Hello, I have the option of getting either Picoway resolve/zoom treatments or Picosure focus treatments for facial rejuvenation. I am a mid twenties ethnic individual that has a lot of brown spots (derm said a lot of red spots turned brown) and some leftover pih from when I had acne a year ago. I am looking to get my overall evening of skin tone, help get rid of some discoloration and maybe reduce pore size too. I wanted to know which treatment would be preferable in my scenario.
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PicoWay Resolve or Zoom can cause some skin irritation simply from the heat of the procedure. A few patients I've seen over the years have developed a minor cause of folliculitis. I would not be concerned with what I see in your photos but if you are itching the skin a lot or feel like it's...
You can use either. Black inks are often combinations of many colors of ink, so that's why some lasers work better than others. PicoWay does better with blue and green inks so if you find that when you're getting your PicoSure treatments that there's a lot of blue and green remaining inks, then...
PicoWay works extremely well and quickly on black inks. Due to the darkness of your skin the machine will need to be turned down a bit so you may require more treatments than say a type 1 or 2 skin type but you can still have an effective treatment. The success of all laser treatments is in your...