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When the laser settings are very high or too high for your skin color this happens. They may have turned up the laser to help get rid of your hair but your skin could not take it. I would try Triluma or kojic acid or prescription strength hydroquinone cream. This will lighten it. The skin should be protected from any sun contact AT ALL TIMES. I would avoid any sun and wear sunscreen as the melanosomes in the skin seem very active and any sun will make this much worse. We do have the Picoway which helps break up this discoloration but again once the melanosomes are stimulated I would use sunscreen and fading cream to combat this first and let the skin cells rest a little
Hi. It looks like the settings were too strong and you have developed post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. I would recommend triluma cream or hydroquinone 4% along with sunscreen. You might benefit from a Q-switch laser treatment to help break up some of the pigmentation. This should hopefully resolve with time. Another option could be cosmelan peel to lighten the spots. Keep us posted on your progress.
Its difficult to call any result 'permanent" but deep full field (unfractionated) erbium results are long lasting. I have some results well over 10 years that still look great.
Hi URLM. The Picosecond is also a q-switched laser. Same technology as traditional q-switched lasers, just a marginally faster burst of light. What's important in this situation is not the technology as both will work, but how the treatment is performed. It is...
Highly unpredictable. You can remove moles in some situations, benign IDN do best (raised moles) with the idea to flatten - a simple shave or CO2 laser can treat these types of moles. As with all mole treatment, recurrence and pseudo melanoma on histology can occur, especially if treated with...
Hi Dear Its important that your skin to be prepared for laser with sunscreen and and triple cream (Retin-A, hydroquinone and hydrocortisone) before any laser treatment. So in this case try to get sunscreen and triple cream and wait for resolution before repeat laser. Thank you for your...
Thank you for asking about your laser treatment.A mole is a full thickness benign growth in the skin.Assuming this growth is a mole, the laser cannot go deep enough to remove it.Please see a plastic surgeon to remove the mole.Always see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Best wishes - E...
Thank you for your question. You describe your discussion with an aesthetician who said because of your Middle Eastern background the 1064 YAG laser is the only wavelength safe for your skin type and for darker skin. Your primary concerns are to improve the pores, the fine lines under the eyes,...
