I had Picosure under my eyes for wrinkles- 1,000 pulses and she passed over the area three times. My eye bags are really red and swollen! It looks really bad. Will this go away? It doesn't seem to have eased in the last hour
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You didn’t state directly how many days after the treatment your pictures were taken, but I gather the site is still healing if your scabbing hasn’t fully resolved. It is much too early to tell of you have skin pigment changes
I recommend waiting 8-12 weeks and then reassessing.
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Pre-procedure instructions include: discontinuing any photosensitizing skincare products 1-2 weeks prior to treatment (ie retin-A, AHA etc), avoid treating if taking photosensitizing antibiotics, do not have a tan (natural or spray tan)
Post-procedure: avoid the sun, wear hats, wear SPF, be very...
Tri-luma is a great adjunct therapy when used in combination with the PicoSure to treat melasma, so I would anticipate that you will start to see results quicker than with PicoSure treatment alone. Melasma can be very difficult to treat and I find that combining therapies in this way produces be...
