12 months ago
Your physician can vary the settings, and we have found that the best results are achieved using high energy (50-70mJ and high density (25-35% coverage). Your social downtime will increase with these settings, but most patients are willing to accept this to gain the better results.
If you have olive skin, your risk of developing brown discoloration (post inflammatory hyperpigmentation) will increase as well (we actually examined this in a clinical study and published the findings). This is almost always a temporary side effect.
You may want to also consider the fraxel repair to address you concerns, as this is an excellent choice to improve scarring (surgical, acne, and traumatic).
Take care,
Dr. Groff
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