Fraxel, the Laser Treatments in Loudoun

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Fraxel is effective for many ages and skin types as well as skin conditions.

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Fraxel Wrinkle Treatments:

Expressions like smiling, laughing, pondering and squinting naturally involve the contraction of facial muscles ? which can lead to wrinkles, furrows and fine lines. If you have wrinkles on your face or around your eyes, you?ve probably had a wonderful life rich with laughter and emotional experiences.

Wrinkles can develop most anywhere, but the skin around your eyes is especially vulnerable because it?s more delicate and tends to age more rapidly than skin on other areas of the body. These wrinkles around the eyes are also called ?crow?s feet?. These types of lines can also appear on the cheeks or around the mouth. Chemical peels or aggressive laser can remove these line but at a significant recovery.

Fraxel treatment is a more gentle and effective option, which has been approved by the FDA to improve the appearance of wrinkles, including those on the sensitive areas around the eyes. Fraxel treatment is different because it treats one fraction of tissue at a time with thousands of microscopic laser columns. These columns stimulate a natural healing process that works from the inside out, expediting the production of collagen and elastin, which results in tighter, fresher, more youthful-looking skin.

To help prevent wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes, wear sunscreen during the day and a high-quality cream at night. Wear sunglasses or a hat to minimize squinting in the sun. For more prevention tips, please visit the skin care hints and skin care techniques pages.

 

Fraxel Acne Scar Treatments:

Acne scars can occur as the skin heals from pimples, whiteheads and blackheads that form when oil, bacteria and dead cells get stuck below the skin?s surface. Acne scars are typically indented marks or raised, red areas that sometimes give the skin a wavy appearance. Surgical scars, meanwhile, form naturally as skin heals from an incision.

Treatment of acne scars and surgical scars requires both the removal of damaged skin and the production of new collagen to improve the area?s tone and texture. Traditional approaches ? such as deep chemical peeling, conventional lasers, topical agents and abrasion therapies ? usually achieve only moderate results or, worse, they destroy a lot of healthy tissue along with the scar. In addition, these treatments often require extensive recovery time.

Fraxel treatment removes damaged skin on the surface and reaches deep into the skin to stimulate collagen remodeling. Fraxel treatment improves the elasticity, texture and tone of your damaged skin while keeping your healthy tissue intact ? which minimizes any discomfort or downtime.

The FDA has approved Fraxel treatment to safely and gently reduce the appearance of acne scars and surgical scars.

While you can?t change the genetics that sometimes cause acne, you can take these steps to keep skin clean and clear:

• Cleanse with a mild, non-drying soap in the morning, night and after exercise.
• Always remove make-up before bed.
• Clean cosmetic brushes regularly in soapy water, and throw out old make-up.
• Wash your hair daily, especially if it?s oily.
• Keep hair off your face by pulling it back as often as possible.
• Avoid squeezing, picking or rubbing pimples ? which can lead to scarring.

 

Fraxel Age or Sun Spot Treatments:

Despite the name, age spots are due more to sunning than aging. These spots ? also called sunspots, brown spots or liver spots ? are flat, uneven dark patches on the face, neck, chest, hands, arms, shoulders and other such areas that are regularly exposed to the sun. Even though they?re usually harmless, these blotchy brownish patches can make you look and feel older than you really are.

When you?re in the sun, your body reacts by producing a pigment called melanin to protect your skin from ultraviolet rays. If you spend a lot of time in the sun, your skin may overreact by producing too much melanin. That increased pigmentation can result in age spots.

Conventional techniques for improving the appearance of age spots include bleaches, freezing, acid washes, pulsed light and traditional laser treatments. But such procedures often fade spots only slightly.

Fraxel treatment, on the other hand, is FDA-approved to effectively treat age spots and other pigment irregularities ? on and off the face. And because the Fraxel laser treats one fraction of tissue at a time while leaving healthy skin intact, Fraxel treatment delivers remarkable improvement with minimal downtime.

 

Fraxel Melasma Treatments:

Melasma ? which is most common in women and affects about 45 million people worldwide ? appears as irregular patches of brown skin on the forehead, cheeks, upper lip and nose. Like most other pigmented lesions, melasma is not dangerous, but it can be a self-confidence crusher, prompting many women to hide behind a mask of make-up. Melasma is most common during hormonal fluctuations associated with pregnancy, oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy.For some women, the brown patches will fade after childbirth, hormone therapy or the discontinuation of oral contraceptives. However, in many cases, melasma will not go away on its own.

Traditional remedies include enzyme inhibitors, bleaches, depigmenting agents, steroid creams, pulsed light, chemical or acid peels, microdermabrasion, aggressive dermabrasion and traditional laser treatments. These methods often deliver lackluster results, significant downtime or the risk of adverse complications. 

Fraxel treatment, on the other hand, has received FDA approval for significantly reducing melasma where other treatments have failed ? at the same time minimizing downtime or discomfort.

 

Fraxel Skin Resurfacing Treatments:

To resurface your skin and correct imperfections, there are many options from chemical peels, aggressive ablative lasers to dermabrasions. But unlike other remedies that scrape, peel and cut the surface of your skin, Fraxel laser treament has been approved by the FDA to safely, gently and effectively resurface your skin from the inside out. That means improved texture, more even tone and smoother skin ? all without the risks, discomfort and prolonged downtime of other procedures.

Like discussed above and on another page, u sing microscopic laser columns, Fraxel treatment penetrates deep into the skin to trigger your body?s natural healing process, replacing damaged tissue with younger, healthier skin ? all while keeping the surrounding tissue intact.

Because this unique fractional technology is so precise, Fraxel treatment can resurface skin on and off the face, even on delicate areas like the chest, neck and hands. In addition to wrinkles, scars, age spots and melasma, Fraxel treatment can help with these resurfacing conditions:

• Irregular texture
• Uneven skin tone
• Discoloration and pigment irregularities
• Sun-induced redness (vascular dyschromia)
• Loose skin
• Enlarged pores

 

Fraxel Skin Resmoval of Actinic Keratosis Treatments:

Actinic Keratosis (AK) ? which appears as red, scaly patches of skin on the face, lips, ears, forearms, scalp, neck and back of the hands ? is the most common precancerous skin condition, affecting more than 10 million Americans. If left untreated, Actinic Keratosis can lead to skin cancer.

While traditional AK treatments such as surgery, freezing and dermabrasion are moderately effective, they have significant side effects, discomfort and prolonged recovery time. Fraxel treatment, in contrast, has FDA approval to effectively remove AK, at the same time stimulating the body?s natural production of collagen to heal the skin, tighten and tone the skin?s texture, and prevent future damage. All without surgery, complications or prolonged downtime.

How Fraxel treats?: Fraxel can effectively treat a variety of skin conditions. Click to learn about Fraxel laser in Northern Virginia.

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Other cosmetic laser treaments provided by Dr. Michael J. Brown, M.D. are the Titan laser facelift, and there is the Genesis Skin Thereapy - a comfortable laser treatment for sun damage, redness, large pores and uneven textures. IPL Therapy helps to eliminate broken capillaries, wrinkles, rosacea, spider veins and freckles. Laser Hair Removal, is provided at a reasonable and affordable price.