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Even setting aside the hucksterism, laser surgery is hardly a risk-free procedure. Lasers work by emitting a powerful beam of light that vaporizes skin. Though some newer lasers can skip the top layer, or epidermis, penetrating to the lower dermis to kill abnormalities and hair follicles, lasers "wound" the skin to some degree, and healing can have complications. Long-term effects can include pigmentation changes in the skin: patients with darker complexions, such as African Americans or those of Mediterranean origin, are especially susceptible to skin lightening. And everyone is vulnerable to doctors or technicians who do not handle...
...cosmetic-surgery junkie. You name it and the suburban New York housewife has had it done: Botox injected in her forehead to paralyze the facial muscles and prevent wrinkles from forming, liposuction on her stomach and thighs, fat transferred from her behind to her face--and lots of laser work. She's had pulse lasers to erase broken blood vessels in her cheeks, diode lasers to remove the hair on her upper lip and an Erbium laser to zap the crow's-feet around her eyes. "It's unbelievable. It took 10 minutes, and then you go home," says Bank...
...Laser surgery is far less expensive than full-scale plastic surgery and thus more accessible to people of every income and social stratum. "It's not just the young and the beautiful or the wealthy any more," says Jenifer Lloyd, a dermatologist in Boardman, Ohio. "I just lasered the wrinkles on an 85-year-old woman. Now she's dating again." Men, who account for about 20% of all cosmetic work, are succumbing too. Stan Madray, 36, who works for an entertainment company in Orlando, Fla., was unhappy with his "chipmunk cheeks that made me look older and worn...
...Booth, a publicist in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., had her face fully resurfaced by a laser two years ago, just before turning 50, to eliminate smile lines, wrinkles on her forehead, frown lines between the brows and crow's-feet around her eyes. Before the procedures, she says, "I looked mean, and I felt older." She also felt vulnerable at the office. "People want to work with people who appear youthful, vital and exuberant. I wanted to look outside how I felt inside. Does that sound shallow...
...other hand, there's Carol Pighini, 43, a mother of three from Florida. Bothered by some broken capillaries on her face, she picked a dermatologist in Tampa through an ad for gentler Erbium YAG laser treatments. To her horror, her face blistered for three days afterward, her eyes were swollen shut, and pits formed in her skin. "When the laser started hurting, I asked what was happening, and they said they had 'turned it up.'" She says with a sigh, "All this because I couldn't stand wearing makeup." Lancer, the Beverly Hills dermatologist, is now removing the damage with...