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Your left cheek is defo not 20% more like 50% improvement, good progress.

1.5 years post 3x laser treatments. This is the before after shot. Going to be having subcision filler in the next month  to fill out the cheeks

I had that and had to take oral cortisone and ended my accutane course early

Depends.... Id say 3-4 months ish for your skin though.

"Scars that indicate past illness (e.g. chickenpox, acne, or surgery scars), and which therefore suggest a weaker immune system, may be viewed more negatively than other types of scarring." Did you ev...

Nice progress!

Another status update, the redness is fading fast and pigment is returning so the scars look more like normal skin.  This is 6 weeks after my final c02 procedure. The other pictures are fr...

On 03/10/2017 at 11:12 AM, Sam said: I had Co2 (had it done free on NHS),it did nothing to help the deep acne severe scarring that I have.Even if I had 10 Co2 treatments,I don't think it would ...

Not sure excision in an option for an area that large. Also as they are some serious scars that you would get from acne coblongata or fulminans. The pink and white texture you see means these aren't ...

This is my other cheek 0= no treatments. And the other is sad times which is what caused he scarring in the first place which was in February. So I've come a long way, but I'm still pretty unhappy wit...

You didn't take before and after photos even though you had 6 treatments?  

Does dr chu have any ipl lasers such as vbeam? My skin texture has been improving greatly the past few treatments I've had and I really have just vascular and rolling scars now, so I'm interested in s...

@mr.wantsgreatskin This forum has a grudge against c02, if you want you can look at my results so far with c02 and see maybe one positive experience. Seeing as you have done tca and subcision, and mic...

You shouldn't really apply hydro-cortisone cream on your face for redness as the risk/reward isn't worth it.

Not really it should have reduced a lot after 1 week, also it depends what you mean by redness. Is it visibly red like when people who have laser have defined squares on their face or just flushing?

This is really a question for your doctor. Also any ideas why laser is so expensive in the states? I've had laser done for 1/3 of that price in the uk.

From medical studies, actual scarring occurs in about 2-4% of people treated. Subjective appearance differs from people to people. Although I doubt you will need one treatment unless you have very mil...

looks good!

Depends what you want, what your budget is, and what type of scars you have. If money is no object you can just drop £8k in any decent Harley street clinic and have it all done there, eg laser, fat gr...

Would you mind stating if it was on the NHS or private?

What kind of fraxel are you looking at? Unless its fully ablative, don't bother. Lasers get alot of hate on this forum due to their price and peoples over expectations. Fraxel is not amazing for dee...

I had similar stuff on my face to what you had on your chest. However while the wounds were still open I had steroid ointment till they healed. I've had great results with fractional and v beam if you...

In most medical studies they have maybe 20-50 patients. They then have results usually using " no improvement, moderate, marked, and excellent. " They then list the results with for instance;50 patie...

Honestly I'm skeptical of all of these threads, people may read these anecdotal "horror stories" and then not try treatments could be very effective for them. IPL is the gentlest of lasers as it ca...

It's not going to fade if you pick at it.....