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asian skin and FRAXEL

I am an Asian male with, I think, Type II skin. I just had my 2nd fraxel a week ago. The settings have been: 1st: 10, 125 2nd: 12, 125 After the 1st Fraxel, I was swollen for a day and red for abo...

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13 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

ive been on tazorac (retinoid) ever since i had severe acne and it has never made me purge. (thank you god) i went on and off it because my skin couldnt handle tazorac 0.1% in the extreme cold weathe...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

okay i just found some before and after pictures....   OMFG OMFG OMFG. either im going crazy or the before pics look like they have LESS HYPERPIGMENTAION. .....-cries in corner- is this peel supp...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

well at this point, my goal is to clear up (again...took me 2 years of research and trial and error and seeing 7 different dermatologists to find a routine that worked for me. 2-3 years of severe acn...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

while doing the tca peels i was told to space them out about 3-4 weeks apart and. during the peels i go on an oral antibiotic rather than a topical, i use aquaphor as a moisturizer, and i apply 2 laye...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

and i guess tca cross is out of the question.... i guess ill try the other peels then. and then subsicion for all the depressed scars tca has caused me... FML this is what i get for experimenting on m...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

lol thanks. i was wondering if anyone would answer me.   so...should i do those peels first and then do the tca peel? im not sure about what to do with my hyperpigmentation... tazorac hadnt done...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

oh and one more thing. at this point, i am absolutely terrified. if breaking out is a reaction to the tca peels rather than an actual 'purge' then the 3 months i spent chanting "i just have to be pati...

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14 years ago
is it really purging?! THIS CHEMICAL PEEL IS KILLING ME!!! i there anything i can do...?

hey guys! it's summer time and i have several months to myself.. i thought, why not do some tca peels?   well, before summer i tested the tca peel on my left cheek during winter break and that br...

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14 years ago