In the past couple yrs I have noticed that I have pink blotches on both sides of my cheek area. In some areas you can see that I have large broken vessels in my cheek area. I've notice when I get sun on my face it's tends to turn darker and darker, it becomes a brownish color also above my lip it will tend to get darker (no pinkness above my lip) I have seen two Estheticians. And to be honest they don't sound real confident that it's one or the other. I recently started using tretinoin.
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Answer: Vbeam laser treatments can help defuse the redness
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...
Thanks for the question and thanks for including the photos as well. You may have steroid rosacea, or even steroid induced acne, and I would suggest finding a board-certified dermatologist who can work with you in determining what is going on and what is best to do to treat you at this point....
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Thanks for your question.
Fractional laser or Picosure is advisable after a test patch, although you must be very cautious as with Asian skin types scarring is a greater risk.
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