There are a whole host of fractional ablative devices presently on the market with more coming soon. They all claim wrinkle improvement, skin tightening and removal of sun damage with a minimal postoperative recovery and low risk. There has been one peer reviewed article published last month (May 2009)... more
Best laser treatment for wrinkles, sun damage, and skin tightening?
Which between the CO2 Dot therapy and the Sciton Profractional Laser would you recommend for wrinkles, sun damage, and skin tightening? Which of the two has less down time and provides best results? Are there any risks on these lasers? Thank you!
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15 Jan 2009
Ablative laser skin resurfacing with CO2 (Dot therapy) and Erbium:Yag (Profractional) gives similar results. These two technologies have been around long enough for us to make that conclusion. Now there is also YSSG and Bipolar RF as newer technologies. They may work as well as the other two. We just do not have the data yet. There are reasons why a physician would choose to treat you with one technology and not the other. My suggestion is for you to find a physician who gets good results with ablative fractional resurfacing and not worry much about what technology they use. Down times will be similar and neither technology is intended for skin tightening. You will achieve some skin tightening but not in the traditional sense of 'skin tightening'.