Just as you wouldn t swallow a pill without knowing what it is you want to be certain of how lasers treat your complexion.
Fractional co2 laser resurfacing vs fraxel.
Fractional co2 lasers are an excellent and safe treatment usually just one treatment with only a few days of downtime.
When i use the fully ablative co2 laser and activate the device there is a red square that illuminates on the face of the patient and the fully ablative co2 laser then proceeds to strip away 100 of the top layer of the skin within.
Co2 laser resurfacing uses the power of carbon dioxide to evaporate the top layers of the skin.
Non ablative skin resurfacing is also an excellent treatment for dark spots sun spots and skin discolorations.
It is the original co2 laser.
With a laser we want to be a little more precise most co2 laser beam treatments performed in orange county and elsewhere are a type of co2 laser termed a fractional co2 laser.
Fraxel repair is a single treatment procedure involving a fractional ablative co2 laser it causes moderate to significant discomfort and requires down time of a week or more as well as 2 3 days of wound care many people claim that fraxel does not deliver the desired results after two treatments.
What are fraxel lasers.
Understand what a fractional laser does to your skin.
These are not the intense resurfacing lasers of the 90s that destroyed the outer layer of skin and required weeks of recovery time.
These dermis layers tend to show off accumulated damage from the years usually in the form of sun damage hyperpigmentation wrinkles fine lines and scars.
The fully ablative co2 laser was a forerunner of the newer fractional co2 laser.
Although the fractional co2 laser works best for acne scars deep lines and wrinkles the non ablative fraxel laser treatment is a great option for anyone whose fine lines and wrinkles are not deep.
One of the contended unique.
It penetrates the skin and causes.
The fraxel dual laser uses two wavelengths 1550 and 1927 if you wanna get specific to address different skin concerns on the face neck chest hands legs just about anywhere according to.