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If you do not have a history of melasma, you have a high chance of tolerating the fraxel. I have treated many women with fraxel that have been on birth control without any incident of melasma. I find that melasma is unpredictable, and taking a birth control pill may theoretically increase your risk overall for melasma, but it may still be work you getting a fraxel treatment if your scarring warrants improvement. The risk of melasma is there but is very small.Best, Dr P.
This is only a risk if you have melasma. It can actually be used to treat melasma too, if you lower the settings. So, without melasma, PIH is still a risk but not any different if you are taking the pill or not.
I would use caution here. Hyper-pigmentation with laser therapy is always an issue of concern. Many factors such as sun exposure, skin type, hormone imbalance, and hormone (drug) therapy all can increase the risk of hyper-pigmentation. I have seen hyper-pigmentation problems is young women using contraceptive pills during laser therapy and now make it a rule to avoid laser until the patient is off contraception pills
Thjere are many options such as IPL, vascular lasers, light peels, clear and brilliant laser and skin care. you need a formal evaluation. Best, Dr. Emer.
Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, without at least a picture, it is impossible for me to determine whether Fraxel is the right choice for you. I encourage you to make an appointment with a board-certified cosmetic dermatologist that can provide an in-person assessment of your skin as...
Our office has many different treatments for acne scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Acne 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...
Thanks for the pictures. It is hard to say what exactly are the right settings for you without seeing you in person and evaluating your skin. 20MJ is a very high treatment, even in fair skin types. I would recommend a lower energy level than this. Treatment level 3 is...
Scars are always difficult to treat, because they’re composed of disordered collagen and can never look exactly like undamaged skin. However, lasers like the fractionated CO2 laser can produce great results for scars. The Fraxel Repair is one type of fractionated CO2 laser, but there are o...
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