FRAXEL AND TITAN LASERS
FRAXEL™ LASER TREATMENTS
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The Fraxel® treatment is a safe, non-invasive laser skin treatment that can resurface damaged skin and uncover the skin of your youth. You will see:
- Smoother, fresher looking skin
- Improved tone and texture
- Reduced fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes
- Improved appearance of acne scars and surgical scars
- Erasing of unwanted brown spots
Dr Tachmes performs FRAXEL treatments to dramatically improve skin texture, smooth out acne scars, improve pigmentation problems such as Melasma and brown spots, and reduce fine to moderate lines and wrinkles in just a few treatments with minimal or no downtime.
The Fraxel Laser stimulates regeneration of the deeper collagen and elastin tissues while resurfacing about 20% of your skin's surface with each treatment. The Fraxel Laser remodels the collagen within the skin without harming your skin's surface, while producing smoother, fresher, younger-looking skin with minimal or no downtime. The Fraxel Laser provides all of the improvements associated with ablative laser procedures but without any significant interference with daily activities.
How does it work?
The Fraxel Laser is specially designed to alter only portions of the targeted skin tissue. Think of it as digital tissue editing. The Fraxel Laser creates multiple, microscopic, subsurface thermal treatments. Together these micro-treatments cause a change in the collagen and elastin which gradually improves the appearance of your aging and sun-damaged skin. It also results in a healing process with very little, if any, downtime.
In addition, the Fraxel Laser penetrates to a very precise, controlled depth, making the procedure safe and predictable, while reducing the risk of scarring or pigmentation problems.
How many treatments will I need?Most indications seem to respond after only 3 - 6 treatments spaced about 7 - 28 days apart. The Fraxel Laser produces a gradual remodeling of collagen under your skin's surface. Improvements in the appearance of your skin will continue for up to six months or more.
What is the treatment like?First, the area to be treated is cleansed. Dr. Tachmes performs your treatment using an ointment as the contact lubricant between your skin and the computer's hand piece. The hand piece is gently guided across the skin like an airbrush painting your skin with micro-treatments beneath the surface of your skin. Treatments normally take about 20 - 25 minutes.
How will I look following my treatments? After Dr Tachmes performs your Fraxel Laser Treatments, fine lines around your eyes and mouth will fade away; uneven pigmentation and brown spots caused by the sun will also fade away. Side effects are minimal and generally consist of a mild “sunburn” and some swelling. The swelling normally subsides in a day or so, while some redness may last for several days. Make-up can be resumed immediately and you may return to all routine activities.
TITAN LASER TREATMENT
The Titan is a skin tightening, facial contouring and collagen stimulating treatment without the need for surgery, recovery time, or injections.
The Titan laser belongs to a new generation of "no downtime facelifts" that uses an infrared light source to tighten skin and reverse the signs of aging.
The Titan laser is FDA approved to treat lax and redundant skin throughout the body - including the abdomen, thighs and underarms - and is also used to tone, lift and tighten skin on the face and neck.
The Titan laser works by immediately contracting existing collagen and then going on to stimulate collagen for months afterwards.
The Titan procedure is ideal for those with skin laxity around the neck and jowl and before many wrinkles have formed. The procedure is often used by patients in their 30's and 40's as a method to prevent the need for more invasive techniques later in life.
