First Degree Burn After Laser Treatment, What Should I Do?

If you received a burn from the laser treatment and it's now pink, you may be able to see a gradual improvement as your skin heals. This can take a few weeks, however. In the meantime, make sure to keep the area covered from the sun and moisturized.

Sorry to hear about your experience ! The good news is that time is your friend and many of these problems improve with time. If you have an open wound it should be treated with antibiotic ointment such as bacitracin. Once the open wounds heal a topical lotion as 0.1%hydrocortisonewill reduce the possibilty of what is called PIH or post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Use it for at least a month under doctor supervision. A must is sun avoidance and sunblock of 30 to 50 SPF. If darkening continues use of tretinoin (Retin-A), hydroquinon 4% and other bleaching creams such as NIA 24 all with follow up with you doctor.if still hyper pigmented after 3 to 6 months other laser treatments may help. A more difficult problem is hypo pigmentation or light areas such my be treated with laser as well or tattoos.

 

Good luck