What is the Difference Between Sciton Laser and E-Matrix? Which is Better?

I'm looking to improve the texture of my skin. I want to reduce pore size, get rid of a few ice pick acne scars on my nose, remove sun spots and minor wrinkles, and tighten skin. I'm 32 and my skin looks fine, but I'm trying to get a jump on keeping my skin youthful. Also, I have a scar underneath my nose from a lip lift that I would like to improve. Which would be a better fit for me, the Sciton laser or the E-Matrix?

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Sciton & Matrix RF Skin Resurfacing

Both of these technologies are used for skin resurfacing to address concerns like wrinkles, pigmentation issues, acne scars, and uneven skin tone. The Matrix RF™ system uses pulses of fractionated radiofrequency energy to induce the body’s natural wound healing response. Sciton® uses laser energy, available in various lasers such as Erbium, Fraxel, and BroadBand Light™, to encourage collagen production for exfoliating the skin. One unique feature of Sciton® is that this system can be... more

Facial resurfacing with lasers

Pore size may or may not respond to any laser treatment. ice pick scars often, if deep, respond best to punch grafts before resurfacing but shallow ones may respond satisfactorily to laser. Ematrix uses fractional bipolar radiofrequency energy and Sciton uses an erbium wavelength of laser energy. I don't have experience with these devices as I use the Fraxel fractional erbium, and Fractional carbon dioxide lasers (Fraxel Restore and FRaxel REpair). I am not aware of a side-by-side comparison... more