Laser Skin Rejuvenation - Health Tips
Get practical tips regarding Laser Skin Rejuvenation to help you prepare for your appointments and manage your care from home.
Skin rejuvenation uses IPL/Laser light to treat two of the most prominent signs of photoaging: facial blood vessels / redness (vascular irregularities), and sun-induced brown pigmented spots.
The medical terms for multiple, tiny blood vessels are "telangiectasias "(fine, red lines) or angiomas (circular, red bumps). These can occur at any age. If they appear in children or in pregnant women, the dilated blood vessels may spontaneously resolve after months to years, though they frequently persist. They can also develop in people who have had a lot of sun exposure, have fair complexions, have other family members with a similar tendency, and/or skin conditions such as rosacea, or Lupus.
Skin rejuvenation also treats sun-induced brown spots (pigmented irregularities) caused by sun damage and aging. The medical term for these spots is “lentigos.” (A common term may include “age spots’ or ‘liver spots’, but these spots are not related to how the liver works.)
Improvements in skin texture such as fine lines and rough skin are also noticeable following a series of skin rejuvenation treatments.
Skin Rejuvenation: How it works
Skin rejuvenation uses a combination of energies: IPL and RF. It uses Intense Pulse Light (IPL) which is classified in the laser treatment category, but is a bit different from a laser because has more than one wavelength. It also uses Radiofrequency (RF) energies.
By combining these two energy types, they work together more effectively, (synergistically), to more effectively treat both sun-induced brown pigmented spots, and vascular lesions than by using just one energy source alone. These combined energy sources specifically target the sun-damaged cells, causing directed removal of these spots and fine wrinkles.
The energy also treats facial blood vessels by causing inflammation and swelling inside the center of the tiny blood vessels. This causes them to collapse and close off which prevents blood flow through them. Eventually your body will reabsorb the non-functioning blood vessels and the redness will fade.