Guest guest Posted June 19, 2000 Report Share Posted June 19, 2000 , Hi there! I am glad I could be of some help. It is nice to have someone who understands what you are going through. It has helped me a lot as, your support. This support group in general has been a great help. This rosacea can drive you crazy at times. Try this lotion, photoderm, laser, don't eat this and don't exercise. Help!! Thank goodness for this support group so we can at least vent at times. Anyway I hope your #3 photoderm treatment turns out to have helped somewhat. I still have good results after my 4th. I notice if I am out in the wind for too long my face gets red and sore still. In my case my face and neck were both very red and sore. The photoderm has helped both the soreness and red a lot. I think I will always have a reddish complexion to some degree even after all the photoderm treatments I have. My facial and neck skin is just too sensitive to wind and sun. The photoderm has really helped also with my broken veins in my face a lot. The one thing that really helps my face and neck is the plain zinc oxide you buy at the drug store. At first I thought what put this stuff on my face, but then I got desperate and tried it. I just couldn't believe the difference it made and really helped calm down the reddness. I now used it at least four nights a week. It really does work. My #1 treatment of photoderm I had a lot of brusing and swelling, it took about a week for the bruising to disappear. My #2 and #3 treatments I was very red and had swelling but that when away after 24 hours. Actually the reddness went away after only about six hours. My #4 treatment, I had a little bruising and swelling but that only lasted a few days. Photoderm is a lot more aggressive than photofacial but with all broken veins I needed that. They normally charge you $220.00 for only 18 pulses per session. I normally pay about $300.00 per session for a lot more pulses. If they only did 18 per session I'd have no results. I know with photofacial they do a lot more pulses per session but then you pay for it too, but the settings are lower so you don't have any down time. I'd rather have the downtown (as they call it), just cover it the best you can with makeup. My need treatment is July 7 also. I usually have it done on Fridays so I can recope over the weekend. Yes I want this over also and become normal again. I have to say I have learned a lot the past few months. Sorry if I was just rambling. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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