How to Know if you Are a Good Candidate for Ablative Laser Skin Resurfacing

Ablative Laser Skin Resurfacing & cosmetic laser treatments in general have changed dramatically since their beginning over a decade ago. There have been many advances and there are now non-ablative, ablative, erbium, fraxel, & fractional ablative laser kin resurfacing available. Our medical spa-Winter Park Laser actually offers the newest method-the combination ablative laser skin resurfacing. So how do you know if you are a candidate for ablative laser skin resurfacing and when you are ready for a more aggressive laser such as this. Here are some tips: #1 Ablative Laser Resurfacing is to resurface the skin so the main concerns with your skin you should have to treat would be large pores, ruddy skin texture, uneven skin tone, wrinkles, and loose skin. The benefits will be new tighter skin texture, tighter pores, less wrinkles and less sun damage #2 Skin type is important: We only treat a Fitzpatrick skin type 1, 2, 3, and maybe 4 which basically means white skin and light olive skin. This treatment is not safe for dark african skin. If you are a darker olive you really should pre-treat your skin with pigment suppressing products such as hydroquinone first and have a test spot. #3 Be Prepared & comfortable for Down-Time: The combo ablative has the least amount of down-time compared to Erbium & CO2 ablative lasers but even the combo ablative has pin point bleeding, scabbing and redness for at least 4-7 days. You need to make sure that you don't have a hot date or important meeting coming up and that you discuss your options with your medical spa. #4 Have Reasonable Expectations: Lasers are not surgery. You will get skin tightening and a great reduction in wrinkles and look younger by 5-10 years on average however this is not for someone who has a lot of loose hanging skin-that would be a facelift. For more information on how to know if you are a good candidate for ablative laser skin resurfacing or laser skin resurfacing in Orlando go to www.winterparklaser.com.