I realize this question was posted several months ago, but I think it is a good one that comes up for many patients from time to time. I'd be curious to hear how you are doing if you ended up getting the second treatment after a 6 week delay.This seems too soon for a second fractionated CO2 treatment, but the answer depends on a few things. The main issues are the type of laser used but, more importantly, how light or aggressive the treatment was. This has to do with things such as power (watts), density, pulse duration, skin prep prior to the procedure, etc.I tend to be VERY conservative with fractional CO2 resurfacing. My preference is for a medium strength treatment followed by a planned second session about 6 months later and augmented with some good medical grade skin care before, during, and after.If you had a very light treatment initially (which it doesn't sound like since you had nearly 2 weeks of redness) then a shorter gap between treatments would be OK. With fractional CO2 resurfacing there is some additional collagen remodeling and improvement that is going on under the skin surface. That process evolves over a period of at least 4-6 months, and that is the main factor in waiting before a second treatment is performed.I think most would suggest a longer delay until your second treatment; however, you need to be able to trust the opinion of the doctor who performed the treatment since we don't know all of the details of what was done.
