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CO2 Lasers for Facial Wrinkles and Skin Tightening?
I'm a 40-year-old chinese woman who has sagging skin, nasolabial folds, and marionette lines. Will CO2 Lasers work on these problems and tighten skin as well?
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CO2 laser for sagging skin, nasolabial folds & marionette lines
The fractional CO2 laser is a great laser because it allows for treating pigmentation, wrinkles and general sun damage on the face. The laser also causes vaporization of the skin, which will lead to tightening. I am always cautious when patients come in for a consultation and say they want the fractional CO2 exclusively for sagging skin. Although it does help tighten the skin, it works well in patients who just need a little bit of tightening. Patients who have significant sagging of skin...
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Fractional CO2 laser treatment will help a little
CO2 lasers can give dramatic results with skin tightening and reduction of facial lines. The problem is the more aggressive treatments are also associated with permanent lightening of the skin. This is particularly significant in olive colored skin individuals.
A safer option would be to do a fractional CO2 laser treatment(s), which has less skin lightening. I would ask for a test patch first to see how your skin responds.
Fillers are another great option alone or in combination with...
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Facial Skin Tightening
Thank you for your question. I would suggest Ultherapy for facial skin tightening. Ultherapy deposits focused ultrasound energy below the surface of the skin to stimulate the body’s creation of new collagen. As a result, skin will actually begin to lift and tone over time. Collagen is a natural protein that gives skin its youthfulness by keeping it firmed, toned and elastic. Plus, the treatment is completely non-invasive and does not require downtime. I have seen excellent results with the...
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Fractional CO2 laser for wrinkles and sagging skin. Use with facial fillers.
Treatment with Fractional CO2 laser should coincide with facial fillers for the nasolabial folds and neurotoxins for the dynamic wrinkles. With your particular skin type, I would also recommend a topical skin brightening cream(s) such as Melaquin AM and Melaquin PM to use alongside the lasers.
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CO2 laser for sagging skin and wrinkles
The CO2 laser can give amazing results for sagging skin and deep wrinkles and sundamage; however, at age 40 you may not need fully ablative CO2 with 2 weeks of downtime and significant risk. I usually save this procedure for very wrinkled, sundamaged persons and those are usually older than 40. A fractional CO2 laser treatment can give you great results with less down time and risks.
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Fractional CO2 and Dermal Fillers
The Fractional CO2 will help to smooth out wrinkles of the face, and will also help to even out skin tone and improve texture. However, in order to correct the volume loss that occurs in the nasolabial folds and marionette lines, a dermal fill such as Juvederm is the best option. When used together you will see even more significant result. I hope this helps you.
Neil J. Zemmel
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There are better options than CO2 lasers
While facial resurfacing laser do result in skin tightening, I would not use it as a first choice in marionette or nasolabial folds. I agree that a better option is some type of facial filler - such as temporary dermal fillers or more permanent fat.
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Lasers not for folds
Co2 lasers are a great treatment for rejuvenating skin. They can provide excellent skin tightening, smoothing and evening of pigment. They will not eliminate nasolabial folds or deep marionette lines. One other consideration if you are considering laser treatments, is that you need to be careful because of your skin type. Patients with more natural pigment in their skin have a high risk of postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. Nasolabial folds and deep marionette lines are best treated...
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CO2 Lasers will only diminish nasolabial folds and marionette lines, not eradicate
The Co2 Lasers, Mixto, Lumenis, will help to diminish NLF and Marionette lines but will not eradicate them. The lasers help to build collagen and tighten skin but not enough to make them disappear. The NLFs are very difficult; even some face lift techniques, will not change them substantially. Fillers like, radiesse, fat, restylane and juvederm can be used to diminish these lines. Combination techniques, combining fillers and CO2 laser or Face lift and CO2 laser are a powerful combination...
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