Hey, I suffered from acne for a long ass time, and I took accutane for it. It treated my acne, so I went ahead and paid 3000$ that I had been saving for a year, and booked Fraxel treatments to get rid of the scars. My first treatment is in three days. I've been recently diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, would it be safe for me to undergo the fraxel laser treatment for my face? given that I'm on salofalk suppositories at the current moment
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November 29, 2016
Answer: Is Fraxel treatment safe when you've been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis?
Thank you for your question! I would suggest you not to do it. It will take at least 2 weeks for your skin to truly heal after microneedling and if you undergo laser treatment before it heals, you will be making significant damage to your skin, creating more difficult condition for healing. ...
Thank you for your question! Make sure you are always using sunscreen with high SPF and you are taking good care of your skin. There are few options for hypopigmentation such as ink tattooing, as well as options for remaining scars. Sometimes it takes time, but you should keep looking to find ...
Our office has many different treatments for scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Scars require a combination approach using our HI DEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...