medaura
#68
I’d still use the regular ones to make kefir to drink. It’s not for topical use though as it’s got the color and consistency of a frothy yogurt— unless you use it as a mask. But much more bang for the buck to eat than smear.
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Dr. Dray on Bryan Johnson’s Tixel and exosome skin treatment:
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Chloe
#70
@medaura @LaraPo @RapAdmin did any of you ever venture into buying your own tixel machine?
I have not. Can’t use it during pregnancy and have a couple other devices I’ve been getting great results with. That purchase is probably a couple years away for me.
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Chloe
#72
I see, thanks . Have you ever bought a machine from alibaba type places before? I haven’t , prices are temping sometimes though.
@medaura talks about equipment she’s bough on Alibaba here: The mTOR rebound effect has been kind to my skin? - #29 by medaura
I haven’t jumped into this area yet… not sure if its worth it or not. I find it disappointing that its almost impossible to know the quality of these types of devices… there are no “consumer reports” for these types of products from China, and some are good I’m sure others not so good.
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I’ve bought both from Alibaba and AliExpress and am overall very satisfied.
eli
#75
Following Medaura’s positive experiences and her - as always - precious advice I finally bought a red light panel and am very very happy with it (to be honest I feel fairly stupid that I bought another second- hand gadget in Spain paying a lot compared to what I would have paid from the Ali’ s; but then again I haven’t got that much experience - yet). I am looking into buying tixel machine in a couple of months if an interesting price pops up ( but am in no hurry as I would rather start in autumn so in 5 months from now ). Someone else bought a tecar machine recently (tecar thread) and it would seem indeed he was very satisfied too)
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Chloe
#76
Glad it worked out for you! Yes I’ve been getting the feeling I’m overpaying for skincare gadgets, too.
I am also very interested in a tixel machine, or a laser of some sort for pigmentation. I’ll keep you posted if I find anything interesting, perhaps you could do the same when you start researching!
Do you know how tixel results compares to Microneedling? They both cause micro-injury to up-regulate collagen but the tixel burns , whereas the pen manually punctures . I have a Microneedling pen but I hate using it.
I have a microneedling pen but haven’t used it in over a year because RF Microneedling works sooo much better — seriously I should look into liquidating my old devices for pocket change as they just take up space in my drawers.
Tixel is supposed to work much better than RF microneedling too so not even comparable to Dr Pen — orders of magnitude better. I’m just very happy with my RF microneedling results and don’t need to rock the boat and spend that kind of cash right now.
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Beth
#78
Not ready to pull the trigger yet but maybe eventually… I’m not too far from you. I will say i had $$$ laser while under anesthesia a few months ago by a very good doc, and IF there is a difference, it’s only slightly noticeable.
Beth
#79
I hear some of the heat devices actually dissolve fat in our faces… not sure which ones are the culprits. Just an fyi if it hasn’t been discussed here.
Beth
#80
I’m not doing anything too interesting but I’ve started using Elevai Enfinity. I’m sharing only because it’s a more obscure product. It has vit c, peptides and exosomes. I might be wasting my money?, but at the very least, I’m enjoying my peptide and vit c serum being one step. (I appreciate that the product is vegan and not tested on animals).
Have you all had the deep dive on exosomes and are they of value?
True. I think HIFU is the biggest culprit for fat loss. But the radiofrequency devices can do it too. It all depends on the energy output. My devices are not as high powered as some of the salon versions.
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I think it is usually recommended through the sixties. The risks increase if done in more aggressive manner. Everybody’s response is individual. Also rapamycin if it really works on you, would slow down the aging and improve your recovery which allow you to benefit from micro needling or conceptually related procedures like ellacor even after your sixties?
eli
#83
Sounds excellent - I will keep you posted too 
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I just read about tixel and besides results, i like the fact that it is one purchase only - no further purchases / hassle afterwards. In the meantime am trying to read up about it so as to be informed once I eventually end up buying one.
As proposed elsewhere, I would also be interested in sharing a device but since am based in Spain I doubt I can find someone else in the neighbourhood ( but if yes do let me know )
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Chloe
#84
Not a machine, but I posted Here about me & my husbands experience using polynucleotides with his before & after pics. It worked nicely for us both!
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I really want a Tixel, but the only “review” I can find of a knockoff is this reddit post that gives me pause. More detail in the comments.
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People can blame the knockoff device but they probably didn’t read the instructions. There’s settings for depth and duration of contact and if they don’t tweak those accordingly things can get weird. DIY isn’t for everyone.
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Highly likely. Would you have confidence in one of the knockoffs? I’m very tempted.
