I've been using non-hydroquinone skin lighteners and glycolic daily for several months and my brown sun spots have faded somewhat. I'm considering BBL or IPL to finish the job and wonder if the spots now might be more responsive to laser treatment? Might it take fewer or less strong laser treatments?
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Sciton Laser BBL and other lasers are reasonable treatment for treating red scars.. If too much energy or passes are used then light blistering is possible especially when treating early immature scars, but in most cases this should self resolve. A series of treatments each 6-8 weeks apart are...
Different wavelengths of light penetrate to different depths below the skin surface and are absorbed by different skin or tissue components. For example CO2 and Erbium laser light is absorbed by the water in cells exposed to it. Flahslamp laser light is absorbed by red blood cells. Nd:Yag laser...
Skin hyperpigmentation, known as melasma, occurs most commonly from a combination of genetics, hormonal influence, sun exposure, and exogenous hormones such as birth control pills.
Although IPL and BBL are commonly employed to treat melasma, they are not curative. A long term regimen of...
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