My dermatologist informed me I had "too many cancerous and precancerous lesions on my face and upper chest to even count" . She advised I do her blue light treatment after an application of a gel. The gel was painted on my face and upper chest first, then the blue photo light turned on for 14 minutes. This is the first time I have ever thought back on it as it was so painful both during and after, it was traumatic.

I have had four children, full term childbirths. The pain and agony from this treatment did not give me beautiful skin afterwards; and I begged for painkillers after the third day and got NONE or any sympathy whatsoever from the medical personnel.

I am a blue eyed blonde. Am not sure who invented this procedure but they obviously don't care how painful it is. I would rather go through 14 hours of labor before doing this again: at least with labor you get a beautiful reward and some sympathy regarding the pain involved.

I no longer do any cremes either. I did a complete "cream treatment" only three years prior to this. My face and upper chest literally turned into leather texture, broke open into bleeding, oozing and then crusting for more than "a week or so" I was told would happen. I could not go outside in the sun for two months due to pain and sensitivity, let alone the horrible scabbing and crusting. And that creme treatment was nearly as painful!

It has been 9 years since I have had ANY treatment. I tell the docs, you will not use one of those cold cryo devices on me nor will you put on cremes, blue lights. I make sure I get biopsies, even they leave a small scar, I do not care. It is so much less painful and faster.

Being aged does not mean I want to run about looking like a monster after these creme and light treatments. A biopsy heals faster and I know for SURE if it is or is not cancer. I would never face that blue light treatment again...unless they put me under first and for three weeks afterwards OR give me some pain medication to get through it. As it was I drank my way through this torture!! Never again.