Bah, I'm really worried now. I was hoping electrologist would be my answer.

What sort of steps can one take to minimize a chance of scarring? Are dark-skinned people more *susceptible* (I asked this before but I'm phrasing it differently now) to scarring than other skin types?

I believe I have some faint shallow scarring due to laser (the laser tech sprayed my face with water mist to cool me down after a pass, it was basically her just spraying me w/ water and I think this caused the faint scarring). I also had Fraxel... but I don't recall this faint scarring after the Fraxel. The LHR occured 5 months later from the Fraxel. And both of these treatments occured in the Summer to Fall of 07.

Dr. Fahey, I'll probably try to set up a consultation with you if that's the procedure (I'll check my other thread since you responded there already).

Can tests spots on the arm be indicative of how the skin will react on the fact? And how do you treat each hair? Does the hair have to be grown or do people have to shave first before coming in?

I would use tea tree oil on this daily before bed for at least a few months before you make any conclusions. Also, use sunblock during the day. This will likely resolve. My eyebrows look perfect now and they definitely had some dots and signs of electrolysis when I first stopped treatments. You need to be a bit more patient before jumping to the scarring conclusion. You really can't consider it permanent scarring until at least 6-12 months after your last treatment.

well...i somehow can't belive you that you had depressions like this...i will treat the area whit silicon gel...doctors said that it works on scarring....thanks anyway for shearing your experience..

here is present situation
3 pics from different angles
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those definitely look like scars...not hypertrophic or anything but pits or rolling scars...depressions

don't see how rubbing tree oil on them will do anything as they seem quite deep

i don't understand, how did this happen? you have light skin too..

One has very thin skin in the eye area. Mistakes made in this area show up much more than mistakes made in other areas.

You do need to rebuild the skin in this area, and as such, Aloe Vera both topically on the skin, and internally will help. Tea Tree Oil overnight takes care of any necrotic tissue and helps normalize the skin. The silicon gel helps smooth our the skin and even out the collagen and keratin production.

If the best work were done here, there would be nothing to see but the absence of hair, and skin that looked like no hair ever grew there.

they seem quite deep, but believe it or not...they are less than half mm deep...

must be the lighting i guess

i know the feeling. i have pin-prick holes too but if i stretch my skin it disappears

exactly! I try to catch the lightening that show them in worst condition...they are not that deep.. as I say it is less than half mm..but the place is delicate..

The only possible cure is time. No one can assure you that this area will return to normal smooth skin. We can only assume that it will with good care and patience. NEVER have I had a client wit this kind of overtreatment on the eyebrows. I have seen such overtreatment on other places on the faces and those areas healed nicely, with time (12-18 months). Trust me, I have done thousands of sessions on eyebrow cases and all that happens is slight redness/pinkness ans slight swelling that lasts less than a couple hours. No scabbing. No pustules. No coarse hair after the year is up. Short pick up sessions about every six months for the thinner hair or two that comes forth. This is accomplish with no indentations. Your "electrologist" needs to be trained or re-trained and care about every person she works on as if she were working on her own face.