CO2 laser around mouth: It's been 12 weeks and my skin is red and brown.

Thank you for your question.  Before every CO2 treatment, I numb each patient with lidocaine for 30 minutes and then begin the treatment.  You dont need a strong pain medicine and the treatment takes about 30 minutes to complete a full face.  

In my opinion, you have three issues in your question. You would benefit from an in-person consultation. Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation is most commonly treated with bleaching creams, chemical peels, micro-needling, IPL and fractionated erbium laser. Red scars are usually treated...

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...

I recommend following up with your Doctor for a formal evaluation and after care. I recommend skin care with vitamin c, b5 hydrator, silicone based scar gels with growth factors and enzymatic washes with papaya enzyme. PDT therapy can help calm inflammation. Typically I recommend adding clea...

Fractional CO2 laser is an excellent tool for skin rejuvenation in our center in Santa Monica. We use the fractional multi-depth ablative approach to help resurface the skin, recontour acne scars, improve incisional plastic surgery scars, and reduce surface irregularities from skin tone to dark...