Fraxel 1 Day PO, Noticed What Appeared to Be a Very Small Bright Red Broken Blood Vessel on my Nose, Is This Permanent?

Some traumatic scars, and even some surgical scars, heal with the underlying muscle contracting away from the wound and this can create elevations next to the wound and and indentation in the scar (although there are other causes of this too). Wounds mature and often look better with time. This...

Hi Donna.  There are several different types of Fraxel Laser.  The Fraxel DUAL (1550 nm/1927 nm), Fraxel Restore (1550 nm) and Fraxel Repair (Fractionated CO2 laser).  The Fraxel Repair is considered an ablative laser and the Fraxel DUAL and Restore are nonablative lasers....

Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and...

One week is not going to make a big difference if you have prepared your skin 3 weeks prior to Fraxel. It also depends on the power settings that will be used (treatment level). Sunscreen and avoiding sun exposure 3-4 weeks after the laser, as well as restarting your bleaching cream 7 days after...

Thank you for your question. I would leave it alone and allow for full healing. Its normal to experience redness, swelling, roughness, and tight skin. I would advise in moisturizing the area and avoiding sun exposure. Also, make sure to follow up with your provider. I hope this helps.

Our office has many different treatments for scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Scars require a combination approach using our HI DEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...