i’ve been to several doctors and asking for laser resurfacing but they said that they don’t want to do anything (not just that treatment but anything) and I don’t know why. But I’ve been also posting questions on medical sites and 90% of doctors suggested me exactly laser resurfacing. But what can I do when nobody whants to do it. I can’t travel to america for that treatment, and nobody in my country is willing to do it 
they say that it can get worse and that they don’t want to be in charge…and yet I’m freaking out becouse it’s getting mor uneven with lots of tiny pits…what it will look like when i get older when it is like that NOW when I’m young!!
It is my opinion that they are afraid that you already have a lawsuit coming against who ever did the work, and they don’t want to be next on your list of people to sue.
Sorry, but that is how I see it.
This area is really weak too, just touch it with your finger and you can feel that the skin around the eyes is not as tough as the rest of your facial skin. Procedures near the eyes always carry a slight risk for this reason. With most of your collagen damaged, your skin there is even MORE delicate than normal possibly.
Perhaps a procedure that is pretty safe on healthy skin, is much riskier on you. I can see why it’d be scary to try a heavy-duty resurfacing treatment on this particular area when the skin is clearly so sensitive to damage.
no, no! james you are wrong i will not sue anyone. I never ,ever want to see that woman who did this in my whole life.
I understand how you feel ivmi, but I am just telling you one guess as to why you are having so much trouble getting help. I have had similar problems with dentists.
ivimi don’t give up! and you should be seeing the lady who did this to you!! you should get all of your money back and have her pay for your doctors visits!!!
I know…i should do that roma, but I can’t…there is no money on this world that could give me my skin back. And she made it clear that she doesn’t want to pay anything she said that it is not bad at all. I’m left all alone in this…And I feel very depressed and ugly becouse of this, that I just cant stand her yelling at me like she did when I called her…it was month after treatment…I will constantly write here on how it is doing…i didn’t lose my hope that maybe it will get better some day… I’m young…maybe my skin can heal this better than it looks now…if you have any advice…please I would be very grateful if you tell me…or if you know someone who had similar problem…I feel very alone in this cause there is very little aboute scars like this on the internet…and even less cases from someone experience…
ivmi that’s absurd that she is yelling at you for her mistakes! she probably knows she screwed up big times. Maybe you can have an adult or someone older contact her!! but if that’s too stressful and you just wanna forget about her don’t do that. Your not all alone in this , there are many people that have scars from acne, burns, surgery etc… keep looking for a plastic surgeon or dermatologist that’s willing to fix it. Have you looked into restylane injections?? I’m not sure it will work for eyebrow area, but it’s sometimes used to fill out pitted scars. It’s expensive and not permanent, so do your research before doing anything. and also post your question on Realself.com with a picture. Plastic surgeons and dermatologist will answer your question on that site, they can be very helpful.
yes I already posted 2 or more questions on that site and most of them told me that I should have laser resurfacing…but You already know my problem…I can’t find a doctor…
here is one of my questions
http://www.realself.com/question/procedure-smooth-skin-eyes
Of course she will deny everything and yell at you. All she cares about are her own interests, and she yells at you because she hopes that that will be enough to intimidate you into silence. What a shitty person, but most people in life have no integrity unfortunately.
I think there will be a way to fix your skin if you can just find the money for procedures. Have you tried asking Dr. Leslie Baumann who’s an authority on cosmetic dermotology?
For now, can you get access to a retinoid? They are able to make collagen grow, along with vitamin c and AHAs I think. None of those will fix the problem completely but they might make the scars less noticeable.
Ivmi,
Electrologists should carry malpractice insurance. If you two can’t communicate well, then maybe the court system should be your advocate.
candela - no i didn’t contact her…can I ask her a question on the internet? can you post me a link where can I do that?
ivmi I can’t guarantee that she’ll answer but she has a website 16skintypes.com and also a yahoo blog (google skinguru). She should also have her email on her site. Try contacting her through those means or her staff at the University of Miami Cosmetic Dermatology department and hopefully someone will be able to help you.
The nape of this young woman was subjected to electrolysis in the area marked in red.
These photos show that hair removal by electrolysis, closes the pores permanently.
Note: The red spot in the center of the image is a birthmark, a congenital hemangioma.
electrolysis closes the pores permanently? how does that happen? and what happens to the oil glands?
roma are you seeing good results with your electrologist? How often are you going in now? I am trying to get an appointment with her as the one I was going to turned out to be wasting my money.
The sebaceous glands are still intact after Electrolysis. The opposite means the existence of significant dermal damage.
Two reasons to dilate the pores:
One - A thick hair with very small sebaceous glands.
Two .- A very fine hair with very large sebaceous glands.
In the first case, the irreversible loss of hair close the pore because the cause of the pore is dilated has ceased to exist.
In the second case, the large glands continue to produce large amount of sebum and therefore the pore will remain dilated.
candela yeah I’m still seeing her!! good results so far!! I have added the upper lips recently ! I’m guessing I will be done completely with my face by the end of the year!
Hi Everyone,
I hope every one is doing fine.Its long time I have posted anything.
Really electrolysis has changed my life.Now I am getting really permanent results on my face and got more confidence.Usually now I go only one time in a year for clearing the area.
Just some days ago I got my treatment on my face.Treatment was very good but I got some scabs on my face and near eye area.
I just wnat to ask if we pick scabs by fingers after these are dry and leave no blood then still this is possible to get scars?
I have done this mistake while reading some thing and picking all the scabs.First 4 days I was very careful.Now the place is red where I did picking but no blood bcz scabs was dry.
Can you please give me some suggestions guys?I would be really appreciate.
Regards
Jimmy
Hey Jimmy,
Of course, in your question, you are not asking about “scabs or no scabs,” you are asking about physical removal of post-treatment scabs.
The old adage about not picking is valid in that with “re-opening” a wound, you risk infection. However, in a perfect world it’s best if the scab is maintained in a very soft condition (not dry and hard). Keeping scabs “soft” can be accomplished by washing and the application of anything “oily.” I suspect that the success of using “tea tree oil” for an extended period of time is the underlying reason for it’s being frequently recommended. This product is also a protection against infection too. Lots of options here, once the wound has “closed up.”
Keeping a scab soft and lubricated (and actually getting the thing off ASAP) is mostly for the healing of the epidermis. A hard dry scab forms a sort of matrix, and the regrowing epidermis has to burrow under the crust to bridge the gap. Having this hard matrix often results in a TEMPORARY tiny pit in the skin (when the scab comes off) … and the epidermis is thinner than it would have been without the scab-matrix. Eventually the basal cells (the active layer that burrowed under the scab in the first place) reforms the entire epidermis … but it’s a tiny bit thinner in some cases (probably not with hair removal). The pit “fills in.”
In wound management, e.g., burns, wounds are kept very clean, dead and crusty “junk” is removed and the wound is kept moist. In this way the epidermis can utilize oxygen directly from the air (only the epidermis can do this), and the epidermis can bridge the wound-gap faster. (A hard crust restricts the healing epidermis from “breathing.”) With serious burns it’s ALL about infection and getting the epidermis back in a healthy condition. Imagine that miraculous thin epidermis: Only 1mm - 2mm is all that protects us from the “microorganism monsters” skulking about in our environment!
To answer your direct question: You are fine with having removed the scab (no blood). Yes, the tiny pit that is lighter in color — or red — will also be fine (you didn’t ask, but I know what you are looking at). No scar.
A much better way to manage your treatment? Gentle frequent washing and (at first) use products to avoid infection (for a day or so). After that, keep the wound moist so HARD scabs won’t form at all. (If you search back in the posts, you will see the “English lad” I worked on, and no scabs formed at all … even with very heavy electrolysis.