CO2RE Candela fractional laser damaged my skin. What can I do to repair it, without causing more harm?

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I am 28 and had this laser done a year ago. My acne scars under my chin are still there, no changes. It enlarged my pores on nose and forehead, made my skin waxy. I notice more forehead wrinkles, and it also messed up with my skin balance since I'm getting weird pimples in previously clear areas. My skin is still slightly pinky (my eye countour where I wasn't lasered is white). Doctor did one pass in deep mode 1% 30mj, and second pass light mode 45% 30,6mj. Downtime 7 days, was I overtreated?

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

if you have burn we need to see your skin, post photos. but likely needs cosmelan or enlighten peels and in office genesis, clear and brilliant, and PRP. long term aquagold and facials with proper skincare such a growth factors and peptides like emerageskin refit face and anteagemd serum and accelerator.

at home peels like cosmelan, enlighten and aerify along with dermarolling (MTS roller with anteage MD ampules weekly) should be started now

if you have post inflammatory hyperpigmentation/melasma/discoloration that needs cosmelan or enlighten peels at home which we can do virtually and send to your home along with aerify peels regularly, vivatia foam, restorsea 10x, faith essence serum, and cosmelan 2 cream.

Acne scar treatment needs a combination approach for improvement.  For the best results, one should target the acne scar type.  As everyone has a unique pattern of acne scarring, the best solution is a tailored one.  Typically you need fillers like bellafill and sculptra for atrophic indented type scars with or without subcision.  Subcision for depressed tethered scars.  Vascular lasers like yellow laser, aerolase, excel V or IPL for redness or thick scars. And lasers such as fraxel, erbium, co2 or fractional radiofrequency like venus viva, skinfinity, intensif or fractora microneedling RF for textural issues and superficial scarring.  Deep ice pick scars and narrow box car scars are best treated with TCA CROSS and punch excision.  All lasers are combined with microneedling and PRP to get even better results and improve healing times.   The majority of patients will have a collection of different scar types, and hence a tailored treatment plan is needed by an expert physician.  It is never about the laser or product that gives the results, its about the expert behind the equipment that gets you the outcome.  Scars cannot be cured and will need life-long treatments to maintain and build on the results.  For those at high risk for hyperpigmentation (darker skin types or asian or hispanic or mixed ethnicities) we already pre-treat the skin with cosmelan or enlighten lightening peels to prevent complications from energy-based or chemical-based treatments.  Best, Dr. Emer.

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