Chicken skin under eyes and upper cheeks?

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I have KP (chicken skin) under my eyes and upper cheeks...wearing makeup makes it look worse, is it true the carbon facial with c02 laser will be the best bet? Or will the vampire plasma palete facial? I am in my early thirties and need help...makeup makes me look horrible...

Ajaya Kashyap, MD · Answer

Thanks for your query. Keratosis pilaris makes the skin look very uneven and dry. The best solution for this is fraxel laser or laser resurfacing of the skin. Resurfacing laser will give you even out texture and skin and along with some topical medications you can get a flawless skin. Hope it helps.All The Best

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Fractional CO2 laser is an excellent tool for skin rejuvenation in our center in Santa Monica. We use the fractional multi-depth ablative approach to help resurface the skin, recontour acne scars, improve incisional plastic surgery scars, and reduce surface irregularities from skin tone to dark pigmentation. Our approach utilizes a multi-depth approach that targets melanocytes in the epidermis and collagen fibroblasts in the dermis. This approach can be combined with a TCA Peel in a process known as a sapphire peel. Fractional laser is excellent for acne scars and contour scars in the skin. Patients are advised to undergo skin protocols with Melarase creams before and after treatment to help reduce pigmentation. Melarase AM, Melarase PM, and Melapads can seriously improve surface sun damage and UV related pigmentation. After the laser, we expect redness for a few weeks as the skin improves. PRP and Hydrafacial enzyme facials can further improve skin quality after fractional co2.

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Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

Daniel Lensink, MD · Answer

I love your term-chicken skin! For several decades now I have had success doing very light CO2 laser to lower eyelid fine skin wrinkles. It's easy to do. Platelet rich plasma and microneedling have shown promising results but are relatively new procedures. I am confident you can get the result you want with the laser. Before you let a doctor try the other procedures, ask him or her to show you before and after photos as proof that it works.

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