What does skin resurfacing involve?
For small areas you will have anaesthetic cream applied to your face before being given a sedative. Local anaesthetic will be injected into sensitive areas around the lips and eyelids, and you will wear a special shield over your eyes. Treatment of the whole face takes around an hour and a half and is often done under general anaesthetic. Pain will take up to 24 hours to disappear, but you will be able to go home four hours after treatment. In the third week after treatment you may look wonderful – because the residual swelling will make your new skin look as if it is completely wrinkle-free. In the fourth week, however, wrinkles will start to show up again. Over the next few months though, your skin should continue to show improvements and the discoloration in the skin lessens.
