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Treatment for Irritation After Pearl Laser

I had the Pearl Laser treatment 3 days ago, and my face (especially the area around my mouth) has red bumps and/or rash, and my skin looks irritated. I also have honey comb imprints all over my face, darker in some areas than others, and have developed this itch along with red, blotchy spots. Are these normal post-Pearl Laser? What can I do to improve my skin's condition?

Asked 38 months ago by simone1978 in los angeles
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What's normal 3 Days Post Pearl Treatment

Greetings Simone~ It is quite normal to have redness, dryness and irritation 3 days after your Pearl. The honeycomb pattern is the 'footprint' of where the laser treated your skin and is also very normal to see the first few days. You skin, if it hasn't already, will continue to get dry, get tighter feeling and darker and then just as you're really wondering what is happening it will begin to peel (generally around the mouth and nose first and continue to move... more
Grant Stevens, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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