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45 Years Old Co2 Laser Photo Diary - Reno, NV
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First day.....very painful treatment. I did medium...
Kimberleym1968March 6, 2014
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First day.....very painful treatment. I did medium treatment on my face and agressive around mouth and chin. Chin area had prior orange peel look. Also did a Madonna around my eyes,
Second day....very swollen, not much pain, but slept a lot. What I'm noticing ist hate ach time I wash my face, as the doctor told me to.....2-4 times a day ( which I'm doing 4 times) each time I wash, my face looks better.
Third day burning and impatient. Skin feels a little dry
Will continue...
Second day....very swollen, not much pain, but slept a lot. What I'm noticing ist hate ach time I wash my face, as the doctor told me to.....2-4 times a day ( which I'm doing 4 times) each time I wash, my face looks better.
Third day burning and impatient. Skin feels a little dry
Will continue...
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UPDATED FROM Kimberleym1968
4 days post
Day 4 peeling done
Kimberleym1968March 8, 2014
Oh my gosh, the peeling came off at the third wash today. Skin is so red! But starting to feel super soft and tight. I've started putting organic olive oil with a couple of drops of lavender oil. My skin is just soaking this up. Feels like huge really bad sunburn
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March 8, 2014
Looks painful - ouch! I am glad you shared with us and I look forward to seeing your final results. Can you clarify what this means: "l also did a Madonna around my eyes"
March 9, 2014
It's called a Madonna lift......it is done also with a cod laser but using a smaller square, lower pulse and only one pass over the skin, as the rest of my face received two passes with the laser. You can definitely see the difference already with this from the before pictures and now pictures. The hoods of my eyes look greT and no crows feet already.....the co2 also only gets better with time. End results are achieved at between 1-9 months. So I expect everything to fad very nicely and tight
March 11, 2014
Thank you, I Googled the Madonna Lift, I had never heard of that before - cool, thank you for sharing!
March 11, 2014
Sure! This was actually really nice, because as you can see, there is no redness with this, just a bit of puffiness for a few days but really lifted my eye lids and got rid of the crows feet .
March 27, 2014
Kimberleym1968, Thanks for sharing your photos and recovery story here! I'm not far from Reno, so I have definitely made a note of Dr. Van Reken's name! I have been going to the Reno Skin Cancer Institute for annual skin exams, and was hoping to find someone there to do CO2 on me. However, I'm open to alternatives. The Madonna lift sounds AWESOME! My question for a derm doc is: Why not do this cold CO2 on the entire face if it's so painless and results in just a few days of swelling with NO peeling or fussing?! I have crepey skin on the sides of my mouth that would need treatment, so I'm not sure that something as painless and quick as the cold CO2 would deliver the results. Best of luck to you in the healing! You look 15 years younger and good to go NOW! :-)
March 28, 2014
Thanks bugjune! It will be three weeks tomorrow. I do have some lines that are returning but the doctor said that would happen but in the next 1-9 month es it will start getting tighter and tighter
February 24, 2016
What laser did you have ,they are so many around would be grateful for the info and are you pleased with the final results
UPDATED FROM Kimberleym1968
5 days post
Day 5 still super red
Kimberleym1968March 9, 2014
Oh for Pete's sake. It doesn't feel like this redness is fading any and I'm not sure what to put on face at this time. I think I will have to call the doctors on mondayif tomorrow isn't any better. Lotions hurt my face and I don't think I'm suppose to put aquaphor on it any more, as the crusting is gone, so right now I have the organic coconut oil on it with a moisturizer over, but it still burns. I'm feeling a bit like a vampire with not going out during the day and my whole sleep schedule is messed up.....just being impatient. Just had so much change during the first few days and expected it to continue and not halt.....well it feels like it's halted.
I will be undergoing the same procedure