I had Fractional CO2 Treatment on Friday. Today (Sunday), I woke up at 5 am, couldn't sleep due to be uncomfortable & my face having a really foul smell. Is this normal? If not should I go to the ER? Please advise. Thank you for your help
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The laser treatment is limited to the skin and dermis (tough layer beneath the skin). The transferred fat is placed deep to the dermis and most often deep to the underlying muscle. Thus the laser should not directly affect the transferred fat. The laser will cause swelling though which can be...
Thank you for your question. Many patients share your sensibility that it would be best to focus a resurfacing treatment on just the skin areas of concern. It does make sense for some skin procedures, like when a lesion is removed for biopsy. However, the profound effect a fractional laser...
In my patients, I would recommend a grace period of about 3 days post fractional CO2 laser before exposing your skin to the environment. Patients are advised to use Melaquin AM, which has four active sunscreens, for at least four weeks post laser resurfacing. In the Santa Monica and...
