A yellow liquid may ooze from treated areas to form a crust.
Co2 laser skin resurfacing complications.
Potential risks of the procedure include.
And nanni reviewed 500 cases of laser skin resurfacing and categorized their complications as shown in table 2.
Co2 lasers like most resurfacing lasers can be risky for people with medium to deep skin tones because the light beam can target pigment and pigment producing cells.
Do not scratch or pick at crusts because this can cause scarring.
Burns or other injuries from the laser s heat scarring changes in the skin s pigmentation including areas of darker or lighter skin reactivating.
Permanent changes in skin color are more common in people who have darker skin.
Usually about five days to a week after laser skin resurfacing your skin will become dry and peel.
What is laser skin resurfacing.
The skin will be raw oozing and may even blister.
It involves using lasers to help improve skin texture and appearance.
Patients in this consecutive series were treated with the coherent ultrapulse coherent inc palo alto ca co 2 laser.
Ablative laser resurfacing poses a slight risk of permanent scarring.
Although table 2 illustrates aggres sive full face co 2 laser resurfacing any or all of these problems can and do occur with other common resur facing modalities including ipl and other non ablative procedures.
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Complications of laser skin resurfacing although skin resurfacing cannot produce perfect skin it can improve the appearance of your skin.
Laser skin resurfacing is a type of skin care procedure performed by a dermatologist or physician.
Co2 laser skin resurfacing is a procedure involving the use of carbon dioxide co2 and a skin surface removing laser ablative laser to remove scars warts and deep wrinkles.
We report our experience with complications in more than 1000 laser skin resurfacing procedures.
Potential risks of the procedure include.