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How Does Fractional CO2 Laser Treatment Fade Age Spots?

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 Article source: https://www.litonlaser.com/how-does-fractional-co2-laser-treatment-fade-age-spots/ Age spots are one of the common pigment spots. There are many ways to treat age spots, including IPL machines, Q-switched lasers, picosecond lasers, and CO₂ fractional lasers. Today, let’s talk about how to use  fractional CO₂ lasers to fade age spots , and what mode is more suitable? Fractional CO2 laser treatment for fading age spots 1. What are age spots? Age spots are also called seborrheic keratosis. The causes may be related to sun exposure, chronic inflammatory stimulation, etc. They are closely related to premature aging. They are caused by excessive fatigue and excessive damage to brain meridians and cells and appear on the surface. They are prone to occur on the face, back of the hands, chest, back, etc. In the early stage, there are one or more flat papules of light yellow or light brown, with a smooth surface and clear boundaries; in the later stage, they gradually i...

What are the “black spots” that appear after age spots? How to solve them?

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 Article source: https://www.litonlaser.com/picosecond-laser-treatment-for-age-spots-and-pigmentation/ 1. Brief description. When using  picosecond laser  to treat age spots, I believe everyone will encounter the problem of “ blackening again ” after the treatment of age spots. Many people ask, after the scabs are removed, the age spots are indeed gone, but after about a month, they grow again.  How to solve this? First of all, this phenomenon does not mean that age spots grow again, because the spots that have been removed cannot grow so fast.  This is a manifestation of post-inflammatory pigmentation , that is, PIH,  so the core point of solving it is to solve the pigmentation. Post-inflammatory pigmentation (PIH) mostly occurs in Asians, and the degree of post-inflammatory pigmentation is closely related to  skin color, degree and depth of inflammation, degree of basement membrane damage and melanocytes. It is also affected by some human factors, su...