Dr Audrey's kind and nurturing way, made it easy to just surrender to the process! All the assistants made it so comfortable to be there.
'HALO' one month ago, on my cheeks. I can already see a marked improvement, with a 'smoothing out' of my skin.
Then this time, their brand new, and deeper-penetrating, 'Pro Fractional laser, on the cheeks, where the acne scarring mostly is. There's more down time, because this laser really penetrates.
This awakens the blood flow back into the acne-scarred 'dead zones'. Then, over a period of about 8-12 months, collagen fills in the pits.
How genius is that! This isn't an instant gratification procedure, like getting injected with filler would be.
After going that route 4 years ago, with nothing to show for it now. This is a way better approach, for long-term treatment of 'rolling acne scarring'.
Imagine that you're planting a seed. And to water it, you just continue thinking 'from' smooth skin, and how good that feels. This will give your body the permission to really heal.
“Behold this vine. I found it a wild tree, whose wanton strength, had swollen into irregular twigs. But I pruned the plant, and it grew temperate in its vain expense of useless leaves, and knotted, as you see, into these clean, full clusters, to repay the hand that wisely wounded it.” Neville Goddard
Addenda.
I am amazed at the results when I look in the mirror. As if by magic, my skin texture on my cheeks, is so nice and smooth now. Capillary blood flow has been re-introduced by the laser!
TWO DAYS AGO, I went back for the follow up, and decided to get one syringe of filler, for several of my really bad acne scars.
It turned out to be the perfect thing for me to do, after the Pro Fractional laser treatment.
And I must say that Dr Audrey is quite skilled with fillers. Meticulous and sparing with the injections, to make them go farther.
I didn't really understand what 'SUBCISION' for acne scars meant, until now. Imagine gently separating two pieces of paper stuck together, with a knife.
Dr Audrey uses special needles, to go in, and gently cut sideways, between the skin layers, separating and freeing up the top layer to rise with a little filler. And it worked.
Then, with a 1/4 of the syringe left, she mindfully puts it in the fridge, for touch up in two weeks!
Needless to say, I am thrilled with the results so far, and highly recommend this 2-step procedure to anyone with acne scarring.
8-27-23 Final visit for a while
Today, omg! Looking at the photos of 'before' and 'after', I'm just blown away at the level of smoothness across both cheek areas.
Doing this was so worthwhile, and I'm over the hump with the healing process. The redness is almost completely gone.
Yes, it is quite an invasive process, and you'll at first feel like, 'What have I done to my cheeks?!' Though, tough it out for about a week of laying low. Natural tone makeup over the Alastin gel, when going out during the healing process. .
And with the 1/4 syringe, put away in the fridge a week ago, Dr Audrey was able to use it on another stubborn-to-raise acne scarred area.
Using her SUBCISION technique, cutting sideways through the scar tissue that bound the skin layers together, Then raised the top freed layer with the filler.
For about a decade, I had tried to do something about these noticeable pits. I went under the needle with different injectors. And none did this subcision technique at the same time.
Deciding to do the Pro-Fractional first, and then this subcision/filler, for the deeper acne scars, has created phenominal results. Truly a life changing experience.
Sept 18th, to see how everything is doing. I decided on botox on my 11's, and this stuff is working! I cannot make a frown for the life of me, which is giving my skin a break!
I never thought that I would ever see the day, where this amount of improvement would happen with my skin.
But it has, and the acne scarring has virtually disappeared. I'm deeply grateful to Dr. Audrey and her team. This has been a life changing experience!.
