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Advise on Excision Please

Sapphire I really hope the co2 does it I'm glad your dermabrasion made your face look so good that u only have to worry about the one scar I saw your picture on your gallery... You look great.. ...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

how do you measure the scar?Sapphire's 8mm is pretty deep and seems unrealistic... Yea the diameter not the depth

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

Hey here is a pic of someone else with scars around the same size as mine: Is fraxel the best choice? Yes I think so.. but your unless you have scars that is like more than 0.5 - 0.7 mm deep. B...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

To Holeyface: u mean the Dr Tay Yong Kwang said there will be a linear scar left after excision? can i know how big is your scar then? mine is about 4 mm... wat abt u? It depends on your scar type...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

do u mean changi general hospital? if not... can i know the address and which dermatalogist u went to? mine is Dr Tay Yong Kwang at Changi general hospital. Yea I went to him. He does excision. Di...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

hey... holeyface, can i know where are u doing excision? u are singaporean rite? the doc that i went said the excision part of my scar will still left a hole but not that pitted. urs said that it will...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

holelyface : when are you planning to excise your scars? I am thinking to do that as well.... actually i have already booked the derm. dunno whether i will freak out in the last minute Yea proba...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

This is a question for the guys getting fraxel done. How do you manage shaving pre and post fraxel?? Do you have to shave exactly right before the treatment? Aftershave? After the treatment do you ...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

my experience had been otherwise my excision - all 4 of them left with worse scars my scars were not bad to begin with and in attempt to perfect my skin i did 4 excsions and all of them made the sca...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

has anyone who has had fraxel had the bronze color post-procedure last more than a couple weeks to a month? My bronzing reappear when I apply alotsa BP which I always do. It turn quite pinkish aft...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

yeah ... fraxel should only cost $100-$200 per treatment .. dont pay so much money for this treatment .. coz it aint gonner bring your bucks worth of result .. just wait till they drop the pric...

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20 years ago
Advise on Excision Please

Wonder those who had done excision before.... is the fine lines obvious? And Does it fades aways over time? Does the laser resurfacing able to fade the fine lines well?

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

If so, then I'd probably do subcision before fraxel. Is there any reason why repeated fraxels would not eventually almost completely remove the scar? (assuming of course you have plenty of dough.. the...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

Has anyone noticed whether the fraxel laser has helped with small raised scar tissue? I think fraxel may not work as well for raised scars but can't be sure. Anyone can confirm this? I attached a...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

sugagal: I asked my derm about fraxel for different skin types for you and she told me it can be done on ALL skin types but the intensity might be different. It just takes more number of sessions to s...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

Good luck to you Annie! You're so pretty :D! I was hoping to start my Fraxel treatments soon .. but my acne came back so i'll have to wait a little while longer. Hi Kanmi and all those out there t...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

Howdy folks. Just a note, but Ive had smoothbeam, needling, hard micro, etc done on my nose scars. I also have had 4 fraxel treatments. My conclusion: this isnt a panacea, but it is pretty useful. ...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

Had my second treatment today. 3rd one is scheduled for 2/16. Man I hate to wait! Got some of the settings for this one and the last. First treatment: 12/250/8 passes 14/125/6passes Second treat...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

hi i have been reading these forums for the past few days and i have been researching procedures for acne scarring for the past 3 years because i have acne scarring from my teenage years and some from...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

would fraxel be usefull if i still have active acne - occasionally cystic. or do i need to be completely free from acne and only have scarring??? In any scar treatment you have to rid off of your ...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

I was under the impression that the fraxel made skin peel really fast smoothing it out over the course of a few months doing it every 2 weeks or so. I would think that this would be permanant wouldnt...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

One thing I'm quite curious does anyone knows. How does remodling of the collogen helps to diminish the scars... Stimulating the collogen growth may work well with sun damage skin but in the case of ...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

God this sucks so much. I'm just sitting here, reading up about the rhytec portrait laser and I am also reading about Fraxel still as well. So, the results aren't permanent for Fraxel? So that means m...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

Have a question to ask. What kind of scar is Fraxel best at treating? Ice pick scar? Box Scar or Rolling scar?... WOuld like to hear the opinion of the people here.   And comparing Fraxel and CO2...

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20 years ago
fraxel laser

A week from today - it all begins. :dance: I got the 5 package deal. Next Wednesday, I get to have a Vibraderm facial and my pics taken. Then that Friday - "It's ON"! I took Friday and Monday off just...

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20 years ago