I wonder if its better to go safer way and perform fractional co2 3-4 times or perform one fully ablative erbium laser resurfacing. If the results are equal with multiply fractional resurfacing to improve skin texture/large pores or for smoothing the skin its better to perform one time fully ablative erbium? Thanks
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Answer: You should see equivalent results over time.
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