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Sciton Halo - Chagrin Falls, OH
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1 month post
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$1,800
According to my dr., she did a very aggressive treatment at 40%. I would never do HALO again. It created new PIH and It didn't do anything for redness. The tried to calm my face with a BBL last week but I am still super upset.
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I am 44 years old and I struggle with redness,...
I am 44 years old and I struggle with redness, melasma including post inflammatory hyper pigmentation. I have tried Fraxel, Pearl, Medlight, and QMax. I feel that no treatment and/or product had significantly restored my skin to the even tone I desire. I went to a Medi-spa on Tuesday with redness and melasma concerns. I booked Halo. It sounded great because of "no downtime". I was "numbed" and then lasered. I have a crazy high pain threshold and the Halo was beyond anything I have experienced in terms of pain. The rollerball hand piece glided easily across my face till it reached 40% but the pain of the heat was beyond anything. After the procedure, I sat for 1/2 hour with the cool air blower. It barely lessened the pain of the heat. I can only assume this is what a 3rd degree burn feels like. My drive home was was the longest ever. I was told the pain would last one hour but it wasn't until 3.5 hours later that the pain stopped. I figured all was good until I woke up and my face was very swollen, red and scaly. I guess since all the buzz on Halo says you have no downtime, I was totally freaked out. 15 hours later and I have no pain but still look like Cat Mom. I called the office and they told me to take 5 mg of prednisone for 4 days without tapering off. I bought a 2 package of Halo and cannot imagine going through this again. I hope my skin will look amazing and all pain will be forgotten.
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EG
August 9, 2015
Welcome to the community, I am really glad that you joined us and decided to document your Halo experience here on RealSelf. Sounds painful, I thought you may find this helpful: Swollen After the new Halo Laser Treatment
Do you have a before photo that you can share with us as well? Keep us posted on your progress.
D
August 24, 2015
Hello,
Thanks for your comments. I'm considering getting the Halo for my practice.
How's your skin looking now?
I would appreciate an update :)
Thanks for your comments. I'm considering getting the Halo for my practice.
How's your skin looking now?
I would appreciate an update :)
B
January 12, 2016
I had halo on my face and chest. I was warm and no problems at all.
I was like a sunburn. My skin is olive color and I wanted on my chest to remove brown spots so about a week later I started buying obagi and going through the 5 steps that's when after one month most the spots are gone. I think Obagi is great. I just wanted to get
a deep tx. on my face, I have no problems on the face. I quess it was
OK but I could have saved the money and just used Obagi. It is great stuff. The PS is one of the best. Dr. Reddy and I did look pink for about one month, but I didn't even hurt. I have a low pain tolerance,
but this time I was alright. I think each person is so different than the next. In my opinion the other lasers sound a lot stronger when I see the broken skin than the halo. I hope all of you get great results
I really can't say if it did much for me. But I wouldn't do it again and the surgeon advice was I needed two time for my declophage. One was enough to see little to no help. Best of luck to all of you.
I was like a sunburn. My skin is olive color and I wanted on my chest to remove brown spots so about a week later I started buying obagi and going through the 5 steps that's when after one month most the spots are gone. I think Obagi is great. I just wanted to get
a deep tx. on my face, I have no problems on the face. I quess it was
OK but I could have saved the money and just used Obagi. It is great stuff. The PS is one of the best. Dr. Reddy and I did look pink for about one month, but I didn't even hurt. I have a low pain tolerance,
but this time I was alright. I think each person is so different than the next. In my opinion the other lasers sound a lot stronger when I see the broken skin than the halo. I hope all of you get great results
I really can't say if it did much for me. But I wouldn't do it again and the surgeon advice was I needed two time for my declophage. One was enough to see little to no help. Best of luck to all of you.
M
B
September 3, 2015
My doctor recommended Halo laser for my melasma. I had other laser before and it made it worst so I'm quite skeptical about the result. Please keep us posted if you are happy with it. Thanks!
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