What is skin resurfacing?
Skin Resurfacing can reduce the effects of aging on our skin. Years of sun exposure and the aging process take their toll on the skin, creating lines, wrinkles, and changes in texture and color. Not only is the face a likely victim of these changes, but the neck, chest, cleavage, arms and hands may be affected as well. Skin Resurfacing is a treatment that improves wrinkles, skin texture and color by removing the topmost layer of skin leaving it more supple and vibrant. Skin Resurfacing also stimulates the elastic tissue beneath the surface of the skin resulting in a healthier and firmer appearance. Skin Resurfacing treatments are normally administered by a trained clinician, nurse, aesthetician, or physician. A wonderful alternative or compliment to chemical peels, the DiamondTomeTM Skin Resurfacing treatment is non-invasive, pain-free and requires no down time after treatment.
Aging, sun exposure, heredity and lifestyle factors including nutrition, alcohol consumption and smoking all may contribute to facial wrinkling. Cosmetic skin resurfacing is performed to remove the fine lines of the face. It does not significantly tighten the skin; this requires other procedures like a facelift. During the laser treatment, a laser is used to dissolve the molecular bonds of the damaged skin cells layer by layer until a smooth, uniform skin appearance is achieved.
Skin resurfacing is a procedure that employs a carbon dioxide laser or erbium laser to remove areas of damaged or wrinkled skin. This is often used to minimize the appearance of wrinkles around the mouth and eyes, but it is also effective in treating age spots or areas of uneven pigmentation. Good candidates for the procedure are people with wrinkles or sun-damaged facial skin, brown spots or blotchy skin coloring, fine wrinkles on the upper lids or crow’s feet. These treatments are often used in conjunction with other procedures such as face lift or eye lift surgery. Click here to contact Dr.
Laser resurfacing to improve cosmetic flaws, such as wrinkles, acne scars, and aging and sun-damaged skin, is the latest scientific breakthrough in skin rejuvenation. Using a wand-like laser handpiece, undesired skin cells and wrinkles literally disappear in a puff of mist and are replaced by fresh skin cells. One of the laser’s most significant advantages over traditional techniques for skin resurfacing is that treatment is relatively bloodless. The procedure also offers more control in the depth of penetration of the skin’s surface, allowing an increased degree of precision and safety in treating delicate areas. WHO IS QUALIFIED TO PERFORM LASER SURGERY? Dermasurgeons have extensive experience with laser surgery and were among the first specialists to use lasers for skin renewal and treating a variety of skin disorders.
Skin resurfacing is the removal of the outer layer of the skin – using abrasion, chemicals or a laser – resulting in smoother, younger-looking skin with less wrinkles such as crows feet, face lines, lines around the mouth and laugh lines. Skin resurfacing is one of the most popular rejuvenation procedures because often the results enhance one’s natural beauty. Laser skin resurfacing results in a more youthful appearance. See our before-and-after photographs.
