Re: Photo-Facial in Canada

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Yes, it's very frustrating to see that there is the technology available to

finally treat cea, but be unable to find anyone who is trained in it!

Jen wrote that it is available in Calgary, so one would think that someone

in Vancouver would be using Photoderm. My husband said he would be willing

to fly out to Calgary for the treatment, but when I told him I could need up

to 8 treatments, that option went out the window!

I also want to have a reputable, well-known doctor do the procedure. I

don't want to be anyone's guinea pig that's for sure! Do you know if the

number of photoderm treatments needed correlates to the severity of the

rosacea, or is 6-8 treatments pretty standard?

Just wondering, thanks for your input!

Simone

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>To: rosacea-supportegroups

>Subject: Re: re: Photo-Facial

>Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 11:20:28 -0700

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>Welcome to the list, Simone!

>

>Simone Wood wrote:

>

> > My cea is in the mild-moderate stage

> > right now, and I'm very interested in the Photo-Facial technology I've

>been

> > reading about.

> >

> > Specifically, is it available in Canada? I live on Vancouver Island,

> > British Columbia, but I have not heard of any dermatologists or Plastic

> > surgeons who use this technique.

>

>I live in Vancouver and my derm, who's with UBC Faculty of Med., has never

>heard

>of Phooto-derm either. When I described it to him, he was a little

>suspicious

>of it and thought it would be more damaging to the skin than the

>traditional

>laser surgery, but said he'd be interested in reading any info. I had on

>it.

>

> > I sent an e-mail to Dr. Bitter asking for

> > more information from his clinic, but I haven't heard anything yet. Any

> > information you could give me would be very much appreciated!

> >

>

>Simone, if you get any info from Dr. Bitter, other than what we see on the

>list,

>would you mind posting it? You know, I always wonder who all these people

>are,

>like Dr. Bitter and others who have commercial web pages on the net - do

>you

>think they're legitimate, peer-respected dermatologists, or do you think

>they're

>out to make a quick buck?

>

> > Tae-Bo and my cea definitely don't mix, and I was wondering if any

> > of you have tips on how to combat flushing when exercising. I think the

> > exercise is exacerbating my condition, but I would hate to give it up!

>Any

> > tips here would be great!

>

>I have the same problem - I just have to make sure I don't do anything too

>strenuous, so I do a low-impact step aerobics instead. Unfortunately, I'm

>not

>getting as intense of a workout as I would like, but I don't know any way

>around

>it

>

>

>

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Simone wrote:

> I also want to have a reputable, well-known doctor do the procedure. I

> don't want to be anyone's guinea pig that's for sure! Do you know if the

> number of photoderm treatments needed correlates to the severity of the

> rosacea, or is 6-8 treatments pretty standard?

I'm not sure what is standard, although I think I've heard on the list that 2-3

might be an average number? Do you know that you need 8 treatments for sure? I

think the severity would likely determine the number of treatments needed.

I wouldn't want to be anyone's guinea pig either! It's curious that it's not

well known in Canada - maybe it's only recently been approved here, whereas

perhaps the US gov't approved it awhile ago. As far as I know, the UBC/Van

Hospital laser centre is very reputable and they don't mention it on their web

site. And, my derm who is with UBC, is trained in dermatological surgery, so

you'd think he'd know about it if anyone did.

My next appt. is in July, at which time I'll bring him the info on it - I

probably won't hear back from him until my next 2-month follow-up which will be

early Sept, so I'll post his thoughts on it then. Either way, he said my

rosacea doesn't require any such procedure so it won't really matter in my own

personal case (not yet anyway), but I'm curious to see what he or his peers will

think about it.

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