Acne Scars Treatment With The New Fraxel
Laser Technology
Published On : Tuesday, June 30,
2009
 Fraxel laser treatment is the newest and most preferred technology
of treating acne scars. The treatment process uses fractional lasers
with low energy. Unlike other treatments that commonly resurfacing
the skin, Fraxel laser rejuvenates the skin thus shortened the
healing time.
According to Anne Chapas, a dermatologist, the Fraxel lasers
functions to our skin as a source of energy for replacing tissue of
the scar
with a new collagen. The newly replaced collagen helps make
the skin's surface look more even, thus most of the scars will be
erased.
Fraxel laser is latest laser resurfacing technology. It can be
achieved with the use of ablative lasers where the outer
layer of our skin is being vaporized in a more précised and
controlled microscopic depth way.
After a certain period of time, the skin heals while the process of
producing new collagen layers continues leaving the resurfaced
skin look much more smoother. The result is visibly seen on
those with skin damage by sun and acne scar.
In order to remodel acne scars, Fraxel laser treatment uses
fractional lasers for fast resurfacing process. Fractional laser
treatment releases laser light that pinpoints to 20 percent of the
required treated
area. It does not affect healthy skin within the ablated areas
thus the skin can heal a lot faster.
Because the treatment process uses laser with lower energy it does
not vaporizing the skin. With the use of microscopic light pulse,
the laser works on skin layers under the skin’s surface without
damaging it. After a few treatment sessions, the scars become softer
while the body regenerates the microthermal wounded areas. During
the treatment process, the skin also stimulates collagen that lasts
up to 4 months. The combination of collagen stimulation and newly
produced skin cells make the skin looks a lot smoother.
There are three types of laser treatments under the Fraxel family
and all of them had been proven to make remarkable results with
rapid healing. These treatments vary in downtime, aggressiveness,
number of required procedures for desired result.
Fraxel re:pair is considered as the most aggressive treatment among
others as it enables severely damaged skin to improve dramatically.
The procedure uses ablative laser and require only one treatment.
The negative part of this treatment is that it need more wound care
and take a longer time to heal.
On the other hand, Fraxel re:store or Fraxel re:fine are treatments
that are considered less aggressive as it only produce relevant
results for the mild to moderate cases of damaged skin. The
procedure will require three to sex treatments and downtime needed
is less. |
