Patient education
CO2 Resurfacing Guides
Twelve guides to the CO2 resurfacing decision, from whether your skin is the right skin and whether your calendar is the right calendar, to what happens when the honest answer is to do something else.
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12 guides
- CO2 Laser Resurfacing: Are You the Right Patient for It?Candidacy
- The First Week After CO2 Resurfacing, Day by DayRecovery
- Pigment Risk After CO2 Resurfacing, Especially in Darker SkinRisks
- Ablative or Non-Ablative: Choosing How Much Skin to RemoveChoosing
- Full-Face or Fractional: What the Pattern ChangesChoosing
- CO2 Resurfacing for Acne Scarring: Realistic ImprovementScars
- Sun Damage and Lines: What Resurfacing Can and Cannot EraseExpectations
- The Risks That Matter: Infection, Scarring and Permanent Colour ChangeRisks
- Treatment Day: Anaesthesia, Duration and What You Will FeelPreparation
- How Long CO2 Resurfacing Results Last, and What Reverses ThemAftercare
- Preparing Skin Before Resurfacing: Why the Weeks Before MatterPreparation
- Alternatives to CO2 Resurfacing, and When to Refuse ItAlternatives
Not sure whether resurfacing is worth a week of your year?
An assessment starts with what bothers you and whether it is a surface problem at all. We will say plainly what resurfacing would change, what the healing week involves, what the pigment risk is in your skin, and what we would advise instead if the honest answer is something else.