Posts Tagged ‘Deep FX Colorado’

Active FX and Deep FX: What Medication Will I Need?

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

I routinely give my patients a Vicodin and Prednisone (an oral steroid to help swelling)  immediately before their procedure and send them home with a prescription for 5 more of the Vicodin and 4 days worth of Prednisone. We use a highly effective combination of topical high dose Lidocaine and Tetracaine along with local nerve blocks and [...]

Active FX vs. Fraxel vs. Pixel vs. Profractional What's the Difference

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

There are quite a few fractionated resurfacing lasers out there.  So exactly what is resurfacing and what are fractionated lasers.  What makes one fractionated laser different from other?  Resurfacing is a procedure where layers of damaged skin are removed usually by vaporization from a laser.  It can be used to get rid of brown pigment caused by sun damage, [...]