Whitey, I'm so sorry you are still in agony with your arms. I'm on day four healing w/face and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Not a cake walk by any means. The new skin looks great and when all the pink is gone and the peeling is done I'll be happy. I must add that I wasn't dissatisfied with my "old" skin though.
My derm hasn't mentioned doing anything else...yet. I don't know if I have it in me to do any more. There has to be another way...perhaps I'll need a mild sedative/pain killer. I don't know. I was hoping the face was the worst and I got that behind me...but hearing your story makes me think twice about it.
The one thing that really disturbs me is the nonchalanct attitude the doc's have over this treatment. It was definitely more than I anticipated.