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Honestly, he sounds like a good doctor and seems to have a good plan of action. I would personally ask for a fractional co2 rather than the old school co2 though. The old school co2 does have better ...

The skin on the left side and forehead seems fine based on the pics (just large pores). The *best* thing for that is actually retin - a, but use it properly or even start with a milder version (differ...

Yup it should help and in general worth a try before considering any other stuff (even if for the active acne alone). But just keep in mind it may take a while to work and may be a bit worse at first.

wouldn't peels make them less noticeable as well? Most of the peels that aren't likely to cause complications won't work well imo and the ones that can create results carry a ton of risks ie phenol ...

I would eat a clean diet and if you're worried about breakouts ask for antibiotics for a few days. You can also ask if you can use a lighter lotion/special lotion that will be less likely to prevent b...

You look like you have a mix of ice pick + smaller boxcars + big pores. Sadly this type of scarring is the most difficult to treat - but minus a few, they seem fairly shallow/small. You're most likel...

As you can see after 1 month 45% of people weren't happy with their treatment, but after 6 months it was only 15%. I think you're talking about laser trackmarks? They kind of look like "pores" wheree...

From what i've read - dermabrasion usually gave slightly better results - depending on how deep they went, but it had a huge amount of risk. Supposedly recell reduces a large amount of that risk, but ...

From what I understand (based on reading stuff on lasers) some of the surrounding tissue needs to be ablated as well, for two reasons. 1. In order to make sure there isn't a huge difference in color b...

I personally think doing fractional co2 + activefx/restore + subcision of the deeper scars (all in one treatment) is a good way to go. Repeat 2-3X and it should give decent results. Of course things l...

Those pictures don't look 100% accurate (different positions and lighting), but results like that are attainable via lasers (70% total improvement) - after multiple treatments, with different treatmen...

You have normal/large pores combined with some small boxcar/icepick scarring. Retin-A Fractional CO2 Skin Needling (dermarolling/dermastamping) Excisions/Subcision Are your possible options. Persona...

happy healing mate i hope you get a good result, I saw the before pics and have similar type of scarring myself, can i be nosey and ask how much it cost? They usually cost around $1000-$3000 for the...

Good luck, hope it works out for you - keep us updated. Do you know what settings were used on the co2 laser?

Not sure which setting they used but probably around 15-20ish per cheek.

Ya even though in theory it's supposed to get better (since you have HA pluming up your scars) and then worse once it goes away after a few weeks (and then slowly better in a few months), I found it h...

For me personally - it got worse/the same for a week or two after the treatment but slowly got better. If I had to guess it helped ~10% each time (20% total) - while not significant, it was what I exp...

Someone posted this in another thread in regards to suction pumps - thought I would repost:

Retin a helps speed up cell turnover, meaning it helps the outer layers of your skin shed/grow faster. So in theory it should. There are lots of other options as well though.

I would try a retinoid. However, if you're worried about it - you can ask for a less powerful one ie differin and then switch to retin a after using differin for a bit.

here is what doctor on realself has to say about my scarrs, im thinking about doing it....From what I can tell in the picture, it appears you still have a good amount of active acne as well as discolo...

You would be willing to go through surgery for that? Not sure if you're serious? Try retin-a - should hopefully help.

Quite a few people on here have had issues with him + read his ratemds profile () . There are much better dermatologists/plastic surgeons in Toronto available IMHO.

I'm actually getting a few sessions of airgent as well - had 2 so far (at the same place theoneandonly is getting it at), was just waiting for all the sessions to be completed before posting. guygerm...

  oh my god, so no results. I mean it's not even worth it for 10 percent results if you have scars like I do, which are actually deeper than yours. Thank you for posting your honest results and d...