What are the side effects associated with non-ablative lasers?

Because non-ablative laser treatments are less aggressive, the side effects, when they happen, are less severe. Following are some of the major side effects.

• Like ablative laser resurfacing, non-ablative therapy can cause a flare-up of the herpes simplex virus (HSV), or cause cold sores to emerge.
• Hyperpigmentation may result from non-ablative laser treatments.
• Patients experience mild redness and swelling, which lasts a few hours to a couple days.