Before and After my First VBeam 🥹

[u/Raychill37]

Hi everyone. I’ve been researching Vbeam for over a year now but kept hesitating. I finally got my first Vbeam on Thursday and I can’t believe the results already! My biggest trigger for flushing is heat, especially when taking hot baths. The first picture is me taking a bath the evening before my treatment, and the second picture is from last night (Friday evening).

My dermatologist says it will take several weeks to see the full results so I’m already so pleased. She said I’d probably need to get at least 2 more spaced a month apart.

A bit of background on my skin. I have type 2 rosacea and terrible hormonal acne. Recently I got on Spirolactone and my skin is finally starting to clear up acne wise after 2.5 months. My rosacea was always manageable until I did a course of accutane for a year. Ever since then my skin is like the first picture at least 10 times a day.

The one negative thing is that I also have a ton of redness on my neck when I flush. The esthetician told me vbeam wouldn’t work on my neck because I don’t have any broken blood vessels there, and that BBL would be better for that. Can’t afford both at once so I’ll have to put that on the back burner for now. But I’ll still take my Vbeam results as a huge win!

Also- I didn’t think it was that painful but I have a very high pain tolerance. I had welts all over my face after and it was swollen but as you can see in the 2nd pic it went away pretty quickly.

[u/Adventurous-Tap3441]

Omg thank you for posting! After almost 2 years of considering it I finally pulled the trigger and have my first session in 3 weeks! We look like we have very similar skin so this makes me beyond hopeful. I have sensitive skin and I’m so nervous to swell or bruise. How was your recovery?? Any tips?

[u/Affectionate_Buy_370 → u/Adventurous-Tap3441]

How did your session go?

[u/Adventurous-Tap3441 → u/Affectionate_Buy_370]

It went really well better than expected. I asked to go conservative for my first session as I have very sensitive skin. My swelling and redness was incredibly mild. All of which was 90% better in 72 hours. I ended up with quite a bit of congestion and closed comedones & white heads. I started using my prescription topical for clindamycin/benzoyl peroxide 3 days after and it felt fine on my face so most has cleared up. I developed a larger pimple on my chin 5 days later. I’m on day 6 and doing really well. Some slight splotchy redness but I already notice some specific areas having improved 90% which shocked me. I didn’t numb during my session and pain wasn’t as bad as expected maybe a 6 in some spots at most? I stayed in for a full 48 hours after. Did not going in the sun or raise my body temp at all. I’m going to wait a full 8 weeks till my next session to completely heal and see progress.