widgie

I had the first 4 of my treatments spaced one week apart. It was ok, mostly because they used lower settings and my skin didn't have a sensitive reaction. (Excessive swelling or redness). However, as ...

I am going to try out Fraxel this December. Is it possible to receive treatments about 10 days apart? If so, what sort of negative impacts can I expect from doing them in short succession like that? ...

Widgie, who was the doctor that responded? Would he mind if you revealed his name - I'm just so impressed that he answered you so thoroughly. I guess b/c it's a learning facility they are more intrigu...

I found a site with better pictures than fraxel.com. It's a university site so i think it's reliable: I emailed the site about the treatments used on the woman with scarring. The Dr. was very q...

The girl is wearing some eye shadow that's all. the angle is almost dead on which is much better than most of the junk on the fraxel site. these pics are by far the best quality before and afters i've...

Hi widgie, According to my derm. (one of the leading fraxel researchers), not peeling doesn't affect the results of fraxel. Also, yes, it does say to apply 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick layer, but I don't t...

I just read about Biafine. It says you're supposed to cover your skin after applying. Did you do that? Also, how many times a day did you use it, and for how long? I'd like to try it when I go bac...

I haven't posted in awhile, so I thought I'd give an update on my fraxel experience. I have had 5 treatments so far and have one more to go. My skin has not stopped breaking out since the treatment be...

The Fraxel machine has maximum possible energy setting of 40 mj and that corresponds to the depth of 900 microns. When asked how safe it is to be treated at 40, he said, Reliant cautions that anything...

Agreed. I'm at 14 - 20 MJ. I'm down for about 5 days but I swell to the extreme and look like an elephant girl. Chances are it might be less than that for others. It all depends on your reactions and ...

Borage oil, Primrose oil, MSM, DHEA, Zinc with copper, Vitamin C, B5 powder, and EPA's ... are all these supplements helpful in healing and promoting collagen?? also is fraxel good for light skin or ...

Hi, What levels were you treated at and what would you say is your current level of improvement? Blaster I'm not sure what the first 3 sessions were at. The 4th was at 15 mj, the 5th was one pas...

  I just had my sixth fraxel on Friday. I can honestly say that although the intensity has been increased each treatment, the downtime has gotten better each time as well. Session 1-3 were the ...

Hi. Just wondering what type of products people have been using post fraxel. I was given- cleanser- main ingredient is purified water skin protectent- emulsifying wax ...

Widgie I am really pleased for you. Your success makes me think about having more treatments, but I am also intrigued with trying needling on a 3or 4 deeper scars that I know Fraxel can't fix. Don'...

  I just had my 5th Fraxel treatment on Friday. (full face 17mj) I have to say, I'm fairly encouraged at this point. Today someone at work commented on how good my skin is looking. Although, I ...

I hope that means cheaper prices! And no more blue dye and pain! Where is the 1440 laser tip people mention every so often? Why isn't it being used everywhere . . . I'm going to ask my doctor abou...

Previously, Dr. Wall would treat scars at energies of 8 mJ/cm2. “But in lighter skinned people, we now always treat above 10 mJ/cm2, usually from 12 to 18 mJ/cm2,� he said. The roughly five ses...

The nurse told me she did 8 passes. She did 4 at 15 and then when she saw I could tolerate it, she bumped it up to 20. Wow, those are pretty high settings for your first time. But if you can tole...

My doctor went as high as 20 or 22 on my forehead on my last couple of treatments. But, he did less passes. He said the skin is thinner there, and he wanted to do as little passes as possible. I re...

I'm hearing a lot of people talking about settings of 21 to 30mJ settings being used and I'm a bit confused. When I started my treatments back in January, I was told that 20 was the absolute highest s...

Are the results permanent? I just read an article on Fraxel that stated that the results last about 6 years and that your skin (same depressions/scars and all) becomes pretty much identical to what it...

I have to go with Blaster on time interval for 2 reasons. First, at the very high energy levels, your skin takes much longer to heal. I beleive, as do my docs, that another Fraxel is going to interf...

Treatment intervals of less than 2 weeks are only suitable for settings below 10mj. As is most of the people on this board - the treatment for acne scars require 20mj and above, so it would take on av...

I just had my first session of Fraxel and the blue dye won't come off. Any ideas how to take the dye of faster? Try using dishsoap and very cold ice water. It will be a gradual process, you might...