<p>Anyone else ever have this? Had it Wednesday afternoon - sat for an hour with the solution on my face, then was supposed to spend 16 minutes under the light. After 2, they checked on me and I said it felt like jellyfish were crawling on my face. The dermatologist asked me to tolerate 2 more minutes, which I did. When I left the office, it tingled and I was pink. No problem that evening, went to bed and slept well.</p>
<p>Yesterday (Thursday) morning, I went to my intense bootcamp class, showered at the gym & went to work via the train. Within 45 minutes of arriving at work, my face was burning again. Called dermatologist’s office and they told me I shouldn’t be in the office lights and put on a hat. Left office before 3 and my eyes were nearly swollen shut & my face was color somewhere between a beet & a tomato. </p>
<p>Back to the dermatologist for a cortisone shot at 4pm and told the workout and the office lights aggravated it and I should wear to wear a wide-brimmed hat for another 24 hours. However, they keep saying I will be pleased with results in a few weeks. </p>
<p>Anyone else had this treatment and how were your results and reactions?</p>
<p>Yikes, that doesn’t sound good at all. I had this treatment last year - it was intended to treat some pre-cancerous changes on my forehead - the dermatologist thought there were too many small ones to zap off (as she typically would). I didn’t have any issues - I avoided being outside for the first 12 hrs but did sit under office lights the next day. I felt like I had a very slight sun burn, and my skin did peel a bit a week later. The dermatologist was pleased with the treatment results - I can’t say that I could see any difference. I don’t remember how long I sat under the light - maybe I had a shorter treatment than you? Sorry you had such a bad experience.</p>
<p>I am on the verge of scheduling an appointment for this. My doc told me that I would have to avoid sunlight - preferably staying indoors for a couple of days afterwards - so scheduling is tricky, which is why I haven’t made the appointment yet. He told me I would look a lot worse before looking better. I have had 2 BCC’s on my head and one on my arm in the past 2 years and this treatment is supposed to prevent them, so insurance pays. He says the cosmetic improvement is a fringe benefit of the treatment. I hope it eventually works that way for you.</p>
<p>I had (have?) lots of scaly pre-cancerous patches on my face that my dermatologist has been freezing for the past 2 years, as she encouraged me to get this treatment. With this history, it’s 100% covered by insurance. I’m not sure what cosmetic benefit to expect.</p>
<p>I am finding it’s any sort of light - natural or man-made is making me red. I was fine several hours ago, but now am red again after sitting in basement all morning in front of laptop with mini-blinds barely tilted open and the sun is not out. (told the office I needed to work from home today).</p>
<p>You’re working from home because your skin is so sensitive? I feel bad for you – I don’t think you should be this red…dermatologists now offer all sorts of treatments, but I think unless they do it a lot, there is a big variation in their skill at delivering a pain free therapy without side effects. I had IPL (intense pulsed light) done at my derm – it hurt and it didn’t work. I had it done again (had to) at a place run by a cosmetic surgeon and it was much better – they used more gels or salves or whatever – no pain, and redness was gone.</p>
<p>Classof2015 – it might also be because the cosmetic surgery place used a much less intense IPL setting. I had IPL for rosacea at my derm’s and was pretty welted from it – took about a week for it to settle down, but in the end it did a lot. A few years later I had it at a different office, almost no reaction, and almost no results.</p>
<p>(I get a rosacea flush sitting under fluorescent lights – my doc said to avoid them. I also get the same “sunburn” reaction if I go out in the sun for very long, even with heavy duty sunscreen. I have a very large collection of wide-brimmed hats.)</p>
<p>I had this treatment a few years ago–I think it was called Kerastick–for the same reason. I had to stay away from ALL sunlight (I wore a hat indoors) for about 48 hours. They showed me “after” photos to prepare me, and while I didn’t look as bad as the worst of them, I work with the public, so I didn’t look presentable enough to go back to work for probably three days afterward. I think I had some minor redness for a few weeks after that, but nothing was painful.</p>
<p>The treatment got rid of all the scaly skin and had some minor cosmetic effects–I could see a difference, but nobody asked me if I’d had work done :-)</p>