Doctor:
Dr. Steven Nielson
Laser Me Beautiful Center
Westmont, New Jersey
Overcoming a
Difficult Year
Even as she
endured a harrowing year that included her mother's death
and her own bouts with breast and bone cancer, Kathleen
Horay strove to demonstrate a positive attitude. She
continues to maintain her positive outlook as she works to
keep up a healthy lifestyle for both body and mind. As a
personal treat, she wanted to have Fraxel® Laser Treatment
to help reduce the signs of aging in her face. "I wanted the
treatment performed so that the outside of my body would
match the positive inside of me." says Kathleen.
Kathleen is a
divorced mother of two who is expecting her first grandchild
in December. She is excited to be a grandmother, but as she
says, "I don't want to look like one." To stay in shape, she
likes to workout at the gym and power walk. She also likes
to cook, read and spend time with her children.
Two months
and three treatments later, Kathleen has regained her more
youthful appearance and the confidence she lost during her
difficult year. She says her skin is smooth and the fine
lines around her eyes are gone. "I think the greatest impact
the treatment is having on my life is that it has given me
back the confidence and attractiveness that I had lost after
my fight with cancer," says Kathleen.
The Starting
Point
Kathleen was
nervous before her first treatment, but when she arrived at
her doctor's office, they helped calm her nerves by
thoroughly explaining the procedure. A topical anesthetic
was applied to her face to keep discomfort to a minimum.
Kathleen says the treatment felt like a bad sunburn, but she
applied ice packs at home to cool her face and ease
swelling. She awoke the next day with some swelling, but
still went to work. Her swelling was completely gone a
couple of days later. Just a week after her first treatment,
her friends and co-workers could already see a difference in
her skin. "I felt really good that the results were starting
to show after just one treatment," says Kathleen.
Her second
treatment followed a couple of weeks later and then her
third treatment a few weeks after that. Both treatments had
similar side effects to the first one - some swelling and
redness that decreased each day until it disappeared several
days after the treatment. However, the results kept getting
better and better, more and more noticeable and
significantly improving with each treatment. After three
treatments, Kathleen was really seeing the results she
wanted. "Friends and co-workers can't believe how nice my
skin looks," she says. "It has really made a difference in
the way I look at myself and feel about myself. Best of all,
I have lost the stressed-out look in my face and feel pretty
again."
Steven
Nielson, MD
Dr. Nielson
received his education at the Pennsylvania College of
Medicine in Philadelphia. He served his residency at the New
York Community Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, which is
affiliated with the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Nielson has been performing cosmetic procedures for
several years at his Laser Me Beautiful center in Westmont,
New Jersey.
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