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Hi everyone,
Im a newbie here with a problem concerning my IPL treatment.
Following a bad experience with lasers and a doctor who did not fully
understand rosacea, i decided to travel to the best renowned doctor
in the UK for treating rosacea and undergo IPL.
Six treatments later and the results were excellent. The summer was
the best time id had in five or six years. I even started to feel
normal again and thought i had this terrible condition under control.
On my Dr's advice i returned five weeks ago for a maintenance
treatment - which he did at 29 joules (not sure which filter). This
time the swelling and redness took much longer to disappear and ever
since my cheeks have been hyper-reactive as if something has been
aggrevated. Im sure it feels like the underlying vessels are woking
overtime.
Ofcourse this has sent me into a deep depression - i thought id
cracked it. Ive booked a re-visit to my doc to see if he can help in
3 weeks.
Any comments would be really appreciated. Dr Nase comments would be
great.
Thanks
Steve









Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:56 pm

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Hi everyone, Im a newbie here with a problem concerning my IPL treatment. Following a bad experience with lasers and a doctor who did not fully understand...
redham724
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Nov 26, 2004
10:26 pm

Hi Steve, I would be very interested if you could find out the filters + settings that treated you the first + second times round. My prediction: You were...
andrew_rosacea
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Nov 27, 2004
5:04 pm

I understand what you are feeling. I almost feel that for us the IPL makes us worse before it makes us better. patience is key because the IPL machine is for...
Mike
jmaguire11
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Nov 28, 2004
2:43 am

Thanks for the posts guys - your comments really helped. My intention is to still return in 3 weeks and ask for a maintenance touch up with the 590 filter....
redham724
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Nov 28, 2004
10:53 am

Steve, the way my doctor sees it is like this. The lowest he uses is 590. He spends a lot of time on the feed vessels. He doesn't think it's necessary to do a ...
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bihbicat
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Nov 28, 2004
9:50 pm

... fully ... doctor ... was ... control. ... This ... ever ... woking ... in ... be ... Hi Steve, I would definitely contact Dr. Patterson? It is quite...
Dr. Geoffrey Nase, PhD
drnase2000
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Dec 6, 2004
9:10 am

... always thought the lower the energy settings the better. Not sure now ... Any comments would be appreciated Steve ... feel ... help ... that ... keep...
redham724
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Dec 6, 2004
12:50 pm

thats good advice about the Macrolide antibiotic to calm things down. actually I was worse and flushing around day 6 after my IPL treatment and took ONLY 1...
Mike
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Dec 6, 2004
8:50 pm
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