Fractional laser technologies are becoming more and more in demand in cosmetology every year. The success of laser procedures is associated with maximum safety and comfort of exposure with excellent results.
Devices that implement the principle of fractional, rather than volumetric, heating of skin tissues are now a panacea for a variety of aesthetic problems: from wrinkles and age spots to scars and stretch marks.
Stretch marks on the skin - this is perhaps the second most common problem faced by the fair sex. It is second only to cellulite. Today, there is only one way to solve the problem of stretch marks - with a laser.
About the problem: stretch marks
Stretch marks (or striae) - areas of atrophied skin in the form of white or purple stripes. Stretch marks appear as a result of microtraumas of the skin and underlying structures with a sharp increase in weight as a result of pregnancy, intensive sports or a significant increase in the volume of the fat layer. In addition, striae occur in some genetic and endocrine diseases.
Until recently, getting rid of stretch marks forever was possible only with the help of cosmetic surgeries, which in turn did not guarantee healing without scars. Massages, wraps and mesotherapy have an excellent firming effect on the skin, preventing the appearance of new stretch marks, but only reduce the severity of existing defects.
Fortunately, today, the fractional photothermolysis technology has appeared in the arsenal of aesthetic clinics, which can get rid of the oldest or brightest stretch marks in just 3-5 procedures.
About Fraxel Fraxel
The most famous, easy-to-use, high-quality and well-proven in the course of many years of operation is the Fraxel re:store DUAL device.
The device uses two lasers at once: erbium and thulium. The first emits a stream of light with a wavelength of 1550 nm, "attacking" the water in the deep layers of the dermis. It forms coagulation zones (microthermal treatment zones), point-wise destroying connective tissue fibers and stimulating the formation of new collagen and elastin by surrounding intact tissues, thus restoring youth and elasticity to the skin. The second, thulium, laser, due to its wavelength of 1927 nm, acts on the surface layers of the epidermis, eliminating irregularities in texture and skin tone.
The effect of using Fraxel to remove stretch marks is due to the effect of the laser on the mechanism of the pathogenesis of this unpleasant phenomenon. Stretch marks occur when there is insufficient function of fibroblasts that synthesize collagen and elastin. Therefore, when the skin is mechanically stretched in response to mass growth, microscopic ruptures occur, which are replaced by scar connective tissue.
Laser treatment of stretch marks with Fraxel
Unlike ablative laser procedures, fractional photothermolysis is much more easily tolerated by patients. However, there is also a recovery period, it takes 24 hours, although after this time the treatment area will be hyperemic, as after an intense tan. For the next few days (up to 2 weeks), the skin will be slightly flaky and look tanned due to the “lifting” of the melanin layer.
Material taken from Premium Aesthetics website.
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