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Hi Bill,   Thanks for the reply and I hope that you get good results after your treatment #3. I asked about max. setting after reading Blaster's post that his next spot treatment would be 35 mj. ...

  Just out of curiosity....does anyone know what is the maximum limit on the energy level of Fraxel and how much depth that corresponds to ? Fraxel literature says it can go as deep as 700 micron...

Would someone ask their doctor how they sterilize the fraxel laser head? I was shocked when I asked this of my laser hair removal tech. All they did was wipe it off! I found this quote on the rel...

  What butterflies says is correct. In dermal grafts, skin behind the ear is abraded till the dermis and everything including collagen is grafted into the scars. Isolagen is one step ahead of thi...

One week. I have been giving it a lot of thought and I'm reluctant to spend $4500 more dollars this year on something that I'm not even sure will help my scarring all that much. (Where I go, it's $9...

I agree with Cameron in that, the progress is expected to be gradual and would continue upto 6 months. Different people say different time. Fraxel website at one place says several months (??) and at ...

My esthetician (I know I'm spelling that wrong, LOL) explained the difference between the 125 and 250 (pixels?) and that made sense to me. More dots or holes in the 250 than the 125 and it requires l...

Faye,   Even I used to wonder about downtime. My downtime and healing curve is quite similar to yours. Am very swollen for 3 days ( even at low settings of 8,10,12 I did experience same swelling ...

Guys just wondering, does FRAXEL break down scar tissue as needling would? If this is the case, I guess it would be permenant which wud b GREAT :dance: . But if not what is the theory behind improvem...

Coolbreeze, what if they go over the same areas? I mean how do we know the second time the 'holes' will be in the new virgin areas? There are two possibilities : Fraxel machine correlates between...

  This is how I envisage Fraxel treatment.   Instead of a solid laser beam that is used in traditional laser resurfacing ( like CO2), Fraxel uses "perforated" beam and leaves areas of skin i...

  After reading Sean's post, I thought some more about it. Yes, 7857 micron area seems big but it is not "linear" area of ~ 7 mm. Being area of the circle, 7857 is distributed equally around the ...

I thought passes refered to the doctor going over the same exact spot (usually the worse scarred parts) with the laser. From what you're saying "passes" are really "scans" which go over the same spo...

In reference to the coverage area of the MTZs referenced in the above post, there are some math errors... "There are 1000 microns to a millimeter; ten millimeters to a centimeter. That means that a l...

This doesn't make sense. The only thing the machine stores is whether it's spitting out 150 or 250 density. It's up to the doctor to systematize his treatments so that he staggers his starting points...

While reading posts, I always have the feeling that the term "passes" is used differently by different people. So, just to be on the same page, this what is my understanding and terminology I use : w...

  Sometime back, I discussed with my doctor regarding density, coverage and its relation with no. of passes. This is what I understood : Fraxel machine stores the grid or co-ordinates of the trag...

A couple of questions- For those of you who have experienced more visible pores as a result of the Fraxel, I was wondering if it could be a direct result of the pin prick size thermal zones or columns...

I have my 2nd fraxel coming up. Today I noticed that my skin was more blotchy and uneven, and appears very oily. I also think I see more breakouts, and I think my skin doesnt look as good. I dont k...

Is it normal for MDs to charge a couple hundred dollars just for a Fraxel consultation? For consults I called two doctor's offices. Geronemus in NYC wants $350 for the consult and Goldberg in NJ want...

  I am currently taking treatment with Dr. Morganroth ( MountainView ) but probably that might be too far for you. Being located in South Bay, I never consulted with any drs. from SF. I have hear...

My acne has never been under control since I was 10 years old -- with the exception of the three months following my accutane treatment a couple years ago. I was done end of December 2003 and by May ...

Thank you for posting a positive comment, i was starting to feel like all anyone had to say was negative, but i definately have to agree with you. People judge their improvement sometimes not correctl...

Hi Coolbreeze I know you have held several Fraxels and other procedures. Would you mind rating/ranking them, as best you can? If too early to assess Fraxel, just say so. Thanks for this or any oth...

  Hi Madadam,   I understand your frustration especially when price per treatment is not so trivial. Fraxel being "Fractional resurfacing" targets only 15-17 % of the area at a time. It lay...