Almost 7 months post TOTAL FRAXEL

I had a combination active and deep fraxel around my mouth, primarily to lesson appearance of a small scar at the corner of my mouth.Now it is one month after and part of my skin appears to have striations that are accentuated when I apply makeup. Although I've been told that I may not notice results for at least 4 months, this has been a very difficult time for me. In the past, I've been told by a noteworthy plastic surgeon that I had the skin of someone 20-30 years younger and people always stopped and asked me what I did to get such nice skin. I know that I have to be patient, but meanwhile I feel terrible.

I had the procedure by a competant and experienced board certified dermatologist and I follow all instructions. I essentially stay out of the sun completely, and if I go out at all, I wear an appropriate sun screen.

Now at 14 weeks after the total fraxel, I am beginning to see slight improvement in the damage that was done on my chin. I am using Neova DNA Total Repair, sun screens, and Retin-A which may be helping and avoiding sun as much as possible. In regards to the scar at the corner of my mouth ( for which I had the procedure ), I do not see too much improvement.
At this point I think I should not do too much more to the skin as it is very tender. I'll see how it progresses in the next couple months.Like many other people who have had this procedure, if I knew what I was getting into , I would never have done it.