Las Vegas Laser Resurfacing doctors
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F. Victor Rueckl, MD
Las Vegas Dermatologist
8937 W Sahara Ave Suite B, Las Vegas |
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Amir M. Karam, MD
San Diego Facial Plastic Surgeon
4765 Carmel Mountain Road 201, San Diego |
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Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon
6020 South Rainbow Blvd. Building C, Las Vegas |
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Chase Lay, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon
10050 Bubb Road Suite #1, Cupertino |
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Michael Sundine, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon
1640 Newport Blvd #450, Costa Mesa |
Recent Answers
I was diagnosed with mild Rosacea 3 years ago. After being on a low-dosage Isotretinoin for 9 months my skin stabilised. I have some sun damage and brown spots/patches, I have several broken capillaries around my nose, my pores are enlarged and skin looks rough. I am currently using Obagi Nu derm with Tretinoin 0.05 which seems to even out the skin tone but I would like to get treatment for the redness and roughness. Which is safest: Sciton BBL or Pulsed Dye Laser?
I would actually recommend IPL for your rosacea. I have so many rosacea patients and have treated so many rosacea patients tremendously over the years with IPL. I prefer the Syneron RF machines because there are multiple treatments heads on the machine to use - SR and SRA. SRA works tremendously for surface area reds, like those from rosacea. Combining Cutera Laser Genesis with these treatments is also great and yields tremendous results.
I am 50 years old with brown hair, olive green eyes, light to medium olive skin tone. I have numerous small age spots on my face and forearms. I did have IPL about 2 years ago and it was fairly effective at removing the spots and upper lip melasma, but they came back despite regular use of sunscreen and sun avoidance. I would like to have laser treatment to remove age spots again, but I am confused by the various types of lasers being used. Is IPL, Q-switched, or Broadband Light best for removing age spots on face and forearms? Thank you.
For brown spots and pigments, IPL is the best. Lasers like Q Switch are more for tone problems. After you finished your IPL course two years ago, you should have been advised to come back in for maintenance treatments. This is an important part of any laser treatment plan. You should have an additional IPL session about every 6 months to maintain your results and address any new pigment issues. I would recommend you do at least 3 sessions of IPL again, and then continue to do a treatment at least every 6 months to maintain your results.
I have melasma and I have hispanic, french, middleeastern background. I have tried 5 photo facicals which improved it and then made it worse. I have also tried bleaching cremes, and Hydroquinone. However I also have a silica permanent filler called Dermagen in my face as well as hydrolonic acid. I would like to get the FX laser treatment but do not want to risk worse pigmentation. And my other concern is will the FX laser disturb or change fillers under the skin?
When fillers are injected correctly, they are injected deeper than lasers, or laser resurfacing machines, or IPL can penetrate, thus, they are unaffected by these types of treatments. Additionally, they do not have color in them, which means that lasers and fillers together would not create pigment problems. I do not think the FX laser is a good treatment for melama if that's what you are trying to treat. It's a resurfacing machine but does not have the ability to treat colors, like browns, associated with melasma.
