I really need your feedback plz..... 1st treatment in 3 weeks....should I do it?

[Guest guest]

Hi, I've been a long time lurker on this board but only recently

have I

registered. I have read many things about various symptoms and

treatments

but I might be even more confused now than I was before.

I recently booked an appointment with Dr. zenda garcia-lat in NJ who

preforms Dr. Bitter's photofacial treatments. I do not live in NJ

and I will

have to travel ~10hrs by car to her office. Also $500 per session is

quite a

lot of money, so I want to really make sure whether I should go

through with

it and if I picked that right doctor and method of treatment.

My condition is very similar to what dr. nase had. I constantly have

very

slightly pink cheeks which can turn very very red (like in dr.

nase's before

photos) when exposed to the typical flushing stimuli, like heat, red

wine..etc. I have no topical bumps nor acne, nor is any other part

of my

face effected. Just my cheeks. When I flush my cheeks turn very

intesely red

(almost purple in some light) while my nose, forehead and the area

directly

around my mouth remains white, (ie. normal).

Anyway, the derm. near my area told me that he can treat me with

either the

photoderm or v-beam machine but he doesn't expect to see any results

as my

redness is very mild when I'm not flushed and there are no visible

veins...

but, when I called Dr. Lat she told me that she had many

patients

like me, some better some worse, and she has success with 90% of

them.

What I'd like to ask you guys is the following:

1. Do any of you have a condition of rosacea similar to mine, and

have you

had any v-beam or photoderm treatments done?

2. Have any of you been treated by Dr. Lat in NJ..... was it

worth

it...how were the results? was there a down time?

3. For a condition of rosacea that I have, do you guys think v-beam

would be

more effective or less effective than the photoderm treatments?

Thank you very much for any comments or feedback.

regards,

nick

[Guest guest]

From what I have gleaned over the years, I would think it would be

prudent to treat your cea with Photofacial before you get to the

stage of being constantly red, with papules and pustules.

By the time I had my 3 photoderm treatments 2 years ago, my skin had

calmed down considerably (I had controlled the constant flushing and

persistant bumpiness by avoiding my main triggers-heat and hard

exercise, which makes my face hot and red) but with the reduced

flushing I had noticed a fine web of blood vessels. I not only wanted

them gone, but also the hidden damaged blood vessels located more

deeply in my skin. I always induced a flush before my treatments,

which I think improved my results (The photoderms targets pigment;

therefore, those naughty vessels.) I read this " inducing a flush "

suggestion from one of the experts on this site, I think Dr. Nase

himself, but don't hold me to that.

Anyway, on my last treatment, I wanted to induce a monster flush, so

I went on a hard run on the morning of my treatment, then steamed my

face (a big cean no-no!), turned the air conditioner off on the

last hour of my drive to the clinic (Carolina Care was almost 4 hours

away) and brought a bottle of red wine with me. I arrived 30 minutes

early for my appointment, parked accross the street (I didn't want

office staff to see me boozing it up), put Dr. on the radio

(she gets on my nerves, which I thought would help induce a flush),

and had a couple of glasses of wine in my hot car. The wine made me a

little emotional about my father's death (2 years prior, and he was

estranged from his family.) After 30 minutes of this gloriousness, I

ate a container of Tic Tacs and staggered into the clinic. I was

really, really red. " Be very agressive with that laser beam thingy!

Kill all my blood vessels! I don't care if I'm bruised for a month! "

I think I sobbed to Dr. Croland.

He did. I was a little bruised and swollen for 2 weeks, but after it

went away, the flushing, residual redness, and fine web of blood

vessels were greatly reduced. My flushing goes away sooner after a

run.

Good luck.

Jillian

P.S. I'm not recommending alcohol use before a treatment. Or Dr.

. That's just what I did, and I'm not perfect.

[Guest guest]

From what I have gleaned over the years, I would think it would be

prudent to treat your cea with Photofacial before you get to the

stage of being constantly red, with papules and pustules.

By the time I had my 3 photoderm treatments 2 years ago, my skin had

calmed down considerably (I had controlled the constant flushing and

persistant bumpiness by avoiding my main triggers-heat and hard

exercise, which makes my face hot and red) but with the reduced

flushing I had noticed a fine web of blood vessels. I not only wanted

them gone, but also the hidden damaged blood vessels located more

deeply in my skin. I always induced a flush before my treatments,

which I think improved my results (The photoderms targets pigment;

therefore, those naughty vessels.) I read this " inducing a flush "

suggestion from one of the experts on this site, I think Dr. Nase

himself, but don't hold me to that.

Anyway, on my last treatment, I wanted to induce a monster flush, so

I went on a hard run on the morning of my treatment, then steamed my

face (a big cean no-no!), turned the air conditioner off on the

last hour of my drive to the clinic (Carolina Care was almost 4 hours

away) and brought a bottle of red wine with me. I arrived 30 minutes

early for my appointment, parked accross the street (I didn't want

office staff to see me boozing it up), put Dr. on the radio

(she gets on my nerves, which I thought would help induce a flush),

and had a couple of glasses of wine in my hot car. The wine made me a

little emotional about my father's death (2 years prior, and he was

estranged from his family.) After 30 minutes of this gloriousness, I

ate a container of Tic Tacs and staggered into the clinic. I was

really, really red. " Be very agressive with that laser beam thingy!

Kill all my blood vessels! I don't care if I'm bruised for a month! "

I think I sobbed to Dr. Croland.

He did. I was a little bruised and swollen for 2 weeks, but after it

went away, the flushing, residual redness, and fine web of blood

vessels were greatly reduced. My flushing goes away sooner after a

run.

Good luck.

Jillian

P.S. I'm not recommending alcohol use before a treatment. Or Dr.

. That's just what I did, and I'm not perfect.