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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