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Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

On 10/19/2018 at 1:59 PM, 1Orangedog said: I second BA. Each treatment I had by Dr Lim was charged $200 due to the medicare rebate. It is so worth it and he has a passion for acne scar treati...

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6 years ago
Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

thanks, @beautifulambition, for taking the time to advise! The doctor will be doing the subcision, and have her nurse do the Picocare 450 (not Picosure) treatment. According to the nurse, they have...

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6 years ago
Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

@beautifulambition I have checked that my doctor (new one, as I moved interstate recently) (or perhaps her nurse), will be using Picocare 450. One of my thoughts has been that I have to use CO2, as ...

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6 years ago
Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

Hi, @beautifulambition, I managed to find a doctor who has access to several devices and makes me feel comfortable. Her recommended plan for me is: - Fractionated CO2 laser, and/or - Pico laser with s...

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6 years ago
Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

@ChildhoodDreams I’m not trying to stop the natural ageing process. My skin, already scarred, is exacerbated with wrinkles, and I look much older than my age. Also my enlarged pores, scars and wrinkl...

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6 years ago
Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

@beautifulambition, thanks for your quick response. It was very late in Australia by then, so I could only reply now. I've embarked on a search for cannula subcision in Melbourne. Regarding your sugge...

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6 years ago
Ugly all my life - and getting uglier with age with wrinkles and scars now (labelled pics attached)

For the first time in my life, I feel slightly more financially stable, and want to do more for my scars. My bucketlist wish is to die with somewhat smooth skin, like the 'afters' in the gallery here....

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6 years ago
Don't do TCA peel on pimples with pus

@Dan34 - I tried suction for a month before the contraption spoilt, couldn't see much of an improvement. An IPL+RF treatment 'removed' the hyperpigmentation and my face was amazingly even-toned--for a...

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8 years ago
Don't do TCA peel on pimples with pus

I don't have to circle it eh (see end of post). It's right there screaming for attention. " I'm willing to be that the reason it sunk was because you poked it. " - I've poked similar-sized cysts befor...

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8 years ago
Don't do TCA peel on pimples with pus

I did a TCA peel 12.5% (applied one layer, removed after 5 mins) on my face 3 days ago, including on one cyst that had been there for 2-3 weeks. Don't do it. (To rant: The cyst came to a head right af...

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8 years ago
Girls with severe scarring, do you feel scared of being cheated on? (pics included)

I'm 34 and left with horrible scars after acne into adulthood. Even just this year, I've had a few more new scars. I'm about to marry my boyfriend of two years, who is also 10 years younger than me. T...

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9 years ago