Hydroquinone Absolutely Necessary Before Fraxel?

Skin brightening products are recommended prior to treatments with Fraxel lasers but not absolutely necessary!  I would highly recommend at least getting on these products IMMEDIATELY after your laser treatment to help prevent any unnecessary hyperpigmentations that may appear post procedure.  The use of sunscreen in addition, is highly recommended after any Fraxel laser.

Hope this helps.

 

Dr. Grant Stevens        Marina Plastic Surgery Associates          Marina del Rey, CA         The Institute

Depending on the skin type you can pre-treat patients with a hydroquinone.  Most patients who are fair do not require hydroquinones and I ask patients to stop all of these  before Fraxel.  For darker complexions there are times we pre-treat both before and after with hydroquinones.  This process is tailored for each individual patient.

The answer to this questions is it depends on what type of skin you have.  If you have lighter skin you can most likely have the Fraxel laser treatment without pretreatment with hydroquinone.  Darker skin types would need at least a month of pretreatment with hydroquinone.  The hydroquinone decreases the chance of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation.   Dr. Halem