Has anyone tried ReAura Laser Device from Philips?
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free skin care · Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:48 am

Bermie2 wrote:

Keliu can I ask if you used a forwarding freight company to ship to Australia?

Your right. Thanks!

Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:12 am

Just finished my second treatment with Reaura ( managed setting 2 ) but found the nose extremely difficult. I'd be grateful if anyone can offer any tips on getting to this area?

Anne

free skin care · Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:17 am

Anne5899 wrote:

Just finished my second treatment with Reaura ( managed setting 2 ) but found the nose extremely difficult. I'd be grateful if anyone can offer any tips on getting to this area?

Anne

Hi Anne, here is a tip mismis gave me that works pretty well.

It is hard to do the bridge of the nose, Cookie. Here's what works best for me (& it is not perfect, but I can get the machine to fire): I put the tip sideways so the little metal sensors are lined up vertical just to one side of the bridge and move it across. The rest of the nose I can get while doing the usual horizontal & vertical passes. Plus, make sure you have gel on the bridge, it does help and it is easy to forget to put it there.

In the end, success here probably has something to do with the shape of the nose!

best,
mis

Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:09 am

Thanks Cookie D. Will try your ( mismis ) suggestion on my next treatment.

free skin care · Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:27 am

I have a question, maybe PQ, Keliu or mismis can help me out. In the effort of time management I would like to decrease the amount of time it takes to do a series (16) of treatments. I want to know if you guys and girls think it is OK to do a treatment every 3rd day. That would decrease the time period from 8 weeks down to 6 1/2 weeks. I would really like to do a series in 4 weeks but that would take doing a treatment every other day and I'm not sure about that. What are your thoughts? I have really tough skin and I really don't stay pink for very long.
I have never had a professional laser treatment done so I am trying to compare the damage that is done to the skin when getting it done at the Dr. vs increasing the schedule for home use of the ReAura.

My plan is to do a ReAura series, wait 4 to 6 weeks and then do a dermaroll (1.0 to 1.5) wait another 4 to 6 weeks and repeat. I know they are suppose to work on the same premise but some Dr's feel that lasers are not as good so I would like to cover all my bases.

Thanks for any advice. Smile

free skin care · Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:10 pm

Anyone using this in the U.S.? Do you use a power converter with it? My husband had me order one from Amazon but it's so heavy but he says it's better than the device frying out.

How long does a treatment take? Not sure if this has been asked before, sorry if I'm repeating it.

free skin care · Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:02 pm

WhiteWolf wrote:

Anyone using this in the U.S.? Do you use a power converter with it? My husband had me order one from Amazon but it's so heavy but he says it's better than the device frying out.

How long does a treatment take? Not sure if this has been asked before, sorry if I'm repeating it.

Hi WhiteWolf, you need a Europe to US power adapter plug like in the link below. I bought mine at Radio Shack. You don't need a power converter. It will work on our power system.

http://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Adapter-Europe-America-Certified/dp/B000BMC578

As far as treatment time, are you asking a series (16 treatments) or just individual treatments?
Each zone once you get the hang of using the laser takes about 6 to 7 min.. Example the face is 3 zones so it takes about 18 to 21 min. for the face. The neck is 2 zones etc. It will take you a little bit longer at first while your learning.

free skin care · Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:09 am

Cookie, I have wondered about this, too. Bottom line is that treatments must be 48 hours apart. My thoughts are that the instructions probably include a large saety margin even for those with extra sensitive skin. I like to do my treatments early in the week so that I look good on the weekend when social eents are most likely to be scheduled, so I generally use the 48 hour rule.

I am interested to ee how this works for you.

Just into my third week of second round and already getting comments about "radiance". I just love this machine!!

free skin care · Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:59 am

mismis wrote:

Cookie, I have wondered about this, too. Bottom line is that treatments must be 48 hours apart. My thoughts are that the instructions probably include a large saety margin even for those with extra sensitive skin. I like to do my treatments early in the week so that I look good on the weekend when social eents are most likely to be scheduled, so I generally use the 48 hour rule.

I am interested to ee how this works for you.

Thanks Mismis, I have decided to do 3 treatments a week. Some treatments will be on the third day apart some on the second day, but I will have 48 hours between each treatment. That will allow me to do a series of 16 treatments in 5 1/2 weeks. I have started this schedule on my neck and hands but am already towards the end of the series on both areas. I haven't encountered any problems and don't expect to. I will do this schedule on the next round for my face but am trying to do a dermaroll (still waiting on my roller order) first so I'm not sure when that will be.

It's great that you are getting comments about your skin. Smile

free skin care · Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:36 pm

CookieD - thanks so much! That helps a lot. Smile

Sure beats the monster of a converter my hubby told me to get which weighs a ton, haha.

free skin care · Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:22 pm

My DH (who is an engineer, for what that is worth) just went down to the basement and cobbled something together with a plug he had and this works just fine! I had forgotten to order a converter and didn't have one in my travellers' kit and he knew how excited I was about my new toy.

So if you are handy . . .

free skin care · Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:58 am

I did my first treatment, had a bit of trouble keeping contact with skin but I'm sure as time goes on I'll get better at it.

Learned something new though! About a day or two after, tiny little brown specks appeared all over my face. Silly me thought it was from using my Wonderbar and assumed they were clogged pores. Made things worse by scrubbing my face with my microfiber cloth, etc.

Little did I know that this is actually the same thing that happens after Fraxel, etc. "Dark spots are also normal. The pigment that you are now seeing is also a normal response. This is the damaged pigment (or photo damaged skin) raising."

Yup, go ahead and chuckle! Smile

Learn something new every day they say. Smile

free skin care · Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:19 am

Hi Whitewolf, the thing that helped me the most on the contact of the skin is to force myself to go slower with the passes over my skin. I was always trying to go too fast and the laser will only go so fast.

My raised brown spots were there most of my treatment series. Some would fall off but as I did more treatments others would come up. I'm sure this will vary depending on how much sun damage a person has. I have to say my skin is the clearest tone and texture that I can remember. I still have a little bit of sun damage but I have only done one round with the ReAura so I'm sure it will all be gone by the end of the next round.
Good luck with the laser. I hope you like it as well as I do. If you get a chance it might be worth going to the ReAura website on the little lite blue card. It is hard to navigate and poorly set up but there is some information you can get from other peoples question but you can probably get as much and more from the people here at EDS.

free skin care · Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:23 pm

photoqueen wrote:

I have now finished 3 full sets of treatment on power level 3.

I am now going to trial using the ReAura in same way the new Tria is being used, I believe the Tria is working at a lower power, which is indicated by the amount redness after treatment and the recovery time with the Tria, I get the same affect if I use my ReAura on power setting 1 or 2.

So I am going to trial 16 nights at power level 1 or 2 depending on the reaction is like the next morning, as I can't go to work with a bright red face, so will try with setting 2 tonight and see how it goes.

I will report back.

PQ

Hi PQ, did you finish your 16 night trial and if you did what were your results?

I have just started my 2nd round of ReAura on my face and chest. I was going to hold off and do a dermaroll but the timing didn't work out. Looking forward to continued good results. I am going to do a condensed 16 treatment round. It should take around 5 to 5 1/2 weeks depending on my schedule.

free skin care · Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:05 am

I took the plunge and bought the ReAura. I have done one treatment so far on level 2 and it was ok-not very comfortable but I could bear it.After the treatment I was red as a tomato, but it subsided pretty fast. Tomorrow will be my next treatment. I'll keep you updated

free skin care · Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:38 am

ellenk wrote:

I took the plunge and bought the ReAura. I have done one treatment so far on level 2 and it was ok-not very comfortable but I could bear it.After the treatment I was red as a tomato, but it subsided pretty fast. Tomorrow will be my next treatment. I'll keep you updated

Good luck Ellenk. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask. The people here are very helpful and I learned a lot from them while doing my treatments.

free skin care · Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:25 am

Thank you CookieD, I really appreciate your posts. Just done 2nd treatment- I wonder if I ever will be able to use level 3. But I am dedicated to do the treatment and perhaps be wrinkle free by Christmas,lol.

free skin care · Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:54 pm

I'm really loving this device, for starters, it's less time consuming. Plus after 3 treatments, my skin overall looks better. I am still getting those tiny little brown specks but that's a good thing, bye-bye bad skin cells. Smile

I've done my hands and neck too, couldn't help myself. Definitely glad I splurged on the ReAura.

free skin care · Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:26 pm

WhiteWolf wrote:

I'm really loving this device, for starters, it's less time consuming. Plus after 3 treatments, my skin overall looks better. I am still getting those tiny little brown specks but that's a good thing, bye-bye bad skin cells. Smile

I've done my hands and neck too, couldn't help myself. Definitely glad I splurged on the ReAura.

Good for you WhiteWolf. I think you will really end up liking the ReAura. I know I do.

free skin care · Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:21 pm

Update

Hands- it has been 2 weeks since my last treatment on my hands. All the little specks of brown color are gone and my skin looks much more even toned. My hands don't look as wrinkled and you can't see the veins in my hands as much as you used to be able to.

Neck- it's about 3 1/2 weeks since my last treatment and I can't say I have seen any difference on my neck. I still have the rings there and the depth of them doesn't seem like it has changed. Sad

I will definitely need more rounds of treatment there.

Face- I am a third of my way through my 2nd round. I am doing fine on the condensed treatment schedule. One thing I happened to notice today was that my lip lines are much better. I have been really trying to get close to my top and bottom lip this time because last round you could tell there was a little white color ring around my mouth where I didn't get close enough. I probably have been getting too close because my lips are a little dry now but today when I was putting stuff on them I was really surprised to see the lack of lines above them. Some of it could be inflammation but my lips are not swollen at all. I don't have really deep lines but they were bad enough to try lips to kiss for 6 months a long time ago.(didn't work for me) NL lines are much more faint also.
Smile

free skin care · Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:19 am

CookieD wrote:

photoqueen wrote:

I have now finished 3 full sets of treatment on power level 3.

I am now going to trial using the ReAura in same way the new Tria is being used, I believe the Tria is working at a lower power, which is indicated by the amount redness after treatment and the recovery time with the Tria, I get the same affect if I use my ReAura on power setting 1 or 2.

So I am going to trial 16 nights at power level 1 or 2 depending on the reaction is like the next morning, as I can't go to work with a bright red face, so will try with setting 2 tonight and see how it goes.

I will report back.

PQ

Hi PQ, did you finish your 16 night trial and if you did what were your results?

I have just started my 2nd round of ReAura on my face and chest. I was going to hold off and do a dermaroll but the timing didn't work out. Looking forward to continued good results. I am going to do a condensed 16 treatment round. It should take around 5 to 5 1/2 weeks depending on my schedule.

I did, I would say that the benefits were zero! I am convinced you HAVE to follow their protocol, I tried, it didn't work, I am back to full power on all 3 areas on my face.

PQ

free skin care · Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:30 am

photoqueen wrote:

CookieD wrote:

photoqueen wrote:

I have now finished 3 full sets of treatment on power level 3.

I am now going to trial using the ReAura in same way the new Tria is being used, I believe the Tria is working at a lower power, which is indicated by the amount redness after treatment and the recovery time with the Tria, I get the same affect if I use my ReAura on power setting 1 or 2.

So I am going to trial 16 nights at power level 1 or 2 depending on the reaction is like the next morning, as I can't go to work with a bright red face, so will try with setting 2 tonight and see how it goes.

I will report back.

PQ

Hi PQ, did you finish your 16 night trial and if you did what were your results?

I have just started my 2nd round of ReAura on my face and chest. I was going to hold off and do a dermaroll but the timing didn't work out. Looking forward to continued good results. I am going to do a condensed 16 treatment round. It should take around 5 to 5 1/2 weeks depending on my schedule.

I did, I would say that the benefits were zero! I am convinced you HAVE to follow their protocol, I tried, it didn't work, I am back to full power on all 3 areas on my face.

PQ

Thanks PQ for trying it out. Too bad it didn't work.

free skin care · Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:00 am

CookieD wrote:

photoqueen wrote:

CookieD wrote:

photoqueen wrote:

I have now finished 3 full sets of treatment on power level 3.

I am now going to trial using the ReAura in same way the new Tria is being used, I believe the Tria is working at a lower power, which is indicated by the amount redness after treatment and the recovery time with the Tria, I get the same affect if I use my ReAura on power setting 1 or 2.

So I am going to trial 16 nights at power level 1 or 2 depending on the reaction is like the next morning, as I can't go to work with a bright red face, so will try with setting 2 tonight and see how it goes.

I will report back.

PQ

Hi PQ, did you finish your 16 night trial and if you did what were your results?

I have just started my 2nd round of ReAura on my face and chest. I was going to hold off and do a dermaroll but the timing didn't work out. Looking forward to continued good results. I am going to do a condensed 16 treatment round. It should take around 5 to 5 1/2 weeks depending on my schedule.

I did, I would say that the benefits were zero! I am convinced you HAVE to follow their protocol, I tried, it didn't work, I am back to full power on all 3 areas on my face.

PQ

Thanks PQ for trying it out. Too bad it didn't work.

Gave it a go!

PQ

free skin care · Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:20 pm

Update here: Loving the ReAura! I've had this pesky dark spot/old acne scar above my eyebrow for the past few years and now it's fading! Wow, just wow! I've tried creams, serums, AHA's, etc, and nothing has faded this spot. Plus I had these red spots on my face & two on my lips (cherry angiomas I think) and they're gone! Yippee!!! Smile

This device is definitely worth the money. Wish I had more free time to do twice a week but just once a week is doing a world of good. Smile

free skin care · Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:33 pm

Oo that sounds fantastic! And tempting!
I have what I think are cherry angiomas all over my thighs-is the reaura safe to use on the body ?(I can't see why it wouldn't be, but sometimes things aren't as I would think!)

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