Turn Back the Clock on Aging
Think of your skin as a precious piece of art that needs high-quality repair. Just as a damaged painting is restored one small area at a time, FRAXEL laser treatment improves your appearance by affecting only a fraction of your skin at a time with thousands of tiny microscopic laser spots – and no downtime. After your very first FRAXEL laser treatment, you will begin to feel the difference in your skin, as it gradually becomes softer, smoother, and younger looking. Fine lines around your eyes will noticeably fade, as will uneven coloring and brown spots caused by aging and sun exposure. Yardy Tse, MD has helped to pioneer use of the FRAXEL laser with exceptional patient results.
How FRAXEL™ Laser works
The revolutionary FRAXEL™ laser treatment produces thousands of tiny but deep columns of treatment in your skin, known as microthermal treatment zones. This treatment eliminates old epidermal pigmented cells, also known as sun spots and age spots. It also penetrates deeply into the dermis. Just as important, though, are the areas of skin the FRAXEL™ laser leaves untouched. For every microthermal zone the laser targets and treats intensively, it leaves the surrounding tissue unaffected and intact. This fractional treatment allows the skin to heal much faster than if the entire area was treated at once; using the body’s natural healing process to create new, healthy tissue to replace skin imperfections, including wrinkles.
FRAXEL™ laser technology significantly reduces the following for both face and body:
- Fine lines
- Wrinkles
- Scars
- Age Spots
- Facial redness
- Sun damage
Clinical studies suggest that an effective treatment regime is three to five sessions, usually with a small period of time in between. However, treatment plans can be very flexible and effective, even spaced apart by weeks if that best meets your needs. By design, each treatment session targets about 15% of the skin’s surface, depending on the clinical parameters selected. Results are immediate and progressive. Optimal improvement is usually visible in about two to three months.
What Happens After Treatment?
After treatments with FRAXEL, you will experience a mild sunburn sensation for about an hour and then virtually no discomfort. The skin will have a pinkish tone for five to seven days. This is a normal sign that skin is healing deeply. Swelling is mild and generally resolves in two to three days. The patient may apply make-up or shave soon after treatment. Typically patients can return to work the following day.
New epidermal skin develops immediately, within 24 hours. This process of skin repair involves:
- Bronzing
Your skin will have a bronze appearance that lasts anywhere from three to fourteen days, depending on the treatment level.
- Flaking
Your skin will naturally and vigorously exfoliate as the reorganized epidermal skin replaces dead tissue. Flaking is similar to that of minor sunburn, but without the associated pain. Use of a moisturizer will mask the appearance of flaking.
- Sunscreen
The patient should use sunscreen to protect the skin from sun exposure during the healing phase. Applying a moisturizing sun block with an SPF of at least 30+ is recommended
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