Oozing and bleeding after Lutronic eCO2 Fractional laser, what causes this? (Photo)

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Lutronic Co2 fractional laser was done on acne scars a few hours ago and I'm having some oozing and bleeding. I've already done Co2 fractional before but this never happened, I thought it used to happen with the old Co2 lasers. What are exactly these yellow drips? and why is my skin bleeding? I'm going to call my doctor asap but I really appreciate more opinions. He gave me cephalexin 500, acyclovir 400 and used density 200, power 30, energy 50, spot stc, tip 120. Is this a good company? Thanks

Farhan Taghizadeh, MD · Answer

Pinpoint bleeding after a fractional Co2 laser is actually a very normal skin response to the laser, and it can happen minutes to hours after the procedure. The reason for this bleeding has to do with the depth of the laser penetration into the skin, and the relative size and shape of the columns that are made, especially with the smaller 120 micron spot size. Briefly, one should just continue on the laser care regimen like vaseline, aquafor, or oxymist/aminoplex products and the bleeding and oozing will settle down. It is important to clean the skin starting 24 hours and your physician can instruct you on how to clean prior to putting the laser recovery products on the skin.The use of antibiotics and antivirals is very typical with these lasers. The antivirals help prevent the brak out of cold sores from the use of the laser.Finally, the Lutronic platform is one of the more popular platforms in the market and it is a very good fractional laser in my experience. It has been on the market for many years with many patients benefiting from its use, both in the US and internationally. Overall you should see good results from this laser in about 4-8 weeks. Good luck with your recovery.

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