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Profractional Laser by Sciton is It Good for Skin Tightening?
asked 1 year ago by diane42 in mississippi
Latest answer by Robert F. Gray, MD
Question viewed 896 times
Tags: face, wrinkles, duration
What do you think about the pro-fractional by Sciton for all over skin tighten on face and for undereyes wrinkles and above lip wrinkles? how long would the results last?
4 answers to Profractional Laser by Sciton is It Good for Skin Tightening?
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Profractional works great especially when combined with Microlaser peel
Great question. I have been using both lasers for several years and they work great together. The profracional goes deeper and the Microlaser Peel treated some of the surface discolorations. Be sure to get on a good skin care program and wear your sunscreen!!
Good Luck,
Robert F. Gray, MD, FACS
Robert F. Gray, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Profractional for lines around eyes and lips
Using the profractional laser to remove lines around the eyes and lips is a very common treatment in my practice. We can get anywhere from good to amazing results depending on how deep we go and how many treatments are done. This is usually determined by the patients needs and availability. The key is to appropriately treat at appropriate settings with the right downtime and healing time .
Shawn Allen, MD
Boulder Dermatologist
Boulder Dermatologist
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Profractional Erbium laser and skin tightening
Ablative lasers are those that vaporize the epidermis and papillary dermis. This includes CO2 and Er YAG. They can be used to remove the entire epidermis, either full or partial thickness.
Nonablative devices do not wound the epidermis. These include IPL, radiofrequency, ultrasound and other devices that affect the dermis but not the epidermis.
Fractional CO2 and ErYAG lasers are fractionally ablative, although in the literature they are sometimes divided into CO2...
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ProFractional Joule Treatment (Scition) DOES Tighten Skin
The ProFractional Laser Treatment offered by the Joule lasers made by Sciton are the BEST and most accurate way to tighten facial skin. Unlike other lasers, the operator can choose the DEPTH of penetration of each beam into the skin, the DENSITY these "wells" are placed next to one another (put another way the amount of unlasered skin), the addition of COAGULATION to further increase skin shrinkage and the ability to do this treatment with without a complete laser resurfacing...
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