Few will elect additional spot treatments to improve outcome further or will have fillers placed in deeper scars social downtime must be considered with co2 laser treatments as swelling oozing and redness will occur.
Deep fx co2 laser.
Erbium is used for finer lines and wrinkles along with other superficial skin concerns.
The columns of light are larger and more superficial compared to the deep fx hand piece.
Co2 fractional lasers use short pulses of light to remove damaged portions of the top layer of skin leaving tiny columns of untouched skin that help speed up recovery.
Guide to fractional carbon dioxide co2 laser.
Not only does the active deep fx decrease the appearance of sunspots and scars it.
The co2 laser resurfacing treatment is used in different ways.
Deepfx is a fractional co2 laser that penetrates deep into the dermis to stimulate collagen production.
Active fx is typically used to treat the entire treatment area.
The laser penetrates into the deepest layer of the skin dermis tearing up old and damaged cells allowing the natural healing processes of the body to rebuild revealing naturally healthy and luminous skin.
For fine lines brown age spots and superficial textural changes active fx uses a larger beam to treat the upper layer of skin to reduce unwanted pigmentation promote new skin regeneration and improve fine lines and texture.
Co2 laser treatments including deep fx achieve the best possible results available to date with a single technique most have a 50 reduction in their acne scars after one treatment.
The lumenis ultrapulse encore laser resurfacing treatment is a combination of active fx and deep fx these lasers offer fractional co2 resurfacing and are excellent at treating deeper wrinkles severe textural issues from sun damage blotchiness acne scars and surgical scars as well as pearly penile papules.
Co2 laser resurfacing treatments are used to get rid of scars warts and deep wrinkles.
To adequately treat these problems treatments need to reach the deep layers of your skin and renew the collagen foundation.
The deep spot size causes more bleeding.
Active fx deep fx and total fx are terms used to describe fractionated co2 resurfacing with the lumenis ultrapulse laser.
Lumenis ultrapulse active deep fx a close second but it s unnecessarily overpowered the spot sizes aren t as optimal more painful too sensitive to movement.