Wrinkles More Prominent After Laser Resurfacing Normal?

You should discuss these concerns with your treated physician. Lumps are not common and swelling should have substantially subsided after a month post treatment. Your treating physician will examine and take appropriate measures to treat it. It is not uncommon for a patient to only remember the skin until after the procedure when there are few wrinkles due to the edema. Therefore, it is best to compare the before and after pictures to see if the are really worse, which is unusual. The... more

I agree with Dr. Kulick that you need to see your doctor. Typically the first month after laser resurfacing the skin looks very smooth. It is normal for some wrinkles to return after 6-8 weeks, but the wrinkles should not be worse. If you had an unusual amount of swelling after the resurfacing and the swelling comes down quickly, the wrinkles could look worse initially. Understand that laser resurfacing removes wrinkles by building new collagen in the skin to plump the wrinkles and tighten... more

It is very atypical for the skin to look worse after laser resurfacing regarding skin wrinkles. Usually, the skin looks very good, almost too good right after treatment secondary to swelling. The final result is evident about 6 months after treatment. Neck liposuction is a procedure that usually looks good right after treatment and then may improve depending on a lot of variables. Sometimes massage can be helpful to reduce "lumps". There can be many causes for lumps but it... more