Is It Normal to Get a Bruise Under the Eye 3 Weeks After Fraxel Eye Procedure?

Minocycline induced hyperpigmentation does not respond to Fraxel because the pigment particles are deposited rather deep. The Fraxel laser is not a pigment laser. I have had success treating minocycline induced hyperpigmentation with the Q Switch Laser.

Thank you for the question.   Your doctor should have provided you with detailed verbal and written instructions on Fraxel aftercare. It is really important to help you skin heal quickly and protect your skin investment.  On the night following treatment, I recommend patients wash...

Dear New Mom, We are often times asked whether it is okay to have Fraxel repair CO2 while breast feeding.  As long as the baby is not attached to your breast at the time it would be okay, but you would have to have the procedure without any medications (not advisable), and you would...

Fraxel can be performed any time of year as long as you avoid the sun which can cause hyperpigmentation.

Laser resurfacing may activate a latent herpes infection or disrupt the skin sufficiently to allow a new infection with the herpes virus to infect newly resurfaced skin.  This is the reason for the Valtrex.  This drug prevents activating or acquiring a new herpes infection as a...

Stretch marks are notoriously impossible to "cure" but improvements in texture and color can be achieved using tretinoin topical cream and a few rounds of fraxel or other type of fractionated laser skin resurfacing.  The therapy will "IMPROVE" the stretch marks but not...