>> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME BACK, YOU GUYS. GETTING AND MAINTAINING A MORE YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE IS MORE ECONOMICAL AS MORE LASER TREATMENTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE. WHICH ARE RIGHT FOR YOUR SKIN TYPE? MELISSA WILSON GETS SOME ANSWERS IN THIS MORNING'S ASK THE DOCTOR SEGMENT. >> OUR VIEWER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE'S STARTING TO GET FINE LINES AND WRINKLES. SHE WANTS TO CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF LASER RESURFACING. SHE'S WORRIED BECAUSE SHE HAS A DARK COMPLEXION AND IS WORRIED IFIFHAT T IS SOMETHING SHE CAN . >> SURE. WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT METHODS OF TREATING A DARKER SKIN. WE STICK WITH BASICALLY FINE LINES AND WRINKLES. WE START OFF WITH A PROCESS THAT WILL NOT ONLY RESURFACE BUT TIGHTEN THE SKIN AS WELL. WE GENERALLY WOULD LIKE TO START WITH PATIENTS ON A LIGHTENING REGIMENT WITH SKIN CREAMS LIKE THIS. THIS WILL HELP LIGHTEN THE COMPLEXION BEFORE STARTING WITH THE RADIO FREQUENCY PROCEDURES. >> IS THAT REALLY HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? >> IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SENSE THAT WE CAN TEST THE RESPONSE OF THE SKIN IN THE TERMS OF THE WAY THEY RESPOND TO THE LIGHTENING CREAM AND ALSO DETERMRMES T THE PIGMENTATION. IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY ABSORBED DURING THE PROCEDURE. >> WOULD THAT BE A TEMPORARY LIGHTENING OF THEIR SKIN? IT WOULDN'T LAST FOREVER? >> IT'S NOT FOREVER. IT'S LIKE A PREPARATION FOR THE PROCEDURES. ONCE THE PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED, THE SKIN WILL REVERT TO ITS REGULAR PIGMENTATION AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS. >> AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE TO SHOW US THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU'RE GOING TO TREAT A FINE LINE OR A DEEPER WRINKLE. >> THE GREAT ADVANTAGE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT HEADS THAT USE DIFFERENT DEPTHS AND THE CONCENTRATIONS OF ENERGY. FOR THE DARKER SKINNED PATIENTS, WE HAVE A DEEPER HEAD. IT WILL PROVIDE THE ADEQUATE TREATMENT FOR THE RESURFACING. >> AND SHAMIKA WAS ASKING IS THISIS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES TO DO IT, DURING THE WINTERTIME WHEN THE SUN IS NOT AS PREVALENT. >> ABSOLUTELY. DURING THESE TREATMENTS THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PHOTO SENSITIVITY. THE ABILITY -- THE RESULT YOU GET IN TERMS OF THE TREATMENTS CAN CAUSE E YOUR SKIN TO HAVE REREACTION TO A LOT OF LIGHT. SO DURING THE WINTERTIME, THE SUN IS NOT AS STRONG AND PEOPLE ARE MORE COVERED UP THAN DURING THE SUMMERTIME. >> THANKS FOR TALKING TO US