I did laser co2 resurfacing 2 years ago in march 2017.the redness took timz to desappear and unfortunately become brown with sun. I was never told that the downtime of laser and strict sun avoidance would take more than 1 month. So after two months i was not tha diligent in putting the sunscreen, the redness in the cheeks become brown and now after 2 years o still have them. I regret the laser as i never thought it would be that risky. Is there any chance to remove these spots. Here are my photo.
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Your dermatologist is correct, CO2 will certainly make PIE or red scars worse, and hence the logic in performing RF microneedling. The other option is to use vascular lasers such as Prima or V Beam, or even IPL- BBL to address the redness. There are may other variables as to the logic of ...
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...
Most specialists will perform these treatments in the same sitting. Makes sense as the PRP will accelerate healing from lasers.The ideal treatment for acne scars will depend on the morphology of individual scars. For example, rolling scars are best treated with subcision, atrophic scars with...