Patient education
Chemical Peel vs Laser Resurfacing: The Choices
Eight guides to the choice between a chemical peel and laser resurfacing, from deciding how deep treatment should go to the skin states in which neither should be performed. Written for someone deciding, not someone studying.
All guides
8 guides
- Peel Or Laser Resurfacing: Deciding How Deep To GoDeciding
- What A Medium-Depth Peel Can And Cannot ChangeThe peel
- Laser Resurfacing For Wrinkles And ScarringThe laser
- How Skin Tone Changes The Peel And Laser ChoiceSkin tone
- Flaking Or Raw Healing: Two Kinds Of DowntimeRecovery
- How Often Peels And Resurfacing Are RepeatedDurability
- Cold Sores And Pigment Changes After ResurfacingRisks
- When Skin Is Too Sensitive For Peels Or LasersAlternatives
How deep does your problem actually sit?
An assessment begins by establishing depth rather than by choosing a treatment: how far the pigment sits, whether a wrinkle is present at rest, and how your skin has behaved after injury before. We will say plainly what the shallower plan would and would not achieve, what the healing costs, and what we would advise if neither option were right for your skin.