Hey guys,
Just curious if anyone here has visited Dr. Persky in L.A, and if so, what are your impressions?
I personally visited him a few weeks ago for acne scarring. I have mild to medium scarring on both cheeks and forhead. I believe Dr. Persky has both Fraxel Re:Pair and Re:Store. He recommends the Fraxel Re:Pair for scarring, until I mentioned a possibility of subcision and re:pair combo. He said the Re:Pair is effective without the subcision, but from the before and after pics I saw, which was a good 10-20 clients, I didn't see significant improvement. One lady was on her 3rd or 5th Re:pair and she only really had mild scarring in my opinion. Most of the clients still had a little bit of red in their skin months after the procedure, which is ok for me. I'm a bit afraid of the laser, so I asked him if he would do only subcision. He said he doesn't do subcision only and also mentioned I would be hard pressed to find a plastic surgeon who would do only subcision. He did , however, agree to do a small sample of my skin for re:pair to see how my skin would react. I might take him up on that offer just too see if its effective. If it is, I would probably head on to London to see Dr. Khan for the re:pair, subcision, recell combo. I just didn't feel the laser by itself was effective enough for the hassle, but i did see some improvement from the before and after pics. If you're going to be red for awhile, might as well go through something with more improvement. I also mentioned Recell to Dr. Persky and he's actually never heard of it. I find that weird as I thought Recell was well known, ust not approved in the states as of yet.
anyhow.. anyone know of a good subcision doctor in L.A? Im 31 male, light asian skinned by the way.
Surprisingly and sadly, that might be true :/. I was very surprised that he didn't have a clue what recell was. But he did ask me if it was "spray on' and I replied, "yes, its spray on." From my research, he seems to be one of the top dermatoglist / plastic surgeons in Los Angeles if not America. But to be fair, Recell is known to be more of hyperpigmentation solution rather than a scar solution. He did also mention there was risk with hyperpgimentation when doing laser depending on skin type. I encourage those to do test sample areas first.
