Laser Acne Treatment – What You Need To Know
Despite its demonstrated success and effectiveness, laser acne treatment continues to raise doubts and questions in the minds of many acne sufferers. They wonder if it's safe, or how long the results actually last. If you have questions about this increasingly popular approach to acne treatment, then keep reading to see if it might be right for you.
Acne laser treatment uses a laser resurfacing method similar to methods used in the past to treat scars, wrinkles and blemishes of various kinds. Applied now to the treatment of acne scars, laser acne treatments have become a more expensive option than the more standard methods of treatment such as chemical peels and dermabrasion.
Among the major benefits of laser acne treatment is that in the hands of a skilled surgeon it is possible to target only the affected areas of the skin while leaving unaffected skin and tissue alone. Furthermore, since laser treatment for acne is a non-invasive procedure, complications such as bleeding or infection of the skin, which are associated with other treatment methods, can be avoided.
Both chemical peels and dermabrasion have proven to result in more pain and discomfort than laser acne treatment, but this is ultimately dependent on how severely the skin was damaged to begin with and on the specific procedure used. If pain relievers and sedatives are used during the procedure, pain and discomfort are reduced even further, as well as the duration of the procedure itself, which can last up to 1 hour.
Another benefit to laser acne treatments is that any accompanying side effects, such as swelling to the skin or redness, are usually on the mild side and only temporary. Occasionally there may be a mild burning to the skin caused by a high energy laser used during the treatment.
A major selling point for acne laser treatment is that there are no accompanying severe side effects. And all the mild side effects are usually gone by the time full recovery from the procedure is made too. With the right use of certain skin products during the recovery phase of treatment, discomfort can be kept to a minimum as well.
How does acne scar laser treatment work? Basically new skin and tissue replace the damaged areas of the skin. Depending upon how much acne scarring there is to begin with, as well as the specific treatment option selected, total recovery is usually just four to six weeks away.
By now you are probably thinking, "this sounds great, what's the catch?" Well, as you might expect, laser acne treatment is not inexpensive. In fact, you should be prepared to pay anywhere from eight hundred to twenty five hundred dollars for the procedure. But for many acne sufferers, the results are well worth the investment
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