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Dermarolling / Microneedling / Laser burn to the face
« on: May 26, 2013, 09:54:12 AM »
Hi there,
I recently got burned on the face from an Isolaz laser for the removal of freckles. This was my sixth treatment with no previous incidents. I ended up with circular burn marks to the left cheek which were pretty bad. This was done in early March 2013. After seeing a Dermatologist who took pictures and said the damage was superficial, the skin scabbed, fell off and had pink skin underneath.He gave a bleaching cream with 4% hydoquinone, kojic berry, low does retin A, vit E which I applied once a day for 6 weeks. I noticed after this that I had textural changes to the skin, fine lines, wrinkles, indentation marks, hyperpigmentation marks which seem to be slowly getting worse (I believe this is a result of the laser burn not the cream). I have also broken out in a few spots in the area that was burnt (even though I have normal skin and only prone to the occasional spot. These spots seem to leave a mark even after they have healed (I am not squeezing, just applying a medicated antibiotic cream to that individual spot). I read about micro needling, and had my first session with a conservative Doctor/Dermatologist 7 weeks after being burnt. She used a dermapen, length 1.5. This was done 3 weeks ago, and I was told to start with 3 sessions, 6 weeks apart. The areas that was not harmed seems to have had some improvement, though very early days. The area that was burnt doesn't seem to have had improvements (again I know it is early days).
My skin care is as follows:
Mornings - cleanse, skinceuticals Vit C serum, moisturiser, sunscreen and then make up
Evenings- cleanse, sometimes a serum or rosehip oil and then evening moisturiser.
My question is that I would like to do home rolling in between treatments (I know my doctor probably would not approve since she is very conservative), but do you think I would be improving the skin by doing this? The last thing I want to do is make things worse, I am just keen for the skin to hurry up and repair. What would you recommend? maybe a 1mm every 2 weeks, then .5mm every couple of days? What extra topicals would you recommend?
I would appreciate any advice you may have.
Many thanks
aussiegirlinLondon
I recently got burned on the face from an Isolaz laser for the removal of freckles. This was my sixth treatment with no previous incidents. I ended up with circular burn marks to the left cheek which were pretty bad. This was done in early March 2013. After seeing a Dermatologist who took pictures and said the damage was superficial, the skin scabbed, fell off and had pink skin underneath.He gave a bleaching cream with 4% hydoquinone, kojic berry, low does retin A, vit E which I applied once a day for 6 weeks. I noticed after this that I had textural changes to the skin, fine lines, wrinkles, indentation marks, hyperpigmentation marks which seem to be slowly getting worse (I believe this is a result of the laser burn not the cream). I have also broken out in a few spots in the area that was burnt (even though I have normal skin and only prone to the occasional spot. These spots seem to leave a mark even after they have healed (I am not squeezing, just applying a medicated antibiotic cream to that individual spot). I read about micro needling, and had my first session with a conservative Doctor/Dermatologist 7 weeks after being burnt. She used a dermapen, length 1.5. This was done 3 weeks ago, and I was told to start with 3 sessions, 6 weeks apart. The areas that was not harmed seems to have had some improvement, though very early days. The area that was burnt doesn't seem to have had improvements (again I know it is early days).
My skin care is as follows:
Mornings - cleanse, skinceuticals Vit C serum, moisturiser, sunscreen and then make up
Evenings- cleanse, sometimes a serum or rosehip oil and then evening moisturiser.
My question is that I would like to do home rolling in between treatments (I know my doctor probably would not approve since she is very conservative), but do you think I would be improving the skin by doing this? The last thing I want to do is make things worse, I am just keen for the skin to hurry up and repair. What would you recommend? maybe a 1mm every 2 weeks, then .5mm every couple of days? What extra topicals would you recommend?
I would appreciate any advice you may have.
Many thanks
aussiegirlinLondon
