How many days after laser acne treatment can I wash my face? Will there be recurrence after laser acne treatment?

Acne is a skin problem that many people have. Many friends who love beauty want to remove acne on their faces. Laser acne removal is a very effective way to remove acne. Generally, there are many things to pay attention to after laser acne removal.

1. You can wash your face on the day of red and blue light acne treatment

After the red and blue light acne treatment, girls can usually wash their faces normally on the same day, because the red and blue light acne treatment only acts on the superficial layer of the skin to reduce inflammation and sterilize acne, and does not cause trauma to the skin. Therefore, you can wash your face after the treatment. However, when washing your face, it is best to use only clean water. If you are used to washing your face with a facial cleanser, you must try to use a non-irritating facial cleanser. The most important thing is that in the first 3-4 days of the red and blue light treatment of inflammatory acne, you need to keep the affected area clean and refreshed, and apply some repairing ointment prescribed by the doctor.

2. Do not wash your face for 1-2 weeks after laser acne treatment

Laser acne scar removal generally includes carbon dioxide fractional laser and pixel laser. Usually, after treatment, small wounds of varying degrees will be left. The wounds will have a period of scab formation. When the wounds scab, special attention should be paid to ensure that the scab area is dry and clean, otherwise it may affect recovery and even cause infection. Therefore, you need to wait until the scab forms before washing your face normally.

Laser acne treatment cannot completely guarantee that there will be no recurrence. This is because it is difficult to fundamentally solve the problem of acne by laser treatment alone. To fundamentally solve it, it is necessary to find the cause of acne and treat it symptomatically. Only comprehensive treatment, both internal and external, and treating both the symptoms and the root causes, can achieve a thorough treatment effect and prevent recurrence.

1. Avoid drinking milk and eating sweets

For acne-prone skin, the primary enemies are high-sugar foods and milk. Therefore, if you want to prevent rebound after laser acne treatment, you also need to avoid eating snacks containing added sugar. Because high-sugar foods can cause an increase in insulin levels in the blood, and an increase in the level of free insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1), it will eventually cause excessive keratinization of the epidermis and increased sebum secretion, leading to acne (also known as pimples). The casein in milk protects IGF-1 from being destroyed by digestive enzymes, indirectly promoting the development of acne inflammation (pimples) and sebum secretion. Therefore, high-sugar foods and dairy products have been clinically proven to have clear acne-causing properties. Therefore, after laser acne treatment, you must avoid drinking milk and consuming sweets in your diet.

2. Pay attention to and strengthen sun protection

Sun protection is an important condition to prevent acne from turning into acne pits. You must take good sun protection care before going out, especially on the parts of your face with darker acne marks. A lot of ultraviolet exposure may increase the pigmentation of your skin, causing darkening and darker acne pits after laser acne treatment.

3. Avoid touching your face frequently

Don’t touch your face often after laser acne treatment to avoid rebound, because even if your hands are washed very clean, there are still many invisible bacteria. If there are acne bacteria on your hands, it will directly cause acne to come back and rebound quickly. So don’t touch your face or the affected area often.

If it is non-invasive red and blue light acne treatment, then girls can put on makeup after the acne is healed. If girls do invasive laser acne scar removal and acne pit removal, including fractional laser and pixel laser, then it is safer to put on makeup at least one month after the treatment. This is because it takes a month for the skin to rebuild and repair the wound. In order to avoid the risk of cosmetics entering the skin and causing infection, it is best to put on makeup one month later.