Welcome! How much CO2 laser treatment is necessary to reduce my face scars or to help them disappear? Thank you in advance!
Answer: Treatments will depend on how your skin will react to the laser. Recommend doing a combination of TCA, CO2, and Resurfx. Fractional CO2 laser is an excellent tool for skin rejuvenation in our center in Santa Monica. We use the fractional multi-depth ablative approach to help resurface the skin, recontour acne scars, improve incisional plastic surgery scars, and reduce surface irregularities from skin tone to dark pigmentation. Our approach utilizes a multi-depth approach that targets melanocytes in the epidermis and collagen fibroblasts in the dermis. This approach can be combined with a TCA Peel in a process known as a sapphire peel. Fractional laser is excellent for acne scars and contour scars in the skin. Patients are advised to undergo skin protocols with Melarase creams before and after treatment to help reduce pigmentation. Melarase AM, Melarase PM, and Melapads can seriously improve surface sun damage and UV related pigmentation. After the laser, we expect redness for a few weeks as the skin improves. PRP and Hydrafacial enzyme facials can further improve skin quality after fractional co2.
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Answer: Treatments will depend on how your skin will react to the laser. Recommend doing a combination of TCA, CO2, and Resurfx. Fractional CO2 laser is an excellent tool for skin rejuvenation in our center in Santa Monica. We use the fractional multi-depth ablative approach to help resurface the skin, recontour acne scars, improve incisional plastic surgery scars, and reduce surface irregularities from skin tone to dark pigmentation. Our approach utilizes a multi-depth approach that targets melanocytes in the epidermis and collagen fibroblasts in the dermis. This approach can be combined with a TCA Peel in a process known as a sapphire peel. Fractional laser is excellent for acne scars and contour scars in the skin. Patients are advised to undergo skin protocols with Melarase creams before and after treatment to help reduce pigmentation. Melarase AM, Melarase PM, and Melapads can seriously improve surface sun damage and UV related pigmentation. After the laser, we expect redness for a few weeks as the skin improves. PRP and Hydrafacial enzyme facials can further improve skin quality after fractional co2.
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August 30, 2018
Answer: Improving Acne Scars -- lasers, microneedling/prp, subcision, peels, skin care, sun protection I suggest consulting with a board certified cosmetic dermatologist who is experienced in treating acne scars. You would yield the best results by adopting a combination method treatment approach. C02 (if you are a candidate for it - you need a consult to determine this) can provide results relatively quickly when done in combination with a full treatment plan often consisting of additional lasers (customized based upon your specific case), peels, proper skin care, and microneedling w/ prp. See an expert in order to determine what would provide you with the best results.
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August 30, 2018
Answer: Improving Acne Scars -- lasers, microneedling/prp, subcision, peels, skin care, sun protection I suggest consulting with a board certified cosmetic dermatologist who is experienced in treating acne scars. You would yield the best results by adopting a combination method treatment approach. C02 (if you are a candidate for it - you need a consult to determine this) can provide results relatively quickly when done in combination with a full treatment plan often consisting of additional lasers (customized based upon your specific case), peels, proper skin care, and microneedling w/ prp. See an expert in order to determine what would provide you with the best results.
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August 29, 2018
Answer: SCARS Scar tissue with textural differences and density should be treated differently so combining treatments can most definitely help expedite the results, as well as increase you treatment efficacy. Further down you will find the ideal steps on combined these specific treatments to reduce the appearance of acne scars.
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August 29, 2018
Answer: SCARS Scar tissue with textural differences and density should be treated differently so combining treatments can most definitely help expedite the results, as well as increase you treatment efficacy. Further down you will find the ideal steps on combined these specific treatments to reduce the appearance of acne scars.
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April 7, 2019
Answer: The answer is not just CO2 laser. In fact for your first few sessions I would subcise your scars, micro needle manually your forehead, then consider either RF or CO2 fractional laser. 4-8 sessions depending on the degree of sub dermal fibrosis you have. See Dr Emil Henningsen or Prof Tony Chu if you are in Europe. Acne scar revision is a sub-specialised field. For the best results, one should target the acne scar type with ideal treatments methods and not just one device. It is the dermatologist or plastic surgeon and the settings behind a device combined with proper technique that will give you the best results.
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April 7, 2019
Answer: The answer is not just CO2 laser. In fact for your first few sessions I would subcise your scars, micro needle manually your forehead, then consider either RF or CO2 fractional laser. 4-8 sessions depending on the degree of sub dermal fibrosis you have. See Dr Emil Henningsen or Prof Tony Chu if you are in Europe. Acne scar revision is a sub-specialised field. For the best results, one should target the acne scar type with ideal treatments methods and not just one device. It is the dermatologist or plastic surgeon and the settings behind a device combined with proper technique that will give you the best results.
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