Illumia’s fractional CO2 laser is an ablative laser, meaning that it causes part of the skin to burn off in order for new collagen and new skin to grow.
It is an excellent treatment for skin rejuvenation as it improves fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation and textural irregularities. It is the most effective laser for the treatment of acne scars or depressed skin scars.
The gold standard for treatment of Acne Scars and Skin texture irregularities.
The use of a topical anaesthetic cream is required and will make the treatment comfortable for patients. After the numbing takes effect, you will not feel much discomfort.
New advances in CO2 lasers now allow providers to select the pulse shape and control the peak power of the laser beams precisely.
Illumia’s fractional co2 laser is an advanced smart system that can change its parameters to treat at superficial and delicate energy levels to deeper skin resurfacing levels. Aside from being able to select the treatment depth, new advances in CO2 technology also allows the provider to select the type of pulses that are fired. For example with Asiatic skin types which tend to be darker, the doctor can fire laser pulses in 2 successive phases, reducing thermal damage and allowing skin tissue to cool down between the 2 successive shots. This prevents severe skin bleeding and hence recovery times tend to be shorter and complications are minimised.
Traditional skin resurfacing treatments tend to be highly ablative, causing profound skin injury. This is characterised by intense skin redness and severe bleeding which requires a downtime of 5 to 7 days, and the need for antibiotic medication. Although the total number of sessions required might be lesser, traditional CO2 lasers has much higher risks of complications such as infection and post inflammatory hyper pigmentation (PIH).
Subcision is a procedure used for treatment of depressed acne scars. It involves using a needle to break the fibres under the skin surface which cause it to be pulled down and hence “depressed”. While this method does give results, it is also painful and tedious. Fractional CO2 lasers are much more efficient and consistent for the treatment of depressed scars. The technology is now able to select the treatment depth, thus making it a superior choice to traditional subcision.
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