a week after my first photoderm treatment,question??

June 30, 2002

I had my first photoderm treatment with Bitter Sr which I posted on this

board already.

I had a question now:

roughly four days after my treatment, I felt my left side of face become quite

calm, did not hurt during

the daytime(which was very rare for me in the past four months) and it was not

red as before. So I felt

I was quite encouraged by this result. thinking about this is my first test

treatment. However, started

two days ago, my face started to feel hurt more than before and more red as

well. I am quite puzzled.

There are several reason I can think about:

I was told during the treatment, the face is very easy flare up, so I might eat

some stupid food, I

certainly did in the past several days such as nuts and crackers. I keep my self

active, maybe I should

lay on the bed for several days,(oh, can not think about this option). I cook

food still, quite warm and

sometime hot here. I went under sun too often.

My question:

Did anybody experience the up and down during the treatment as sometime face

feels better than

before the treatment, sometime is worse than before the treatment?

What your guys do after the treatment? What kind of activity you avoid? I found

after I talk excitely

with my friend for a while, my face will start to flushing up. Usually my triger

is hot, thinking, spicy

food, and any kind of fragrance. I can not image I can avoid all of them, no

thinking, no

concentration, no work, no reading book? Is that true every time your face

flushing up actually reduce

the treatment result?

Thanks;

Jane

June 30, 2002