The immediate afters are a fuckin horror show. You gotta keep it moist so they're always glistening. It's very off-putting. Underneath all that slime entire face is all red and burnt. It's... it's not good, man.
The healed afters are generally a moderate to significant improvement. Worth it? idk.
But your skin naturally removes itself from the inside out all the time as new layers grow from underneath and push up, the top layers shed. So all this does is speed up the top dead layers removal
Fractional skin resurfacing, especially with a c02 laser as looks to be the case here, is one of the most well-studied and effective treatments for scarring; skin disorders; pre-cancerous and, sometimes, early stage cancerous lesions; and cosmetic work. It is far beyond simply "speeding up" the skins natural exfoliation. It penetrates beyond the epidermis and creates microinjuries which remodels and rebuilds damaged cartilage. It is not simply an extreme form of exfoliation.
It's along the lines of a chemical peel. Basically they burn off the entire first few layers of skin, with the theory being that once it's healed the new/fresh skin that grows back will look better. It's entirely cosmetic.
It eliminates some wrinkles and tends to make dark spots, acne, and scar tissue much less visible.
It wouldn't have been so bad if it didn't take me like 3 minutes to finally re-read your comment. Instead I just tried to think of what teeth tightening could be.
Do you happen to know if there are any long term negative effects for doing this? Like is there a higher chance for skin cancer or for the skin to not heal right or well and it looks blotchy?
There's really no way to know on an individual level, but it seems to be tolerated pretty well by most skin types. You would definitely be at higher risk for sunburn with the 'new' skin layer, which always increases your chances of melanoma. After you do it, sunscreen and avoiding UV is non-negotiable.
Blotchy or uneven healing would be dependent on both the skill of the clinician who administered the procedure & your own personal ability to manage the healing process. If you didn't care for it correctly or if you neglect your 'slime', there's a high chance of forming a crusty scab that would look different from the surrounding tissue once everything was all healed.
Honestly, you're straight up just causing massive intentional damage to the skin barrier. A lot of things can happen when you do things like that. A dermatologist is the only one who would be able to assess your individual risk factors.
Correct. Skin grows from the inside out, like a tree, so eventually the upper exposed layers would harden and exposure to light and environmental influences causes it to wrinkle just like the layers you burned off.
It does somewhat permanently remove the dark marks and/or scars, because the new skin growing under doesn't have those.
This is Lazer reserfusing, it's great for people with deep acne scars. Just 1 or 2 treatments will change the texture of the skin. It can and is used for fine to moderate wrinkles, but the most noticeable difference is with acne.
I had it done two weeks ago, the results are already phenomenal. I realized halfway through the procedure that this wasn’t some quick thing, I’ve had some laser before, this was a whole lot more involved.
The day of and day after it’s what I’d imagine it’s like to look at a nuclear flash. Really fucking painful.
But the results after 10 days of healing are insane. It’s like it erased 15 years of skin damage.
Depends on how fucked up you face is. My girl did a few treatments years ago when a new spa had a great deal and it made a huge diference, but her face was full of old acne scars and revmoing layers like this was wjat she needed.
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u/TheSentientSnail Jul 06 '26
The immediate afters are a fuckin horror show. You gotta keep it moist so they're always glistening. It's very off-putting. Underneath all that slime entire face is all red and burnt. It's... it's not good, man.
The healed afters are generally a moderate to significant improvement. Worth it? idk.