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Anonymous from Seattle,WA
September 1, 2008
| Pros | Can't think of any at the moment |
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| Cons | Pain, expensive, itching, discoloration, sensitive skin, and swelling. |
| Bottom line | I have had moderate acne throughout my late teens which has left me with scaring now in my 30's. I have always wanted to improve my scars. When I heard about fraxel I was excited there was room for improvement. I have had my first treatment about 3 weeks ago. The first 3 days I had swollen up severely and had the appearance of extremely bad sunburn. It has now been 3 weeks later; I haven't noticed any improvements to my skin. I feel my skin is now more sensitive than ever. I seem to have a pinkish tone rather than an olive tone, which is my natural color. I was out in the sun yesterday for only about 4 hours and now have moderate sunburn. I had never been this sensitive in the sun before. I'm also feeling very dry and itchy all the time. I hope this one treatment has not damage my skin long-term. With all the discomfort and expenses I would not recommend this treatment. Please consider this posting before going through with the treatment; I would hate to see someone share the regret. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $1,000.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
tang12345678 from st. louis
August 26, 2008
| Pros | none |
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| Cons | Fraxel has left me with scars, hypo pigmentation and very rough skin. BE CAREFUL. If you would like to see the pictures email me at christine.hoene@[link removed]. It has been four months. |
| Bottom line | Fraxel has left me with scars, hypo pigmentation and very rough skin. BE CAREFUL. If you would like to see the pictures email me at christine.hoene@[link removed]. It has been four months. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $3,000.00 |
| Acne severity | very light |
Ruined by Fraxel from Atlanta, GA
August 18, 2008
| Pros | Some pros - smaller pores, rolling scars appear less deep (but in no means are gone) |
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| Cons | Please do not believe that this laser is risk free! I had my last one (out of 4) done six months ago. Desperately trying to help cystic acne scars on chin. Dr used a deep setting for those and a lesser setting for the rest of my face (more) |
| Bottom line | to eliminate some traces of hyperpigmentation (melasma). Now, I have a reddish brown mask that is not fading. What's worse is it's not even uniform. Along with the mask are white, blotchy patches. Below my eyes there is now a not-so uniform depressed, u shaped brown line where he started the laser with each pass. Bottom line -- Fraxel II completely ruined the pigment of my face and now I'm forever doomed to wear heavy concealer from the moment I wake up in the morning...ALWAYS. The subtle improvement in acne scarring was absolutely not worth a permanent mask. Nothing is. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $3,900.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
curry from nebraska
August 12, 2008
| Pros | after 1 treatment i have improved melasma, smaller pores, overall improved skin tone. a good dr is a must. stay in close touch with any problems. |
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| Cons | subjective. it wasn't that painful, i've had worse. i had 1 day down and went to work, peeling, swelling and all. i didn't die. acne can be treated if needed. |
| Bottom line | after 20 years of suffering from melasma and acne scars, i have been thru the gambet of treatments. peels, dermabrasions, ipl, creams, pastes, arrogant drs by the score. one even told me to learn how to wear makeup. you have to have "realisitic" expectations. you can't expect perfection, there is no such thing. as to down time, i had alot of swelling and redness, peeling. very little break out. i work out in the public, my face gets looked at and reacted to all the time. i'm use to being started at:( though i hate it, there it is. there was no hiding the swelling and peeling, laugh, get over it, i'm doing this for me, screw the public and their opinions. when they ask about my sun burn, i tell them the truth. BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE. that is how i deal with my scarred face. that has also scarred my soul for so many years. there is no perfection, only improvment. 2 treatments to go, after which any acne scarring left, will be filled. dr recommended obagi along with fraxel.very effecti |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $3,056.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Glowing from Sydney, Australia
August 8, 2008
| Pros | Skin looks and feels great after 1 treatment. |
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| Cons | Not cheap. Minor break out. |
| Bottom line | Had my first treatment 7 days ago and cannot believe the improvement. Skin is smooth, pores minimised and definitely improvement on shallow boxcar scars. Expected much more down time, was red for 2 days with peeling for about 2 days and broke out a little but cleared up super fast and completely worth it for the immediate results. Did not find the experience painful at all (used numbing cream for 1.5 hours before). My suggestion is find a reputable dermatologist and you can't go wrong. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $1,200.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
jane from santa ana,ca
August 6, 2008
| Pros | Worked very well... the face lift was a bonus. I got malasia at pre menopause. only had time for one session before moving out of state.. it worked great!!! It is now 3 years later and more malasia has come out. I will have Dr Ramero do it again! |
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| Cons | hurst like hell!!! BUT... one hou of pain has gotten me many, many compliments for 3 years! |
| Bottom line | Make sure your doctor has taken top notch classes. My Dr took classes from the inventors... went to a lot of trouble to learn from the best. It paid off! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $600.00 |
| Acne severity | very light |
JP from Calgary, Canada
July 27, 2008
| Pros | reduced some shallow scars along Jaw line |
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| Cons | did nothing for deeper scars on cheeks, infection on cheek, ocular rosacea and now rosacea (did not know about disease until tx) |
| Bottom line | waste of money, serious long term side effects |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $2,000.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
CC from Los Angeles, Ca
July 27, 2008
| Pros | None--or so thought --hoped for some improvement |
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| Cons | 4 Treatments-had every possible skin problem-none of which were serious or believed to be impossible to treat but together my face looked awful-at time before Fraxel- any improvement on any level would have been great |
| Bottom line | Wasted money --went thru everything everyone else did but didn't complain just awaited the outcome--was nothing weeks per month lost and tons of money and not even the shallowist brown sun spot was even lightened at all not to name all the other problems remained exactly unchanged-I think people are imagining their results or thinking their swelling is their improvement-thus you never see them post 4 weeks later to tell you their wrinkles really did not go away and this was the ideal that the swelling and redness faded their problem for a few weeks only to learn everything returned--am I right? |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $4,800.00 |
| Acne severity | very light |
erica from orlando, fl
July 25, 2008
| Pros | none |
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| Cons | extremely painful even with numbing cream, red face for 2 weeks, caused acne breakout, blistered, it has been a year and it never changed a thing |
| Bottom line | Expensive....4 treatments (by a dermatologist) times $400 = $1,600, painful and didn't work a bit. |
| Recommended | No |
Worth It from Seal Beach, CA
July 21, 2008
| Pros | I have had 4 treatments, each 30 days apart. I have waited 20 yrs for technology to advance to this stage of minimally invasive skin repair. It has taken away most of my forming wrinkles and greatly improved my skin quality and cleared up my acne. |
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| Cons | Intensity of final treatment definitely caused a longer,more painful recovery. Burning and stinging skin to the point of almost unbearable because its non-stop and any applied creams hurt, except Aquaphor and olive oil. Worth the pain? YES! |
| Bottom line | I was born with beautiful, translucent, fair skin and being a Calif. girl, it was almost impossible to keep out of the sun, resulting in severe sun damage and topped with horrible acne as a teen. 20 yrs ago, I visited a top doc who told me to wait for less invasive technology to become available. A big thank you to that dr. Fraxel IS that technology and nothing comes without a price. Compared to other options for laser skin rejuvination, Fraxel has the least amount of after care issues with the best results. My advice is to be smart and go to the best DOCTOR possible. A Dermatologist preferred. I went to the best and it shows on my face. You get what you pay for, so do your research thoroughly...no technicians, just use a board certified dr that has performed many Fraxels. Most of all, stay out of the sun afterwards. Now, I go to the beach in winter and take walks at night. I'm almost 50 years old and Fraxel has made me look all of 30. It's a fantastic option to repair the skin |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $6,000.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
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