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Buying pizza at Panago after that bucket flour-roux feels a little deprived. But they have pan pizzas now for $4.99 that offer Daiya cheese. It’s walk-in only (between 11am-3pm) and has to be requested, but my receipt specifically shows “DairyFreePAN-veggie” with no additional charge. The Daiya is still the oat-based one but it’s fine. The cheese only option is maybe a heavier emphasis on the oat-based texture and the meat-based pepperoni can’t be substituted out for a vegan option. I was able to leave items off of the pizza, but it might depend on that day’s interaction. I’m not really sure but if you need it it’s there.

The frozen personal-sized Daiya pizzas are $10 and I have no idea who would buy those. Panago is burdened but it might be lightened as a take-out option for routine-based activities or social nights. It’s its own gauge I guess but transactionally and as a vegan option it’s fine.

I’m trying the Sciton profractional laser for acne scarring and surface level damage. It’s primarily on my cheek and temple area. I was originally going to get Fraxel and work my way up to profractional. The profractional laser was recommended in its place as a more effective treatment. It’s more wound healing than I anticipated — I didn’t know it was this ablative. It’s a little violent but isn’t tested on animals (as a side note). These cosmetic lasers always terrify me in terms of product development and testing, so that’s at least something. They’re super intense in this case.

There’s a larger margin of error with a treatment this aggressive — it seems like it’s at the discretion of you and your technician. There’s graphed pin marks that cause a lot of bleeding and multiple passes might lead to additional scarring. I think the grid marks end up being textural in some cases, so it’s a weighted decision. I’m reluctant to recommend it as a safe option but it seems promising for a limited amount of laser treatments. I like it as a CO2 alternative. Your face still completely welts up. It’s so bad in fact I’m not sure if I would do full face. I think if you’re willing to overlook accidental scarring, this covers a lot of surface area. I would feel confident about it addressing fine lines and wrinkles. I’m really hoping it improves glabella lines (those are like completely etched in at times and might need aggressive forms of resurfacing).

The treatment was a lot more in-depth than I anticipated. I wish I took before pictures so I could better assess what I’ve done to my face. There’s a 3-7 day estimated recovery time but I’m not sure I’ll be able to leave the house for like two weeks. There’s a concerning amount of swelling and hyperpigmentation — it was again used aggressively but I would plan around it as a CO2-type laser (even though it isn’t one). It looks terrible, like being covered in road rash. The treatment itself wasn’t that painful with numbing cream — it’s also not that painful to recover from. It’s somewhere between “everyone uses that Ordinary chemical peel and micro-needles their face” and “I can’t leave the house for like two weeks and might have caused permanent damage” as an anxiety.

I anticipate (or hope) to see improvement in some of the treated areas but I’m also bracing for potential laser damage. If there’s significant improvement to problem areas I might settle on it being fine. I haven’t seen as much information on this particular laser, so just wanted to put it out there as a limited review or option. I would maybe recommend it as a laser but need to see its result and would err on the side of caution if I had it redone (like multiple treatments with less passes).

It’s like a five minute prep (hashbrowns, vegan mayo, seasoning and chopped pickles).