I have had Juvederm injected into the tip and columella of my nose 2 months ago. I have just had a Co2 Laser done on my nose, I feel like the filler has dissolved, is this possible?
June 29, 2015
Answer: CO2 and fillers CO2 laser generally does not go more than a millimeter into the skin. Filler, on the other hand, is injected considerably deeper. The laser should not have a direct impact on the filler. The inflammation associated with CO2 could cause filler to migrate, but the effect should be minimal. I would give it time for the inflammation to resolve, and you may see that everything looks great.
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June 29, 2015
Answer: CO2 and fillers CO2 laser generally does not go more than a millimeter into the skin. Filler, on the other hand, is injected considerably deeper. The laser should not have a direct impact on the filler. The inflammation associated with CO2 could cause filler to migrate, but the effect should be minimal. I would give it time for the inflammation to resolve, and you may see that everything looks great.
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June 26, 2015
Answer: CO2 and filler Hi! It's unlikely. Most CO2 systems only penetrate to the deep epidermis and your filler is much deeper than this. There are a few CO2 lasers that do penetrate to the dermis (i.e. DeepFx), but their "fractional" beams are spaced out widely. Even using the most aggressive settings (i.e. like we would with a burn patient), you're still only getting down into the deep dermis with laser columns spaced out far away from one-another.I don't know what you had done, but it's very unlikely that your laser procedure dissolved your filler. At worst, you may have poked a few holes in it - but even that is unlikely.
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June 26, 2015
Answer: CO2 and filler Hi! It's unlikely. Most CO2 systems only penetrate to the deep epidermis and your filler is much deeper than this. There are a few CO2 lasers that do penetrate to the dermis (i.e. DeepFx), but their "fractional" beams are spaced out widely. Even using the most aggressive settings (i.e. like we would with a burn patient), you're still only getting down into the deep dermis with laser columns spaced out far away from one-another.I don't know what you had done, but it's very unlikely that your laser procedure dissolved your filler. At worst, you may have poked a few holes in it - but even that is unlikely.
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