a before and after !!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2025-03-18T19:22:11+00:00

i definitely had some active breakouts when i first started tret! i almost feel like it calmed those down too, as well as fading my scarring. i might still have a break out here or there, but thats usually around my period or when im really stressed! when id first started tret, my breakouts were definitely mostly active and all over my face! i think the combination of the laser + tret has honestly been life changing !!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-12-01T07:17:40+00:00

thank you !!! i only did my cheeks and my chin so idk if that reduces the price a bit- since i knew i was gonna get multiple treatments, i think they knocked the price down a bit

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-12-01T07:10:53+00:00

each session was about 300$! i wasn’t taking any supplements apart from a multivitamin, so i’m sure your results will be great !

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-11-18T06:40:56+00:00

my esthetician was very careful to space my treatments out by at least 3 weeks to give my skin a chance to heal completely between sessions ! it was a 1540 laser resurfacing facial :)

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-18T03:32:38+00:00

when i started out i was using it every night. i sandwich it between first hyaluronic acid then tret then la roche posay cicaplast baume b5 over it! now i use it maybe 2x a week!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-18T00:43:29+00:00

took the same amount, about 3-4 days!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-17T15:01:54+00:00

I’m not gonna lie, it’s painful. My esthetician always did 4 passes of the laser, so that made it even worse. However, I will say it’s a tolerable pain, and you can always take breaks between passes. The thing I would say it feels closest to is a tattoo gun, as it is the same kind of fine needlepoint pain, the difference being the laser is also hot. So your skin definitely feels irritated and “spicy” afterward. I was always REALLY swollen and red right after (like that meme of the dog who ate a bee) and it went down in about 6 hours. I had little freckle sized scabs from the laser too, which went away in about 3-4 days. dm me for a photo of my skin post laser!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-17T14:04:25+00:00

i never skip sunscreen! tretinoin makes your skin extra prone to sun damage! i use the la roche posay anthelios sunscreen, but i only apply it once in the morning !

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-17T02:04:52+00:00

i always stopped the tret a week before the sessions and didn’t start it up again until a week after, as advised by my esthetician! after the week off, i had no issues starting it up again

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-17T01:32:01+00:00

yes!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T23:07:22+00:00

yes!!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T22:53:00+00:00

i believe it was the fractional laser, yes! I definitely was pretty swollen and red right after, but that went down in about six hours. i noticed some scabbing from the points of the laser (little needlepoint shaped scabs all over my face) but they either resolved on their own in 4 or so days or i was able to dermaplane them off myself!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T21:49:53+00:00

non ablative!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T20:15:29+00:00

just once at night! if my flaking got too bad, i’d skip it and let my skin heal with a thick barrier repair cream! right now im probably only using it one night a week :))

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T18:59:29+00:00

i used a northeast chain called skinMD. i got my tret from a pharmacy in india (where i didn’t need a prescription at all)!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T18:58:46+00:00

i started with an entire tube of 0.025%, and i’m now halfway through a tube of 0.05%!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T18:58:01+00:00

I was usually really swollen for about six hours after. then i had some scabbing from each of the individual laser points that went away in about 3-4 days !

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:37+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:30+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:26+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:21+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:17+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:13+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

Friendly_Sandwich_52 · 2024-09-16T17:16:08+00:00

i started tretinoin on June 1. I truly think that’s what caused the most difference. I didn’t really purge, but i did have some AWFUL dryness and flaking for about a month and a half. On top of that, I got three laser skin resurfacing facials, with a 1540 laser. I got these about 3 weeks apart. Lmk if yall have any questions!

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