Will Laser Treatment Improve my Lined Crepy Upper Arms at 63 Years of Age

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I am 63 fit and slim, but my upper arms are lined and crepy. I have tried hard with weights to improve them but, without success. My thighs are the same. Would laser treatment help?

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Morpheus 8 is a non-invasive skin and soft tissue tightening treatment that is consistently amazing in our patients. We use the Morpheus to exact fractional induced RF into the skin or tissue in order to tighten collagen and stimulate contraction of the tissue. For acne scars, it is quite useful to build collagen in patients who have atrophic scars but is not very productive for ice-pick scars which require TCA Cross. For tissue tightening, Morpheus is ideal for the face and neck and we often combine it with CO2 laser or Ultherapy to further enhance results. Chemical peels and skin resurfacing should be done at least 5 to 7 days after, but can be performed earlier, depending on treatment severity. Avoid exfoliating skin treatments before Morpheus and expect a period of 2-4 weeks for skin contraction to set in.

Best, 
Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

Daniel A. Medalie, MD · Answer

Typically laser therapy will not be effective at tightening wrinkles on the arms or legs. The face can tolerate more powerful laser treatments because it has an excellent blood supply, but if a full CO2 laser resurfacing procedure were performed on an extremety there is a good chance of permanent damage.

	Regards,

	Daniel Medalie, MD

F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

Non-ablative lasers like IPL don't help with crepiness of the arms and legs because the skin is too thick to be effectively treated there. You might be able to be treated with a Skin Tightening laser like ReFirme, and I do sometimes treat patients with ReFirme over VelaShape, which helps to heat the underlying skin. But you will not be as effectively treated as with a CO2 or arm lift procedure performed by a plastic surgeon. However, these two procedures will have a much longer downtime and rate of recovery.

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