When I first started my Fraxel treatment to fade my surgical scars I bought a series of 6 Fraxel sessions because that is the estimated number of sessions required to fade such dark scars. After 3 of the 6 Fraxel sessions, Dr. Howard told me it was likely the scars would completely fade out after a year without any more Fraxel sessions. But to speed up the process of fading, Dr. Howard did the fourth session and said it was likely that I was done with my treatments, and said that over the course of a year the scars should continue to fade out on their own without requiring my last 2 Fraxel sessions. The scars do continue to fade and I am pretty sure that he is right that will not need to use my last 2 sessions. Dr. Howard obviously only does what is needed to get the result you want!
Updated on 19 Sep 2013:
When I first started my Fraxel treatment to fade my surgical scars I bought a series of 6 Fraxel sessions because that is the estimated number of sessions required to fade such dark scars. After 3 of the 6 Fraxel sessions, Dr. Howard told me it was likely the scars would completely fade out after a year without any more Fraxel sessions. But to speed up the process of fading, Dr. Howard did the fourth session and said it was likely that I was done with my treatments, and said that over the course of a year the scars should continue to fade out on their own without requiring my last 2 Fraxel sessions. The scars do continue to fade and I am pretty sure that he is right that will not need to use my last 2 sessions. Dr. Howard obviously only does what is needed to get the result you want!