Which is Better for Treating Freckles, Photofacial or Fractional Laser? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Which is Better for Treating Freckles, Photofacial or Fractional Laser?

Which will give the best results, Fractional treatment or Photo facial treatment for treating freckles? Which might require less treatments and remove the most freckles? thanks

3 Doctor Answers | Asked by 9678anon in Arizona
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Photofacial

Photofacial or IPL is a great treatment option for freckles while the fractional laser resurfacing is better used for fine wrinkles, acne scarring, etc.
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Photofacial

For freckles, Photofacial/IPL is our first choice. The fractional for tone, wrinkles, and acne scarring.
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Palomar Starluxe 500 System works best!

Palomar® offers skin care lasers and pulsed light devices that deliver energy to target and destroy vascular and pigmented lesions associated with spider veins, reticular veins, rosacea, telangiectasias, hemangiomas, sun damage, age spots, dyschromia, melasma, poikiloderma, and angiomas from hands, legs, chest, arms and face. Using the principle of selective photothermolysis, these treatments target different chromophores in the skin, which selectively absorb the laser or light... more

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