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Hypopigmentation on Chest Before and After Needling - amazing results
csd323:
I got hypopigmentation on my chest in 2009 from an IPL laser that was turned way too high. The white bar marks were so noticeable that I would not wear anything that was not a crew neck... No bathing suit, no V neck shirts or dresses. It was so depressing. I finally heard about needling and started last fall. I am going to try and post a before and after to show how amazing my results have been. I cannot thank you enough for providing this information and the products. The first picture was a year after the IPL.... it was taken in June 2010. The second picture is after needling for 5 months, taken March 2011.
Crissie:
OMG - this is exactly what I have on my chest (from IPL treatments and scars from removing moles) and am so thankful to find this post. I also cannot wear anything but crew necks - it is very depressing! Last year, I had a pigmentation transfer done by Henry Ford's Derma research team. They use it for Vitiligo patients. It was very expensive and elaborate - and it actually made it worst. Now I have some scarring / white spots from that as well!
Can you please tell me what you did, which roller you used and which products? Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
SarahVaughter:
You should start rolling your whole chest three times a week with a 0.5 mm dermaroller. In addition, use a 1.5 mm dermstamp on the scars and on the spots that are the most de-pigmented. Stamp the spots and slightly outside of the borders of the spots to facilitate migration of melanin pigment from the surrounding normal skin into the de-pigmented spots.
If your depigmentation improves, some dermarolling maintenance may be necessary to keep it.
Consider buying a NB-UVB lamp.
More about it in my reply #13 in this forum thread:
https://http://forums.owndoc.com/dermarolling-microneedling/hypopigmentation-on-chest-before-and-after-needling/
Crissie:
HI Sarah,
Thanks for the reply. Here is a photo of my chest, taken last year. It actually looks a little worse than this now, I have some sun now, and these spots do not tan. I tried a pigmentation transplantation, at the Henry Ford research derm department. It was very expensive, they take a skin graph, dissect the pigment cells, do abrasion on the white spots, put the pigment cells and a special wrap for 3 days. They have a 70% success rate. With me, it did not work. I think it actually increased the whiteness due to the abrasion process. When I scar, I scar white, not raised skin or anything other than just white.
This skin on my chest is very thin. I had a lot of sun damage in my past. I had some moles removed, then an IPL treatment that was too intense. Now, I use sun screen and do not go out into the sun (except for recently when I thought perhaps the white spots might tan). Also, I have been using the Supercop CP serum for about 3.5 months now, do not think that made a difference. What is your experience / opinion about those products.
Given this, do you still recommend the same treatments? I want to make sure I do not make this worse.
Thanks so very much for your personalized responses!!
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SarahVaughter:
The problem is that your skin is not just depigemeted, I think that your white areas are actually scars. That is much harder to improve. Try the approach I suggested in my previous posting.
Even if dermarolling/needling improves your scars only temporarily and you will have to do regular rolling maintenance to keep it pigmented, at least you will have a way to make your décolleté looking nice for when you needed and you will be able to wear low cut neckline dresses etc.
Bimatoprost is also worth trying. Let us know whether it works:
https://http://bmctoday.net/practicaldermatology/2010/05/article.asp?f=dermatology-qa-new-directions-in-the-treatment-of-hypopigmented-scars
I have written here about the ReCell method that you underwent. Maybe you can comment there about your experience:
https://http://forums.owndoc.com/dermarolling-microneedling/ReCell-and-dermarolling
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