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

June 3, 2002

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

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