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Can Fraxel Treatment Cause Skin to Start to Look Older Three Years After Treatment?
asked 1 year ago by Akurei in Los Angeles
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
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Tags: lines
Three years after Fraxel treatment I have started to develop these very fine troughs and ridges on my face. It looks most like the skin of a person about 60 years old (I am in my 20's). I am worried that my Fraxel treatment caused these lines---and that they will grow worse. If Fraxel did not cause this condition, what else could have?
2 answers to Can Fraxel Treatment Cause Skin to Start to Look Older Three Years After Treatment?
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Fraxel long term results
Although I have never seen what you describe as a result of Fraxel, it is always important to look into possibilities of scenarios that are not expected in normal situations when more obvious answers are not evident. Possibly a biopsy might provide an answer but this could leave a small scar. If you can't see the doctor who treated you, you might want to see either Dr. Ron Moy or Dr. Gary Lask in L. A.
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Skin Looks Older Three Years After Fractionated Laser Treatment
Hi Akurei,
In my 8 years of Fraxel (Solta) use, I have not seen or heard of this type of response. You likely had Fraxel restore or refine treatment if you are in your 20's (if you were indeed treated with a true Fraxel product and not another fractionated laser, of which there are many). Those are non-ablative laser treatments that should not result in fine troughs and ridges on the face. It is difficult to say what caused your condition, and giving you...
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