How it Works

Just as a damaged painting is delicately restored one small area at a time, or a photographic image is altered, pixel by pixel, Fraxel Laser Treatment™ improves your appearance by affecting only a fraction of your skin at a time with thousands of tiny microscopic laser spots.

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.

It also penetrates deep 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 were treated at once, using the body's natural healing process to create new, healthy tighter tissue to replace skin imperfections.

What happens after treatment

You will experience a mild sunburn sensation for about an hour and then minimal discomfort. The skin will have a pinkish tone for 5 to 7 days. This is a normal sign that the skin is deeply healing. Swelling is minimal and generally resolves in 2 to 3 days.

FRAXEL TREATMENT™ IS FDA APPROVED FOR THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

• * UNEVEN PIGMENTATION
 
• * MELASMA
 
• * AGE SPOTS AND SUN SPOTS
 
• * FINE LINES AND WRINKLES AROUND THE EYES
 
• * ACNE SCARS
 
• * SURGICAL SCARS
 
• * DISCOLORATION AND CREPEY TEXTURE OFF THE FACE