Why do doctors keep doing CO2 lasers when there are so many people who are devastated because it ruined their skin?

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i did a co2 laser treatment to improve damage already done from infini rf. It made my crepey skin worse, made orangepeel texture worse, and made scars appear worse. So many people including myself are getting their faces ruined. If so many people are devestated because of fraxel and co2 why is this even legal? Isn't orangepeel skin and crepey skin do to loss of elasticity and collagen? Aren't these lasers obviously damaging peoples skin and not helping it? Why would anyone do this to someone's face

E. Victor Ross, MD · Answer

When used conservatively, both RF needles and CO2 lasers can provide great improvement in the skin. One must allow time for the healing process to be completed . Also, particularly for acne scars, improvement can be quite modest after only one treatment.

Ravi Dahiya, MD · Answer

I am so sorry to hear about your negative experience. However, I think the answer to your question is fairly obvious. Most patients get excellent results which is why so many doctors offer the treatment to patients. If it were common for patients to have adverse affects from CO2 laser I would agree that no doctor should perform the procedure.

Why do doctors keep doing CO2 lasers when there are so many people who are devastated because it ruined their skin?

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