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Currently, there is no medication that is reported to be contraindicated when undergoing pico laser treatment.
Nevertheless, it is important that your doctor is aware of your underlying medical conditions and should have advised you on the after-effects of the pico laser treatment, and especially the drugs that you are on. As such, specific counselling should be done before treatment.
Melasma is a tricky condition to treat as there are many factors involved and the pigment can be situated superficially, deep in the skin or a combination of both superficial and deep. However, there are treatments available to treat this condition via different pathways. Personally, I use topical lightening creams, orals and different machine-driven therapies to target the pigment at different levels in the skin to get optimal results. Treatment of melasma is like a regime and requires patience as multiple sessions are required.
Hi there, Thank you for your photos. From those photos, you have a combination of Box and Ice Pick scars. Treatments wise, I would advise a combination of the TCA CROSS technique and Fractional CO2 lasers. For the TCA CROSS technique, high concentration TCA Acid will be administered to the scars to "fill" them up and make them less deep. Multiple sessions will be required and downtime of a few days to a week is to be expected.
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