Laser treatment as well as any medical procedure can cause some peculiar complications such as protracted skin redness, flushing, tenderness, and even pigmentary changes, like hyper pigmentation, when the skin darkening appears, according to Rox Anderson words, M.D, director of the Laser Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

But there are even more serious side-effects after laser resurfacing; they can be possibly constant, for instance hyper pigmentation, or skin lightening. In about 2 percent of laser treatments there can be scarring, because of irresponsible post-operative care, when there can be infection developing. In some cases during the procedure a surgeon may go too deep, and as a result the skin can sustain an injury which will be difficult to repair.

Laser surgeon may work in too aggressive way and use the wrong settings, making the skin too much heat and as a result severely burned. It’s necessary to beware of unqualified specialists. Patients may be confronted by some real hazards because nowadays both qualified and unqualified laser treatment specialists are working in the cosmetic laser surgery industry. Some laser manufacturers are so much interested in selling their products that they organize one- or two-day courses to train. So the most specialists such as obstetricians, dentists, gynecologists, and family doctors resort to laser surgery in their treatment. When the person is going to undergo laser resurfacing surgery they must know the backgrounds of laser energy absorbing by tissue and tissue reaction; after that it’s necessary to visit surgery performing places and observe how a skilled surgeon deal with the equipment. The specialists who come to know the particulars of skin and surgery are the best candidates for performing laser resurfacing. Usually they are only dermatologists and plastic surgeons.

Moreover, the wrong laser may be chosen, or believed as better, which can cause such side-effect as serious burning. Some laser resurfacing doctors have no idea about wiping off the partly dehydrated skin or about moving the hand which holds the laser tool during the procedure.

Nowadays, unfortunately there is no national policy for accreditation specialists who plan to work with laser treatment. FDA is responsible for giving individual manufacturers an opportunity to sell their lasers for the specific indications. FDA training is also recommended for operating the lasers.

As states can issue a license to doctors and nurses, credentialing continue to be a state function, and standards for laser treatment training are different in each state.