I am planning to have Fraxel Repair, and have heard that having Botox injections a couple of weeks before having laser treatment will yield better results. Is this true? I would be interested in some advice.
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January 6, 2009
Answer: Botox before laser resurfacing is commonly recommended
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Ron Shelton, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
Hopefully, you are not undergoing something as expensive as Fraxel to remove milia. I suppose as a side benefit, Fraxel will probably remove many milia but there certainly are other, less intrusive and cheaper methods such as extraction. It would be more prudent to wait for a dermatology...
Hi FairestOfAll
We have the Fraxel Repair and 2 different Erbium YAG lasers. For your concerns, the Fraxel repair will win this battle between the 2 lasers.
The Fraxel repair penetrates much deeper than the Erbium Laser, so this will yield much better results for scarring, lines, texture and...
Bacterial infection after Fraxel re:pair is a rare occurrence. The choice of antibiotic was appropriate, unfortunately the bacteria was resistant to the medication. The best thing to do at this point is to keep the skin surface moist with an ointment such as Aquaphor and to protect the facial...