I've got these smallish lines above my upper lip that I hate. I've been told different things about how to get rid of these -- Clear & Brilliant (I've had 3 and see no difference), micro needling (once, see no difference). I've also been told Fraxel by one person and heard from someone else it wouldn't work. I've also been told they're not deep enough for filler. I'd love some advice. Thank you in advance.
September 1, 2017
Answer: Options Fraxel is a non-ablative laser procedure. Meaning the healing processes is less and there are no open lesions after treatment, Fraxel only treats a percentage of the skin per treatment which helps with healing and downtime, a series of 4 treatments is recommended with Fraxel for at least 45% improvement on the treated area. Fraxel has been around for over 13 years and is still one of the best lasers for skin resurfacing next CO2 or Erbium resurfacing lasers. People love Fraxel because you don’t have to be away from work or your social life longer than 5-7 days as where with any CO2 or Erbium resurfacing lasers your down time will be anywhere from 3-6 weeks because the skin is ablated at 100%. CO2 or Erbium skin ablation is a great way to also treat wrinkles especially around the mouth area you can get anywhere from 60-80% improvement on treated area with 1 treatment. Microneedling is a great maintenance treatment to help keep fine and wrinkles away also helps to resurface skin without the downtime of a laser. Most people use Microneedling as their maintenance treatment to keep skin smooth, glowing by causing micro injuries in the skin helps your fibroblast cells over react and create new collagen. Microneedling can also correct texture like acne scaring, fine lines and wrinkles; it will take more treatments of Microneedling to reach the results of a Fraxel treatment or CO2 and Erbium lasers.
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September 1, 2017
Answer: Options Fraxel is a non-ablative laser procedure. Meaning the healing processes is less and there are no open lesions after treatment, Fraxel only treats a percentage of the skin per treatment which helps with healing and downtime, a series of 4 treatments is recommended with Fraxel for at least 45% improvement on the treated area. Fraxel has been around for over 13 years and is still one of the best lasers for skin resurfacing next CO2 or Erbium resurfacing lasers. People love Fraxel because you don’t have to be away from work or your social life longer than 5-7 days as where with any CO2 or Erbium resurfacing lasers your down time will be anywhere from 3-6 weeks because the skin is ablated at 100%. CO2 or Erbium skin ablation is a great way to also treat wrinkles especially around the mouth area you can get anywhere from 60-80% improvement on treated area with 1 treatment. Microneedling is a great maintenance treatment to help keep fine and wrinkles away also helps to resurface skin without the downtime of a laser. Most people use Microneedling as their maintenance treatment to keep skin smooth, glowing by causing micro injuries in the skin helps your fibroblast cells over react and create new collagen. Microneedling can also correct texture like acne scaring, fine lines and wrinkles; it will take more treatments of Microneedling to reach the results of a Fraxel treatment or CO2 and Erbium lasers.
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August 30, 2017
Answer: Combination treatments for lines around the mouth One of our favorite treatments to work on with patients is to combine lasers, peels, microneedling, Ulthera and injectables.A popular combination for peri-oral wrinkles is Ulthera, TCA peel or CO2 fractional resurfacing. If you are a good candidate, even adding light hyaluronic acid injections may help. Sometimes with other laser or peel modalities, more than one treatment is necessary. Certainly, microneedling, Clear & Brilliant, Sublative Fractional RF (fraxel) or even Pico Way Resolve there may be a need for multiple treatments.Make sure to do your homework regarding finding a board certified plastic surgeon or dermatologist with great reviews and maybe even a personal reference.Hope this helps. Good luck.
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August 30, 2017
Answer: Combination treatments for lines around the mouth One of our favorite treatments to work on with patients is to combine lasers, peels, microneedling, Ulthera and injectables.A popular combination for peri-oral wrinkles is Ulthera, TCA peel or CO2 fractional resurfacing. If you are a good candidate, even adding light hyaluronic acid injections may help. Sometimes with other laser or peel modalities, more than one treatment is necessary. Certainly, microneedling, Clear & Brilliant, Sublative Fractional RF (fraxel) or even Pico Way Resolve there may be a need for multiple treatments.Make sure to do your homework regarding finding a board certified plastic surgeon or dermatologist with great reviews and maybe even a personal reference.Hope this helps. Good luck.
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