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How Much Down Time is Needed After Erbium Treatment?
How much time will I need off from work? Work with public in health care? I'll have medium treatment with Erbium laser.
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Chloe 1
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Varying downtime after Erbium laser treatment
There are different types of Erbium lasers available to address specific skin types and skin conditions. Each laser can be customized for each patient’s specific needs. The latest Erbium technology by Sciton® can take the customization further since it’s measured in microns and can treat minor or deeper skin conditions. Therefore, the amount of downtime varies on the strength of the laser used and how many treatments a patient plans to have. Even though you say “medium treatment,”...
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Atlanta Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Downtime after erbium laser
The downtime depends on the aggressiveness of the treatment. It may take 7 to 10 days for healing to occur. Follow your physician's after-care protocol. Avoid the sun and use makeup until the pinkness fades.
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Depending on how aggressive the treatment, usually 5-7 days is enough time to heal. Thank you for your question and good luck.
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Fractional Erbium ablative laser resurfacing requires 5-7 days of downtime
Flat beam Erbium laser resurfacing which treats all of the skin, can require up to two weeks of downtime if a medium or deep Erbium laser peel is done.
Newer Fractional Ablative Laser skin resurfacing leaves tiny islands of skin intact and results in quicker healing with only 5-7 days of downtime.
Non-ablative fractional Erbium laser resurfacing does not break the skin and only causes pink or red color which can be covered with make up and only lasts a few days.
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Downtime after Erbium Laser Treatment
The amount of downtime after an Erbium laser treatment depends on which Erbium laser is used and the laser parameters chosen by your physician.
The downtime can vary anywhere from absolutely no downtime when an Erbium micropeel is used to between 7 and10 days from social activities and work with a more aggressive approach.
To your health,Dr. Goldberg
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Downtime for an erbium peel
It depends, even when you mention medium as a depth. My erbium laser is by Scition (www.sciton.com for more information that might help), and allows three different ways to apply erbium energy. A micropeel means you treat all the skin about 20-60 microns deep. Takes 2-5 days for the skin to heal, redness then disperses usually within another week.
Erbium can also be fractionated, called profractional xc. That treats 11% or more of the skin with vertical microchannels that are deeper...
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Erbium peel
The erbium laser is a great way to perform superficial to deep peels. Superficial peels can heel in two to three days. Most medium depth peels take about a week to heal.
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Downtime for Erbium laser
The erbium laser is fully ablative and the downtime is similar to that of an ablative CO2 laser, aggressive chemical peel (35% TCA or phenol peel), and dermabrasion. The entire surface of the skin is removed to a variable debth (50 microns for a "mini-peel or 300 microns for an aggressive treatment). The skin will generally regenerate (re-epithelialize) in about 10 days making this the earliest time you could get back into cover-up make-up. We recommend a mineral make-up such as GLO...
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