The hallmarks of beautiful, healthy skin are well known—smooth, silky, elastic, with a natural, healthy glow and even color—and they fade and wear away every year.Instead, dryness, dullness, wrinkles... These manifestations are accompanied by enlarged pores and blood vessel networks, the appearance of pigmented spots... Fortunately, today all these aesthetic problems that are considered the main signs of aging can be solved quickly and comprehensively - laser rejuvenation will help with this.
Laser Facial Rejuvenation: Emphasis on Technology
Laser facial rejuvenation (peeling or peels) may be the best option for “one-stop” treatment of aging concerns.In fact, with the advent of new laser devices, all other methods of treating aging symptoms and similar defects in cosmetology have receded into the background.Aesthetic laser is primarily a multidisciplinary platform.Thanks to this quality, beauticians have the opportunity to perform multiple treatments in one operation.New devices for fractional laser skin resurfacing provide long-term results, are fairly non-invasive, and allow you to treat almost any area of the body, not just the face.Importantly, fractional laser skin resurfacing devices can be used to rejuvenate skin with any light pattern.Therefore, recently it has become possible to solve aesthetic problems with the help of laser for dark, very dark or tanned skin.In addition, there are many types of laser skin rejuvenation.
Laser Facial Rejuvenation: Surgical Options
The latest generation of equipment makes it possible to perform types of anti-aging procedures such as fractional rejuvenation, superficial or deep laser resurfacing of the face and body.They all work on the following principle: Under the influence of laser pulses, a photothermolysis process occurs in the skin (epidermis and outer dermis) - old cells are destroyed in order to be replaced by new, young cells in a regeneration process.Therefore, after repair, fresh (in every sense of the word) skin will grow on the face or other treated area.
With fractional laser rejuvenation, the beam can dose into micro-areas of "aged" and problem skin, "evaporating" dead cells, stimulating collagen and elastin synthesis, and destroying disease-causing microbiota.After treatment, the natural stimulation of the tissue's self-repair process begins: young and healthy tissue is formed, and the color and texture of the skin become even.
Indications for laser fractional skin rejuvenation: Obvious signs of aging and photoaging, wrinkles, uneven skin texture; minor scars, scars (including post-acne).
In addition, one should pay attention to another procedure, which is included in the range of functions of the latest models of equipment - carbon laser peeling.This technology combines the effects of laser and beam (providing additional photorejuvenation effects).The nuance of the process is a special carbon enhancer, the gel mask, which contains carbon dioxide nanoparticles.This nanogel is called carbon (translated as "carbon").The cosmetic effect of nanogel is based on its ability to penetrate deeply into the skin, bind to epidermal cells, and attract residual sebum, dust and dirt.The carbon nanogel also prepares the skin for exposure to laser beams, causing dead keratinized epidermal cells to be exfoliated evenly.At the same stage, the inflammatory process levels off.Carbon laser resurfacing is excellent for treating acne and normalizing skin lipid metabolism (sebum regulation).
Indications for carbon laser skin resurfacing: Problem skin prone to inflammatory rashes, acne, pimples, increased oil production, enlarged pores, uneven skin tone, signs of early aging and photoaging, and age spots.
In general, with laser rejuvenation, aesthetic results can be achieved with minimal discomfort: if superficial resurfacing is performed, no prior anesthesia is required.No marks/scars are left behind, which is especially important when locating facial aesthetic imperfections.Selective destruction of abnormal areas through segmental rejuvenation makes it possible to remove cosmetic defects of a given depth without damaging nearby tissue.Surrounding tissue does not heat up and therefore is not damaged.
Laser Skin Rejuvenation: When Indications Consistent with Possibilities
Sometimes, laser rejuvenation and lifting aren’t the only tasks of an esthetician.However, laser rejuvenation is first and foremost a comprehensive approach: fighting the signs of aging while treating skin problems at the same time.With new technology, you can control the power and duration of the laser pulses, and the esthetician can choose the depth of resurfacing for each skin light type and adjust the trajectory of the laser beam to address some other, more specific concerns.The equipment's configuration (interchangeable applicator nozzles), wide range of pulse durations, ability to adjust beam size, energy density and pulse penetration depth ensure a wide range of therapeutic effects under high-speed surgery.Therefore, once you decide to undergo laser rejuvenation, you can expect comprehensive results.In particular, in many salons you can not only undergo laser rejuvenation (skin resurfacing, tightening), but also:
- Cure or soften acne and post-acne,
- remove wine stains
- Eliminate the obvious symptoms of rosacea and the clinical manifestations of rosacea,
- Remove different types of pigment spots,
- Reduce the appearance of cellulite,
- Reduce fat deposits,
- Eliminate scars and blemishes,
- Remove or correct stretch marks,
- Tattoo removal.
Wrinkles - Superficial and mimic wrinkles, skin sagging, age spots, telangiectasias, spider veins, red and blue spider veins, hemangiomas and telangiectasia, seborrheic keratosis, rosacea and rosacea, benign skin tumors (freckles, café-au-lait spots, moles), small blue veins - almost any skin defect can be solved with a laser beam!Some lasers are also used in nail treatments - to strengthen the structure of the nail plate and promote its growth.Using lasers, beauticians can coagulate blood vessels of any type and diameter with high precision, but unfortunately, this method does not work on varicose veins.Often, multiple sessions are needed to get the final results.
The contraindications to laser facial rejuvenation surgery are also quite extensive.These conditions include malignant and precancerous conditions, hematological disorders, serious chronic diseases, skin infections and exacerbations, damage to the intended treatment area, and pregnancy and lactation.
Laser Skin Rejuvenation: Features and Disadvantages
Of course, laser rejuvenation is not a 100% ideal procedure: its results largely depend on the skill and experience of the beautician (so you should treat his choice as carefully as possible).Precise, predictable, safe impact at the root of the problem, with computer-controlled depth of impact – guaranteeing dramatic, long-lasting treatment results with minimal recovery period.By using enough power and adjusting the wavelength, experienced estheticians can achieve predictable results, significantly reducing the potential for side effects.
As with beauticians and clinics, you should choose your time for laser rejuvenation carefully: for example, on a cloudy day in the fall.The risk of developing hyperpigmentation side effects is significantly reduced.In addition, during the cold season, sweating decreases, thereby reducing the risk of inflammatory reactions.
It is important to know that not all lasers used for skin rejuvenation (resurfacing) on the face or body are equally effective: some types of devices do not have highly selective capabilities.So, for example, when some energy is projected onto a blood vessel in the form of heat and burns, it is impossible to grind or selectively coagulate the blood vessel without damaging the surrounding tissue.It is also difficult to achieve effective results for deep blood vessels.Such complications do not arise if the latest models of equipment are used, operating at wavelengths most suitable for selective exposure.They provide the ideal combination of parameters required for effective skin rejuvenation: power, wavelength, pulse duration, beam diameter, color spectrum.
After laser rejuvenation, recovery time is required, which depends on the depth of the peel (resurfacing).So, now that you have decided on this procedure, it is better to go on vacation in order to "sit" within four walls for some time.
One of the unpleasant disadvantages is the short duration of the effects of post-acne treatments: scars reappear after a few years - the so-called skin memory is triggered, so today the gold standard for solving this problem remains a more invasive surgery - aspiration (excision).
In order to avoid complications and obtain the desired results, you need to take a constructive approach to the problem of laser rejuvenation - receive a diagnosis, find out the cause of the defects, choose cosmetics for home care, including the recovery period after the procedure.As for possible complications and side effects, they are mainly related to insufficient care after laser rejuvenation (peeling or resurfacing).
Side effects and complications
After fractional laser skin rejuvenation, a considerable area of skin will be damaged to a considerable depth.Of course, there will be ongoing swelling (for several days), inflammation, and bleeding after surgery.Deep damage to the skin surface is fraught with infection and healing problems and therefore requires careful attention: the doctor carefully selects the medicinal cosmetic for the recovery period, describes the regimen of use and carefully monitors the entire recovery period.