Laser Skin Resurfacing

Laser skin resurfacing is a valuable cosmetic procedure that offers numerous benefits for improving the appearance of the skin and treating various skin problems. This procedure stimulates collagen production, which helps improve skin texture, color, and elasticity. In addition, laser skin resurfacing can effectively reduce the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, acne scars, and sun damage, resulting in smoother, younger-looking skin.

Laser Skin Resurfacing

Skin damage can be caused by various factors such as age, stress, sun tan, and acne. Laser skin resurfacing treatment helps rejuvenate the skin. This is used on the skin to treat wrinkles, blemishes, acne scars, lines around the eyes and mouth, brown spots, and sun-damaged skin. It provides good results and can be used for all skin types.

Laser skin resurfacing offers an alternative treatment method to skin peeling. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and erbium (Er: YAG) lasers are commonly used in laser resurfacing. The CO2 laser helps in tightening the skin, while the Er: YAG laser helps in resurfacing the skin. Carbon dioxide vaporizes the upper layers of damaged skin and Er: YAG penetrates the skin and disperses the thermal effects of the laser light. Depending on the severity of the skin damage, a combination of these two lasers is used to maximize the benefits of treatment. These lasers are heated to remove the top layer of skin and are referred to as ablative lasers. The non-ablative laser targets the deeper layers of skin and leaves the top layer intact.

Procedure

This procedure is done under anesthesia. General or local anesthesia is used depending on the laser treatment chosen and the area to be treated. The laser light is absorbed by water present in the skin cells and immediately causes vaporization of the top layers of the skin. When the laser light passes over the skin, a mere 30 millionth of an inch of tissue is removed at a time. This allows the physician to treat only as deeply as needed, from removing wrinkles to merely refreshing overall skin appearance. After removing the damaged skin, new skin quickly regrows in its place. The procedure takes a few seconds to over several hours depending on the area to be treated.

Post-operative care

Follow your doctor’s instructions for skin care which may include cold compresses, and applying an emollient ointment.

Side Effects

Common side effects associated with laser treatment include pain, skin oozing and swelling, burning sensation, perioral dermatitis, worsening of acne, changed skin pigmentation, allergic reactions, and hyperpigmentation.

Indications

Skin conditions – actinic keratosis, actinic cheilitis, acne scars, wrinkles, dermatophytosis

Cosmetic procedures

Deep wrinkles, periorbital crow’s feet, upper lip wrinkles, facial lines and scars, acne scars, sun-damaged skin, superficial skin lesions, and blemishes, to smooth and tighten eyelid skin, to remove pigmented spots, and improve skin.

Contraindications

Although laser treatment offers significant benefits, it is contraindicated in certain conditions such as bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, if isotretinoin was used within the previous 6 months, individuals with a history of keloid formation, prior radiation therapy, and collagen vascular disease.

Complications

Laser therapy may pose certain complications such as hypertrophic scarring, disseminated infection, and ectropion, a condition where the eyelid turns outward.

Laser skin resurfacing treats a large number of skin conditions, but the two most common indications are photoaging and scarring. Fractional resurfacing thermally ablates microscopic columns of epidermal and dermal tissue in regularly spaced arrays over a fraction of the skin surface.

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Laser Skin Resurfacing