Shedding a few years and looking younger does not always have to be solved with a scalpel. Modern non-surgical techniques such as lasers can now be used, which responds to the needs of patients with very active professional and personal lives. They require effective results in a few sessions and with minimal disabilities.
This laser uses carbon dioxide gas to heat the dermis (layer located immediately below the epidermis) which causes the collagen to take the shape it has lost, reducing wrinkles and rejuvenating the skin. This procedure is known as Skin Resurfacing.
Fractionated Co2 light heats damaged skin, improving it in just a few sessions
The fractional Co2 laser consists of the emission of thousands of tiny beams, which penetrate the skin as deep thermal columns to the deep dermis. These thermal columns are microscopic wound zones separated by healthy surrounding tissue, which contains cells with the ability to promote rapid healing. The energy that penetrates the deep dermis remodels collagen. This procedure treats wrinkles, expression lines and facial sagging, and is also used to eliminate scars and even stretch marks in other areas of the body.
What are the advantages of CO2 laser skin rejuvenation?
- It is currently the most effective method to rejuvenate your skin.
- Safe and reliable procedure, which does not affect neighboring tissue.
- Controlled and exact depth of penetration.
- Homogeneous skin regeneration.
- It can be done with local anesthesia.
- It does not require admission, it is outpatient.
A new laser treatment has emerged, the result of many years of research: It is the Fractional Co2 laser.
The fractional CO2 laser exerts its effect on the water contained within the cells, heating the skin and inducing the turnover of the epidermis and the reorganization of collagen and elastin fibers.
Each of the small beams of energy that give the laser its name as fractional penetrates the skin, exerting its effect on columns of tissue that sometimes reach the deep dermis and are called microthermal treatment zones.
Preparation for the procedure
- When the patient comes to the consultation, topical anesthesia is applied abundantly in all areas to be treated.
- The entire treatment lasts 20 to 30 minutes. The side effects are minimal, you notice inflammation that lasts a day and redness for 4 to 5 days.
- The skin takes on a tanned tone for several days and can immediately return to its usual tasks.
- The fractionated laser does not require infiltration anesthesia; the application of topical anesthesia is sufficient.
- The improvement with the fractional laser is observed after the first 5 days when the microscabs that have formed at the sites of laser action begin to leave healthier, smoother and more beautiful skin.
- The inflammation that the laser has produced in the skin means that it continues to improve even after falling off or the skin microscabs and for a period of up to 3 months.
