I've always had dark circles under my eyes. Despite living a healthy lifestyle (eating right, staying hydrated, exercising, and getting enough sleep), they don't go away. I've read that fraxel lasers can lighten dark pigmentation. Will this work for my dark circles as well? To be clear: I don't have bags under my eyes, so I don't believe a blepharoplasty would help, nor is the area hollow so I don't believe fillers would help (aside from which, I'm not pumping a synthetic filler into my face!)
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October 6, 2013
Answer: Dark lower eyelid circles usually not helped by Fraxel laser
Ron Shelton, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
The Fraxel Restore / Dual laser has a very high safety record but side effects can occur such as several days of redness but actual formation of new capillaries in the skin is not something that I have seen. There can be however, red streaks at times which are rare but I have never seen those...
Some traumatic scars, and even some surgical scars, heal with the underlying muscle contracting away from the wound and this can create elevations next to the wound and and indentation in the scar (although there are other causes of this too). Wounds mature and often look better with time. This...
Hi Donna. There are several different types of Fraxel Laser. The Fraxel DUAL (1550 nm/1927 nm), Fraxel Restore (1550 nm) and Fraxel Repair (Fractionated CO2 laser). The Fraxel Repair is considered an ablative laser and the Fraxel DUAL and Restore are nonablative lasers....
