What are my laser skin resurfacing options?

You can choose from one of various laser skin resurfacing options, including the following:

• CO2 and Erbium lasers are usually used for ablative skin resurfacing treatments, specifically for removing scars, warts, wrinkles, or deeper dermatological flaws.
• Pulsed-dye lasers are non-ablative lasers that are designed to heat the skin to absorb pigments. Therefore, hyperpigmentation, redness, rosacea, and broken capillaries can be treated.
• Fractional picosecond laser. They are made so the laser energy breaks up into thousands of small beams, thereby treating only a fraction of the skin. These lasers reduce downtime and can be used to treat a variety of age-related skin conditions.
• IPL (intense pulsed light) therapy is not technically a laser treatment, but still is used for skin resurfacing to treat laser-related skin conditions, including rosacea, hyperpigmentation, sun damage, and acne. This type of treatment is considered non-ablative.