WRINKLES AND TEXTURED SKIN may be difficult to conceal. But lasers can diminish the appearance of wrinkles and aging skin, making your face baby soft once again.

While patients seek laser resurfacing to reduce wrinkles from crow's feet to lip lines, the procedure also minimizes age spots, rhinophyma (thickening of the nasal skin like W.C. Fields) and scars left from acne, chicken pox and surgery.

(RECOVERY TIME: 10 DAYS)

With this treatment, a laser beam refreshes the surface of the skin, layer by layer, wrinkle by wrinkle. The treatment removes the damaged outer layer of skin and renews the skin below, vaporizing skin imperfections. The doctor tailors each treatment to the patient's individual cosmetic concerns. Because there is no bleeding, Dr. Rotter can sculpt more accurately, and the laser's precision lessens the chance of scarring.

Full face laser resurfacing will normally take 45 to 90 minutes. Dr. Rotter will administer a local anesthetic. You may return to work within one to two weeks. Excellent cosmetics are available to camouflage any leftover redness until your new skin is ready to shine through. For mildly aged skin, Dr. Rotter uses the erbium-yag laser, which speeds recovery time.