Erbium Resurfacing Nightmare - San Diego, CA

I am so sorry you've been through so much and still don't see the improvement you were hoping for. I'm going to try a few of the recommended treatments, and if I don't see much of a change, I will stop. With a little makeup my skin does look somewhat better, and I may just have to resign myself to covering my forehead with bangs even though I don't like the look. I definitely agree about all the time between treatments to heal having to stay home and hide. I will be taking your comments to my doctor for his input.

Sats, what type of needle do you use? Where did you get it? When is your surgery scheduled? I will be thinking about you. 7 years is a long time to live like this. I'm not even at two yet and it's been unbearable.

Hey Depressed, I use the 1.0 & the 1.5. Then put on copper peptides or vit c or tetin a. I got my last roller from Banishacnescars.com by a girl who has scars & now sells the rollers w/ vit c in a little purse w/a cup to clean them in. She's on youtube called PerfectBeauty. My surgery is scheduled for May 1st. Just made the arrangements & just applied for a credit card w/0% interest for 18months. Ha. It's going to cost around 13,000.00 for a lift, fat transfers, blue peel, take out fat pads from under eyes, lift one brow, bit of subcision & maybe I can get him to throw a mole remover in. I can't take dishing out thousands at a time & not getting anything in return anymore, at least with a lift i'll get something. Hope it's not more heartache. One year I spent over 8,000.00 in laser treatments & fillers & I'm back to square one. I hate that it's spring, I should have done this in the winter but I didn't know about this doctor. I told him I'm on these boards & tell people how my doctors are. He was cool with it & said he should get on them & check them out. I told him we have damage. He didn't seem scared that I said I would review him so that's a good sign. If he would have said he hated reviews I'd be a little worried because what I hate is when I tell a doctor I talk to others who got this or that damage they say, "don't believe what you read on line!!" even the dam nurses say that. That's when I know this doctor isn't for me. One doctor put juvederm under my eyes & my eyes blew up. I told him that I needed the dissolver because I read about others getting the same reaction & got the dissolver. That juvederm should never be used under the eyes. He didn't think it was the juvederm so I had to wait 2 months with puffy eyes for him to finally try it on me. Guess what? it worked right away. He couldn't believe it because he said he only put a little in there, I told him to learn to read reviews for problems some can get. dah... So if a doctor says don't believe what you read on don't stay with them.. You would think they would want to know the good & the bad from different procedures from other patients. I hope to come back & say things went good & this or that worked for my problems so I can help others. I don't want you all wasting you money & time on hope because I did & it's frigin depressing when it doesn't work. I wish they would give refunds esp since any procedure is usually expensive but do they?? Nope. And when things go wrong do they pay? Nope We do. After 7 yrs of hell wasting thousands & thousands of dollars I still don't go out. I tell everyone I know not to get lasers or if they do go to one who only does lasers & goes slow. I want to see the sun again & work on my garden. I used to be out there every season raking, cleaning, planting, shoveling & working at a golf course. & out with my kids. Now I was just told I needed more vit d. I already take 2 a day & my doctor told me to boost it up to 3 because I haven't been in the sun & I'm on the borderline.. The only time I was out was when my father was in the hospital for 6 months then passed. I regret not going over to see him when he was well., I remember him saying, "are you coming over today?" & I said, "no dad, my face is a mess." This dam damage ran my life & still does. I pray for all of us every nite. My family phys knows how depressed I am. She tried to help me so much but nothing works when the damage is on your face. I know there are people who are burned & disfigured from accidents & I pray for them too. I know I should be happy with a good husband & children but it makes me think of how I was as a mother & wife to them before. I don't want their memories of me being in & sick about my face. I want to be the old me. The me who smiled. I lost so many friends because of this, so many affairs that I missed. Even funerals & weddings. I didn't even dance at my sons wedding because I didn't want people looking at me. I pray for us all to find a solution that works for us & we can live again. I will def let you all know how it goes & I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so caring. I'm a veteran of laser damage since most seem to have damage after me. I jumped for laser when I heard it was the miracle cure. Now I know it isn't. To me it's a home wrecker. I'll be on pins & needles til May 1st. I'll post as soon as I can see my face again after the surgery & when it's healing to let you know if I think the Blue Obagi peel or fat transfers work because I have it all. I know I shouldn't be so vain but going from a pretty clear face to a multitude of scars & dents in the blink of an eye is devastating. I really feel for anyone who had an accident & damaged their face. It's a life no one deserves. I wish people were more acceptable of people with damaged skin, all I look at are peoples cheeks on tv & in person. I can't even get dressed without thinking this or that style shows my scars more. I've been living in dress pj's. Nothing is ever on TV for damaged laser skin ever! I even wrote to The Doctors, the lady got back & said that when they do a show on it she'll call me. That was years ago. I wrote Dr Phil for help w/ damage from laser or any other procedure, I also asked about make up they use because some people who have bad skin in the clips come on the show & they look better so I asked about make up & how to cope with damage, I never heard back. I even wrote his wife. I'll be reading these boards til the last day before surgery. I'm also know to back out at the last minute if I read too many horror stories. So keep me in your prayers & I will continue praying for us all.

Hey Depressed, I use the 1.0 & the 1.5. Then put on copper peptides or vit c or tetin a. I got my last roller from Banishacnescars.com by a girl who has scars & now sells the rollers w/ vit c in a little purse w/a cup to clean them in. She's on youtube called PerfectBeauty. My surgery is scheduled for May 1st. Just made the arrangements & just applied for a credit card w/0% interest for 18months. Ha. It's going to cost around 13,000.00 for a lift, fat transfers, blue peel, take out fat pads from under eyes, lift one brow, bit of subcision & maybe I can get him to throw a mole remover in. I can't take dishing out thousands at a time & not getting anything in return anymore, at least with a lift i'll get something. Hope it's not more heartache. One year I spent over 8,000.00 in laser treatments & fillers & I'm back to square one. I hate that it's spring, I should have done this in the winter but I didn't know about this doctor. I told him I'm on these boards & tell people how my doctors are. He was cool with it & said he should get on them & check them out. I told him we have damage. He didn't seem scared that I said I would review him so that's a good sign. If he would have said he hated reviews I'd be a little worried because what I hate is when I tell a doctor I talk to others who got this or that damage they say, "don't believe what you read on line!!" even the dam nurses say that. That's when I know this doctor isn't for me. One doctor put juvederm under my eyes & my eyes blew up. I told him that I needed the dissolver because I read about others getting the same reaction & got the dissolver. That juvederm should never be used under the eyes. He didn't think it was the juvederm so I had to wait 2 months with puffy eyes for him to finally try it on me. Guess what? it worked right away. He couldn't believe it because he said he only put a little in there, I told him to learn to read reviews for problems some can get. dah... So if a doctor says don't believe what you read on don't stay with them.. You would think they would want to know the good & the bad from different procedures from other patients. I hope to come back & say things went good & this or that worked for my problems so I can help others. I don't want you all wasting you money & time on hope because I did & it's frigin depressing when it doesn't work. I wish they would give refunds esp since any procedure is usually expensive but do they?? Nope. And when things go wrong do they pay? Nope We do. After 7 yrs of hell wasting thousands & thousands of dollars I still don't go out. I tell everyone I know not to get lasers or if they do go to one who only does lasers & goes slow. I want to see the sun again & work on my garden. I used to be out there every season raking, cleaning, planting, shoveling & working at a golf course. & out with my kids. Now I was just told I needed more vit d. I already take 2 a day & my doctor told me to boost it up to 3 because I haven't been in the sun & I'm on the borderline.. The only time I was out was when my father was in the hospital for 6 months then passed. I regret not going over to see him when he was well., I remember him saying, "are you coming over today?" & I said, "no dad, my face is a mess." This dam damage ran my life & still does. I pray for all of us every nite. My family phys knows how depressed I am. She tried to help me so much but nothing works when the damage is on your face. I know there are people who are burned & disfigured from accidents & I pray for them too. I know I should be happy with a good husband & children but it makes me think of how I was as a mother & wife to them before. I don't want their memories of me being in & sick about my face. I want to be the old me. The me who smiled. I lost so many friends because of this, so many affairs that I missed. Even funerals & weddings. I didn't even dance at my sons wedding because I didn't want people looking at me. I pray for us all to find a solution that works for us & we can live again. I will def let you all know how it goes & I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so caring. I'm a veteran of laser damage since most seem to have damage after me. I jumped for laser when I heard it was the miracle cure. Now I know it isn't. To me it's a home wrecker. I'll be on pins & needles til May 1st. I'll post as soon as I can see my face again after the surgery & when it's healing to let you know if I think the Blue Obagi peel or fat transfers work because I have it all. I know I shouldn't be so vain but going from a pretty clear face to a multitude of scars & dents in the blink of an eye is devastating. I really feel for anyone who had an accident & damaged their face. It's a life no one deserves. I wish people were more acceptable of people with damaged skin, all I look at are peoples cheeks on tv & in person. I can't even get dressed without thinking this or that style shows my scars more. I've been living in dress pj's. Nothing is ever on TV for damaged laser skin ever! I even wrote to The Doctors, the lady got back & said that when they do a show on it she'll call me. That was years ago. I wrote Dr Phil for help w/ damage from laser or any other procedure, I also asked about make up they use because some people who have bad skin in the clips come on the show & they look better so I asked about make up & how to cope with damage, I never heard back. I even wrote his wife. I'll be reading these boards til the last day before surgery. I'm also know to back out at the last minute if I read too many horror stories. So keep me in your prayers & I will continue praying for us all.

You are in my prayers.

My doctor who did the fat transfer and lift is Dr Brandow around City Line. He is wonderful. So sweet & caring & if you tell him you would like something fixed he does it without making you feel like he doesn't see what your seeing like a lot of other doctors. I am so glad I chose him to do the lift & fat transfer & he put juve in spots that still needed to be filled. Always nice & he always cares about you & not just making money. I can't say enough about him. I've been to so many & I'm sticking with him. Thank you Dr Brandow !

Welcome Back Sats!! Glad you are seeing some improvements. 

Well the lift and fat transfer turned into a night mare. Had to have 3 revisions on my lift, scars showed a lot on my temples between my eyebrows and hairline. Still shows on my hair line. And his nurse made a few more scars trying to take away the redness on my cheek, she used ipl and made dents. So disgusted and hated having to go back for revisions like it was my fault. I really thought more of him then what i got. The fat went away in one spot and is growing in another.

Yes, it is. I will find some photos of the rest of my face to post.