Fractional Non-ablative Skin Rejuvenation

Skin rejuvenation lasers achieve results by heating the collagen in the dermis of the skin. The collagen contracts, thereby tightening the skin and later, as a result of this heating, the collagen fibres reorganize in the more parallel alignment seen in youth, thereby eliminating wrinkles and refreshing the overlying surface.

Regular lasers have the disadvantage of applying the heat in a flat disc-like area thereby damaging the epidermis, resulting in redness and exfoliation similar to a burn. Healing times are measured in days to weeks. Fractional non-ablative resurfacing delivers the energy in multiple micro beams similar to a pincushion effect. This allows more powerful bursts of energy to be delivered deeper in the dermis with many intervening islands of unaffected surface epidermis between each pin like beam. The Lux 1540 laser beam of the Starlux 500 laser platform uses more than 450 high precision micro beams of heat and energy in narrow columns. These columns penetrate deeper into the dermis than any other comparable fractional laser device currently available.

1540 Erbium

These microcolumns of coagulation stimulate the natural healing processes of the dermal layer of the skin causing new, healthy, robust and youthful collagen formation. There is minimal discomfort and redness allowing the patient to resume daily activities almost immediately.

The indications for and the results of treatment with this exciting development in laser technology can be determined and evaluated using the revolutionary VISIA® computerised skin assessment system.

The Starlux Fractional Laser technology opens up new treatment possibilities in the management of:

Scars		Facial Wrinkling
Pigmented areas

Multiple microbeams of laser energy penetrate the skin and heat the collagen in the dermis, causing it to contract and tighten the overlying skin which is relatively untouched by the process.