Fractional CO2 Laser Treatment Limits? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Fractional CO2 Laser Treatment Limits?

Is There a Limit to the Number of Fractional CO2 Laser Treatments One Can Get?

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4 Doctor Answers | Asked by pollodigomma
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Factional Laser should be touched up in 3-4 years.

When you go for a factional laser treatment, your doctor or technician should let you know what you can expect in terms both the treatment and the post-treatment downtime and results. The full effect of the fractional treatment occurs three to four months after your treatment. The full effect of the collagen simulation is visible at this point. You may do more than one treatment for a given area for harder-to-fix problems, or more sensitive regions. For example icepick acne scars may be... more
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Fractional CO2 may result in the Law of Diminished Returns

The answer depends on the reason you were having the laser treatment done in the first place, but as long as safe practices were employed and enough healing took place between treatments you can definitely have multiple treatments. The results are additive to some degree, but unpredictably. You may get your biggest improvement after one or after 3 treatments for instance, but it is unpredicable. However, at some point, the improvement begins to level off and thus you... more
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Are there limits to number of fractional laser treatments

Since the amount of skin replaced during each treatment is from 5 to 33%, after a certain number of treatments a large amount of skin is essentially replaced. For example if we are doing 20% resurfacing, in 4-5 treatments most of the epidermis and some to most dermis is replaced. After completing such a series I would give the skin a chance to complete its rejuvenation and deposition of new collagen for the next 2-3 years or even longer before considering any more resurfacing. more

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Fractional laser

The number of treatments will depend on the type of system, CO2 vs Erbium. The greater the amount of skin resurfacing, the more significant the result. Erbium laser treatments will require a series vs CO2 which may only require 1 or 2 sessions. Results should last for several years, at which time you may benefit from additional treatments.
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