Greetings Diane,
The answer to your questions lie in what your conerns are - are you concerned about wrinkles or age spots or possibly both. The second half of the question is - how much of a result are you looking for versus how much of a downtime can you take. For some people, downtime is the key and even if they don't get the best result possible, they will be happy with some result. For patients with deep wrinkles, often deep laser treatments or at least multiple superficial treatments are necessary. Deeper treatments can increase downtime but increase improvement. More superficial treatments may not cause as much downtime but because of repeated treatments may result in the same overall amount of downtime. The best answer to your question will be attained by visiting with a physician who offers all of the options that you are thinking about - from minimal downtime such as Fraxel to more downtime such as conventional CO2 or phenol peels.
