Episode 32: Peels and Lasers — Skin Resurfacing, Photodamage, and the Depth That Determines Everything

The facelift fixed the structure. The laser fixes the surface. Without both, you have only done half the job.Fitzpatrick classification, peel depth and frosting levels, phenol cardiotoxicity, fractionated versus fully ablative CO2, PIH in darker skin types, HSV reactivation in an open wound, and the laser eye injury that is always preventable and never forgivable. Episode 32 — peels and lasers, from the Glogau classification to the SPF 50 that must be worn forever.