Putting Aloe Vera After Fraxel Repair to Help the Skin Heal Better?

Fraxel Repair is one of the best lasers for improvement of acne scars in one treatment.  However, it comes with a price of a minimum of one week indoor down time.  If a patient has a particular area of more significant acne scarring, we will perform additional passes at a higher energy on those areas to get more improvement.  If that is the case, you will need to be monitored even more carefully after the procedure.  It is extremely important to follow your individual physician's skin care regimens since they usually involve specific instructions as to skin care involving an occlusive cream such as aquaphor which speeds healing and oral antibiotics, anti-virals, and anti-fungals.  We do not recommend aloe vera after Repair since it is not moisturizing enough in the immediate post procedure period.

After a Fraxel treatment, the treated dermatologist will provide you with the post-operative instructions and possibly follow-up with you about your recovery. It is a common practice with all our doctors. You may want to follow those instructions such as applying aquaphor, vaseline etc. Scientific studies show that the delivery of the aloe to the wound can affect the outcome. For example Aloe vera wound gel is associated with the delay in would heal. So I advise you to follow your doctors post-operative instructions. Some doctors use special “healing preparations with copper other agents and others use a prescription cream called Biafine to speed wound healing.