Pixel Laser Recovery Time

Depending on the intensity of treatment recovery time can take anywhere from a single day to up to 10 days following a fraxel laser treatment.

Pixel laser recovery time.

It helps to improve skin texture lighten pigmentation soften wrinkles reduce pore size and smooth out scars including acne scars and stretch marks without the recovery time and. For the first few days you might experience some tingling burning and itching similar to what you might feel with a severe sunburn. If acne is a concern we recommend an isolaz treatment at the 2 week mark to ensure that your skin is thoroughly cleansed. Pixel laser resurfacing or fractional laser skin resurfacing is a new technique of laser resurfacing using fractional ablative technology.

The advantage this technique has over conventional laser resurfacing techniques is a shorter downtime and fewer side effects. Recovery from a pixel laser treatment can take one to two weeks less than half of the recovery time expected with a typical ablative laser treatment which removes the entire surface of the skin. The pixel co2 laser is an ablative fractional laser. It is used for rejuvenating skin that has been damaged by age and sun exposure.

Official alma lasers pixel page. Pixel laser resurfacing is a state of the art skin rejuvenation treatment that is commonly referred to as the next generation of fractional laser treatments. Unlike other lasers within the same category the pixel co2 laser does not require patients to undergo a lengthy recovery period.