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Redness of the top lip after Erbium laser resurfacing usually will last from 5-14 days. Some other factors such as skin health, color, and depth of lasering can vary this time frame. You should be on some form of fever blister protection such as Valtrex and a light healing ointment such as Aquaphor. The shower is also great to soak off the dead skin from the area. Keep the lasered area out of the sun as this will also create more redness. Hope this was Helpful. Dr. D
The bright redness usually turns to pink in a few to several weeks, but the pink blush or very light redness can persist for many months to a year or more. There are separate non-invasive lasers that can reduce redness with minimal to no down time, such as the V-beam laser. Sunblock is important to minimize ultraviolet’s redness-potentiating effect.
The length of time most patients experience redness after laser resurfacing depends upon which laser is used. In general, one to seven days is average. If the skin is red, some sort of moisturizing cream is recommended. This can be anything from very inexpensive Vaseline products to the fanciest of moisturizers from Bergdorf, just so long as it has a moisturizing quality.
I would use a combination of Luminase and Exfolase creams for the skin prep, followed by correction with fractional laser. Best, Dr. Karamanoukian#Realself100 Surgeon
Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong...
There may be a senstivity to light that the doxycycline causes and they would then be concerned of you developing a reaction to the laser light. Other antibiotics can be prescribed that don’t do this, but the most commonly prescribed ones for acne are in the tetracycline family, as is...
Hyperpigmentation can ruin your skin and can be caused by either PIH (post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation), melasma, age or sun spots, and chronic inflammation. Starting treatment is easy with topical creams; followed by laser and light therapy. I would use a combination skincare protocol that ...
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