Why Add Laser Resurfacing to Your Surgery?

Posted June 04, 2025 in Laser Resurfacing

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Although facial plastic surgery can completely transform your appearance, you likely want to get the best results possible from it. The key to a successful facial plastic surgery such as a facelift is exploring other ways to rejuvenate your skin, boost collagen, and take care of your skin. Dr. David Gilpin, Nashville’s top facial plastic surgeon, often recommends adding laser resurfacing to your facial plastic surgery to maximize results and guarantee long-lasting improvement. Here are some of the top options that Dr. Gilpin recommends, as well as the reasons for creating a personalized package here at Gilpin Facial Plastics & Aesthetics.

What is Laser Resurfacing?

Laser resurfacing is the process of using laser energy to rejuvenate the skin. It can be done in a few different ways but generally involves using heat energy to boost collagen production. Sometimes, it might involve damaging the skin to further stimulate the body’s repair mechanisms. The number of laser treatments required for best results depends on the technology, with some ablative laser treatments requiring only a single session while non-ablative skin rejuvenation requires several.

What Can Laser Resurfacing Treat?

By stimulating the growth of new collagen, laser resurfacing can treat a wide variety of concerns. These include:

  • Acne scars
  • Deep wrinkles
  • Sagging skin
  • Sun damage
  • Skin texture
  • Aging skin
  • Age spots
  • Large pores
  • Brown spots
  • And much more

Facial plastic surgery can treat deep wrinkles and sagging skin, but it can’t always treat the above concerns – meaning your surgical results might look great but still haven’t addressed your skin’s quality and appearance.

What are the Best Laser Skin Resurfacing Options to Add to Surgery?

Dr. Gilpin often recommends adding these options to your facial plastic surgery.

Erbium Laser

Sciton’s ProFractional laser is an erbium laser treatment that can generate new collagen by prompting the body’s healing response. It creates microscopic channels in the skin, allowing for a shorter recovery time because it doesn’t treat the whole surface of the skin. When fully healed, you’ll notice thicker, healthier, more youthful-looking skin.

PDGF+

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a concentrated serum that can be combined with laser resurfacing to boost the healing process. It provides your skin with a hefty dose of growth factors to enhance cellular activity and the formation of new blood vessels. It can not only help with healing from surgery but can also boost your laser resurfacing results for even more noticeable improvement and reduce post laser redness.

Why Add Laser Resurfacing to Your Surgery?

Laser resurfacing can improve the skin texture and build collogen, leaving your skin rejuvenated and taking years off of your facial profile. At Gilpin Facial Plastics & Aesthetics, we’ve found that a more comprehensive result is the best kind of result. Although you might like your surgical results, we want you to love them. Laser resurfacing can be the next step in your process, rejuvenating your skin and taking even more years off your facial profile. It can also be a way to maintain your surgical results and ensure against the need for another procedure in the future. And, of course, it can help you feel even more confident in your surgical results when you have glowing, youthful skin to go with it.

Laser Resurfacing in Nashville, TN

To learn more about how you can combine laser resurfacing with your facial plastic surgery, contact Nashville’s premier expert in surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation, Dr. David Gilpin. Reach out to our luxury office today to get started.

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