Fraxel to Restore Pigment to Skin Damaged by Cryotherapy?

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Harold J. Kaplan, MD · Answer

Hi RL.  We would need a bit more information to know if fractional lasers can help.  Fractional lasers are definitely used for scar treatments, but more so for texture than color.  For the color, is your skin lighter or darker colored than the surrounding skin?  This makes a difference for what technology to use.  Also a photo would help to more clearly define a treatment plan.  Hyperpigmentation (darkening) is easier to treat than hypopigmentation (loss of color).

Steven F. Weiner, MD · Answer

Hypopigmentation is a difficult problem to fix.  Having said that, the Fraxel has been shown to repigment areas which have lost pigment.  It won't usually completely come back.  If cryotherapy was used for precancerous lesions, I prefer the Fraxel 1927 or Levulan because there is very little risk of hypopigmentation with these methods.  They will be more expensive but well worth it in my opinion.  Steve Weiner, MD, Destin, Florida, Facial Plastic Surgery.

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