Significance

• Laser resurfacing, or laser peel, is a treatment that helps reduce facial wrinkles and skin irregularities like acne scars and skin blemishes.
  
  

Identification

• In addition to being called laser peel and laser resurfacing, the treatment is also known as laser vaporization or lasabrasion.
  
  

Function

• Laser peel is a technique that directs short, concentrated pulsating beams of light at skin. Skin is removed layer by layer.
  
  

Types

• There are two types of lasers used in laser peel. They are carbon dioxide and erbium. Both lasers vaporize damaged skin cells and help reduce risk for the patient because they limit how much heat the skin absorbs.
  
  

Time Frame

• A full-face laser peel can take 90 minutes to two hours. A partial-face peel can take 30 to 45 minutes.
  
  

Warning

• This treatment may not be ideal for someone with active acne or who has very dark skin. According to Web MD, the treatment is also not suggested for stretch marks.