Post-Pearl Laser Skin Care
I had two Pearl Laser treatments done primarily for acne scarring. The first had great results, but the second one had me fighting constant breakouts. It's probably why my skin tone looks more reddish. I'm now nearly 2 months post-procedure. Is there a skin care line that I should be using to address this?
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24 posts
20 Nov 2008
There are many different medical grade skin care lines that address redness, however, depending on the underlying cause of redness will depend on the best treatment. I recommend NIA 24 and iS Clinical for redness. I also recommend doing a series of Laser Genesis in conjunction with home care products. It is hard to say what is causing your redness without seeing you, but it can be a number of things. Pearl is a great laser treatment for resurfacing the skin, and while you were doing the treatment for acne scarring, it also treats sun damage. As you treat superficial pigment/ sun spots and these improve, sometimes you can uncover redness that you already had that is being covered up by the sun spots. This is best treated with a combination of Laser Genesis and medical grade home care products. Laser Vein Therapy can also help redness if it is due to broken capillaries. It also sounds like your redness may be due to acne flares, in which treating your acne may help. The iS Clinical line can help treat acne as well as redness. Also, treatments such as Blu-U and Levulan Photodynamic Therapy are used to treat acne with good results.