Fractional CO2 Resurfacing for acne scarring
Solihull Medical Cosmetic Clinic, under the supervision of Dr. Sagoo, is proud to be the first clinic in the UK to offer the FRX fractional CO2 skin resurfacing treatment.
What is Laser Skin Resurfacing for Acne Scarring?
The FRX fractional CO2 laser for acne scarring remains the superior tool for aesthetic skin resurfacing, a procedure that may improve the appearance of superficial wrinkles around the eyes, lips, forehead, and cheeks, which are apparent in ageing skin. Patients seeking the best acne scar treatment, especially those with facial acne scars, enlarged pores, or sun-damaged skin with uneven pigmentation, may find this treatment highly effective.
How Does CO2 Laser Resurfacing Work?
Fractional skin resurfacing with the CO2 laser for acne scar removal causes tiny dot ("pixel-like") damage to treated areas in the skin, leaving most of the surrounding skin intact. This advanced acne scar treatment stimulates new collagen production from the injury to the dermis, which can help reduce the appearance of lines, scarring, and acne. Fractional skin resurfacing may allow the skin to heal quicker than if the whole area was treated, as the healthy, untreated tissue acts as a natural bandage whilst the treated area heals.
The result is long-term collagen stimulation, which over the next few months, may soften the lines and wrinkles, providing one of the best acne scar treatment options available.
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What Should I Expect from My Acne Scarring Treatment?
Patients generally feel a burning sensation on the skin immediately after the CO2 laser resurfacing treatment, which typically lasts one to four hours. There is a downtime of about four to five days, and after this, you can expect your skin to be pinkish/red for a few more days. The skin may continue to produce collagen for six months, causing the skin to become rejuvenated.
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When Can I See the Results from My Acne Scarring Treatment?
Improvements are often seen with every treatment, depending on the amount of correction required. Approximately two to three CO2 laser resurfacing treatments for acne scarring are required monthly for most patients. Optimum improvement after fractional skin resurfacing is usually at around three months, as collagen remodelling and skin tightening continue.
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What Kind of Results Can I Expect?
Fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, as well as brown spots, may be removed or reduced in appearance, and deeper frown lines and grooves may be greatly softened. Large pores may be reduced in size, and your overall skin texture and appearance may become firmer and tighter. Once the outer layer of skin has been partially removed with laser resurfacing, the new skin underneath may present a softer, smoother, more youthful appearance. The message from our many happy patients is that less than an hour with the fractional CO2 laser resurfacing can erase up to ten years from your face.
Fractional Skin Resurfacing and Sun Damage, Lines, and Wrinkles
Fractional skin resurfacing can be an exceptional treatment for sun-damaged skin, lines, wrinkles, and skin tightening. If you would like to achieve a quick and visible improvement in wrinkles and skin sagging, fractional skin resurfacing may be the treatment option for you.
Fractional skin resurfacing and acne
Fractional skin resurfacing can be an excellent treatment for moderate and severe acne and acne scarring. It may be effective in improving skin texture and depressed acne scarring, with reduced downtime, when other treatments fail.
What does FRX fractional CO2 treat?
It is a safe method to help improve the appearance of sun damage, stubborn pigmentation, acne scars, rough texture, enlarged pores, fine lines, wrinkles, and skin laxity (in the face, neck, chest, arms, and hands) and surgical scars, with minimal downtime. Some of the conditions it may help with include:
- Wrinkles
- Poor texture
- Large Skin Pores
- Sun Damage
- Sunspots
- Brown Spots
- Acne Scars
- Surgical Scars
- Keloid scars
- Melasma
- Uneven Pigmentation
- Stretch Marks
It is a safe method to help improve the appearance of sun damage, stubborn pigmentation, acne scars, rough texture, enlarged pores, fine lines, wrinkles, and skin laxity (in the face, neck, chest, arms, and hands) and surgical scars, with minimal downtime. Some of the conditions it may help with include:
Steroid Injections For Keloid Acne Scarring
Dr. Sagoo may inject a corticosteroid solution directly into a hypertrophic scar or keloid, which may help reduce its size. In the hours after an injection, you can break up scar tissue yourself and improve the effectiveness of the injections by gently massaging the scar. Acne scar treatments are carried out 4-6 weeks apart, which can significantly flatten scars before additional treatments are carried out.
Dr Sagoo's combination treatments
Acne scarring is best addressed by combination treatments to achieve the best results. Dr Sagoo, with 20 years of experience, has a whole variety of different acne scar treatments that he will choose and tailor to the individual acne skin scarring. He may use one, two or 4 different treatments to achieve overall improvement on the skin, some in one session or a course of sessions.
In addition to microneedling with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and growth factors, Dr Sagoo utilizes Intense, a fractional radiofrequency (RF) microneedling device that uses micro-needles to deliver RF energy deep beneath the skin and stimulate long-term collagen production. Fractional, non-ablative lasers, such as the laser genesis, provide light resurfacing of the skin, while the ablative CO2, or carbon dioxide laser, vaporizes the entire outer layer of the skin, achieving a thorough resurfacing and regenerating new cells.
To further enhance these treatments, Dr Sagoo uses a YAG laser for skin rejuvenation; micro filler injections to aid in rebuilding tissue in the affected areas; IPL photo facial, which delivers intense pulsed light beneath the skin to reduce redness and improve skin tone and texture; and various peels, to enhance textural improvements and further stimulate collagen production.
With so many different combination treatments and years of experience with acne scarring, Solihull Medical Cosmetic Clinic is one of the leading clinics in the UK to offer a complete service.
Prices vary between £500 to £2000 per treatment, which shall be discussed on close assessment.
To book a consultation and assessment of acne scarring, please call us on 03300 417494.
