Laser Resurfacing: Q&A
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Pores Much Larger After Aggresive Ablative Laser Resurfacing, Can I Reverse?
I had three laser resurfacing treatments, one was very aggressive. My pores became much larger after treatments. I did not realize that the resurfacing caused the enlargement after the first and I had two more hoping to smooth out my skin. It just got worse. I also have developed some ridging around pores. This whole situation has turned out very badly. Is there a way to reverse this with any topicals, such as retin a, etc?
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Heather12345
in Sunset Beach, NC
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Laser resurfacing and pore reduction
Pore reduction is not guaranteed to occur after laser resurfacing. Having done all different resurfacing techniques I have seen some patients pores improve, others unchange and some whose pores are more obvious. I haven't noticed ridges though. Pores can become blackheads, and if there are many blackheads then cleaning out the pores makes them look less visible. If however, the pores are somewhat filled with the dead skin cells that have not yet sloughed away, the pores may be...
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