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Fraxel Repair

What it is: an ablative fractionated laser treatment designed for intensive resurfacing of aged or damaged skin.

What it addresses:

Fraxel Repair is often used to treat:

- Wrinkles
- Irregular skin texture
- Sun spots and age spots
- Redness (vascular dyschromia)

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Fraxel re:pair - When can I expect the dark spots to dissipate?

I am now four weeks post fraxel re:pair and I have tiny brown pigment spots forming on my cheeks. Is this normal?

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Asked by: reddy
sydney Australia

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October 11, 2008

I would go to your doctor to see what's going on.

Joel Schlessinger, MD
Joel Schlessinger, MD
Board Certified
Dermatologist

While it is possible that this could happen, I would visit your doctor to make sure it is normal.  Usually, most patients are on a regimen of Retin A by this time and that can help to protect against this.  The most important thing to do at this time is to avoid any unnecessary sunlight and never step foot in a tanning booth ever again as it will certainly cause things like this to occur and harm the results you have worked hard to obtain.

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