Dear Melissa,
Thank you so much for your kind words and for visiting me at my Boston Plastic Surgery Practice. You are a joy as a patient!
Laser skin rejuvenation and laser peel and the microlaserpeel in particular are wonderful procedures for the right patient, which you so obviously are.
Thank you.
Dr Seckel
Boston, Massachusetts,
Peabody, Massachusetts,
Concord, Massachusetts

Dear Joey,Please don’t worry; I am sure your skin will improve in time. Skin redness and irritation you describe can occur after a deep Fraxel treatment lor any laser skin rejuvenation procedure.
It is also common to have an acne type outbreak after any ablative laser skin rejuvenation procedure, which causes exfoliation on the face. The […]

Dear Joey,
Please don’t worry; I am sure your skin will improve in time.
It is common to have an acne type outbreak after any ablative laser skin rejuvenation procedure which causes skin exfoliation on the face. The Fraxel® does ablate (remove) tissue. Because the Fraxel® does micro ablation (unlike laser resurfacing which removes all of the […]

Dear Taylor,
Loss of pigment-called hypopigmentation and enlarged pores are sometimes a sequelae of deep laser resurfacing. I am happy to hear the V beam laser has evened your color.
At the present time I recommend LaserGenesis® for reducing the size of enlarged pores. LaserGenesis® can also even skin texture and remove red spots, flush and Rosacea […]

Dear Sue,
Thank you for an excellent and very important question about Laser Skin Rejuvenation.
With your history of Accutane® use and that your skin is fragile I would not use the Fraxel® laser or any laser skin rejuvenation procedure on your face. The Fraxel® laser is an ablative laser which means it creates a laser peel […]

Dear Mary,
The laser skin rejuvenation or laser skin peel called Sciton® Laser Resurfacing (a procedure which goes much deeper than the Sciton® MicroLaserPeel®) can sometimes be repeated but only if the skin has enough skin appendages (oil glands, sweat glands, and hair follicles) left after the first laser skin resurfacing to enable the skin to […]

Dear Jean-Francois,
The Sciton® MicroLaserPeel® laser facial skin rejuvenation technique is safe for light brown skin as long as the procedure is not done too deeply. The average 40-micron microlaserpeel laser skin rejuvenation peel would be safe and should not cause any color change. Results can be excellent.
Rosacea can be made worse by any […]

Dear George,
I am happy to say that there are several new and very exciting non-surgical eyelid rejuvenation methods for effectively removing eyelid wrinkles. Excellent results are possible.
The most effective and quick eyelid rejuvenation method is laser skin rejuvenation treatment with the Erbium Laser called the microlaserpeel, although there is a 7-10 day period during which […]

Dear Leslie,
You are correct in your assertion that Botox only provides a temporary correction of crow’s feet. Botox is a very satisfactory solution for crow’s feet around the eyes for most people.
There is however a more permanent solution for crow’s feet. Once the crow’s feet have become permanent lines in the skin around the eyes, […]

Dear Diana,
Thank you for a very important question. Asian skin is very unique and must be treated very carefully when using any type of laser skin rejuvenation or skin exfoliation treatment. Find a plastic surgeon or dermatologist who has experience treating asian skin.
Typically Asian skin is very smooth and delicate and usually ages less […]