Postoperative laser care.

Abstract

Postoperative laser care is critical to the successful performance of CO2 and erbium laser resurfacing. Anticipation and prevention of postoperative problems and complications leads to greater patient satisfaction and fewer permanent sequalae. In most situations, a team approach, with the use of trained nurses and aestheticians, ensures greater success in this critical postoperative period. Laser resurfacing is one of the few procedures in which the surgery is only beginning when the surgeon leaves the operating suite.