Antiaging Technology What is Fractional (Fraxel) Laser?

What is Fractional (Fraxel) Laser?

Antiaging Skin Renewal what is Fractional (Fraxel) Laser? Antiaging Skin Renewal what is Fractional (Fraxel) Laser?

What is fractional laser?

Everybody wants to eliminate aging-related spots, wrinkles and scars. Fractional laser is the newest method for skin rejuvenation, spot treatment and wrinkle treatment.

Fractional laser is a method developed for renewal of collagen and epithelium. It enables to lessen, flatten of wound scars.

Skin renewal with fractional laser

The method is performed for treatment of aging-related spots, wrinkles and scars. Fractional laser is the newest method for skin rejuvenation, spot treatment and wrinkle treatment.

Fractional laser is a method developed for renewal of collagen and epithelium. It enables to lessen, flatten of wound scars.

Quality of collagen and elastic fibers which provides skin elasticity and firmness is impaired due to various factors including aging, ultra-violet. Skin loses its shine first, gets thin and pale thereafter. Skin loses the fight against gravity and sagging develops. Laser light induces collagen formation and skin improves.

Erbium-yag laser which is sensitive to only the water in skin induces skin repair through opening hundreds of canals in the skin and a qualified and new collagen layer is formed.

You may reach this result with a 15 min of procedure.

How does fractional laser act?

Fractional laser is a device which can shoot 169 laser light at one time on a 1,3 cm2 of field. The laser is non-ablative, namely it does not cause wound. It leaves small bridges within the healthy tissue and forms new microscopic structures and thereby firms skin, regulates skin content, eliminates or reduces spots. Skin color and elasticity improve.

How does fractional laser work?

Fractional laser screens problem areas in the skin just as a mosaic design, eliminates destructed cells and collagen in these fields, forms new collagen instead of the eliminated. Renewed collagen gives skin a shiny, soft and young appearance. Fractional laser affects skin as a mosaic design. Skin firmness increases, pores get firm after fractional laser. Fine wrinkles significantly disappear. Color and tone differences decrease.

How does fractional laser be beneficial?

  • Cleans sun spots and pregnancy spots (melasma)
  • Eliminates aging spots
  • Eliminates acne scars
  • Eliminates brown spots
  • Increases skin shine
  • Reduces peri-orbital fine wrinkles
  • Reduces wrinkles and spots on hands
  • Reduces spots and wrinkles in décolleté

What are the advantages of fractional laser?

  • Short time to return to daily life

While duration of recovery is 2 months in previous laser methods, it is 3-5 days for this system.

  • The patient should avoid from sunlight 1 week-10 days while it should be months for the previous methods.
  • Positive outcome may be obtained one week later and gradually increases

What are the problems for which fractional laser is effective?

What are the effects for skin firming and renewal?

Quite effective outcomes may be obtained with new collagen formation mechanism through fractional laser for elimination of elasticity loss developing due to age and weight loss.

What are the effects of fractional laser in spot treatment?

The method cleans spot accumulation and eliminates spots. Laser lights screen problem area with very small light lines, improves spots and fine wrinkles. The procedure takes 20 min., it is painless, mild redness develops after the procedure.

An individual method should be followed depending on the mechanism of development of the spots. Age and sun-related spots may be treated without scars in 1-2 sessions.

What are the effects of fractional laser in treatment of acne scars?

Fractional laser affects problem areas deeply but in a controlled fashion and removes or lessens scars.

Very small laser lights sent from the surface reaches the deep layers of the skin, destroys connective tissue which leads to scar and initiates a young and healthy connective tissue formation.

The method lasers the problem areas deeply but in a controlled fashion, induces new collagen formation. Newly developed collagen and epithelium take the place of acne scar.

Acne scars may reduce acne scars after 3 sessions.

Fraxel Refine and Restore are sufficient for superficial scars. Fractional carbon dioxide laser should be used for deep scars.

Fraxel is approved by FDA for fractional laser applications.

Skin looks more shiny and softer after fractional laser. Elasticity increases, pores become firm. Fine wrinkles significantly disappear, deep scars become superficial. Color and tone differences reduce.

Acne problem should certainly be treated by a dermatologist. Fractional laser is the best solution for acne scars and holes. Successful outcomes may be obtained both for old and new acne scars with 3-5 sessions for treatment.

What are the effects of fractional laser for treatment of keloid, operative and burn scars?

Fractional laser is used for treatment of injury-related scars. Wound scar is lessened, flattened through controlled damaging (pixelization) mechanism and harmony with the neighboring tissue increases. Scars may be softened, redness may be corrected and even old scars may be improved with Fraxel laser. Scars significantly reduce with mean 4 sessions of treatment.

FWhat are the effects of fractional laser in treatment of nevus and freckles?

These are the fields of dermatology and a dermatologist should decide to remove the nevus. Benign nevi may be removed with laser.

What are the effects of fractional laser in treatment of stria?

Striae in abdominal region and the other body parts which have developed due to pregnancy and weight change lead to cosmetic complaints particularly in women. Striae are lessened with Fraxel Laser and skin appearance significantly improves. Best outcomes may be obtained with fractional laser in treatment of red, Brown, old or new striae. Stria scar develops due to tear in subcutaneous tissue and thinning in epidermis. Stria treatment with laser is based on repair of skin infra-structure. Laser lights which initiate the mechanism of action through skimming skin or warming subcutaneous tissue fills stria tissue, lessen the scar and improves quality for skin.

What are the effects of fractional laser in treatment of wrinkles and spots?

Our skin may be damaged due to aging, pregnancy and environmental factors. Wrinkles and spots develop. Fraxel laser enables to reduce every skin spot and damaged tissue through a controlled laser technique. New cells change the appearance of the skin and help to rejuvenate skin. Skin firmness increases, pores become firm. Fine scars significantly disappear, deep scars become superficial. Color and tone differences reduce.