Pixel Skin Resurfacing

Hello. It's been 3 weeks since my procedure. My skin is fully healed, and has been for some time.

I would say that all of the things I wanted to address with the Pixel were all improved--somewhat. The acne scars on my chin are smoother, the enlarged pores on my nose are smaller, and my fine lines are finer. Did they disappear? Not by a long shot. But they are all better. I can see why several treatments are recommended.

I am going to follow the advice of my aesthetician and do a chemical peel in the next few weeks. I don't have the $$$ for more Pixel, but I want to take advantage of the partial results I did see from the treatment. I am going to do an at-home TCA peel from Makeup Artist's Choice, at 15%. I think that I will do spot treatments so I don't have as much down time. I'm so sensitive to sun and products that my friends/coworkers are used to seeing me with a red or flaky patch on my face!

All in all I would say that is was worth it.

Hello again.

It is now Thursday morning. I have finished peeling: I was almost completely done peeling by Wednesday morning, I'd say. Most of the loose skin came off in the show.

My skin is still a bit pink, but I've always struggled with redness so I'm probably the only person who notices that I am a bit pinker than usual. My skin is very soft and smooth, and has a "glow" to it. My mother, who has naturally great skin and has always fussed over my acne and redness, saw me this morning and noticed a difference.

My acne scars, pore size, and fine lines are all slightly improved. It is my understanding that these should continue to improve a bit over the next few weeks as my collagen rebuilds. I hope this is true, as with the cost of the Pixel I feel like my current results could have been gotten with a much less expensive chemical peel.

The aesthetician told me that while a 2nd pixel treatment is recommended, she has seen great results on my skin type with one pixel treatment and a followup medium-depth chemical peel 6-8 weeks later. I may do that, just depending.

I'll update my "worth it" in a while, after I see what the next few weeks bring.

Hi, it is Tuesday morning now. I am shedding like mad. Let me see if I can remember my timeline...

My treatment was at noon on Friday. My face felt raw and hot for the rest of the day. It hurt, but not horribly. I was worried I would be unable to sleep, but I took a benadryl and was fine.

Saturday morning: most of the pain was gone. My face kind of shiny and hard, like I had coated it in Elmers glue and let it dry, but with the checkerboard pixel pattern. It was no longer sensitive to the touch when I applied cream, but it was tight. I put a lot of cream on every few hours to help ease the tightness.

Sunday: I started to see the beginning of peeling, right at the 48 hour mark. Not much, but the Elmer's glue was beginning to crack...no pain, no itching.

Monday: lots and lots of peeling, starting in my "problem areas" where I had had several passes. A little itchy, but I drank lots of water and took a benadryl at night. The peeling skin is coming off in small bits, not big sheets.

Tuesday: still peeling. The skin underneath is very pink. I think I scratched in my sleep and have a few tiny spots that look a bit raw, so I put some Neosporin on those areas to ward off infection. Kinda getting sick of all the skin flaking off on everything I do!