Does Fraxel Laser Treatment Tighten Skin?

Hi Les, I agree with Dr. W. At 41 years old, you should be very pleased with the amount of tightening of your skin and improvement in wrinkles. By far patients are seeing much more skin tightening than with Fraxel restore treatments. Fraxel repair is a great treatment for the earliest signs of aging...early jowling and wrinkles. This is a very powerful technology and is user dependent. Choose your physician most carefully. Last weekend I attended The Aesthetic Show in Las Vegas where th more

Although the Fraxel restore is not the most effective laser for tightening skin , it does tighten it somewhat. In my experience you see the most tightening in areas in which the skin is thinner like the eyelids , neck, and chest.Any fractionated Co2 laser like the Pixel or Fraxel Repair will do a much better job of tightening but with some 'downtime'. Obviously one should choose a laser surgeon with a lot of experience as the risk of side effects is not insignificant and can be largely... more

The Fraxel Repair is an excellent tool to improve the texture of skin and reduce wrinkles. The benefit of the collagen realignment with fraxel is further tightening of the skin. This doesn't replace a facelift or browlift but nonetheless is a pleasant addition.

The Fraxel ReStore is nonablative meaning that no tissue is removed while the Fraxel Repair is ablative (removes tissue). The Repair will tighten skin as it can remove about 20% of the skin surface area with an average treatment. The Repair will be more effective in treating skin laxity and wrinkles but require more recovery and downtime.

Having used both the Fraxel re:pair (ablative) and the Fraxel re:store (non ablative) in my practice, the re:pair has better skin tightening properties than the restore. Re:pair has a more involved downtime profile when compared to re:store and should only be used on lighter toned Caucasian skin types. Its results (re:pair) are however much more significant and it is a 1 time treatment only. Re:store gives modest results, requires a series of 3-4 treatment at 2-4 weeks interval. It is... more

The re:pair does tighten skin. If you have large jowls, you'll note slight improvement, small jowls can be improved. There are very few (last count about 30-35) re:pairs in the country. The easiest way to find a doc is to call Fraxel 1-888-4Fraxel. Their webisite has a very poor search function (only allows for 25 mile radius from a zip code). I just finished treating a Texan in my office today. C'mon over. In my opinion, 1 re:pair treatment will give more wrinkle control than 4 of... more