My major issue is clogged pores on my cheeks and chin. This looks like skin colored tiny bumps that I can see and feel. If I were to squeeze them, stuff will actually come out. My dermatologist is recommending a microlaser peel for this and claims it will lead out the pores and then shrink them so they do not clog again. Will this really work or am I just being sold on a $2,500 procedure?
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Thank you for sharing your question. The day following Botox is fine to be treated with a laser (I prefer the erbium.) I usually wait a week so the the area of treatment with Botox is not moving. This helps with the lines not reforming since the collagen is stimulated by the laser and movement...
An MLP is a minimally invasive procedure with some downtime.
As an example the MLP is like mowing the lawn where a Fraxel or Fractional Resurfacing is like aerating the grass.
MLP mows the lawn –so there is some downtime but there is no oozing or bleeding. The s...
Microlaser peel is abroad term and used loosely by many practitioners. For a laser to be effective, in not only taking brown spots off but also to tighten the skin, it needs to penetrate deeper than just the top corneal layer of the skin. Very superficial laser peels result in only a t...