Photorejuvenation

Skin rejuvenation can be effected through various modalities, including thermal, chemical, mechanical, injection, and light.

Resurfacing can be ablative, which vaporizes tissue and creates wounds, or non-ablative which keeps the skin intact.

Through the heating of the deep dermis, fibroblasts are stimulated to form new collagen and elastin helping to bring increased turgor and thickness to the skin.

Fractional laser photothermolysis (FP) is a form of laser-based skin resurfacing, with several devices on the market, such as Fraxel.

Hundreds or thousands of laser pinpoints may be used per square inch, leaving healthy skin between the ablated areas.

IPL is used to treat dyschromia, rosacea, melasma, acne, photodamage, vascular and pigmented lesions, and rhytides.