Well I am in the same boat..

I had 3 IPLs with a photoderm with no improvement.
I then had 4 IPls with a different DR and a Lumenis One and still no
improvement. I actually look worse. My DR advised me to continue. He
stated some people just take longer to respond. I am going to have
one or two more IPLs to see if anything good happens. Some DRs refer
to "laser resistance" as meaning you need more treatments before you
will respond. Others imply that you just won't respond. I guess I
will keep trying...


Ken

--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "toronto06240"
<toronto06240@...> wrote:
>
> He says some people's vessels are like that.
> I never knew when I started that it might not
> work! It's not a question of me needing
> a few more treatments than someone else- it just doesn't
> work on me so I wasted $1500.
> If I had been told that there was a possibility I would have asked
> in what percentage of cases does it not work. I was
> told 4-5 treatments and I would only start to see
> improvement after the second one. I had prepaid the 4th
> as part of a package and can't get a refund. Not only did
> it not work on the rosacea on my cheeks but my face is
> blotchier than ever. It made the very light pigmentation
> patches I had even darker so he sprayed them with something
> to make them form a scab and fall off. But he couldn't
> spray my whole face so I'm left with a more uneven complexion
> than before. I'm still waiting to see the results of the spray.
> I got a second opinion from 2 dermatologists at a teaching
> hospital and they say that he used the best laser and
> some people don't respond. I asked what percentage of patients
> it doesn't respond and he said there have been no studies done
> so he couldn't say. He said they could try treatments
> on the rosacea with a Perfecta laser (very expensive, only
> 2 in Canada) but I might not know if it works until 7 treatments
> ($600 x 7 = $4200). I don't want to have the 4th prepaid IPL
treatment
> because it doesn't work on the vessels and I don't want my skin
> pigmentation problem to get worse. He thinks I should have the 4th
IPL
> because it "always makes your skin look better and you can never
have
> enough of them."I feel taken. I only joined
> the support group today after receiving the 2nd opinion.
>