This is my 3rd Fraxel treatment. The 2 previous treatments left me w/ a bad sunburn, but now I have the typical sunburn PLUS all these reddish purple areas. I have some by themselves and some clusters.
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After Fraxel treatments, you want to do your best to maintain your results and prevent future sun damage. Even though everything may look back to normal, there is still healing and remodeling going on in your skin, and you don't want to do anything to irritate or inflame your skin.
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Thanks for your question. Aggressive fraxel settings are necessary to get deep enough to remodel your scars. This redness is common after certain laser resurfacing treatments and should eventually fade within a month or two. GloMinerals make up line makes a product called redness relief...
The Fraxel re:pair has fractional laser technology that made the CO2 laser much safer than completely ablative CO2 lasers. The company has seen none of the risks that the older CO2 had - hypopigmentation, scarring, and lines of demarcation. The CO2 laser has been long regarded as the gold...