Laser peeling reviews: is the laser a panacea for aging?

What is laser peeling?

Laser resurfacing of the face is a responsible matter, performed with the help of medical lasers. Beauticians use an erbium and carbon dioxide CO2 laser. The service is in demand, it does not matter - Yekaterinburg or Moscow is your place of residence, the clinic in which it is held in your city will surely be found.

Before you go to the clinic, it would be nice to even climb into the forum, and ask for real reviews about the clinics and doctors who perform laser resurfacing of the face in order to know who you can trust to conduct it. View real photos of patients “before” and “after”. To have an idea about the procedure itself, and how it is carried out, how much it costs, and what results and consequences can be expected. Understand which laser is best polished with erbium or carbon dioxide CO2 and why. And also find out that a liquid laser is generally a means for depilation and is not used for face polishing.

Laser peeling is a technique based on exposure to the skin of light radiation with a fixed wavelength. During penetration into the skin, light waves trigger the selective photothermolysis reaction: the target tissue absorbs laser energy and converts it into heat. Within a split second, heat spreads in the epidermis layer and causes its selective evaporation. Along with the disappearance of a specific layer of skin, all that was previously lost disappears: acne scars, age spots, fine wrinkles ...

Since the procedure involves selective exposure, the so-called pieces-fractions, it is often called fractional laser peeling. Its effectiveness is higher than that of other cosmetic methods for solving beauty problems. For example, to get rid of fine wrinkles with glycolic peeling, it will take 7-8 procedures, and the laser will remove the unattractive "mesh" in just 2.

What can laser peeling

Reviews of laser face peeling often exaggerate its capabilities. So the procedure is not able to eliminate neoplasms on the skin (on the contrary, this is a contraindication to its implementation). Also, he can not cope with deep wrinkles. Indications for the procedure are:

• shallow wrinkles, crow's feet;
• uneven skin texture;
• the presence of postoperative scars, post-acne, scars;
• the presence of age spots, freckles.

However, laser face peeling is not suitable for everyone, contraindications to it include:

• the presence of inflammatory processes on the skin;
• exacerbation of chronic diseases;
• pregnancy and lactation;
• infectious diseases, including herpes;
• diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, tuberculosis;
• suffered a stroke, bleeding disorder, the presence of a pacemaker.

Procedure

The laser beam can penetrate into different layers of the skin. At the same time, the depth of penetration and the duration of exposure are determined by the cosmetologist. Distinguish peeling superficial, deep and laser surgery. The latter is performed only in a hospital under general anesthesia.

In the beauty parlor, they can usually offer surface peeling, which is able to act on the epidermis and dermis.During the procedure, unnecessary and dead cells are removed, and the skin receives an incentive to regenerate, which restores its healthy structure.

For the procedure, 3 types of devices are used.

1. Carbon dioxide laser - Performs "hot peeling." It is good because it allows you to get rid of stretch marks and scars on the skin, but is dangerous for the risk of burns, since the treated areas are exposed to significant heat.
2. Erbium laser - Performs "cold peeling." Tissues do not heat up, pain does not occur. With its help, wrinkles are corrected, and they also work with delicate areas of the eyes, neck, and décolleté.
3. Combined - combining the capabilities of carbon dioxide and erbium lasers to solve all types of problems.

Often the intensity of laser exposure is increased by additional substances, for example, organic acids. One of such methods is laser carbon peeling, which acts in a complex way: exfoliates dead skin cells of the upper layer of the skin and warms its deep layers to eliminate other defects.

As reviews of laser peeling show, the procedure requires careful preparation and compliance with a number of rules.

• If you suffer from allergic reactions, you need to start taking antihistamines.
• A week before the "day X" you can not perform aggressively acting procedures, for 3 days - you can not steam the skin.
• Before peeling, you need to cleanse and soothe the skin, apply an anesthetic cream.
• After the procedure, a soothing cream should be applied to the skin and a sunscreen with a protection factor of 40 SPF should be used.
• If redness and swelling occur, you can not use anything but cold compresses. Unpleasant consequences should go away without treatment within 48 hours, less often pass up to 2 weeks.

The peeling procedure itself is carried out within 20-30 minutes. Repeat it should be no earlier than 5 days. The course of treatment is 2-8 procedures with an optimal interval per month.

Reviews

Beauticians say that laser peeling has no age restrictions. Girls from 15 years old and mature ladies can successfully resort to it. To whom laser peeling of the face really helped, reviews will tell better than any recommendations!

• Karina: I used peelings for a long time, I was pleased with the condition of the skin. But there were acne scars on the cheek that I wanted to get rid of. I went to the clinic to learn about laser peeling. I was advised to take a leave of absence for a week at work so that the rehabilitation goes well. And not in vain: for a week the skin was red and swollen, but when it all disappeared, those very dimples were gone, the wrinkles on the forehead disappeared. The procedure is painful, but anesthesia helps to endure. There were unpleasant moments, but everything is in the past!
• Natalya: I am 35, I wanted to get rid of the "craters" on my cheeks. Confused by the price of the procedure, but decided. The expectations were not fully met: the skin on the cheeks and forehead became, of course, much better. But the pores remained enlarged, you often have to visit a beautician.
• Svetlana: People, choose normal clinics, not one-day salons! For me, laser peeling was the only way out - there were huge scars from acne. Now they are gone, and one complex has become smaller.
• Olga: Did a peeling. After the procedure, the face just burned for 2 hours, then it pinched for another 2 days when the cream was applied. And in a week everything went away and the skin is just excellent!