Rather than removing the surface skin layers, Fraxel addresses the deeper skin tissue where most problems reside. Fraxel leaves the surface skin intact (hence the ultra-quick healing) and works by producing thousands of tiny heat columns deep into the dermis.
The energy of the laser damages and removes the old collagen (including abnormal pigment). This stimulates the body’s natural healing process whereby new collagen is produced leading to a clearer, smoother and firmer appearance that will continue to improve over time.
The beauty of Fraxel and the vast improvement over old style laser resurfacing is the “in-between” areas of skin the Fraxel laser leaves untouched. We can choose the “density” of the treatment zones according to your needs, leaving ample surrounding tissue unaffected, which allows the skin to heal “invisibly”.