Healing from Fraxel Re:pair

Hi Beth, Most importantly you need to stay in touch with your treating physician. It is normal to be swollen at 5 days, then at day 6 or 7 most of the swelling has usually resolved. At day 7-8 you should still be pink or reddish, but mineral make-up and/or skin tinted physical sun block may be used. Over the next 2 to 4 weeks your skin should return to its normal color. All of this is dependent upon the aggressiveness of the treatment, and the fine tuning of the individual laser. See... more