Is It Ok To Have Fraxel Co2 if You Are Trying to Get Pregnant?

I would recommend avoiding any laser resurfacing treatment including Fraxel CO2 because you will need topical and intralesional anesthesia. For this reason alone, I would not perform the procedure on the off chance that you may be pregnant on the day of the procedure. Furthermore, your skin may undergo a slew of hormonal changes while pregnant thus you may want to wait until after you are not trying to get pregnant anymore.

If you are not currently pregnant and would like to have Fraxel laser treatments, you can certainly go right ahead. However once you become pregnant it is definitely recommended that you stop. While it is likely not harmful, there are no studies to support the safety. There likely will never be a study in pregnant patients, so just be patient and wait until after you have your baby to resume treatments.

Carbon dioxide laser, whether fractional or non-fractional, requires several days of healing. THere can be special requirements in post operative care depending on your individual course. You don't want to risk scarring or pigmentation problems and the hormones of pregancy can influence the healing. If there were to be special treatments, such as antibiotics by mouth, or topically, anti-viral medications, anesthetic, sedatives, to be used during and after the treatment, your doctor... more