I just got a profractional laser treatment for my acne scars about a month ago. The doctor used a depth of 450 and the density was 11%. I had 5 days of downtime. This is a picture after one treatment. I want to know if there is any other treatments I should consider to get better results before spending more money on more profractional treatments. Also, can you please make a suggestion on the settings used, does it need to be more aggressive?
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Answer: Treatments such as TCA, Resurfx, CO2, melapeel, and Morpheus8 can all help improve appearance of these scars
Yes, most subside with sunscreen and sun avoidance within 3-6 months. If they are not fading, simple vascular laser by your dermatologist or Plastics who performed the procedure will subside the redness. If you have grids, the use of Fraxel 1927, or Diode driven 1927 Permea with C + B will help....
This is common and your specialist will know how to deal with this. Erbium in fractional mode produces a large beam - this together with controlled thermal damage causes grids. Most grids go by the 6th to 8th month. If they are still present, small beam 1927 Diode or Thulium lasers can help. The...
Depth is not the only thing to consider. If one uses fully ablative mode, 200 microns can be treated with one pass, namely twice the thickness of your epidermis. There is no physical limit to the depth. If Fractional is used 1.5 mm. Its not the device that gives you the best outcomes, its the...