Question:
Is laser resurfacing safe on rosacea?
Answer:
Rosacea is best treated with the V-Beam or pulse dye laser. This is a laser that passes through the overlying skin and targets especially the redness and broken blood vessels common in rosacea. Laser resurfacing may actually cause a flare-up of rosacea given the inflammation to the overlying skin. It depends on how severe your rosacea is. If you are looking to treat that alone, I would use the pulse dye laser. If you are looking to treat wrinkling and sun damage and are trying to do a laser resurfacing for those issues, I would have a discussion as to whether this is the best treatment for you given the rosacea.
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