About Face:
The Blog of Arthur N. Falk, MD
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Fractional vs Fraxel
At the Center for Facial Plastic Surgery and Laser Skin Care, I get alot of inquires about Fractional Laser Resurfacing and Fraxel skin treatments in particular.
It is important to understand the difference. Fractional Laser Resurfacing is a relatively new ground breaking concept in the field of laser skin resurfacing. Fractional means portional or partial skin resurfacing. By analogy it is the difference between let say mowing your lawn or aerating it with tinny little holes. Fractional resurfacing is the latter. Instead of peeling your skin surface all in one layer, fractional shows your skin with tinny little microbeams that result in small zones of skin turnover. This is good news, it means yes, less downtime, and less risk of complications like pigment changes and prolonged redness, but it also mean more treatments, because theoretically only a portion of the skin is resurfaced at any time.
Fraxel is a brand name, for the first fractional resurfacing device. Now, the fractional concept can be applied to different wavelength, erbium laser wavelengths which is the least aggressive and goes by the name of Fraxel-ReStore. CO2 a more aggressive resurfacing modality, goes by the name of Fraxel ReStore. At the Center for Facial Plastic Surgery & Laser Skin Care we are a comprehensive laser facility and own and operate a Fraxel ReStore laser as well as a CO2 fractional technology, different but conceptually similar to Fraxel RePair called SelectScan.
Select Scan has many versitle features that I prefer over Fraxel RePair. With this system I can control, dewll time, spot size and overlap. These are important paramteters that alow greater control over the treatment settings such that treatments can be individualize to each persons needs and preferences.
For more information visit us at the Center for Facial Plastic Surgery and Laser Skin Care in Albany NY>,
It is important to understand the difference. Fractional Laser Resurfacing is a relatively new ground breaking concept in the field of laser skin resurfacing. Fractional means portional or partial skin resurfacing. By analogy it is the difference between let say mowing your lawn or aerating it with tinny little holes. Fractional resurfacing is the latter. Instead of peeling your skin surface all in one layer, fractional shows your skin with tinny little microbeams that result in small zones of skin turnover. This is good news, it means yes, less downtime, and less risk of complications like pigment changes and prolonged redness, but it also mean more treatments, because theoretically only a portion of the skin is resurfaced at any time.
Fraxel is a brand name, for the first fractional resurfacing device. Now, the fractional concept can be applied to different wavelength, erbium laser wavelengths which is the least aggressive and goes by the name of Fraxel-ReStore. CO2 a more aggressive resurfacing modality, goes by the name of Fraxel ReStore. At the Center for Facial Plastic Surgery & Laser Skin Care we are a comprehensive laser facility and own and operate a Fraxel ReStore laser as well as a CO2 fractional technology, different but conceptually similar to Fraxel RePair called SelectScan.
Select Scan has many versitle features that I prefer over Fraxel RePair. With this system I can control, dewll time, spot size and overlap. These are important paramteters that alow greater control over the treatment settings such that treatments can be individualize to each persons needs and preferences.
For more information visit us at the Center for Facial Plastic Surgery and Laser Skin Care in Albany NY>,
Labels: Fractional Resurfacing, Fraxel, laser skin resurfacing, Selectscan
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