Thank you for your question. The downtime after Opus Plasma fractionated resurfacing depends a lot upon your skin care regimen prior to treatment. If you use a hydrating and restorative regimen that reduces risk of hyperpigmentation, and you stop your retinols (my recommendation, some may have you continue through) in advance, then recovery will be faster. A number of MD office-grade skin care lines have excellent post-procedure recovery regimens. Ensure that is offered to you or included in your package to take the guess work out of what you should be using afterwards. A thorough provider will generally have done that research for you, though bear in mind there are a number of skin regimens that could work great, not just one. Assuming you have pre- and post-treatment skin care in place, your social downtime after each Opus treatment (we recommend a package of 2-3 treatments for optimal results) will be about 5 days. We tell everyone less than one week, but it does depend upon how intense a treatment you have done. Within reason, the more energy that is (carefully) applied, the better the final outcome, but the longer the downtime. Usually you can start using a mineral makeup that is less irritating within 3 days, and at least be productive with video calls and work within 1-2 days. This timeline is quite a bit shorter than even fractionated laser resurfacing, so yes, Opus has a shorter downtime per procedure, and then you can repeat about once a month until you have completed your cycle. Seek consultation with a board-certified specialist as you go forward.
