Can Pixel Laser Be Too Aggressive?

Those seem like legitimate settings. This is indeed a difficult problem since your skin type which I'm assuming is a Fitzpatrick 5 or 6 puts you at risk for hypopigmentation after any procedure. In order to accomodate patients with your skin-type, I use lower settings on the Pixel and have them return every 2 to 4 weeks. There is no data to support this but my fear of hypopigmentation (which most probably resolves) prevents me from doing a deeper burn. The problem is even more... more