Plexr eye treatment

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My bags are really bad and I've been reading about 'plexr' a new, non invasive, soft surgery. Does anybody know anything it or had it done?

I’ve had to pay to see a dermatologist this week as under my eyes just wasn’t getting any better. He’s prescribed Elidel cream once at night to heal the inflammation and Doublebase cream to use frequently. He said if my skin was still itching it’s still inflamed. I was using Aqueous cream as a barrier cream but he told me that’s damaged my skin barrier as it mimics soap and has SLS in it and isn’t advisable for healing skin. So it looks like I’ve set myself back a bit. He estimates 2 more months before I see a positive result.

I found the La mer eye concentrate and the concentrat really helped my skins healing process, unfortunately I think though that this treatment does leave unrepairable damage that only surgery will fix. As mentioned before it has really aged my eyes and hope you and others do have a better outcome than me

You had yours done in December so there’s still time for it to improve? What’s the unrepairable damage you have? I’ve seen posts from people that were back to normal at about the 6 month mark. The pigmentation I can resolve with the right skincare once under my eyes are healed and hopefully that’s not permanent. Above the eyes is slowly resolving although I still have indentations above one eye that are resisting. Surgery won’t fix that- it may have to just fade with time. I presume you are still experiencing uneven skin above the eye? I have a bit of that. Interested to know what advice you’ve had re the extent of the damage.

I had my third session of Plexr done in Feb 2016, they wanted to do more but I refused as the lift was just very minimal and I could see the indentations in my upper lid. 2016 was around when the treatment first came out. I have recently been to see two eye surgeon as the Plexr has left me with crepey upper eyelids so now I want to have surgery (only 35 so should not be crepey at all) both said they are seeing a number of patients with this after having Plexr. Basically said this treatment quickens the process of aging and the skin loses its elasticity which is why I have crepey eyelids now. They compared my lids to someone of over 55, very thin and fragile. Although blepharoplasy should remove some of the crepey ness it won’t get rid of it all. The pigmentation I had lasted several months but only appears now and then if I use steam room or sauna.

Jorja2013 would you mind saying what part of the country you are in? I'm interested in blepharoplasty and looking for s decent surgeon, so am interested in what you think of the surgeon/s you have consulted.
I'm so sorry about your (and the others') Plexr problems. I can't believe they are still pushing this treatment.
I saw a London eye surgeon in 2015 for a bleph consult, and after sending me a report and quote for surgery, a few weeks later she emailed saying she'd got a new device which would be a good alternative to surgery. It turned out to be Plexr. I investigated and was tempted but it was quite new and I was cautious. Luckily I didn't go for it. This surgeon is still promoting Plexr but reckons it's fine with a skilled practitioner. I don't know, I'm not convinced, and I don't think it should be used on unsuspecting guinea pigs when it seems to have some pretty awful results.
I hope you all heal and/or sort things out with surgery or some other reliable, tested treatment.

Just looked back at your earlier posts and photos. I deffo have a bit of the same but not as bad as yet. Let us know how you get on with surgical options. Good to know the pigmentation fades eventually. I can’t remember a time now when i didn’t have to worry about my eyes.

I had fibroblast treatment round my eyes two weeks ago, my advice is don’t do it, I was told to expect discolouring and swelling for three days, two weeks on I am still covered in brown masses that have moulded into one and I have swelling, so bad I went back to my doctor for the third time today and got some prescription antihistamines, I have taken so many ibuprofen I now need another medication to counteract the side effects and I’m on antibiotics for an infection, I still can’t get my face wet and if I had a £1 for every time the therapist said ‘three more days’ I wouldn’t have to go to work, she’s now trying to tell me there’s something wrong with me that is preventing me from healing, I don’t think so! I wish I’d never had it done and genuinely worry I’m never going back to normal.

I’m not sure if this treatment is the same but it sounds horrific. I’m now at 4 months and progress is very slow. I regret my decision every day and just hope it’s not permanent although it’s nowhere need as bad as it was. You have a good sounding board on here and feel free to message when you need empathy!

Thank you, it’s realky nice to be able to talk to somebody who knows how it feels, when you say you hope it’s not permanent, what sort of side effects are you still experiencing now?

The pigmentation is the worst. It fades for a few days but then flares up again as the skin is so sensitive where they treated it that everything irritates it. I have to be very careful what I use around the eyes now- perfume free, SLS free, paraben free etc. Even the smallest active ingredient sets me back weeks. So progress is very slow. Under one eye where she treated it quite aggressively the skin has over tightened and I have a deeper hollow than before with a slight crease. This is the bit I’m not sure is permanent or not. Under both eyes looked the same before now one is back to being smoothish and the other stands out as being hollowed in patches. Once I can get back to active ingredients in the skincare I can try retinol and other products but for now I have no choice but to use very simple skincare which doesn’t really do much for my skin but isn’t irritating it. Boy do I regret my decision but I’m giving myself a 6 month deadline before I panic too much. Most of the people on here who had a bad results were starting to get somewhere at that point. I hope it’s much quicker for you. Some have had an easier journey!

That sounds absolutely dreadful, I’m only just over two weeks in and completely fed up already, I dread looking in the mirror each morning, have you had any issues with swelling? Mine goes down and then flares back up again for no reason, I hope you start to feel better soon too, i know exactly what you mean about wishing you’d never had the treatment, I regret it every day.

I had very little swelling although others were like you. I was fine until week 2 then once the new skin started to heal it went dark and inflamed. If I go in the shower or exercise hard all the redness comes back but the pigment is normally pale brown. You could live with it if it was uniform but it’s patchy and in the original treatment lines so looks odd. Are you using cold compresses to get the swelling down? Does it feel warm? You need to check it’s not infected. Anti histamines? Could just be a histamine response to the trauma? They wouldn’t do any harm?

I have had an infection and it was treated with antibiotics, I use ice packs which help a little and yesterday I was prescribed a course of antihistamines, after 15 days I’m still covered in brown crusty splodges!! How long did yours take to fall off?

I had this Fibroblast treatment done on my upper eyelids two weeks ago today and I definitely do not recommend it. It was horrific my eyes were so sore and swollen and it made me feel so ill. The thing that makes me mad is it is falsely advertised ie:- short downtime, maybe some swelling, new smooth baby skin in second week!!!!! No way my skin is now bright red sore to touch feels paper thin with horrible indentated marks where the skin was burned to a crisp. Please don’t do this it’s awful

Sorry I didn’t go back and read your earlier message as I was out and accessing via mobile. My scabs came off far too soon- by day 5 - which is why I think I pigmented so badly but they were forecasting 10 days to 2 weeks. If your scabs have come off and the brown splodges are skin they may take a while to heal but they will.

Marion, I can empathise totally, I am just over two weeks on and the same as you was advised three days downtime, no way, I’m still swollen, still covered in scabs and completely fed up, I hope you feel better soon.

Angie, thank you, I hope so, I’m more anxious about the swelling and scared I’ll get another infection, I’ve lost all faith in the therapist and even stopped using the products she gave me as they may be aggravating my skin.

Lorraine1968 I really hope people listen to us and avoid having this done. I wanted to post a pic of how bad my eyes were but don’t seem to be able to on here.

Yes that’s a good idea, I’ll see if I can post a photo.

It you can afford it go and see a dermatologist. The woman who did my treatment abandoned me early on and I had to struggle through on my own with Internet research. I was really lucky to stumble on this website but I was also lucky to have Bupa cover so got in to see a derm when I knew things had gone wrong. He didnt really diagnose the full problem but he did enough to make me realise what was happening to my skin and point me in the right direction. This treatment is still too new for many GPs to be able to help. Be kind to your skin and stock up on oral vitamins that help recovery like niacaminide, vitamin D, alpha lipoic acid. Use the right topical treatments to help skin recovery. Niacaminide topically also reduces inflammation and helps heal skin. The Ordinary Niaciminide and Zinc is brill and has really helped me. I posted a photo early on to show how bad I was. Have a look. We paid for someone to burn our skin around our eyes!!!!!

I’m so sorry you have had this result. So many have. My derm and the local skin specialist I see both said these treatments are horrendous for most people and results in thin damaged and inflamed skin which can’t normally be recovered without surgery. I’m trying everything I can with oral and topical treatments to try and get my skin back to where it was before or at least somewhere manageable without lots of makeup and irritated skin. I can’t believe I was so stupid!

AngieBei I think we all feel stupid letting somebody we don’t know anything about burn spots on your eyelids so I wouldn’t beat yourself up. You have given us some very good advice so thankyou. I will certainly be keeping my fingers crossed that we all recover well from this horrendous treatment

It’s nearly three weeks since I’ve been able to wash my face, this can’t be good for me and my eyes actually sting, the aftercare products disagree with me, did anybody put water on their face before all the brown splodges came off? If they ever all come off that is, I’m feeling desperate, phoned my doctor today to ask for a referral to a dermatologist.

This is how bad this treatment is pic of immediately after on the Friday then on the Sunday when I felt so ill and then this morning 17 days after. As you can see my eyelids are totally damaged

Oh my goodness, what has your therapist said?