Saturday, July 12, 2008

Update on Perfector Testing: Acne Scars & Comedones

We know the power of Perfector on lifting & sculpting, so have been trying to check out its effects on other facial complaints. Two "willing" volunteers are Mery our clinic manager & Ffion my daughter.

Mery has residual acne scarring from adolescent acne. It cleared up tremendously after a couple of sessions of dermaroller treatment. So she was first up to see if Perfector would help reduce these further. She had a single 30 minute session on Thursday, and a few hours later, felt her scars were less obvious on the right side. We were too busy for her to have the treatment again yesterday. I'm hoping that with a few treatments done close together, she will get flawless skin without the discomfort of dermarolling.

My 12-year old daughter Ffion took a lot of persuading before agreeing to trying the Perfector. She'd rather live with comedones than be subjected to the treatments we had previously. To be fair to her, she has tried most things... once.

She had 10 minutes of Perfector treatment on Thursday and happily reported no discomfort. When I got home yesterday, I noticed her face was much smoother. About 50% of the comedones had disappeared! Even more had gone by this morning.

The best testament to the effectiveness and painlessness of the Perfector treatment is when a 12-year old asks to have another treatment 2 days later. :o)

Now we just have to tie her down to try the Ion Magnum!


1 comment:

Dr Christine Cheng said...

Mery had a second session with the Perfector yesterday. She SMSed me this afternoon all excited about her face being noticeably smoother again.

The trial is certainly going far better than I could have ever hoped. It is extremely difficult to pick up reductions in acne scar depth. Patients often adjust to the subtle improvements very easily, and find it hard to pick up the changes.

The impression that we are getting is the improvements in acne scar depth are not instantaneous, as in immediately visible straight after a session on the Perfector. The changes start kicking in a few hours to the next day.