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Why Are Lasers the Most Talked About for Acne Scars when It Simply Does Not Work?
i have googled many times to find out what the best thing for acne scarring.most doctors tell their patients to do some sort of laser.so the patient pays big bucks and gets it done.and of course no results.i hear and read most people did not get results.so why do doctors insist on telling patients that lasers work the best. they do not
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Re: Lasers for Acne Scars
Lasers are essentially tools. The way they are applied for specific patients depends on how skilled the physician is. There are different parameters that can be established. These will determine how much energy is used and how deep the wavelengths will penetrate the skin.
More than one session will be needed for desired results.
I am sure that there are patients who may not have received the results they wanted. However there are others who have. Take a look at this video...
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In our practice and I’m sure every practice has their own way of treating acne scars. We have laser treatments and or a mini facelift to stretch out the skin. We have Profractional laser treatment and micro laser peels. Those procedures will improve your acne scars dramatically. If you want the least invasive and no down time with mild correction a Vipeel can help with that as well.
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Acne Scarring and Lasers
Lasers do work. It just depends on what you are using it for. I personally do not feel the deep acting lasers that heat the deep tissue does much like the wavelengths from 1100-1500. I would do co2 laser resurfacing. Sometimes a multi approaches are the way to go.
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Treatment options for acne scarring
Lasers have a definite role in the treatment of acne scarring, but I agree that many non-laser treatments are useful. Here is how I approach acne scarring. The first step is to determine what type of scar you have.
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