately dried, and applied a very gentle moisturizer and spf 55 sunscreen.
I am very happy so far with the treatment and will update photos at the 6-8 week mark. At that point I will decide if I want to do another round on my upper lids.
Replies (5)
Thank you for sharing your experience. I recently had the Plasma Pen done on the same area, upper and lower lids, and a bit on my forehead for a “lift” she recommended. It was very painful even with numbing cream and felt badly sunburned for 1-2 days afterwards as you described. I’m using Factor V series and follow aftercare instructions, but am getting concerned because I’m left with a dent or indentation in every dot after the scab falls off. It looks terrible! Did you experience this? I’m beside myself and worried I have ruined my skin. I’m on Day 6 Post Procedure and SOOO worried this was a mistake.
Hi. Sorry I missed your message. It took me about 4-5 weeks before the residual “dot” was no longer visible. My post-after care has been 2000 mg vitamin c, a vitamin c topical (called vital c), and sunscreen like crazy!!! I just went through the “looks worse before it looks incredible” stage.....I knew it was coming. The wrinkles under my eyes all of a sudden got REALLY deep and horrible looking. This lasted about 2 weeks and then I woke up one day and wow....my eyes look incredible!!!!! So don’t panic if you see that!! Let it keep healing. I’ll try to post updated photos shortly!!
Did the dents go away? I’m considering this treatment too!
Great before & afters. You look incredible!!
You do look great. Who was your provider? And thanks for the information.
I also had my lower and upper eyelids done, and I agree it was one of the most painful procedures ever. I have read the literature to find out if my numbing experience didn't work. The promotional literature says very little pain, but for me it was close to excruciating pain. It made me feel a little better to read your post, to know that I wasn't alone.
Your results are great!
Your results are great!
Thanks for sharing your experience and aftercare tips!