Lidlift Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D.
Cosmetic, Facial & Eye Plastic Surgery

Laser Resurfacing

The use of an ablative (burning) laser to create a partial injury of the skin thereby stimulating facial healing. The CO2 and erbium lasers are the lasers typically used for this purpose. The CO2 is associated with much more thermal effects and creates more facial tightening but also longer healing times, more pigmentary issues, and unwanted textural changes. The erbium laser penetrates less deeply than the CO2 laser and produces less thermal injury but also less facial tightening. Both lasers leave the skin raw meaning approximately one to two weeks of healing before the skin is intact and about that much downtime before the face will hold makeup.