Is It Alright to Have Fraxel Laser Treatment and Fat Transfer Done at the Same Time or at the Same Day?

For many years, even aggressive dermabrasion was done without regard to a patient’s Accutane treatment course. Scarring can occur after such resurfacing procedures, very rarely, but it does occur and without Accutane having been taken by patients. When there were a couple of reports of...

Hi 22mama, Acne breakouts after Fraxel re:pair are very common because of the post treatment use of occlusive Aquaphor dressing. The incidence of acne break out following Fraxel re:store is much less, but can occur. Usually the chin area is most affected. There are ways to minimize or...

Hi awalk, Very good question, as well as a concern that I had 20 years ago when I first began using lasers on patients. I did not want to find out like Madam Curie did with X-ray radiation that the lasers caused cancer years later. With respect to "laser damage" versus "solar...

Hi Itchy, It sounds like you had Fraxel re:store. Itching is unusual after re:store, but can occur, most often due to dry skin requiring moisturizer. On the other hand, itching is relatively common following Fraxel re:pair on about the 4'th-5'th day after treatment. It is again due to dry...

Hi H for H, Sounds like you are in the midst of a series of Fraxel re:store treatments. Many patients have the treatments of their series every two weeks. I would not advise exfoliating if you are on that schedule until you are through. After 10 to 14 days you should be able to exfoliate. As...