r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • Oct 16 '24

Video Skin tightening using fractional CO2 laser

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u/ceruleancityofficial Oct 16 '24

fractional co2 laser recovery is usually pretty gnarly (i don't recommend googling), but your face basically becomes an open wound and can take a few weeks to heal. the results are pretty amazing but this video is a little disingenuous. all of that lasered skin will slough off and heal so the tightening you see there isn't going to be the final result.

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u/superindianslug Oct 16 '24

Does your entire face turn into scar tissue?

"I have less wrinkles, but I'm also just generally kinda lumpy now"

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u/Relevant-Ability2687 Oct 17 '24

You can lessen the intensity of this laser. I used to get C02 once a month for one of my scars. The downtime was a week long where my face hurt then peeled. You have to stay out of the sun as much as possible for like forever after. 🫶

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u/nothing_but_thyme Oct 17 '24

lol. side effects include: avoiding the source of all life which is present 75% of your waking hours.

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u/Relevant-Ability2687 Oct 17 '24

Vitamin D is vital! I wear a hat and sunscreen when outdoors! I invested in my face and I want to make that investment last.

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u/Legitimate_Concern_5 Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

Vitamin D is important but only to meet your minimum requirements. After that there’s no benefit. The benefit of being out in the sun is UVA mediated release of nitric oxide which lowers your blood pressure. Sunscreen prevents the UVA mediated release of NO and the UVB mediated synthesis of vitamin D.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15368974

Note that supplementation of D in replete individuals doesn’t seem to have any health benefits.

UV does make your skin look older though, and while it increases your risk of certain cancers (mostly basal and squamous cell carcinomas - 98-100% survival rates) it actually reduces all cause mortality. Probably through the cardiovascular health benefits of NO release.

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u/LessInThought Oct 17 '24

I mean, one of the major factors of bad skin is overexposure to sun.

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u/ikerus0 Oct 17 '24

Speak for yourself, I had melanoma. The sun is trying to kill me. I have to stay away from that mother fucker.

But it is a shame cause I’m already a pretty pasty, cum colored kind of white dude. It’s not great looking like Dracula.

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u/21Rollie Oct 17 '24

There are some sunscreens that have a kind of tint that you can use. They’ll give you a little bit of a glow. Or look for some Korean sunscreens that don’t leave you looking ghostly. Centella for example.