There are so many entities out there claiming efficacy for treating acne scarring that it can become very confusing. These range from non ablative light based therapies such as Laser Genesis and Pulsed Dye Laser to fully ablative CO2 resurfacing. The Active FX combined with the Deep FX tend to offer the best combination of results, side effects [...]
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Which laser skin treatment is best for acne scars?
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009What’s the best way to tighten loose skin?
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009There are several “Skin Tightening” devices, and none are created equally. The two main categories are: Ablative (vaporized some elements of the skin) Non-ablative. The non ablative procedures have little to no downtime and tend to cost a little less per procedure while the ablative procedure tend to provide better results but can have significant down [...]
How Long Do The Results From Fractional Lasers like Active FX and Fraxel Repair Last?
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009The real answer is that we don’t know. Treatments such as Total FX (combination of Active and Deep FX) and the Fraxel re:pair have only been studied for the last couple of years. Both of these systems use a fractionated CO2 laser which has been studied for almost 20 years now.