I had a Clear and Brilliant Treatment today, do I need to avoid exercise where I will be hot and sweaty for a few days?

We recommend that you wait a couple days before exercising after your treatment.  At least the kind of exercising that will cause you to sweat.  You need to wait for the inflammation to subside.

Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong fractional lasers such as CO2 laser, we use lighter treatments for corrective skincare and maintenance of results. Our Thulium fractional laser, clear and brilliant laser, and Ultra Thulium laser are excellent options in our clinic. We also perform CO2 fractional and erbium depending on skin tone and tolerance for downtime. Patients do have to use a Melarase cream before and after treatment to help further reduce pigmentation after laser. Dark spots can improve with these treatments. I recommend fractional laser for incisional scars as well, especially after plastic surgery.

Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

We recommend to our patients to wait for 24 hours to resume exercise after a treatment with Clear and Brilliant.

That is a very good question!  We recommend that you wait until the next morning to exercise as the exercise may make the facial swelling worse.  We recommend that you use a thick cream the first evening in order to protect the skin and promote healing.  In some patients we recommend using PRP after the PRP to speed recovery, but his is mostly for more invasive lasers like ActiveFx or Fraxel.  The best answer for this question is the treating physician because each physician as their own defined regimen.  

For lasers like clear and brilliant we have patients wait 24 hours before exercising.  I suggest you talk to your physician tho.  For facial rejuvenation I would consider a combination approach:
1) skin care with products and PRP/microneedling

2) PDT light therapy few times a month with growth factors
3) laser treatments like clear and brilliant regularly and a few times a year Fraxel, Viva, Co2/Erbium
4) Sculptra injections a few times a year for collagen production
5) thermage/ultherapy for yearly skin tighteningBest, Dr. Emer.

Clear+Brilliant is a fractionated resurfacing laser, which improves pore size, pigmentation, and texture of the skin. It can be performed on almost any part of the body, but most commonly we treat the face, neck, décolletage, and hands. Most patients experience minimal downtime and can return normal activities in a few days. Exercise can resume in about 3-5 days. Always discuss possible side-effect with your Board Certified Dermatologist.

From personal experience, because I exercise everyday, C&B facial rejuvenation should not stop you from hitting the gym!
Dr. Anna Sylwestrowicz MD FRCP(C)
Victoria, BC

We usually recommend waiting 48 hours after treatment before exercising.  We don't want sweat to irritate the skin and compromise healing.

Even though C and B is a mini Fraxel treatment with little downtime, I recommend rest for 24 to 48 hours depending on the type of exercise and how the Clear and Brilliant laser was performed (full face card vs off label focal treatment). Please follow your Specialists advice - all the best, Dr Isobel Walker. Brisbane. Australia. 

Congratulations on your Clear + Brilliant treatment. I love the laser and get the treatment done on myself routinely. The most important thing post procedure is too avoid the sun, keep the skin moist, and apply lots of sunscreen. I would avoid exercise for 24 hours after the procedure and then you can get back to your normal routine.