Hi Tal, Patients who have had previous treatments with Fraxel re:store respond very well to fractional carbon dioxide lasers. I have treated many patients with both re:store for acne scars, and now for the past year with Fraxel re:pair with excellent results. I have not used Sciton's Profractional,... more






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28 Jan 2009
Scar revision with lasers is one of the treatment options for scarring. Treatment of scars using any technology is very hard indeed and one does not get stellar results with any of them except for the most mild of scars. That said, the best available laser treatment for scars would be full depth skin resurfacing. Hardly anyone does this anymore due to the extremely long downtime measured in weeks after the procedure. The next best thing is ablative fractional resurfacing. The Sciton ProFractional is one of many lasers for ablative fractional resurfacing. By the way, if you and your physician choose to do a full resurfacing this laser does come with that capability too. There are two other similar technologies and lots of diffrent lasers form other manufacturers. I would not use Fraxel Re:store to try and treat acne scars.