This is accomplished by chemically freezing the skin a section at a time, and using a special motorized hand tool with abrasive attachments, the skin is abraded, or sanded. It is extremely important to protect your skin from the sun's damaging rays, even if the procedure is performed during winter. A sunscreen with at least an SPF of 30 should be worn daily. Durascreen 30 is the preferred sunscreen for peel patients. Note that with the laser peel, there may be a pigmentary line of demarcation where the edge of the treated area meets untreated skin.
Treated skin is lighter and more pink than untreated skin.
This is unavoidable, and can be covered easily with makeup. The best thing you can do for your skin is to avoid or minimize sun exposure. This will prevent or reduce many of the pigmentary changes and fine lines associated with the normal aging process. Try to prevent them from happening in the first place. Choose one . . .