Guest guest Posted May 29, 2002 Report Share Posted May 29, 2002 With my luck, I'm the only one this has ever happened to, but im hoping someone out there might know whats causing it. After undergoing Photoderm, the left side of my face began hurting sometime between my 3rd and 5th treatments.. Now it hurts all the time. Its just a part of that side, but everything makes it hurt. Even a slight cold breeze (which used to feel like heaven on my face) now feels great on the right side of my face, and makes the left side burn like crazy. It hurts almost all the time. Some of the areas where it hurts are a little more flushed than the rest, and some parts look completely pale, some of it was treated by Photoderm, and some of it wasnt (cuz I didn't wanna risk losing the hair). The only connection is that its all in the same general area. The center of the pain is sometimes in slightly different areas.. (sometimes upper left cheek, sometimes lower left cheek etc) but its almost constant now. During bad flushes my cea used to be uncomfortable, but now it feels like I'm in hell every day. and lately the right side has been starting to hurt a little more too. I can't stand this anymore, I literally can not maintain a regular life with this anymore. If the fact that I look like a big, swollen, pimply tomato isn't enough to stop me from going out, the searing pain is! I really hope somebody can help me with this.. At this point I'd be happy to just be where I was before this big Photoderm mess! (Finally after being rescheduled several times I have my appointment with them in two days.. but the nurse already told me she doesn't know whats wrong.. It'd be nice to have at least a bit of an idea as to what the problem is before I go in there. I've thought about calling Dr. Bitter or something to ask him if he had any ideas, but he probably won't help me since I'm not even his patient) Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Adam, I read once that a member of this group was having an unusual response to photoderm. The doctor who was treating her was Dr. Kemsley in Calgary who was Bitter trained. Dr. Kemsley E-mailed Dr. Bitter for advice. Is your doctor Bitter trained? If so, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to help. Even if your doctor isn't Bitter trained I'd try contacting him anyway. I think Dr. Bitter should be informed of all patients experiencing an adverse response to photoderm. I think his study results are misleading. I also did not have a good response to photoderm treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Adam, I read once that a member of this group was having an unusual response to photoderm. The doctor who was treating her was Dr. Kemsley in Calgary who was Bitter trained. Dr. Kemsley E-mailed Dr. Bitter for advice. Is your doctor Bitter trained? If so, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to help. Even if your doctor isn't Bitter trained I'd try contacting him anyway. I think Dr. Bitter should be informed of all patients experiencing an adverse response to photoderm. I think his study results are misleading. I also did not have a good response to photoderm treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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