troubled_skin

CM, Congratulations 40% improvement is substantial. Your results should be even better given ample time for collagen remodeling. Thanks, but I think it's closer to 30% for the vast majority of my ...

I've had 5 of the 6 treatments done with the SR1500 and I see improvement. However, I would say somewhere around 30 to 40% improvement. I'm frustrated and am going with fillers. My last treatment w...

    Hey Billy,   Do you still feel that your shallow rolling scars were improved by 50% or do the results seem to have subsided with time?             &nbs...

Billyboy, L and Troubled Skin- I have posted pictures of myself that best show my olive skin tone. Perhaps this will help with the setting suggestions advice for both Fraxel laser types. I appreciate...

Got lucky today. I'm as excited as I've been since first fraxel, but I will try to be objective now and in later posts. A Reliant rep/training nurse did my treatment with SR 1500. She mentioned tha...

Hey Guys, I read that people are having breakouts from fraxel. I had terrible breakouts and had to use biafine. It worked well and did not cause any pimples. Also, post fraxel, my pores are smalle...

Just wanted to say thanks for the info on the new laser tip for the 1500. If I did not read this board I would not have a clue! I only have one treatment left and will consider waiting for my doc to...

Just wanted to say thanks for the info on the new laser tip for the 1500. If I did not read this board I would not have a clue! I only have one treatment left and will consider waiting for my doc to...

Troubled, you have a good memory about hypertrohic scars on legs. They turned out great. I'm not 100% certain as to whether they were true scars or a resdiual raised infection. All I can say is tha...

Hi Troubled, I recall just a scapel. The odd thing is that the Dr did not have a nurse or assistant - he did it all himself. Two were fairly small incisions, but in the other one, he excised a large...

Billyboy may I ask you what type of scarring you have? I have 3 excison scars that separated and turned out badly. My acne scarring is moderate quantity, mild depth and is the worst on my left sid...

I tried to use the print option for this topic, however it only shows the 1st 15 pages of the topic. Does anyone know how to print this entire thread out in a printer friendly format? You might tr...

So I decided to buck up and go for my 5th Fraxel (wow how time flies). I talked to my nurses about my feelings and they told me they can see a difference but they understand how I feel since I'm the ...

I'm not sure if an ablative laser will help with the scarred pores. I did some research and it says that ablative lasers can often make pores appear larger because it exposes the 'neck' or base of th...

Sometimes I think they look worse, other times better. Basically, no change. I use them to guage fraxel becasue they are my only scars on central face. Frankly, I really thought Fraxel would wipe t...

how is subcission and excission different? also its been awhile since i posted. my last treatment was at 24mjs, fraxel 1. my next and 4th fraxel treatment will be in about 3 weeks or so, and i plan t...

  JJP,   An experienced practitioner can accurately assess kJ based on the fluence used, number of passes and overlap. In other words, using the SR1500 for example, a medium sized face treat...

how is subcission and excission different? also its been awhile since i posted. my last treatment was at 24mjs, fraxel 1. my next and 4th fraxel treatment will be in about 3 weeks or so, and i plan t...

wow, these recent posts on lack of efficacyare depressing me. Hopefully, you will all see some improvement. Ditto, I feel the same way... I am staying focused though, I don't plan to make much judg...

    Mz, JJP,   I understand the tremendous difficulty you both must be going through not having seen results at this stage into your Fraxel treatments. As I have said before, treating a...

I agree troubled, Fraxel for stretch marks is anecdotal. But here are three different doctors who have pics on their website and there are many more who mention it (but no pics). They are saying 50-...

A word about excisions: Since there are many posters that have reported marginal results at best with excisions, I took the opportunity today to discuss surgical techniques with a professor of plast...

Just another question for you guys out there. My main concern is red marks but the Dr tells me that its also from the shallow scarring that the red marks show up from. Im wondering would fraxel be goo...

  A word about excisions:   Since there are many posters that have reported marginal results at best with excisions, I took the opportunity today to discuss surgical techniques with a profe...

Hi - I just finished my 6th fraxel treatment tonight. One with the SR750, Two with the SR750 machine but with the software upgrade, and three with the SR1500 machine. They took pictures of me at the...