"Laser treatments have changed my skin. "

New Technology for safer treatment with shorter down times...

Indications include:

• acne scars
• acne scar resurfacing
• stretch marks
• pigmentation
• sun spots/age spots
• fine lines
• wrinkles

The newer Er:YAG lasers with longer and variable pulses allow patients with deeper wrinkles and scars to be successfully treated.

Have you thought about a resurfacing procedure to treat fine lines, wrinkles, facial pigment or scars but just cannot afford the downtime? Perhaps you have even thought about a Fraxel procedure. Well wait no longer, Coastal Skin Center in Ellsworth now has the answer. Fotona FET (fractional erbium technology) is just what the doctor ordered.

From the industry leader in Erbium Laser Technology, comes the latest in fractional technology.

Designed to treat pigment, fine lines, scars, stretch marks and textural irregularities on the face, hands, neck and chest but with less downtime and discomfort than with conventional erbium resurfacing, and best of all at a lower cost than competitive technologies including Fraxel.

The abundance of facial skin care regimens and their enthusiastic promotion in popular media is the modern expression of an ancient desire to attain beauty and recapture a youthful appearance. As the face ages, skin quality deteriorates. One method of improving the condition of the skin is by "resurfacing" it, i.e. by removing the outer layers to the level of the papillary dermis. Removing the outer skin layers to papillary dermis level induces re-epithelialisation and new collagen formation, which can create a smoother, even-toned, and more youthful appearance. In the late 1980s, laser technology applied to skin resurfacing was discovered to yield more predictable depths of injury when compared with chemical peels or dermabrasion. The first laser used for skin resurfacing was a pulsed carbon dioxide (CO2) laser. Later, the erbium:yttriumaluminum- garnet (Er:YAG) laser was introduced, which has now become a standard tool for skin resurfacing.

The skin absorption of the Er:YAG laser energy by water is 10-fold more efficient than that of the carbon dioxide laser, allowing for more superficial tissue resurfacing and finer control. The latest Variable Square Pulse (VSP) technology Er:YAG lasers have variable pulse widths allowing the practitioner to select the effect of the laser from “cold” ablation peeling (pure resurfacing) to deeper thermal coagulation (deep tissue heating for tightening). Indications include mildly photo-damaged skin lesions (e.g. solar keratoses), mildly atrophic facial scars (e.g. from acne or varicella), dyschromias (e.g. melasma, lentigines), and mild-to-moderate facial wrinkles in the perioral, periocular, and cheek areas. The newer Er:YAG lasers with longer and variable pulses allow patients with deeper wrinkles and scars to be successfully treated.

The latest advance in Er:YAG resurfacing has been the development of fractional erbium technology where-by only a small fraction of the treatment area is resurfaced during the procedure thus reducing healing time.   This technique promises a novel means of providing treatments that would be as effective as traditional Er:YAG while further reducing their downtime and risk.

Fotona PS02 fractional laser handpiece

Fotona is an industry leader in Erbium laser technology. In keeping pace with new fractional technology, Fotona has developed the PS02 fractional laser handpiece. This is designed to modify their conventional Er:YAG resurfacing laser into a fractional Er:YAG laser. With this handpiece, the light is split into multiple "pixels" or small "sharp" beams which penetrate the skin. “Sharp” signifies that the laser energy is contained within the pixels and that the laser beam quality and parameters within the pixels remain unchanged compared to the basic beam properties. With the PS02 handpiece, the practitioner can perform an even greater variety of procedures using the Er:YAG with the advantage of faster healing and less downtime.

Fibroma Removal
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Verrucae Removal
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Peri-Oral Resurfacing
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Call Coastal Skin Center now to set up an appointment 207.667.2422 or 888.379.5664