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Fraxel Laser Acne Treatment Reviews
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my name is secret from location is secret
September 28, 2009
| Pros | clearer skin,more glow, even skin tone, less acne. scars lesser. i feel more beautiful now! |
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| Cons | downtime of more than 7 days |
| Bottom line | definitely worth it! but be sure to do more than 2 treatments for more visible results and have a friend standby while the doctor does the fraxel passes so your friend can point to the doctor more acne scars to get your money's worth. day 1-2: - redness day 3 - redness turns brownish day 4-9 - peeling |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $200.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
Kim from Chicago
September 8, 2009
| Pros | The emotional anticipation of a beautiful face |
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| Cons | Pain of treatment, down time, cleansing routine, cost, hyperpigmentation, still have scars! |
| Bottom line | I love my doctor, but the Fraxel Repair was not for me. It was the first one in the Midwest, and I thought what the heck; I've tried everything else. I got greedy and had my eyes and neck done too. Big mistake. My eyes look worse with wrinkels, and scars under my eyes and I still have a demarcation line on my nexk after a year an a half. This was a one time shot, and the pain was enourmous. I have severe acne scars, and most are still there and now I'm dealing with hyperpigmentation too. The down time was close to two weeks washing with water and vinegar every 2 hours. The swelling lasted a couple of months. If your thinking about the Fraxel laser I would start with one of the other 2 lasers as the Repair did more damage to me than help. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $6,000.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Anonymous from los angeles, ca
September 3, 2009
| Pros | none |
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| Cons | > 6 months of social downtime. |
| Bottom line | Fraxel repair on full face in mid Jan for scars on cheeks. Still have demarcation lines, hyperpigmentation, sensitive skin, & stubborn whiteheads. Only see about 20% improvement on scars. Still spending more money to correct hyperpigmentation with bleaching creams, tretinoin, peels at salons, etc. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $3,000.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
Cindy from Florida
August 31, 2009
| Pros | Had the procedure three days ago - performed by a plastic surgeon which was important to me. Can only list cons right now. |
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| Cons | Wow - my face is so broken out I can hardly believe it. |
| Bottom line | Every blackhead I have seems to have opened into a pustule type pimple. Still - I think that is good because it is clearing out deep blackheads that I have never been able to get rid of. Still - I had the procedure Friday and planned to be back in the office today (Monday) but these pimples just keep appearing. The redness is pretty bad too but I can minimize pretty well with mineral makeup. My face was extremely swollen the day after but has improved daily - cheeks still a little chipmunky today but probably not noticeable to anyone but me. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $775.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Dawn from Omaha, NE
August 30, 2009
| Pros | After my third treatment I really have started to notice the difference in my acne scarring. It has gotten noticably better. My face is still swollen from my most recent treatment and I can't wait to see the results this time. |
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| Cons | It is very expensive. I am on my 5th treatment now. The first 4 did not hurt but now that my Dr. has increased to a higher setting it was a bit painful and stung for a few hours afterwards. Still totally worth the results, the pros outweigh any cons. |
| Bottom line | This really works. Even though most websites talk of treatments lasting only for 6 or 7 times, my doctor has advised me I can get it done as many times as I would like. The only bad part is that it is so expensive. $900 each treatment. But I would pay whatever it costed to have the results I am seeing. Make sure your doctor is using a high enough setting if you are using fraxel for acne scars to get the best results. My doctor used the 3rd highest setting at my last treatment. It's only a days worth of discomfort, for a lifetime worth of results. I am very thankful I found out about Fraxel. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $900.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Danica from Manila, Phillippines
August 27, 2009
| Pros | a bit resurfaced the skin, scarring is not as deep as before. pain is tolerable, as if you are just dumped in a pail full of friendly ants. |
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| Cons | very expensive, seeing your face swollen like that makes you anxious that it wouldn't come back to normal but after 4 days, it did came back to its original shape. |
| Bottom line | My Dr. said my scars are too deep, I could clearly see the twilight of the laser even my eyes were shut. I was thinking of an injured face after the treatment because I cannot believe a hightech laser is brushing my sensitive skin. My Dr. is talking to me while doing the treatment but I kept my mouth shut, couldn't afford to mumble a word, worried that the laser might accidentally slipped on my lips or my eyes so I just hmmm'd at what she's talking about. After the numerous passing, the Dr flashed a mirror right onto my face and commented "umangat sya oh"... and to my relief, it really did. Today is my 5th day after my 1st treatment and I haven't went outside to get a sunlight but still I am satisfied. It was a surprise to me reading here that the collagen will continue to rebuild 6 months after the treatment. My Dr didn't told me about that. Can anybody explain it briefly to me? Please send your ideas about that through my e-mail, lagreta168@[link removed] THANK YOU VERY MUCH |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $400.00 |
| Acne severity | severe |
carolinagirl965 from Tarboro, NC
August 26, 2009
| Pros | NA |
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| Cons | NA |
| Bottom line | No one is mentioning what type of Fraxel they had. There are 3 different types of laser, Re:Fine, Re:Store, and Re:Pair...It would be helpful if we knew which laser was used. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $1.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Christine Hoene from United States
August 8, 2009
| Pros | none |
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| Cons | the fraxel laser left me with hypo and hyper pigmenation and scars, it has been over a year. Please join the fraxels users facebook page [link removed] |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $4,000.00 |
| Acne severity | very light |
perfectionista from Vancouver, Canada
August 7, 2009
| Pros | Massive improvement in scarring, pigment, and breakouts. Self esteem is no longer non-existent. |
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| Cons | Very uncomfortable, Down time, Improvement does take time. |
| Bottom line | Fraxel was recommened to me by a friends dad, who works as a laser technician. Because he gives me a huge discount (1 and a half treatments for $500) and is someone I trust, I decided to try it out. I'll be honest, at first I felt robbed of $500. I kept thinking that I would see improvements within the first couple of months and I was let down; furthermore, I had noticed a lingering burn from the laser that resembled a BAD foundation line along my jawline; I decided that I wouldn't go forward with more treatments. Over the course of 6-8 months my skin MASSIVELY improved. The discoloration vanished with time, my icepick scars softened, and my breakouts substantially decreased. It's been a year and a half since my treatment, and I have reached a plateau of improvement, I will be going back for another treatment. Do not go every 2 months, do not go every 5 months. Wait it out for as long as you possibly can, because this method will be saving me about $1,500. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $500.00 |
| Acne severity | severe |
Alexandra6 from Sarasota, FL
June 29, 2009
| Pros | Removed melasma (85% after the first treatment), smaller pores, plumped skin, more even skin tone, easily look 5 years younger. |
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| Cons | The pain while managable, is still very real! The downtime was way more than expected...easily 4 days. Very swollen for 2 days after I looked like balloon girl, followed by another 2 days of peeling, followed by another 2 or 3 days of acne. |
| Bottom line | Bottom line for ME is that it simply worked. I've been reading a lot of these reviews and felt I had to write one myself because the expression, "if somenone has a good experience they'll tell 2 people and if they have a bad one they'll tell 12" is probably true here. I was reluctant since it's not cheap and my busy schedule doesn't allow for a lot of downtime, but I am SO glad I did it. I also am a big fan of botox and fillers so have high expectation in terms of fast results and fraxel didn't dissapoint. My melasma (from 2 pregnancies) is almost completely gone, and I swear it has actually helped my moderate adult acne. My skin looks amazing. There is no doubt it has produced collegen since my face is more plump (now 4 weeks post treatment). I think I'll wait about 6 months and do another, the treatments are cumlative so they don't need to be done every month. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $900.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
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