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Ok i took some photos a couple of days ago because I have to send my camera off for repair, and dont know how long it will take. So here are photos 18 days post- Recell. Light from front (good) one side (average) and other side (bad) as per other photos.
The treated area is actually a pinker in real life, especially when i have just washed my face etc. But you can see its improved a lot even in such a short time.
Okay, GBL, quick suggestion: when you post your pics, I think you should always post side by side comparisons from before treatment and after treatment and frankly only with the "worst" lighting since the indentation is what we're really concerned about.
I did that on my own by going back to your first page and looking at your worse lighting before beside post treatment 18 days, and while YES, I certainly see that your scar is now quite pink, I don't see a ton of improvement from before. Of course the photos probably don't tell the whole story, and you can see much better for yourself in real life --so I may not have an accurate picture, but as far as the photos go, there is only a slight improvement in the scar --the edges seem less jagged, but there's still as deep an indentation(it seems). I stand by my previous assessment of a 15 percent improvement.
Now again, this is an experiment and I really, really hope and expect the filling up/healing process to continuously improve over the next several months. BUT I also think it's important that you hear an honest response. Those claiming the scar "looks much better" are exaggerating their reactions. It looks a "bit" better, NOT "MUCH" BETTER. ...yet. Hopefully it will look better soon, but you need an accurate assessment to help you gauge the treatment and if need be continue to find new solutions.
yep, see what i mean - from the front its GONE .......proof (in my case at least) that this treatment is definitely a fast cure for pigment and texture issues. Now its just when the light catches the indent but even thats continuing to improve.
im keen to see how it looks when the redness is fully gone as this higlights the dent at the moment
some days im positive about continuing the improvements but other days i crash and think that whatever I do, nothing will change it enough for me to wear my hair off my face 
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Okay, GBL, quick suggestion: when you post your pics, I think you should always post side by side comparisons from before treatment and after treatment and frankly only with the "worst" lighting since the indentation is what we're really concerned about.I did that on my own by going back to your first page and looking at your worse lighting before beside post treatment 18 days, and while YES, I certainly see that your scar is now quite pink, I don't see a ton of improvement from before. Of course the photos probably don't tell the whole story, and you can see much better for yourself in real life --so I may not have an accurate picture, but as far as the photos go, there is only a slight improvement in the scar --the edges seem less jagged, but there's still as deep an indentation(it seems). I stand by my previous assessment of a 15 percent improvement.
the indent is a lot shallower than it was. plus the indent is now the only issue, but it certainly wasnt the only issue prior to the treatment. It showed in every lighting angle before, make up couldnt cover the shiny texture, so i think you're being very negative and its not accurate to say i should only show the worst light. Im showing front and both side lights to show the ways its improved, which are REAL improvements in texture and pigment. How is that irrelevant??
I have been following this recell now for years, being from the usa we are looking at years before any doctor will use it, even after it is approved. Just last week it was approved by the FDA for experimental use for scars with 20 patients who will be evaluated. So this next phase will take years before FDA has completed its b/s study. Amazingly, It has been available in Canada for years, but not one doctor I have contacted has even heard of it. Shame on Canada lol. Not to mention Canadian doctors refuse to treat Americans.
GBL. I think your scar looks amazingly better. The color and texture has transformed over the past few weeks into what is becoming normal skin. If it continues like It seems to be i will be on a plane to the UK to get some recell for myself. Please keep posting pics. You are really helping alot of people with this info. To have that kind of transformation in only a few weeks is truly amazing!
Knew I would be right! Coming along nicely.... the redness will fade over the next 4-5 months and it looks as though the colour should go back to the same as before you ever had the scar.
You are at the peak point where you will be seeing collagen production now, so the level should fill in nicely over the next 1-2 months.
World of difference between the before and after photos. If you retain that improvement in scar depth and texture over the coming months you've got a nice result. How would you rate your healing ability in general prior to this procedure?
im not sure. i scar deeply when i scar, thats all i know, and i have a tendency to keloid scarring also. and i never got any improvements with creams, dermaroller, dermabrasion etc
Seeing the two pics one above the other is better than opening two windows(as I had done previously to compare the pics) and it does look a bit better than I had thought --so that's awesome --and if the indentation is continuing to improve further --then we have a lot of hope here.
If the surface texture is truly no longer an issue, I wonder if just a bit of some filler might work --either fat, or even something synthetic(e.g. radiesse or silicone or something). I'm not sceptical about your claim that the texture is 100 percent solved, but we won't know till the redness goes away and the pink is gone, then the skin will either be the same color as surrounding skin or return to the previous white.
That said, you're not wearing your hair up yet? Why not? I think you're being to hard on yourself in not doing that!
hey rez if i could guarantee to constantly be in a light-from-front situation i'd be baring my face to the world but i just cant . i'll have to see how it continues to improve. all i see is other people with smooth foreheads and it is the one area of the face that catched the light most of all!!
i agree we need the redness to go completely before colour can be assessed.
i'm thinking for future treatments, a year down the line, maybe even another go at Recell on it. I'm not sure the synthetic route will ever give a natural result. I have a burn/skin graft scar on my arm and am thinking i could get that done at the same time if i did recell again. I could have pushed to get them both done last time but it was so unknown i didnt want to do too much at once. Of course I'd have to take take the doctors view on it, but seeing as it seems to have 'lined' the indent and filled it in some, i dont see why another go at it wouldnt smooth it over almost completely.
What i DO wish, and hindsight' a bitch- i wish i'd had Recell that day the laser went too deep. Because then it would have lasered away the original surgial scar and healed scarless . But who was to know it would damage the skin when i'd had 11 laser treatments already! 
thanks guys. I saw dr Ahmed yesterday and he was really pleased. Especially with the way the indent is filling in - he said thats due to injecting the stemcells into the scar as well as the standard treatment of washing it over the surface. I have to say the scar is looking even better than last week so im quite excited right now.
GBL, we should all stop arguing about what "percentage" you have improved. Unless you can wear your hair up and not be self-conscious about your forehead, then this treatment has FAILED. Maybe with another treatment in a year, or maybe with more healing. I hope so but till then, I'm not impressed with Dr. Ahmed or the recell treatment at all.
Rez, Every second degree burn wound I got in my life took months to heal. This healing tissue looked red with the same skin surface texture that this treatment seems to look like. I was sure first time I got one it would leave a horrible scar. It didnt, in fact none of them did, and they took months to look like normal skin again- now you cant find them.
I see a marked improvement in regards to GBL's treatment, and we arent even a month in, it's not over yet. The healing cycle the modulation cycle- it's still in motion. Sit on your mouth and wait for the 6 month mark to come here. By then the real outcome will reveal itself, and honestly I believe a simple Laviv treatment will bring the treated area back to the undamaged skins surface when that 6 month milestone is crossed "IF" (with "IF" stressed here) IF that area is still indented at that time frame.
I dont like your approach. It is very heartless, very cold. That is a "human being" you are talking to. Whatever marks or scars you may be dealing with, don't take it out on others like this. Not cool!
GBL, The results so far have been great! Thanks again for all your post and hopefully more pictures. Good to see pictures from actual patients,not just company photos from Avita. For the first time in yeas I am actually excited about a possible treatment that woks for scars!!!
Rez, Every second degree burn wound I got in my life took months to heal. This healing tissue looked red with the same skin surface texture that this treatment seems to look like. I was sure first time I got one it would leave a horrible scar. It didnt, in fact none of them did, and they took months to look like normal skin again- now you cant find them.
I see a marked improvement in regards to GBL's treatment, and we arent even a month in, it's not over yet. The healing cycle the modulation cycle- it's still in motion. Sit on your mouth and wait for the 6 month mark to come here. By then the real outcome will reveal itself, and honestly I believe a simple Laviv treatment will bring the treated area back to the undamaged skins surface when that 6 month milestone is crossed "IF" (with "IF" stressed here) IF that area is still indented at that time frame.
I dont like your approach. It is very heartless, very cold. That is a "human being" you are talking to. Whatever marks or scars you may be dealing with, don't take it out on others like this. Not cool!
Yes, you're right 2001 I am being rather insensitive in the way I'm phrasing my comments and I apologize for that. It's not my intention to put anyone down. And others are totally right to say that I don't really know how long the healing takes and what the results will be a few months from now --the scar could indeed fill up and improve considerably. I will refrain from my somewhat negative assessment right now --I guess I'm just a bit of a pessimist! LOL GBL, let's put it this way, if you have indeed some really great improvement, then maybe in a few months if it's not perfect yet, you could have the treatment again and you'll be even better off. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope things work out. I did by the way read up on the LAVIV treatment and that sounds very promising as well --if any of you could direct us to some before and after pics of the LAVIV treatment that would be great. Good luck, god it'd be great if there really is a cure soon for this fucking horrible condition!!
Rez -Dont you think i dont know how bad the scar is? Im the worst critic of all! I'd need a miracle really, because if I'm honest even with a 99% improvement I'd be hung up on that 1%....
So Rez- I agree with you, talking percentages isnt worth much . It only counts if can show my face. But even now (and remember those photos were taken just EIGHTEEN DAYS after the procedure) I can see that this treatment has at worst paved the way for more treatments that would lead to that required result, and at best may reach that point with this treatment alone as it continues to heal and improve.
If the Recell gets it to a certain state where another type of treatment can 'cure' it, is the procedure still a failure? No. Every bit of improvement counts.
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For the rest of you- I'll keep updating the photos every few weeks.