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Accidentally Burnt My Face With Warm Compress. What To Do?

It looks like a standard pimple to me, not a blister.

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10 years ago
How Long To Wait Before Treating Scars?

You still have active acne, as you say in your post. I would guess that you need to have your acne under control before doing treatments which can really irritate your skin, and trigger a breakout. Go...

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10 years ago
Dermarolling And Dermastamping For Rolling Scars?

I see that some of you guys are recommending the Dermaroller and Dermastamp in order to treat rolling scars (pock marks). In order to elevate the skin back to "level" again (flat, in other words) the...

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10 years ago
Subcision And Filler For Small Boxcars

From what I have been reading, for Boxscars you would want to use TCA CROSS. Subcision is for rolling scars. I'm not trying to contradict your doctor. Just repeating information I have heard. Maybe su...

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10 years ago
A Warning About Dermarollers....

"PS Healthy food/ drink should be delicious just as much be nutritious !!!   PPS A few drops of copper peptides is also good..." Bad advice! Supplementing your diet with copper is totally unnece...

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10 years ago
Not Able To Use Quote Feature

Cannot use Quote function, or insert a link. Safari on a Mac, OSX.

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10 years ago
Scar Info From Dr. Rapaport

Anyway, it's made me wonder about peoples' comments here, when I see people say "Lasers don't work" (etc) I wonder if they were misled by their clinic about what lasers can achieve, or maybe weren't g...

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10 years ago
Got Subcision (Before / After Pics)

Great results!

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10 years ago
Shallow Acne Scar Help

Rolling scars have soft edges, like a very shallow dip. It's a gradual depression. Box scars are harder edges, very dramatic difference. Yours are probably rolling, if they need certain lighting to be...

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10 years ago
Can Copper Peptide Be Used As A Standalone?

I've tried copper peptides and they didn't do anything for me. If they work for some people, that's great, I might have been using it too late in the game (older scars), or maybe my skin just doesn't ...

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10 years ago
What Course Of Action Should I Take? I'm 16, So Yea.

You still have active acne. The first thing to do is get your acne under control. It's hard to tell what is a scar and what is active acne in your photos. Redness is inflammation, and as long as that ...

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10 years ago
I Have Found The Cure For Scars I Think Please Read

On 1/8/2014 at 4:57 AM, y0y0ma said: Well I don't know about you guys, but I think its worth a shot. I think it's pretty factual that certain foods have certain pH levels. S...

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10 years ago
I Have Found The Cure For Scars I Think Please Read

There is so much bad advice in here… this thread is a disaster. I hope nobody follows this advice without doing additional research (hint: NOT watching kooky "healers" on Youtube). If eating a raw veg...

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10 years ago
Subcision And Filler For Small Boxcars

The filler is really to act as a stent so the scar bands don't reattach. The doc says after about 6 months the chance of the scar re-tethering is very low. Hopefully the improvement will be enough and...

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10 years ago
Dermabrasion At Home

I used a home Micro-dermabrasion kit (sold in the larger pharmacies here) that was basically a vibrating handle that you applied an exfoliant to, then scrubbed your face with it (some of them spin, as...

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10 years ago
Scar Info From Dr. Rapaport

I'm doing my research now, and one of the nearby doctors for me is Dr. Rapaport. I haven't had a consultation yet, I'm hoping to go before the end of winter. Anyway, there is a bunch of good basic inf...

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10 years ago
Acne Scars Killing me. Please Help!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for ur reply. But I've did erbium laser twice and the dermotoglist told me we have to do it like 7-8 times for better result. and the erbium laser is quite expensive its like $350 for each. ...

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10 years ago
My Last Post Here.

I do agree with the original post, that there are some folks who visit the forum here with questions about very minimal scarring, or skin that is basically normal. And I agree that some of those peopl...

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10 years ago
Why I Hate Owndoc.com Reasons

I just found this thread over google and since it is indeed the first search result I have to chime in to some of these accusations. Panos (also known as "panoslydios" on some forums) has been banned ...

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10 years ago
My Views On Dermaroller 3 Years Post Treatment - It Does Not Work

I don't want to criticize anybody, but I hesitate to dismiss any potentially good treatments that aren't working, when the treatments are self-administered. What you have done is basically picked an ...

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10 years ago
My Views On Dermaroller 3 Years Post Treatment - It Does Not Work

Is this clinic on the list of Dermaroller's approved treatment centers? Perhaps they don't know what they are doing? It's also possible that some perfectly good treatments won't work equally well for ...

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10 years ago
Confused, Help! W/pics

Maybe they are shallow, and the light has to be a certain way to make them look like they are indented. Does it feel smooth? In some lighting and at some angles, my skin can actually look smooth (it'...

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10 years ago
Treatment Options For My Scars (Pics)

Subcision + suction would probably help decent for you. Honestly though, the risk/reward isn't worth the hassle for you to do scar treatments. I personally wouldn't do anything, your skin seems fine. ...

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10 years ago
Airgent For Acne Scarring

he also said since i have done enerjet i have to wait 3-6 months for the filler to leave which i dont like. something i found interesting was when i told him i had done enerjet it caught his attention...

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10 years ago
I Have Found The Cure For Scars I Think Please Read

Scarred tissue is physically different than unscarred tissue. Eating a healthy diet would be a positive thing for your overall health, and it might reduce inflammation but it cannot change scarred tis...

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11 years ago