Fraxel is the brand name of the first fractional lasers that was available. Since then, other fractional lasers have become available. Fractional lasers are in general ablative, which means that they vaporize skin on the surface, removing the top-most layers of the skin. However, fractional...
In some patients, wrinkles do actually look worse initially after treatment due to edema (swelling) of the skin as a result of the laser treatment. This swelling can cause the "mountains" of the wrinkles to look worse than they did before the laser. Over time, this edema should resolve and the...
Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong...
