Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Sherry 4 Days after Active FX


Here is Sherry's latest pic and what she had to say today. Her procedure was done at 1:30 PM on Friday March 14th. I’d have to say from her pictures that Active FX has a much more dramatic affect on people with light skin and eyes, like Sherry, than on darker complexioned people such as myself.

"Here is Tuesday afternoon's photo. I'm almost ALL DONE peeling. The spots that haven't peeled are still a little itchy, but I haven't taken any meds today.

All my freckles are gone!! I've never seen my face w/ NO freckles~~not sure how I feel about that yet.

The uncomfortable tightness has decreased too. I now have blotchy red skin w/ some
scaly areas around my hair line and on my forehead. My face is still slightly swollen and I have "wrinkle" lines under my eyes. I'm hoping that will go away when the swelling does.

Today I look and feel the best since the procedure on Friday afternoon!"

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Sherry

Sherry had Deep FX around her eyes and mouth and Active FX on the rest of her face. She is much braver than I as she stayed awake. This is what she said the day after: "Yes, I stayed awake. I didn't have any meds except for an Ibuprofen. The pain was uncomfortable but bearable. The doc used a topical Litacane cream for 90 minutes prior to the procedure. He did the Deep first (around eyes, mouth and in between nose), then the Active over my whole face. Yesterday I took a Darvocet and a Benedryl before bed and today I've taken a Benedryl and fell asleep. I'm very swollen around the eyes today."

Today (48 hours later) Sherry told me she did not sleep well last night even though she is taking Benedryl and Darvocet. About last night she says “I felt like I had prickly-heat and/or bugs crawling on my face” which is exactly how I felt on day 3. Hang in there Sherry – it gets better!!!!

If anyone else out there has or is going to have the treatment and want to be part of this blog send me pics…I’ll be happy to edit and post. My doctor said he will do some touch up work a couple months after I had Active FX so hopefully some time late April I’ll have more pics of myself to post. Until then let’s keep an eye on Sherry!







Another FXtic Experience


Hi All, Sorry I haven't posted in a while - I've been on the road and haven't had a lot of time to play :) Here is a pic that I took a few minutes ago...with no makeup! I never would have posted a "no makeup" pic before my Active FX treatment!

I am doing great. I've not noticed a lot of changes since my last post although I feel the before and after results are significant.

I recently attended a business meeting with people who had not seen me for a year. I got one "you look great" and a couple "did you lose weight" comments (unfortunately I have not). My one friend who knew I had Active FX said she couldn't really tell any difference but that my skin looked great. Not sure what that meant.

FYI, I attended this same meeting last year and it was pictures that were taken at that meeting that made me decide to get the Active FX treatment.