This slideshow chronicles my first Vbeam Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment from the day before until 13 days after. I also have short, informative videos for each of those days, if you are interested in hearing little tidbits of what to expect. Those videos and this slideshow were born out of my frustration at not being able to locate this information from anyone else. I hope these are helpful to you. My bruising was a little more severe than some others because I chose to have a high setting to get it over with quicker. I could have had a lower setting and had less bruising, but more treatments.

1 day after Hi again. This is the first day after my Vbeam treatment. No pain. No bumps. Only little purple bruises. I slept on an extra pillow and woke up with a backache and a headache. If I had it to do over, I think I’d skip the extra pillow and take the potential swelling. I hate headaches! They are so debilitating. I see no difference from yesterday, but this is why I am recording each day. If you are as curious as I was before the treatment, you can see what reality is. There are settings that the laser has that allows the patient to choose a lesser effective treatment, less sting during the treatment and less bruising, thereby possibly needing multiple treatments. The upside is that the bruises that do show up are gone in a day or 2. The other option is that they can choose a more aggressive treatment, which results in more bruising, more sting during the procedure and longer healing time. I opted for the more aggressive, thereby giving me quicker results, more stinging and lotsa purple bruises! BUT…I won’t have as many treatments…just 2. There are also choices in between those 2 examples. If this series of videos has been a help, please let me know by leaving a comment. I will continue to post videos for this treatment, as well as the next one, which will either be another treatment to my face or treatment for spider veins on my legs. I hope some of you who click on my videos are finding them helpful and/or informative. Talk at ya tomorrow. Remember to …

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Day of Hi. Well, I did it! The videos that I’ve seen on Youtube show that it does not hurt. The people getting the laser treatment don’t even flinch! Some say that their bruises went away in a couple of days…I’m sure mine won’t! I counted each laser “zap” and there were 106. I only counted to distract myself. She lasered some of the veins and red spots twice, and some are in clusters, so you won’t see 106 bruises. Each one felt like a bee sting or the snap of a rubber band, but the blessing is that a second later, the sting was gone. At least there is no pain now. I only remember I had it done when I look in the mirror. My husband has nicknamed me “Leorpard Lady”…nice guy!!! LOL My dermatologist says it will take at least 2 weeks for the bruising to be gone. No biggy. Life goes on. There are settings that the laser has that allows the patient to choose a lesser effective treatment, less sting during the treatment and less bruising, thereby possibly needing many treatments. The upside is that the bruises that do show up are gone in a day or 2. The other option is that they can choose a more aggressive treatment, which results in more bruising, more sting during the procedure and longer healing time. I opted for the more aggressive, thereby giving me quicker results, more stinging and lotsa purple bruises! BUT…I won’t have as many treatments…just 2. There are also choices in between those 2 examples. If this series of videos is being helpful, please let me know by …

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3 days after It’s been 72 hours since my Vbeam treatment and I am finally seeing some fading. I have also attached a pic of how well the makeup covers the “blueberry shade bruises”. I hope you are getting some benefit out of these videos. I began making and posting them out of frustration for the people who, like me, want more info but can’t find any “ordinary people” who had it done. There are settings that the laser has that allows the patient to choose a lesser effective treatment, less sting during the treatment and less bruising, thereby possibly needing multiple treatments. The upside is that the bruises that do show up are gone in a day or 2. The other option is that they can choose a more aggressive treatment, which results in more bruising, more sting during the procedure and longer healing time. I opted for the more aggressive, thereby giving me quicker results, more stinging and lotsa purple bruises! BUT…I won’t have as many treatments…just 2. There are also choices in between those 2 examples. If this series of videos has been a help, please let me know by leaving a comment. I will continue to post videos for this treatment, as well as the next one, which will either be another treatment to my face or treatment for spider veins on my legs. I hope some of you who click on my videos are finding them helpful and/or informative. Talk at ya tomorrow. Remember to subscribe if you want to be notified as I submit for videos. Blessings to you and yours!

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6 days after This video is one in a series that follows the progress of the healing process after my Vbeam Pulsed Dye Laser treatment. I not only show you what to expect with aggressively treating rosacea, spider veins and red spots, but share with you some insight on my experience. The series was born out of my frustration at trying to find some videos of “real people” (not professional before and after pics) who actually had the Vbeam treatment. I wanted to see what I’d look like and what it looks like as it heals. I heard conflicting stories from friends and wanted to know for myself. If you are interested or just curious, please view my previous videos for visuals and for info that I wish I’d had known, just so that I could be informed. After 5 days, the bruises are noticeably fading. My dermatologist said it would take about 2 weeks for them to completely fade and I believe she’s right on. There are settings that the laser has that allows the patient to choose a lesser effective treatment, less sting during the treatment and less bruising, thereby possibly needing multiple treatments. The upside is that the bruises that do show up are gone in a day or 2. The other option is that they can choose a more aggressive treatment, which results in more bruising, more sting during the procedure and longer healing time. I opted for the more aggressive, thereby giving me quicker results, more stinging and lotsa purple bruises! BUT…I won’t have as many treatments…just 2 …

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Before This is the first installment of a video series to chronicle the before, during and after of my Vbeam Pulse Dyed Laser treatment and healing. Due to rosacea and an autoimmune disease known as Limited Scleroderma (aka CREST), I have red spots and spider veins on my entire face that are too numerous to count. If you subscribe to my channel, you will be notified of updates, which I plan to do daily. Some people tell me that I will look like I was in a fight and lost, while others tell me I will merely appear sunburned. I am curious which it will be. Either way, I will come out the winner! The procedure is scheduled for May 18, 2011 at 1:30pm, EST. I’ll be back shortly after the procedure with an update. I have not been able to locate any videos that follow the recovery process, so I decided to make them myself! Sorry that it looks a little pixelated. If this video was a help to you in any way, I’d love to read your comments. I plan to post every day. See ya tomorrow! Have a blessed day.

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