Worried About Broken Capillaries After Fraxel?

Dark circles can be caused by an inherited pigmentation issue and usually, the Fraxel laser, whether the Restore or Dual or Repair lasers, will not help. If the dark circles are more a purple or red color, then it might be a transparency that allows the underlyling blood vessel perfusion of the...

The Fraxel Restore / Dual laser has a very high safety record but side effects can occur such as several days of redness but actual formation of new capillaries in the skin is not something that I have seen. There can be however, red streaks at times which are rare but I have never seen those...

Some traumatic scars, and even some surgical scars, heal with the underlying muscle contracting away from the wound and this can create elevations next to the wound and and indentation in the scar (although there are other causes of this too). Wounds mature and often look better with time. This...

Hi Donna.  There are several different types of Fraxel Laser.  The Fraxel DUAL (1550 nm/1927 nm), Fraxel Restore (1550 nm) and Fraxel Repair (Fractionated CO2 laser).  The Fraxel Repair is considered an ablative laser and the Fraxel DUAL and Restore are nonablative lasers....

Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and...

Dear writer, It is quite fine to have stopped your hydroquinone cream application one week before Fraxel treatment. In fact, many of us prefer to have patients avoid all creams, except moisturizers, for several days or one week prior to Fraxel treatment. If your pigmentation was significant, it...