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Dolmal my good man,     I left the office with a clear option (wait for another 2 years).    

Dear Hopeful,   Your description of the different texture is dead on. Now I understand why Yarborough's picture book contained mostly black and white pictures, and had no colored pictures of dar...

Hi stts,   It has been 18 months since my full face dermabrasion with John Yarborough of New Orleans.   Besides drastic pigmentary change, persistent redness, demarcation lines, the texture ...

Almost a year now, yet I struggle through some days as if it happened yesterday. I know I shouldn't torture myself, but I begin to imagine how I was a year ago... how carefree I had been (even with a...

BA,   Hey you changed your screen name! But I like the new name, CA is a happier name than BA.   If I can't find love and happiness because of big scarred pores then my life is sad to beg...

Butterflies,   I swear when I talked to him months after dermabrasion he said he dermabraded lots of asians and no one ever have any problem, and I was the first one to suffer such noticeable pro...

Sounds like you have rosacea background and do not want the redness. Dermabrasion will very likely make your redness worse and permanent.   Yarborough told me no one ever get stuck with redness ...

BA,   Sorry for the late reply, I was away for a few weeks. Glad to hear you are somewhat satisfied with your progress.   I on the other hand am sure my demarcation will not blend. Not only...

BA,   I hope you feel better this week. That's really good news, that means you have some control of your redness. Sounds like you are taking care of yourself too, thats good.   My face wa...

Thanks tricia. I just pm'ed back.    

Hey Hopeful,   My right demarcation is also very evident. It looks like I had a face transplant except the skin tone is mismatched. Dr Yarborough did not feather the line on my right jaw, there...

Thanks for the update BA.   Believe it or not, my work place has a human right policy but it does stop some people from staring and laugh and say nothing.   I have almost gotten to the poi...

lunar,   These were the settings used on me. Do you know how much power was used on you in your 3 treatments?   1st treatment: 10 mm / 10 ms / 7.0 jules for full face 2nd treatment: 10 mm /...

leo,   I am not beating myself up again, I stopped doing that a while ago. Texture wise my skin look slightly better than before. My problem is much bigger than scarring: Mismatch skin tone an...

SS2,   Thanks for the advice. I only wash, moisturize and go. However I use triluma (bleach + retinoid + cortisone) 3 times a week, on the surrounding undermabraded skin, hoping it will somewha...

Hi BA,   It has been 13.5 months since my dermabrasion, I just had a 360% check of my face using two mirrors and the weird red mask is not going anywhere. "No one ever get stuck with redness" is...

The risks were greatly downplayed by all 3. Before the surgery I was the only one who really noticed my scarring. Afterwards, strangers stopped me to ask what had happened to my face. Hi scar_sear...

Hi blotchy_asian   If that's true, then it was Y's (I refuse to call him a doctor) ethical responsibility to refuse to perform the procedure on you guys.  

I'm feeling glad that I'm a bit less obsessive about my face. It helps to be really busy and engaged in my day to day life with friends and family (as you earlier mentioned). So funny because I feel...

Hey Hopeful,   I'm no therapist but I believe the ups and downs you feel is normal. There is no instant solution as force feeding confidence does not work. In my case it took time for real conf...

Hopeful,   That's really good news that part of your face responds to UV. I'm so happy for you. I think a celebration is warranted.   I guess my thought is that if the jawline loses its ...

Sword & Hopefulskin, One suggestion which I may ask Dr. Y to consider is that he may need to ask his Asian patients to be mentally prepared NOT TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE for at least a year or mor...

100% correct Hopeful   I want to say to myself that who I am right this minute, is great and beyond worthy of deserving a wonderful and enriching life.

Thanks lunar, but how long is long enough? It has been a year, my tone is still maybe 70% lighter than before, and red. I feel it is unrealistic to expect the pigment to come back for myself. I wou...

Hopeful,   I'm glad you still have lots of fight in you. Actually, much more than you know now. One day you will thank yourself for not giving up.   For whatever reason the past few days a...