Non-ablative Fractional Lasers

Immediately after treatment:

• Immediately after treatment, the skin will look swollen with red dots in the locations that were treated with the laser.

• Your doctor may instruct you to cover the treated areas with a moisturizing cream or ointment. Wound dressings are usually not necessary, but your doctor may recommend that you apply a cold compress for pain relief.

Days and weeks after treatment:

• Your skin will continue to be red and swollen for 2-3 days after treatment with a non-ablative fractional laser.

Longer term:

• There is usually no long-term recovery process after treatment with a non-ablative fractional laser.

• It is important to use sunscreen whenever the skin is exposed to the sun until the skin is completely healed, meaning that no pink, newly formed skin is visible anymore.