FACIAL RESURFACING

Every day your skin is exposed to environmental elements such as ultraviolet radiation, free radicals, and pollution. While proper skin care is essential for helping the skin look its best, laser skin resurfacing at Dr. Khare’s Plastic Surgery Center, uses precision, accuracy, and state-of-the-art equipment in order to effectively take years off a person’s appearance without harming these delicate skin tissue. Laser treatments can be used on the entire face or to target specific areas such as “crow’s feet,” the glabella area between the eyebrows, forehead lines, and mouth lines. Pigment damage normally seen with the outdated CO2 laser is not seen with the sciton laser.

Usually, the first week after the treatment is labor intensive. Patients are advised to wash the lasered areas regularly every few hours to facilitate healing. At about 7–10 days, the beautiful new skin appears and the healing process gets much easier. At this point, mineral make-up and moisturizers can be applied to the skin. A pink tint or red color to the skin is normal for about 3 weeks–3 months. This coloring is caused by blood vessels that are laying down “new” collagen. A reduction in the appearance of wrinkles will take approximately 3 months.