Skin Resurfacing – Altamonte Springs Fla
The natural process of aging, repeated or excessive exposure to the sun, heredity, nutrition, prescription drug use, pregnancy, illness, and injury can each take their toll on a person’s skin. This can leave the complexion scarred, uneven, blotchy in color, or dull in appearance.
Skin resurfacing is a popular option for men and women alike who seek to improve the look and feel of skin on the face, neck, hands, and other areas of the body. Most patients focus on the face, neck, and hands. These areas of the body are the most obvious to other people. Having smooth, even, fresh-looking skin can increase a person’s confidence and self-esteem.
Conditions Treated by Skin Resurfacing
Conditions that can lead a person to choosing a non-surgical skin resurfacing procedure can include:
- wrinkled or sun-damaged skin
- wrinkle lines around the eyes
- fine wrinkling of the eyelids
- vertical wrinkles around the mouth
- brown spots or generalizes skin blotchiness
- precancerous skin growths
- scarring from acne or chicken pox
- facial scars due to injury
Options for Skin Resurfacing
Your doctor may recommend a single skin resurfacing treatment, repeated treatments, or a combination of treatments. It all depends on your goals.
Types of treatments range from chemical peels to dermabrasion to laser skin resurfacing. Each method removes layers of skin, allowing new, healthy layers to develop. Chemical peels rely on a caustic solution to remove one or more layer of skin. Dermabrasion sloughs off skin using a rotating tool. Laser resurfacing relies on a beam of light. (This is why laser skin resurfacing also called skin photo rejuvenation).
Recovery
The recovery time required for each type of treatment can vary from no down time to several weeks. Your doctor will explain the recovery need when describing the types of skin resurfacing procedures available to you.
