Which treatment will best help improve skin: Halo, CoolPeel, microneedling or RF microneedling? (photos)

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I have enlarged pores, some sunspots, fine lines and wrinkles. Which of the procedures will best help improve my skin? For even skin tone & texture, pores, and tightening the skin. Halo, cool peel, RF micro-needling, or microneedling?

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

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 fractional lasers such as CO2 laser, we use lighter treatments for corrective skincare and maintenance of results. Our Thulium fractional laser, clear and brilliant laser, and Ultra Thulium laser are excellent options in our clinic. We also perform CO2 fractional and erbium depending on skin tone and tolerance for downtime. Patients do have to use a Melarase cream before and after treatment to help further reduce pigmentation after laser.  Melarase AM, Melarase PM, and Melapads can seriously improve surface sun damage and UV related pigmentation. Dark spots can improve with these treatments. I recommend fractional laser for incisional scars as well, especially after plastic surgery.  
Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

Jason Pozner, MD · Answer

we have almost all of those technologies and based on your ethnicity and skin type i would do a halo. its best for pigment and pores 
the microneedle whether rf or not may help the pores and fine lines but not the pigment. the cold peel wond do much

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