widgie

2nd day of 1st fraxel. :wall: :doh: sighz, u know what i learned, i woke up today broked out wit a lot of white heads over my chin and other areas, its not a severe break out cuz its like tiny litt...

  I would be really angry about that. The fact that they gave you the old Fraxel brochure is proof that he was being purposely deceptive. I really hope they refund your money.   I haven'...

I am so ashamed. It appears I have been duped. Someone that I referred to Dr Kovak PM'd me and told me they believe he isn't using the new Fraxel, as I thought, and is using the Palomar Lux 1540 lase...

Can I get some advice from you guys? I went in for my 5th fraxel back in August, paid the $750 they charged me after the treatment and left the office. Today I got a bill from the doc's office for a b...

FYI guys, Fraxel II is not a new machine, its just a software upgrade. It permits the Fraxel machine to go to about 1100 microns as opposed to like 700 or 800 microns. Thermage, for example, goes to...

i'm going to get my fraxel packages soon, i sure hope this derm gives me a reasonable prices, but i wanted to know also with isahn, is once every 2 weeks better or once a month?????? It really dep...

Thanks Shyone and Widgie for replying to my post! Not that I am glad to hear that anyone else has to deal with looking like crap after fraxel, but its reassuring to hear I am not alone!! I have been u...

I just had my first fraxel a week and a half ago. I am just curious because everyone talks about how smooth their skin was a few days after the procedure. Has anyone experienced having rough skin with...

Widgie, Hearing your story makes me think I should try at least one more fraxel. Ive done four so far with mediocre results. Maybe #5 is where my YIPEE moment will come. Unfortunately, its very expen...

Thanks for that information. I'm set to get my first treatment on 8/29. If you have time, I have a couple of questions. How far apart have your treatments been scheduled? What topical routine have...

ok...here's my update after Fraxel #8 at 18mjs.   For all the people who haven't read all 800 pages of this thread, I have shallow scarring, but lots of it, mostly on my cheeks...one shallow scar...

Billyboy I would be extraordinarily interested to know what the visia computer shows when you go in for your final scan!! WHen do you plan on doing this? Please keep us posted!!!!! I second that!...

When can you expect to start seeing improvment in your scars after you start fraxel? Thay say not until after your 4th treatment and from all the people on this thread who've had it done, that see...

  It's been about three weeks since my seventh treatment (at level 18). I'm pleasantly surprised that my skin keeps looking better every day. The texture is great, the scars are more even and m...

Dont do the treatments with deep scarring unless u are only expecting a change in tone and slight improvements to the edges of the scars. For the Fraxel price though u would be better off either gett...

Widgie - I considered dermabrasion, but then got scared and learned of Fraxel. I think I would have gotten a better scar result from derm, but the pigment risk, etc was too much to take. You have ha...

Widgie What options are you going to try? If my Sept. pictures don't reveal much improvement, I will either throw in the towel or perhaps try needling. I have a several scarred pores on center fa...

In that respect, Fraxel is no different than any other skin treatment...even topicals. My scarring was caused by using Retin-A. We all know that Retin-A is a godsend for some acne sufferers. In my ...

I don't know if you saw my prior pcitures. I had to downgrade pixel quality and size to reduce file size. Also, they are 15 years old. If you will look closely, you will see that I have a red centr...

Day 1 24 hours after: m face looks pretty decent. I actually looked like this earlier in the summer when I got too much sun! Except there is clearly a line of demarcation. no more swelling as far as ...

Okay, I really don't understand all of this "redness and flaky" talk ... Can anyone be more specific? I mean, I've had 7 courses of accutane, and during that time, my skin was pretty much always red ...

This one really hurt - I went for 30 x 14 passes x 125 = 52500 Unfortunately due to the extent of treatment I have quite a lot of pinpoint bleeding on my forehead and nose and a bit on my cheeks. Was...

My scarring was caused by using Retin-A. We all know that Retin-A is a godsend for some acne sufferers. In my case, it ruined my skin. When asking 'why did this happen?' to various derms and my PS,...

Because my treatments are SO much more reasonable than most everyone else who has posted, I can afford to have the additional sessions and see what happens. Hi Widgie - What town or state do you g...

Hi, My doc mentioned quite clearly if you are treating skin spots and improving texture than sure lower settings will work fine, but anything to do with acne scarring requires modelling in the dermis...