Fraxel Restore For Acne Scars? (photo)

Fraxel RE:store is an excellent treatment for improving acne scars. Multiple treatments (usually 5 monthly) will be needed but a 50-75% improvement in the acne scars should be seen, based on our personal experience and that of published studies. If you have a darker skin type, you may also want to consider Ematrix (sublative rejuvenation). My experience has been that Ematrix has an easier recovery with each procedure than Fraxel Restore in skin with a lot of melanin. Your picture shows... more

Prior to obtaining our fraxel restore laser 4 years ago, i felt that there was fairly limited ability to improve acne scarring. this device is without doubt the best thing to come along for this problem since i started practice 25 years ago. that said, acne scars of the severity that are shown in your photos will never be completely eliminated, but 5-6 sessions should make a very noticeable improvement. there may be other complementary procedures that would perhaps help as well. expect this... more

These scars are relatively severe,as they are deep and have sharp edges and are relatively large in diameter, but still may be very responsive to treatment.Luckily there is not a large area of the face involved so treatment can be relatively inexpensive.In order to maximize the chances for success, several things need to be done - 1) High pulse energy in order to penetrate through the depth of the scar - probably 57-70mj 2) high density in order to affect as much tissue as possible in each... more