How painful is laser skin resurfacing? i have not heard much about laser skin resurfacing by it sounds painful. is it?

No, if done correct: Using new modalities, healing times, discomfort, and results can all be optimized. Fractionated lasers, post peel skin treatment with prp (platelet rich plasma), ointments with growth factors, all have contributed to dramatic differences in results and ease of treatment. Risk factors have been reduced and cost of treatments have become reasonable. Beautiful skin is now obtainable for everyone.

2 ttypes of laser : Depending on your skin color, texture, pigmentation & wrinkles, there are different laser options. A non-ablative fractionated laser like the fraxel re:store or dual has no downtime, but requires multiple treatments. It has little pain and only topical numbing cream. A fractionated co2 laser is more aggressive with a week downtime & may give faster results, but numbing block injections needed.