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Microneeding Needling The Derminator Dermastamping Thread - all things microneedling

I've decided to jump on board this derminator train and ordered mine today. I must have had about 6 or 7 dermarolling/dermapen plus TCA cross sessions with Dr. Chu at Hammersmith over the years, but i...

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9 years ago
Is It Possible To Find Love When You Have Acne/scars?

I had a long relationship (6 years) with someone who didn't seem to mind that my face is scarred up all over as a result of acne (I was still breaking out throughout the relationship too, but not as b...

In forum Emotional and psychological effects of acne

10 years ago
Just had prp/dermapen/subscision/tca cross done. Look like a chipmunk!

I had the same 3 procedures done by the same doctor last week (dermapen, TCA cross and subcision - I've undergone the first two before, but not the subcision). I'd say that after 3 days the swelling f...

In forum Acne Scars

10 years ago
How ya feelin' about your acne today?

Very fed up. My face is just one big mass of acne, scars, marks and enlarged pores. Make-up really just makes it look worse, so I'm a bit lost as to what to do really. I'm undergoing what scar treatme...

In forum Emotional and psychological effects of acne

10 years ago
How ya feelin' about your acne today?

Feeling pretty bad.   I had TCA cross and dermapen performed two weeks ago for my scarring, and as per usual, a week later (aside from the residual scabbing from the TCA) my skin in general was ...

In forum Emotional and psychological effects of acne

10 years ago
How ya feelin' about your acne today?

Terrible. Both sides of my face and chin broke out significantly around a month ago, leaving huge scabs and cysts covering my skin. It's so humiliating having to go out like this. I just want to hide ...

In forum Emotional and psychological effects of acne

12 years ago
Ok guys...

Thanks sixfeetunder. Roughly, how bad is your scarring? What type of scarring is Dr Chu performing the TCA on, as i imagine they will be the ones that i will have treated with TCA. Good luck to you ...

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Ok guys...

Brokeninside, I'm sorry to hear you've not seen much improvement as of yet. I'm also going to Dr Chu in Hammersmith for my dermarolling, and so far during each of my two sessions I've had TCA cross pe...

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16 years ago
Ok guys...

Thanks. I see you get a 15% discount if you order the two at the same time. How do you like using them so far? Well, I've only had them for just under a week now and had my second dermarolling sessi...

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Ok guys...

Thanks a lot. I may have misread your post, but if the LED's were expensive, how did you avoid the customs charges? Do you mind if I ask what part of the UK are you from? No worries. And I'm fro...

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16 years ago
Ok guys...

Has anyone from the UK purchased LED lights? I'm not sure where to get them from, the shipping is likely to be very expensive ordering from the US. Hi goodlife, I live in the UK and recently purchas...

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Combo Treatment: Subsicion + Fraxel + Re-Cell

Best of luck to you, ernestoria. It's also really great of you to provide pictures as I'm sure many of us will be interested in following your journey.   Good luck!

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Ok guys...

Does anyone know where I can purchase some decent, relatively inexpensive vitamin C serum from? (Apologies if any has already been recommended earlier on in the thread. I've read the whole thing throu...

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Scar excision

The result looks absolutely fantastic, congratulations!

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Positive Accutane Experiences

I stumbled across this thread today, so thought I'd add my experience with roaccutane.   I took a 9 month course of roaccutane 2 years ago for my severe acne and was on an average of 60mg per day...

In forum Prescription acne medications

16 years ago
Ok guys...

Thanks for this thread. I'm sure it has given a lot of people, like myself, a little hope at least that something can be done.   I'm unable to order the necessaries online at the moment but when ...

In forum Acne Scars

16 years ago
Acne coming back after Accutane?

It's true that some people start to see some acne coming back after their course. Sometimes it's fairly soon after finishing, with other people it's upwards of a year after. In the majority of cases t...

In forum Prescription acne medications

17 years ago
accutane and skin peeling

hell yes, basically you just gotta slap on ze moisturiser and ze vaseline every 10minutes! this is really gross, but in my room there's bits of my skin all over the place and i just shook the keyboard...

In forum Prescription acne medications

19 years ago
Accutane and Heat Intolerance / Sweating

I don't really start sweating from it, but i have been getting hot flushes quite a lot which i put down to the accutane as i never had them before. Sometimes i just sort of feel really hot under my sk...

In forum Prescription acne medications

19 years ago