Miami Active FX doctors

Activ Fx and its companion laser, Deep Fx are fractional CO2 lasers, and are excellent tighteners for sun damaged skin of the neck, face and chest. However they do not adress excess facial and neck fat, so there will not be sufficient tightening in overwieght patients unless done following liposuction.

ActivFX, chemical peel and Ipl all have similar effects on the skin, albeit at somewhat differnt depths and in different ways. Used in the same area at the same time it would seem to be redundant. Are you certain your doctor intends to apply them in the same areas sequentially? Sometimies we do three different resurfacing techniques at the same time, but in different areas - such as ActivFx on the cheeks, chemical peel on the lip and IPL on the forehead. Fillers can be done at the same time as a resurfacing procedure, either before of after.

First, I notice that you are from Hong Kong and would caution that lasers can cause significant pigmentary problems if you have Asian skin. If that is the case the Active Fx would be less ablative and therefore safer, although pigmentation could still be an issue. In general, the full CO2 would give greater results but with far more potential for unwanted side effects and longer healing time, while the Total Fx would give about 60% of the benefit with less risk and down time.