What skin problems can laser resurfacing improve?

Before booking laser resurfacing in the Dexter, Michigan area, match your skin concern to what the sources list.

The concerns on the list

my.clevelandclinic.org says laser resurfacing is used to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and scars, even out skin coloring, tighten skin and remove lesions. dermnetnz.org adds actinic keratoses, actinic cheilitis, facial pigmentation, hypertrophic scars and rhinophyma to the list of uses.

Where this falls in the sequence

Matching the concern comes before choosing a laser type. Write your concern in one sentence, then check it against the two lists above. If it does not appear on either, say so at the consult and ask why the provider still recommends resurfacing.

What to gather

• Your concern in one sentence.
• Photos of the area in even light.
• A short list of the laser types the provider offers.

For reading on specific laser types, start with Carbon Dioxide Laser Resurfacing, and a review of Nonablative Fractional Laser Resurfacing in Skin of Color: Evidence-based Review if skin tone is part of your question.