I am booked to have a deep co2re laser next week and been prescribed anti-viral meds to take the day before treatment and each day after until fully healed. Naturally I am getting more nervous about the procedure and I am really looking for any information possible on what to expect during and then recovery period. Are there things I can do to speed up the recovery and ensure correct healing/no infection.
May 12, 2017
Answer: Healing time after fully ablative CO2 laser The healing time for any laser, especially the more aggressive lasers such as fully ablative CO2, is completely dependent on the doctor performing the procedure. The range is one week fully reepithelialized (new skin) and visually fully healed within 7-10 days vs still beet red after three months. It all depends on the settings of the laser the the doctor performing the procedure.
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May 12, 2017
Answer: Healing time after fully ablative CO2 laser The healing time for any laser, especially the more aggressive lasers such as fully ablative CO2, is completely dependent on the doctor performing the procedure. The range is one week fully reepithelialized (new skin) and visually fully healed within 7-10 days vs still beet red after three months. It all depends on the settings of the laser the the doctor performing the procedure.
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May 30, 2017
Answer: I don't perform fully ablative lasers anymore With the advent of fractionated ablative technology, full laser ablation is not really performed all that much anymore. I can get an awesome results with fractionated ablation with less downtime and adverse events than full laser ablation. Although the textbooks always say that full laser ablation is the gold standard, many doctors perform fractional laser ablation for the above mentioned reasons.
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May 30, 2017
Answer: I don't perform fully ablative lasers anymore With the advent of fractionated ablative technology, full laser ablation is not really performed all that much anymore. I can get an awesome results with fractionated ablation with less downtime and adverse events than full laser ablation. Although the textbooks always say that full laser ablation is the gold standard, many doctors perform fractional laser ablation for the above mentioned reasons.
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