Skin Resurfacing Laser Treatments

Skin resurfacing laser treatments are essential to a comprehensive anti-aging routine, especially when targeting and improving the common signs of aging, such as fine lines, wrinkles, sun damage, and uneven skin tone. Resurfacing lasers stimulate collagen production and promote skin cell regeneration, giving the skin a more youthful and vibrant glow.

Incorporating any of the laser treatments available at Serenity MedSpa into your skin care regimen helps to enhance the skin’s health and appearance while also providing long-term benefits beyond surface-level improvement. Laser treatments can help you achieve a more youthful, radiant complexion, making it a vital part of any effective anti-aging strategy.

Skin Resurfacing Laser Treatments

What Is a Resurfacing Laser Treatment?

Lasers are a popular way to improve the skin’s health and appearance and erase signs of past damage, but not all lasers are created equally. Some of the most powerful laser options available today are skin resurfacing lasers, which harness the power of energy wavelengths to improve the skin. Resurfacing lasers work to safely remove the outer layers of damaged skin to stimulate new skin cells while promoting collagen production.

Resurfacing lasers effectively reduce fine lines, wrinkles, scars, sun damage, and uneven skin tone. There are different types of resurfacing lasers, too. Ablative lasers are more invasive and come with longer recovery times because they ablate the top layer of skin. In contrast, non-ablative lasers are not as strong on the skin but may take several treatment sessions to achieve the desired results since they don’t remove the top layer of the skin.

The Different Types of Skin Resurfacing Lasers

During a consultation, we will assess your skin to determine which of our resurfacing laser options is best for you, which include:

MOXI® Laser

MOXI® is a quick, non-ablative resurfacing laser that helps correct the common signs of aging and signs of sun damage, hyperpigmentation, freckles, skin texture, and fine lines and wrinkles for more even-looking skin. Suitable for all skin types with little to no downtime or discomfort, the non-ablative 1927 nm wavelength targets water within cells to work with the body’s natural healing processes for a gentle treatment. MOXI® is considered a gentle skin resurfacing laser with little to no downtime. Like other lasers, it creates microscopic treatment zones, making it suitable for younger patients looking to maintain their skin and older individuals wanting to correct signs of aging. The results improve over several treatments, with optimal outcomes often seen after three to four sessions.

Fraxel® DUAL Laser

Perfect for reducing the look of wrinkles, sun spots, scars, uneven texture, and tone, the Fraxel® DUAL Laser helps reinstate new life into the skin, leaving it healthier and fresher looking. This skin resurfacing laser treatment produces superior, immediate, long-term results with minimal downtime.

Fraxel® DUAL Laser uses breakthrough technology to provide the best results with the least downtime (a series of three to five consecutive treatments is recommended). The non-invasive laser treatment combines two wavelengths, 1550 nm and 1927 nm, into a single treatment, making it highly effective for various skin concerns. Besides targeting skin concerns like wrinkles, acne and surgical scars, age spots, and sunspots, it also stimulates collagen production for smoother, tighter, more youthful-looking skin on the face, neck, chest, and hands.

HALO® Laser

HALO® laser is the world’s first hybrid fractional laser for glowing, healthy-looking skin. Suitable for all skin types, the HALO® laser delivers a non-ablative 1470 nm and an ablative 2940 nm wavelength to the same microscopic treatment zone to improve the appearance of aging skin. The ablative wavelength targets the top layer of the skin to address textural issues and pore size, while the non-ablative wavelength targets the dermis, the thickest layer of the skin, to address more severe sun damage, stimulate collagen, and remove other dermal pigmentation issues. By creating small thermal injuries to the skin, new, healthy skin is produced in a short amount of time.

HALO® treats a variety of common skin concerns, including fine lines and wrinkles, sun damage, scars, enlarged pores, and pigmented lesions. Results can be seen in one to two treatments. While providing significant results, the HALO® Laser typically requires less recovery than traditional ablative lasers.

Clear + Brilliant® Laser

Clear + Brilliant® is a highly effective, gentle, anti-aging resurfacing laser treatment to help with skin tone, texture, and radiance. Often called a “mini-Fraxel,” Clear + Brilliant®, like many other resurfacing laser treatments, creates microscopic treatment zones in the skin’s upper layer to help stimulate natural healing. Clear + Brilliant® is often recommended to create more even-toned skin and improve rough and dull texture. It also helps to minimize the appearance of enlarged pores and gives the skin a radiant, youthful glow. Clear + Brilliant® can be used as a way to maintain the results of other more aggressive lasers or for its preventative effects. Its short downtime makes it an attractive laser for all skin types, including darker skin complexions, to treat sunspots, wrinkles, and scars on the face, neck, chest, and hands.

What Does a Resurfacing Laser Feel Like?

Resurfacing laser treatments, like MOXI®, HALO®, Clear + Brilliant®, and Fraxel® DUAL, can vary in how they feel on the skin. Most resurfacing laser treatments have a bit of mild discomfort associated with them, which is why topical numbing cream is used. While each laser will vary in sensation slightly, expect some warmth, tingling, or mild burning or stinging, depending on the laser’s intensity and your pain threshold and tolerance.

After a resurfacing laser, the skin can feel warm, almost like a sunburn, with mild redness or pinkness that typically subsides within a few hours. The skin may also be a little sensitive or feel tight and dry, so following all post-treatment healing tips is essential.

What are the Benefits of a Resurfacing Laser Treatment?

While each specific type of skin resurfacing laser has its own set of benefits, for the most part, popular laser treatments offer numerous skin benefits. Some of the more noteworthy benefits of a resurfacing laser treatment include:

Improving skin texture and tone by smoothing out dull, rough skin, reducing the appearance of pores, and improving overall skin texture.

Improving the look of age spots and sun damage for brighter-looking skin that's more even

Minimizing the look of scars, like acne scars, by removing damaged skin and promoting the growth of new, healthy skin and collagen

Providing a tightening effect for less saggy-looking skin by stimulating collagen and elastin production

Evening out pigmentation and discoloration

Reducing fine lines and wrinkles

Promoting more radiant-looking skin that's more clear and youthful

Besides the skin benefits of a resurfacing laser treatment, another reason why our patients like them is that they are non-invasive treatments with minimal or no downtime. You shouldn’t have to take any time off from your regular schedule to recover from one of these lasers. While the results may take a few weeks to appear, the improvement in your skin should be long-lasting as long as a good skincare routine is practiced.

Common FAQs

How Long Will The Results Last?

Your laser resurfacing treatment results are long-lasting but depend on several factors, including the specific type of laser used, your skin type and its starting condition, and how you care for your skin after the laser.

Immediately after a laser, you may start to see improvement in your skin's tone and texture with fewer signs of damage. Then, the skin continues to improve over the coming weeks to months as collagen and elastin production is stimulated from deep within. As the skin continues to create new, better-organized collagen, you'll see a reduction in fine lines, wrinkles, scars, fewer enlarged pores, and smoother-looking skin that boasts a healthy glow.

To maintain the results of your laser treatment, it's essential to follow a good skincare routine, wear sunscreen daily, and schedule maintenance treatments as recommended. Overall, the effects of a resurfacing laser treatment can last for several months to years with proper skin care.

How Much Does a Resurfacing Laser Cost?

Skin resurfacing laser treatments vary in cost from provider to provider, and those in large cities often charge more. The specific laser used, the treatment area, and the number of treatments necessary also influence the overall cost.

To determine the cost of your resurfacing laser treatment, call our office to schedule a consultation. We will then create a custom program to correct your current skin concerns.

How does laser skin resurfacing work?

While each type of specific laser is slightly different, generally, laser skin resurfacing treatments use laser technology to safely remove the outer layers of damaged skin, stimulate collagen production, and promote new, healthy skin. The laser wavelength and the depth of its delivery can also be used to target specific skin concerns, such as wrinkles, scars, and pigmentation issues, resulting in a smoother, more even complexion.

What types of skin concerns can laser resurfacing address?

Laser skin resurfacing can effectively treat a variety of skin concerns, including fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, sun damage, hyperpigmentation, uneven skin tone, enlarged pores, and overall skin texture. Different types of lasers may be used depending on the specific condition being treated.

Does a resurfacing laser treatment hurt?

There may be some discomfort with the laser, so topical numbing cream and cooling devices are often used. During the treatment, you may feel heat, a snapping sensation, or tingling, but the laser shouldn't feel painful. After the treatment, your skin may appear red, swollen, and sensitive, like a sunburn.

Are there any risks or side effects associated with laser skin resurfacing?

While laser skin resurfacing is generally safe, like any elective treatment, there are potential risks and side effects, including redness, swelling, itching, and changes in skin color (hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation). In rare cases, there may be scarring or infection.

How many treatments will I need to see optimal results?

Every person is different, and the number of treatments required depends on your skin and your goals. We recommend a consultation to determine the exact number of treatments needed.

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