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I would recommend using an erbium laser, probably ablative along deep lines and fractional over rest of face. It is always good practice to treat an entire aesthetic unit at one time, and (more)

I would recommend using an erbium laser, probably ablative along deep lines and fractional over rest of face. It is always good practice to treat an entire aesthetic unit at one time, and the entire face is a unit that should be treated together. One of the potential drawbacks of CO2 is skin lightening in treated areas because of the heat generated and its effect on melanocytes. Erbium lasers generate less depth of heat and can be tuned as to how much heat is imparted into your skin. That is why I prefer them myself.

Basically all aesthetic procedures are based on controlled injury to skin which hopefully shows the desired changes during the healing process. Your skin will get tighter. No increase in skin cancer risk.

Best to use IPL (FotoFacial) on face for redness and brown spots.

Hope this was helpful for you.
Kind regards,
Mark E. Johnson, MD, PhD (less)

There are many options in CO2 laser resurfacing. CO2 Laser resurfacinf can be ABELATIVE, or FRACTIONAL and the fractional can be of different depth.
In general the deeper the skin (more)

There are many options in CO2 laser resurfacing. CO2 Laser resurfacinf can be ABELATIVE, or FRACTIONAL and the fractional can be of different depth.
In general the deeper the skin resurfacing the longer the recovery and the better the results are.
CO2 laser resurfacing will get rid of sun damage skin, improve on the tone, color and quality of the skin. There is evidence that the resurfacing causes regeneration of collagen and elastin in the skin thus the quality improvement. CO2 resurfacing will get rid of precancerous areas and does not increase your chances of skin cancers.
The deeper the resurfacing the more skin tightening.CO2 laser resurfacing will not get rid of redness in the skin.
Doing partial face or an Aesthetic unit in the face may cause a contrast between the lasered area and the areas not lasered depending on the skin in general.
A combination of deep fractional and abelative CO2 laser resurfacing will tighten skin and improve on the skin tone, color,and quality.
The skin has to be prepared before the laser resurfacing to even the skin and stabilize the color bearing layer so that you do not get hyper or hypopigmentation. It will require strict regimen of after care. (less)