Most patients who elect to have a deep or total treatment require only one or two treatments. Rarely patients with more significant sun damage will need a third treatment. Multiple factors influence the number of treatments needed. While mild to moderate sun damage is generally easy to improve with just one treatment, patients with advanced age and those with more significant sun damage that has resulted in deep lines, and wrinkles or those with significant scarring along with the overall integrity of the skin impacts the number of treatments that may be required as well as how aggressive of a treatment that can be performed. Caution needs to be given to patients that are older or may have thin skin and therefore multiple treatments may be required.
If a second or third treatment is required we recommend that it not be performed any sooner than 4 months from the previous treatment as the most significant results are generally seen in the first 3-6 months. Some patients report continuing to see improvement even one year after a single treatment.