I have used Pearl for several years and find it excellent for skin discoloration. One treament gives dramatic results. Fractional CO2 (I am familair with and have used Repair, Active Deep FX and Juvia) give excellent discoloration improvement also but more skin tightening than Pearl. Downtime is longer and... more
Which is better between Fraxel Repair and Pearl Laser?
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36 posts
27 Jan 2009
Fraxel Repair is new technology, and significantly traumatic. Their promises of a few days downtime, in my opinion are understated. The combination of a Titan and Pearl procedure gives excellent results and TRUELY entails only 4-5 days of social downtime. No crusting, no pain, no scabs... A much better choice.
92 posts
27 Jan 2009
I find that the best indication for Fraxel is to repair acne scarring, because it can go deeper if that's required (usually NOT necessary for most patients). It requires several sessions with about 4 days of downtime. I like the Pearl laser very much because it provides new skin with just 3-4 days of social downtime and is a great texturing laser with collagen remodelling that occurs for several months after. Also, it generally requires just 1 treatment. Both are good technologies, but I prefer Pearl, unless your acne scarring is quite bad.