What is the Downtime for Ablative Erbium Yag Laser?

The time for healing is variable, dependent upon the energy used and the number of times the laser passes over the area. Some superficial procedures will be healed in 3 days, whereas deeper procedures to remove fine line, blotchy pigmentation, superficial wrinkles, superficial acne scars may take around 10 days (and that's assuming that everything heals as expected and there are no complications like infection, delayed healing, etc). Once healed the skin may remain red for several weeks... more

Erbium yag laser resurfacing downtime is highly variable depending upon the depth of ablation. Very light erbium peels heal within 2-3 days, whereas deeper peels may take as long as traditional CO2 laser peels; up to 2 weeks or more. see video