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54 Yo Female, Starlux 1540 Experience, Will Update Regularly - Tucson, AZ
UPDATED FROM lemay
5 months post
Oh, another fun model photo for an art project.
lemaySeptember 10, 2015
$400
I took some photos of me and my husband. Here is a few of them; nothing has been edited, not even cropped.
UPDATED FROM lemay
4 months post
Had my third Starlux 1540
lemayAugust 10, 2015
Continuing to enjoy the benefits. I am careful to take arnica for a few days before the procedure. I hold ice packs on my face as each area is prepped for the laser, and then immediately after the laser application, as she works on a different section. I am only able to tolerate three passes. I really do have to breathe and relax, it is easy to get cranked up with the feeling of hot needles poking and burning your flesh! But, ya just grit your teeth and get over it. The numbing agent helps HUGELY, i wouldnt do the treatment without it, it takes about 45 minutes for that to be applied, and become effective, then the TX itself is about 1/2 hour, maybe a little more. I had a large amount of swelling again this time, like I did the first time, but amazing NOT the second time. I think I should have been more diligent about keeping the ice on, all evening. But since the heat was out of the skin, I quit using the ice, and that wasnt smart. I blew up overnight with watery jowls again. Now you will think from reading this that I wouldnt do it again, nothing is further from the truth. I will show you a totally unretouched straight-out-of-the-camera selfie i took. You tell me if i look 54. I dont do anything but the laser (three times) and basic skin care with professional products.
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August 14, 2015
Wow you look amazing I'm doing the same treatment but for stretch marks . After how many sessions did you notice a difference ?
August 27, 2015
i noticed an improvement in the crowsfeet and brown spots immediately after the swelling went down and the redness subsided, after the first treatment. i will be having my 4th treatment next week. 3 weeks later we will take photos. i will then consider some botox for lip lines and perhaps filler for the nostril to lip lines, they are very pronounced. the doc office has offered to share those before and after photos with me taken with their special camera so there is not room for fudging with lights, etc. i will post those then.
September 9, 2015
Thank you for posting your experiences, as it will definitely mentally prepare anyone for pain and post trauma effects during the healing process. Would you please post more before and after photos and if you have photos of the before and after for all three treatments. I am considering doing this treatment and your infomation has been extremely helpful! Thank you!
September 10, 2015
well, thanks for your comment! i have been using a new soap, made from goats milk, and the lactic acid has irritated my skin, so my last starlux 1540 treatment has been delayed until sept 24. after THAT i will have photos taken. i have decided to have some fillers and lip botox done by my plastic surgeon instead of a dermatologist. its more of a matter of who i have the most experience with, rather than any negative connotation. i prefer an actual surgeon do the procedure, is all. BUT, i am getting the before and after photos from the dermatologist, and there is not much room for fudging with those lights, and i will keep a close eye, not to be taken in, by lighting or anything to make things look better than they really are. i have to say, no one has to tell me, and i dont care about anyone else's opinion, this procedure is the absolute thing for my crowsfeet. now, i have sagging jowls and loose skin and brown spots and any other number of things. so its not gonna solve your problem of "I am OLD". but, it does help, and it does make me feel a lil better, and it does allow me to take a photo now and then where I do feel that viable, and alive and vibrant. that photo was straight out of my camera: it is funny how much better i look, when i smile! but the last time i visited my plastic surgeon (i had to have reconstructive breast surgery and we know each other well) he DID give me a nice quote on face and neck lift. Ya know....you can spend a lot of money on this stuff. But, if you do not have the corresponding youthful and hopeful and energetic outlook, I just wouldnt recommend. I dont mean you are a hot mama at the bars in a miniskirt. I mean, if you think that a little work would help you to not feel so used, dilapidated, old, etc., well...but for every crowsfoot you fix, there is another jowl hanging...so you cannot get caught up in this. We are aging. And the question is...can this procedure age me more gracefully...do I have the jowls of someone who is 60, with the cheeks of someone 70, with the breasts of someone 30? so, i think the best thing to do is to strike a balance, of who YOU are and what is important to YOU. i mean, so i have no crowsfeet. but, i have jowls. so what the hell good does THAT do me? it is easy to get on the treadmill, and you need to find an all-over person that you can trust, who can recommend, even if THEIR office doesnt provide the service they think you should have. i am lucky i have a woman like this in Tucson, AZ, that I trust. If you want to go to her, PM me.
UPDATED FROM lemay
28 days post
Getting ready for round 2 with starlux 1540!
lemayMay 20, 2015
In spite of any reservations I have expressed, and the pain-in-the-a** reactions, I have such incredible results from last time that I am doing it again. I have a very faint waffle pattern on one brown spot on my cheek, but outside of this, the only other thing worth mentioning is that I have much reduction of wrinkles, fine lines and my skin tone is more even. I will be having another session in two days...more info then!
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July 11, 2015
Hey why updates?
July 13, 2015
I got sick and couldnt do it right away. But I did get two of them now, and I am still happy with the results. I purchases a package of 4, so will have another un july and august. the waffle pattern recedes almost completely after 6 weeks, i now know. the brown spots, receding, have to use my skin products every night as prescribed...you really gotta do all the follow up or the results wont last as long. the last time i went for the starlux, i was smarter about the swelling. i took arnica beforehand, 5 sublinguals every 2 hours. i brought along my own icepacks...and every moment from when the process started until hours later, i kept the little icepacks on my face and being replaced as they warmed up. this reduced the swelling by a large amount. I would have had no prob leaving the house 2 days later, it wouldnt have been ridiculously obvious to the point where people were staring, etc. the best thing about all of this is that my crowsfeet are pretty much gone. i would never have believed that any procedure would be this effective, i think you just gotta have realistic expectations, and do the homework and the followup, so that is why i like to post here.
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