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I thought drinking water would make you more swollen? My doc. didn't give me any meds to take. I drove home right away after treatment. Water is the holy grail of healing in almost any tx., pro...

Would it be possible or fairly comfortable to drive two hours, have fraxel, then drive home??? The nearest Dr. who has the fraxel is located around 120 miles from where I live. I would really like to ...

I really don't understand the paranoia about people noticing your skin looks irritated, especially being a guy. The swelling is different, but the red peely skin.......who cares.   You may not ...

Fraxel does not do much for enlarged pores on the nose. Pores on the nose are hard to treat with any modality. I notice that I no longer get blackheads like I used to, in fact in the 6 months since ...

The white bumps are very common with any hot laser procedure. It is called milia. Many people like myself, who don't really have active acne, and even those who have never had acne in their lives, ge...

Hi Medusa   I'm glad you were finally able to start your treatments. I don't think many people have seen much result from just one, so hang in there.   Sometimes I think the 'cinderella'...

If I understand the theory behind fraxel correctly, the idea is to kill hair sized collums of skin (MTZs) leaving unharmed skin around the dead collum. The unharmed skin then sends "repair crews" int...

I also was under the impression that roscea could not be treated by fraxel. It helps with overall redness and texture issues of roscea and/or sun damage but it does not do anything for broken caps. ...

Read this page.   Peach Pie

Why Me   After reading each and every post on this thread I have not heard of anyone having a redder face after fraxel, other than the initial week or so. I also haven't heard of many/any long...

Here is a link that describes what the VISIA results mean in the profile I sent above.   visia results   Peach Pie

Hi Billy Boy   I just want to thank you for posting your photos. That takes guts. I see a good improvement in your skin, not sure what someone was talking about when they said it looked like it...

The big money in cosmetic dermatology, which is what we are talking about, is in removing sun damage and wrinkles. Baby boomers have the biggest influence on all of this, they are a huge economic dri...

Peach pie, thanks for the encouragement. The staff really wouldn't care what I do to my face, but my colleagues definitely would. I work in a company with mostly male colleagues, and they are great (I...

The periodic time off from work needed may preclude me from getting fraxel, which is unfortunate, or it may just have to take a couple of years to get all the treatments I need. Hi Medusa: I unde...

I have not heard or experienced a permanent grainy texture after fraxel. Frankly if it left normal skin grainy who on earth would do it. It was developed for sun damaged skin, which usually looks or...

Annie from Miami,   I sent you a PM.   Peach Pie

good to hear! smalller pores? what about ones on nose from blackheads/sebaceous hyperplasia? Yes, pores on the nose are the most difficult to treat, I don't care what kind of treatment you do, fo...

What does the unscarred skin look like after fraxel?? I'm so scared a full face fraxel will dilate pores or cause complexion issues in normal skin. I understand your concern, but think about it. ...

Ive been researching the new Fraxel tip and this is the info I have to date. The Fraxel Extended Sapphire Tip is available for preorder now with delivery early to mid July 2006. The cost to our Physic...

Hi Cool Breeze:   Sorry I wasn't trying to malign you, I have seen a lot posts suggesting bizarre txs. I know most people use common sense when reading these forums, but some of the posters her...

maguy, it is okay to spot treat with TriLuma. I don't think, it will cause discoloration. It's a very strong ( and in my experience quite effective ) bleach. So, if you decide to apply on whole face, ...

  I also noticed that I’ve been breaking out more right after the treatments. I use Murad acne cleanser and was wondering if this is a good product to use right after treatments. I was usi...

Billy Boy: I don't know my levels. I didn't occur to me to ask and at the time it wouldn't have meant anything to me.   I know that he started light, standard protocol for him, and then went u...

Whitepups:   How long since you had the first tx. There is a lot of swelling involved with fraxel. After the first few days when I looked in the mirror, I felt scared that there were lines wher...