Laguna Niguel MiXto Laser doctors
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Lenore Sikorski, MD
Laguna Niguel Dermatologic Surgeon
25500 Rancho Niguel Rd Ste 280 & 290, Laguna Niguel |
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Four weeks after Mixto laser treatment, my cheeks are still pigmented. The pigmentation appears like the lines on the areas treated with the high set energy of the laser. The doctor looks confused and says it takes months to disapear.
The process of healing was all normal, no problems. But now my skin never went back to normal before laser. He wants to speed the process of "turning to the normal colours" with chemical peel because I cannot leave the house without makeup on my cheeks. Will it help with the pigmentation?
Pigmentation can occur after any laser or chemical peel. It is a response to inflammation. We called this post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation. The first step is to use topical lightening agents (ie Retin A , hydroquinone, etc.) There are peels specifically for pigmentation, (ie cosmelan peel) that doesn't actually peel the face but instead gives an intense burst of lightening agents on the skin. So, my first step includes finding the most effective creams to reduce pigmentation. It can take a couple of months to resolve this. There are other treatments, but that would be after exhausting the various cream options.
