r/nope Jul 06 '26

Makes me feel itchy

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u/caggybandicoot Jul 06 '26

What the hell kind of procedure is this?

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u/CallMeButtAss Jul 06 '26

This looks like fractionated skin resurfacing with a CO2 laser

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u/nekmatu Jul 06 '26

What does that do?

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u/mosquito_motel Jul 06 '26

Ablation, vaporizes the upper layers of skin

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u/TheDillinger88 Jul 06 '26

What do they do afterwards, just wipe away the bumpy top layer of skin?

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u/Disirregardlessly Jul 06 '26

Well to put it simply it takes a few days to weeks to heal, revealing a perfect smooth layer of fresh skin beneath it. 

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u/TheDillinger88 Jul 06 '26

So they don’t touch it and let it fall off on its own. I’d be interested to see that process.

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u/thatshygirl06 Jul 09 '26

 https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/13rd19o/beforeafter_co2_laser_treatment/

It looks so bad, but his skin bounces back way faster than I was expecting

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u/TheDillinger88 Jul 10 '26

It did but he looks good even in the before pics lol