2nd photoderm with Tacoma office

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Hello Group!

I got " zapped " --2nd treatment just today (26 Jan) at the Medical

Aesthetics office across from TG and all went well. I am currently

blotchy (nothing new here) and a bit swollen in spots, but the

burning-stinging feeling is gone. Barb, after doing a side of the face,

places refrigerated cotton squares/gauze pads on the treated areas to

calm them, and then moves on to a different area of the face. My

impression is that this helps tremendously because I leave the office

feeling maybe " hot " but nothing worse than that.

I shall reiterate: I have " type III " skin; normal to oily; tans easily

though I've never been a sun worshipper because HEAT bothers my face so

badly; am in my fifties and have suffered acne (or should I say ACNE)

rosacea for longer than I care to remember; medium tone skin.

OK--on to the treatment (never comfortable, really): the settings were

at 590 for the filter; starting with 46 joules, double pulse--forgive

please, I do not remember the " delay " settings at this point; two " test

patches " at 46 which Barb said " they aren't doing anything " ; moved to 48

j-- " not too effective " --then our final setting was at 54 j, kept at the

590, with double pulse; now medical aesthetics has the machine that has

the combo photoderm/ndYAG laser, newer than the regular photoderms so we

did a few pulses around my nose with the ndYAG today, also--much easier

to tolerate than the " flash burn " feeling of the photoderm....I actually

left their office with some PALE spots today! 1st treatment, we used

the 570, with ultimately a 52 j setting--I think with the test patches

done, the setting was first at 48 j

Best regards,

Carol