This may be confusing to you and to other patients looking for reviews and information on Pearl Laser.
Now Cutera has two Pearl Laser Treatments. The original Pearl Laser is more superficial and designed for general photo damage. The new Pearl Fractional Laser penetrates deeper into the dermis and addresses deepwrinkles and acne scars.
We chose to bring in the Pearl Fractional to our office, rather than the original Pearl, because there are other treatments designed to treat your fine lines and the clarity of your skin. But there wasn't a good way, without a long recovery time, to reach deeper lines and perfections.
Pearl Fractional is a new, fractional, single treatment laser designed to improve imperfections due to aging and sun damage. It is FDA approved. The Pearl Fractional procedure volumizes skin by creating new collagen and we think it offers the best balance of safety and patient experience with recovery time.
Most people have heard of fractional lasers but many are confused about what exactly that means, and why it is a good thing. The term "fractional" does not have anything to do with the strength or the wavelength of the laser. Fractional therapy describes a treatment that affects only a fraction or small percentage of the skin.
During the procedure, the laser uses heat to create tiny holes, the size of a pore, deep in the skin thus ensuring maximum results in one treatment. This fractional treatment selectively removes columns of sun-damaged tissue leaving surrounding skin intact. This stimulates the growth of healthy, new skin, full of fresh collagen, plumping the skin from below.The healing time is shortened because the laser is fractional. Still, you should expect to have at least a week's social downtime with Pearl Fractional.
Great for: Improving significant sun damage and deep, dermal imperfections with a single treatment.
Not for: Darker skin tones and those whose schedules won't allow a week's recovery time.
