Skin Resurfacing
Skin resurfacing is a cosmetic surgery procedure which is used to smooth the surface of the skin and make it look younger. The likeliest candidates of this procedure are people who have several wrinkles on their facial surface. Wrinkles do not appear just in people of an older age. There are many cases in which wrinkles appear in much younger people. The effect of these wrinkles is that it makes the people look much older than their age. The cosmetic method of skin resurfacing helps in leveling the facial skin in such people and making them look younger.
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How is Skin Resurfacing done?
Skin resurfacing is a laser surgery procedure. The method is to smooth out the bumps on the skin by subjecting them to laser radiation. The laser surgery is done in a systemized manner so that the skin is completely restored to its youthful form as closely as possible. For that reason, it is important that the laser surgeon performing this procedure must be experienced, because the procedure does involve a level of artistic expertise.
There are two approaches of laser surgery that are used for skin resurfacing. The first is a milder technique that includes using laser radiation at a lower energy level. This process is known as photo-rejuvenation. It is used in people who have slight wrinkles on their skin. The other process is a high energy laser treatment in which people with more profuse wrinkles on their skin are treated.
The process of a laser surgery for skin resurfacing involves working at the skin at different layers. In order to treat the skin in this manner, different kinds of lasers are used. When the wrinkle is milder, a low energy laser is used and when the wrinkle is deeper, a high energy laser is used.
The process can be likened to exfoliation, where the laser removes the outer layers of the skin and the tauter inner layers are brought to the outside. The younger skin is tighter and that gives a smoother and more youthful appearance to the person.
Preparation for Skin Resurfacing
Being a delicate procedure, though it is not invasive, laser skin resurfacing needs a lot of care and expertise. There are several preparatory things that health professionals will expect the patients to do before coming in for this kind of procedure. One of them is to give up smoking completely. The person will also be advised against exposing the skin to the sun for at least a month prior to going ahead with skin resurfacing. Also, there are generally some special creams and lotions given to the people who are looking ahead to use this procedure on themselves. These creams and lotions need to be used at least for a month before the skin resurfacing is done.
Who should not go for Skin Resurfacing?
People will very deep wrinkles will find this to be a difficult procedure for them because the high energy lasers that will need to be used to treat them are liable to leave burn marks behind. Skin resurfacing through laser surgery is also not advised for people who have darker complexions, because it can lead to ungainly pigmentations on such skin.
