What is Laser Skin Resurfacing?
Laser skin resurfacing is not for the faint of heart, or for the impatient for that matter. Laser skin resurfacing is a fairly serious cosmetic procedure that can be done to your face, which produces very dramatic results - in fact I think better than a face lift, which often leave the face looking pulled and fake.
If you look at before and after pictures of laser skin resurfacing, you will see what I mean. It brings back the youthful vibrance of the skin, and literally peels off fine lines and even fairly deep wrinkles. It’s truly amazing. But it’s a 2-3 month recovery period, and it costs a fair sum of money to get this procedure done to your face.
The average cost of laser skin resurfacing here in the US runs about $3,000, which doesn’t seem to bad when you compare it to a facelift which costs thousands more and also has a long recovery period.
What Laser Skin Resurfacing Is, and What It Does to Your Skin
This procedure uses high tech, precision cosmetic lasers to penetrate the skin to whatever depth is deemed necessary by the physician, and it actually refines the skin and takes away a few skin cells at a time, exposing new, fresh skin, but in the process makes your skin red and raw, requiring cover up makeup for several weeks due to inevitable discoloration of the skin.
The lasers are guided by the trained professional at predetermined levels of depth, and remove layer by layer of damaged skin in small pulses. An antibiotic is usually applied to the skin to prevent infection, since new skin is exposed to the elements and bacteria.
Local anasthetic is usually used if just areas of the face are being treated, but an injectable anasthetic may be used if the whole face is being treated, as this can cause too much pain to be awake. As I said, laser resurfacing is an extreme procedure, but the rewards are pretty impressive if you’re willing to deal with a long recovery period.
