SKIN

Fractional CO2 Laser, Before and After 3 Sessions Comparison

December 5, 2013 Leave a Comment

It has been more than 2 weeks after my last visit for my Fractional CO2 Laser. This would be the best time to make a comparison for those who wondered how well this treatment has done for me. If you haven’t know, I have undergone 3 sessions of Fractional CO2 Laser with the expectation of improving depressed scars in Mediviron UOA Clinic. You can read here, session 1, 2 and 3.

Here is a comparison of after each treatment where my skin has already recovered from the down time. It took me a week to fully recover and for all the scabs fall off by itself. For my overall face, it does improve my skin texture.My skin did felt smoother and blackheads are much lesser too.

Please bare with my unflattering big nose. Because I am aiming for improving depressed scars, I’m more particular on my nose area. There is a significant improvement to the depressed scars as pointed by the little arrows after each treatment. However, the improvement is not as dramatic and they are still visible. I was told that 3 sessions wouldn’t be able to totally resurface my skin entirely.

While I have just compared photos of after every treatment, I would like to share with you the before and after. The ‘before’ is where my skin hasn’t been treated with the laser and ‘after’ is after undergoing 3 sessions of the laser. I could tell there is a difference, those scars are less deeper now.

Here is also a comparison of before and after 3 treatments of laser. My skin looks more radiant now as to compare before doing laser. Most significant improvement is also acne scar marks faded well.

Considering that I have witness the improvement by comparing the photos and also compliments from my friends and family, I might consider to continue doing Fractional CO2 Laser according to my affordability. This is first time for me to undergone aesthetic treatment and not regretting it.

Aesthetic treatments are slowly gaining their popularity in Malaysia but people are still doubting the effectiveness and its safety. I would say as long as you do your research on the clinic and doctor, as well as reviews, it shall be fine. For aesthetic treatments, I would recommend going to recognized clinics and have doctors to run the treatment for you. I’m one proof for you on the effectiveness of Fractional CO2 Laser although it doesn’t show drastic changes because it depends on your skin recovery. You can always drop me any questions about it through the comment section below or drop me an email through my contact if you prefer to discuss in private. I’ll be happy to explain further to you because I understand that everyone deserves to be beautiful and there’s always room for improvement.

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

Review: Cefenére Essential Collection – Acne Formulation, Effectively Fades Acne Marks But Still Broke Me Out

December 4, 2013 Leave a Comment

Cefenére offers a wide range of quality skincare from skin lightening to anti acne. They believe in promoting pure beauty with providing solutions to those who have troubled skin. The product ingredients comes from natural plant that is safe and effective, ideal and suitable for every woman.

I was given the opportunity to try Cefenére Essential Collection – Acne Formulation set according to my skin trouble as I do have combination skin and acne prone. This set comes with Cefenére Impurity Milk Cleanser and Cefenére Cream Contour.

In the box, it comes with a card on the directions of use. This set is suitable for those who have oily and acne skin sufferer.

“Impurity Milk Cleanser dissolves dirt and impurities effectively and soothes inflamed and skin irritation. Effective in battling acne prone skin.

Usage Direction : Apply adequate amount to face and neck, massage gently and rinse off thoroughly. Alternatively, apply and leave on for 20 minutes on serious acne skin before thorough rinsing. Subsequently, apply cream Contour is recommended for best result.

Active Ingredients: Purified water, Angelica Sinensis, Red Sage, Lavender, Orchid flower.

Size: 30ml e 1.0fl.oz” - Cefenére

The cleanser comes in a pump bottle which is an ease of use and protects the product from oxidation. To be frank, I didn’t get use to it using this cleanser at first because it doesn’t foam and worried if it doesn’t cleanse my skin well. While massaging the milk cleanser onto my face, it glides easily without tugging and it doesn’t feel greasy after rinsing. It does leave a cooling sensation right after rinsing but doesn’t dry out my skin.

“Cream contour is an acne solution to treat acne and breakouts. It regulates sebum secretion and provides tremendous result in pore refining.

Usage Direction : Apply a layer on a cleansed skin especially on acne and breakout areas. Suitable for night and day use. Use Impurity Milk Cleanser for a thorough cleansing before applying Cream Contour is recommended for best result.

Active Ingredients: Deionized water, Coptis root, Angelica sinensis, Red sage, Royal Jelly, Mint.” - Cefenére

This cream comes in a jar and quite a thick texture. I believe that not everybody would like the scent because it does smell like Chinese herbal ailment, quite strong particularly. I had to be very careful using it during the day because it does feel oily after a while.

Cefenére also promises that we will experience the skin makeover in just 7 days. I have already used it for a month and let’s see how did it treat my skin.

Over the period of 4 weeks, my skin seems to become more clearer and radiant. Could you see it? Its becoming less dull and my skin becomes much healthier every week. I did had a little breakout on the earlier stage while using this skin care.

I did noticed that some of my acne scars that was left previously fades away slowly on my forehead. However on the reversal side, another tiny acne did flare up.

Here is also a comparison on the area between my nose and lips. The acne subsided slowly and also acne marks are faded.

On the closer look of my cheek, it doesn’t seem like much difference but let’s look closer.

The acne did subside as shown earlier and more acne scar marks faded its way but one tiny acne also decided to flare up on its own way.

The ‘Before’ photo is before I started using this set, which also means before Week 1 and ‘After’ is on Week 4. I love how glowing my skin became! It was dull and lifeless, acne scars was more obvious before.

Here is a show on the side of my face. There’s another 2 acne scar marks on my cheek that faded and the chin area cleared up so well.

I don’t have much complains on the packaging usually but I’m suggesting that the Cream Contour jar should be improved. It has dual layer for the jar of inner and outer. If I close the jar lid tightly, the next time I try to open it the outer jar lid comes off leaving the inner stays intact. This happened very often while I’m using it. Because it also comes with a protective cover after the lid, the first time I lift it and the entire inner jar came off from the outer. I had to put it back and press to make sure it snap to stay secure with the outer jar.

Verdict?

I love how it did clear my skin but the backlash is that it is not 100% to be acne free while using this skin care because my acne still did flared up. However, those acne is just the tiny ones. I believe the scent of the Contour Cream may be overwhelming especially if you are scent sensitive and hopefully Cefenére could consider improving their jar for the Contour Cream. This set of skin care improved my skin and broke me out, its very hard for me to say that it’s guaranteed positive result. The result of being less acne, scar improvement weigh far better.

Price: MYR148

Availability: Cefenére.com

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PROs:

Fades acne scar marks
Natural ingredients
Skin more radiant and healthy
Doesn’t dry out skin

CONs:

Broke me out
Average oil controlling properties
Poor packaging (jar)

My Ratings: 4/5

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This skin care set was provided by Cefenére for review purposes, kindly refer disclaimer.

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

My Third Fractional CO2 Laser, Redder & Longer Downtime

November 18, 2013 5 Comments

Through my journey of undergoing Fractional CO2 Laser treatment, some of you have asked how the treatment was and have my skin improve from the treatment. I would say my skin did improve and I have received compliments that my complexion looks better now. Precisely, my BF’s uncle who mentioned it out of blue when we were speaking of lifestyle and health. The comments just didn’t stop there because it also comes from Facebook and Instagram where friends and readers noticed my skin has been improving. With this, I’m sharing my third treatment experience last Saturday after 3 weeks from my second treatment. You can also tap into my previous treatment experience, first and second treatment.

As for my third treatment, it is similar to what was done on my second treatment where subcision was involved and laser comes after. Because Dr Lashela did mention that she will set to an even stronger beam, the beautician had applied numbing cream for me twice as to a stronger numbing effect too. During the subcision, I did felt a little pain as doctor injected it under my depressed scars around my nose and cheek area, it is literally slightly more painful than the laser. Since the numbing cream has been doubled the application, I couldn’t feel any pain from the laser at all. Do bare in mind that the subcision and Fractional CO2 Laser are priced differently.

This is me after my treatment and yes, my face was as red as a monkey’s butt. Just like how doctor mentioned, as the beam goes stronger the downtime will be longer too which I didn’t mind at all. The down time for my second treatment took about a week slightly faster than the first, maybe because I have started on Retin-A cream which actually helps in healing and build collagen. You can see also some scabs on my nose on the after photo which was the result from the subcision. This time doctor didn’t give me any jabs to reduce the reddening like how she did on my second treatment but I’m fine with it as I decided to rest at home after the treatment.

Since I have already done a few treatments, I wanted to share a comparison on my overall face skin texture improvement. I tell you nothing but the truth, look at the photos and you can tell that my skin became smoother gradually.

Here’s a close up and if you look closely, the depressed scars on the side of my nose is improving too. I would like to add on to this that the size of the blackheads that was extracted off from my face are getting much smaller. I’d like to think that pore size not only shrunk by the skin surface but deep within my skin, it has shrunk. This is a good news as to my pores is no longer allowing the dirt and sebum to further clog as much as before.

As I did mentioned from my first treatment, I was looking out to improve my depressed scars and I have a lot of them particularly on my nose area. Here is close up comparison on my nose area, please excuse my big nose . With the tiny arrows pointing at the scars, you can actually see that they are improving gradually after each treatment. They are either less deep or the scar size has shrunk. I will further show you the difference again after my downtime of my third treatment is over.

Previously, I was unhappy with their arrangement on my second visit for the treatment as mentioned in my previous post. I have showed my concern to Mediviron UOA Clinic and I see improvement this time! Everything was arranged as accordingly just like how it was for my first treatment with lesser waiting time. I’m thankful that they have taken my feedback into consideration as I believe this will not only cater for me but also for their future potential customers. For further updates of Mediviron UOA Clinic, support them by liking their Facebook below!

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This treatment has been provided by Mediviron UOA Clinic for review purposes, please refer disclaimer.

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

Unboxing Mivva November 2013, BFF Sleepover Kit!

November 13, 2013 Leave a Comment

After hiatus for a week, now I’m back! Vietnam was all fun although it was tiring, I am still exhausted till today. I have returned to my office on Monday and look what I found sitting on my desk! Mivva sent me a surprise with their November 2013 box and you probably know about this if you followed me in Instagram. I totally have no idea that they would be sending this to me.

This month’s box is about having fun with your BFF, a kit that comprises skin care that you can share with your BFF for a great sleepover pampering session.

As I opened the box, I’m greeted with a card and this kit is great reason to share and mingle with my BFF! Speaking of it, I haven’t seen her in months. The card has a list of what’s inside the kit and I’m already very excited just by going through the list. Let’s see what’s inside!

I saw something pink peaking before rummaging into the contents of the box. Poof! A loofah took over half of the space of the box and I saw some goodies that I’m eager to try.

This pink loofah is something I have least expected. It’s a bonus I would say especially when it is not stated in the card. I always love to use loofah when it comes to using shower liquids. They make shower liquids so much more economical.

Antipodes Joyful Hand & Body Cream (30ml)

Glorious summer berry flirts with South Pacific hibiscus flower to enchant the trials of everyday life with moments of fragrant joy. Nutrient-rich avocado oil delivers an immediate boost of abundant skin nutrients to dry, tired and stressed skin. This captivating and velvety cream will leave your skin dewy and fragrant, and free from oily residue.

This is the first time I came across hand cream sample that comes in a pump bottle. The scent is really addictive, it smells like sweet dried rose. The cream is velvety, it does hydrate my skin but it feels slightly tacky even after its all absorbed into my skin.

Full price: MYR149.00 (120ml)

Stage Nail Colour

Go vampy with dark nail polish, or natural and sweet with a French manicure. With so many colors to choose from, you’d wish you had more fingers! The one-coat formula dries quickly to a glossy, salon-perfect finish.

This is definitely a full sized nail polish and the shade that I have here is called Innocent. Its a pearl-like shade where the consistency seems to be a little thin that I’m worried if this nail polish isn’t opaque enough. I can imagine using this nail polish with my BFF painting our nails and toe nails.

Price: MYR35.00 (11ml)

Neula 8 in 1 Tea Tree BB Cream SPF30 PA+++ (30ml)

Do not let yourself down by feeling greasy! Try experiencing all day oil gree with the new 8 in 1 Tea Tree BB Cream, a beauty product that you will sure fall in love with after the first try. With result such as anti-pimple, oil control, revitalization, UV protection, anti-ageing, soothing, light on skin , even skin tone help you appear fresh and natural with bare makeup.

I was very excited when I screened through the card and noticed one of the three Neula will be offered into the box. Deep down I was hoping for the BB cream because I wanted to find something that leaves my skin glowingly healthy with great oil controlling property without leaving my skin looking gray. This is a full sized BB cream and it fits to my skin type and need. It does look dark when I squeezed a tiny amount and it doesn’t have much scent to it. Once it is blended, it became slightly lighter that it see,s neutral during the swatch and it finishes off with bit of dewiness. I will definitely try this!

Price: MYR23.90

UGB Facial Essence Collagen Mask (1 piece)

With Hyaluronic Acid and various Botanical extracts in the mask, your skin is ensured to be moisturized for a long time. Collagen, main constituent of skin tissue makes your skin elastic and healthy.

I have yet to come across this Korean brand. As much as I love sheet masks, I would envision having this mask on with my BFF but since there is only one, the sharing would be incomplete.

Full sized: MYR198.00 (15grams)

ONL Dermost Moistay Cream

Spring water cream for a balanced adjustment of oil and water. Hydrating and calming cream with a soft touch for intensive moisturizing and adjustment of the oil/water balance.

Full Sized Price: MYR144.90 (60ml)

ONL Dermost Moistay Fresh Gel Cream

Pure hydration for skin with much sebum. Gel Cream contains 100% spring water in its base!

Full Sized Price : MYR144.90 (60ml)

They both comes in sample sachet which their weight was not stated. I’m assuming the cream is meant for normal to dry skin as it was not stated clearly in the card. Since the Fresh Gel Cream helps with controlling skin sebum, I’m think this is suitable for normal to oily skin.

This kit also comes with Antipodes MYR20.00 gift voucher to shop at Skinlab store!

Verdict?

When this actually comes with the BB cream that I might be looking for the longest time, I totally had it. It gives me so much more excitement to share this with my BFF. The plus bonus is that it comes with a full sized nail polish which I could imagine those girly moments painting our nails together. I would say this is quite a worthy box (especially the BB cream) and again, ONL comes as the smallest sample as how it was on the previous box.

Monthly Subscription Price: MYR38

My Rating: 4.5/5

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This beauty box has been provided by Mivva, kindly refer disclaimer.

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh