Skin Resurfacing

Skin Resurfacing

Fractional Skin Resurfacing for Multiple Skin Conditions - and Minimal Downtime

Many dermatological and cosmetic skin conditions can be improved with fractional laser skin resurfacing. Only Palomar® gives you a fractional skin resurfacing system to treat all these conditions quickly and cost-effectively.

Fractional laser skin resurfacing with Palomar maximizes client aesthetic outcomes while minimizing procedure risk and reducing downtime. It's the smart approach to skin resurfacing that uses microbeams to create areas of treated tissue surrounded by untreated tissue, which provides faster healing and reduced side effects.

We invented and patented micro-fractional laser technology. Our technology is the perfect choice for the treatment of wrinkles, acne and surgical scars, melasma, striae, unwanted textural irregularities, crow's feet, blotchy skin and more, on virtually any trouble spot on the body - face, neck, chest, arms, legs.

Invest in a skin resurfacing laser platform with Palomar and get unlimited revenue potential with the following techniques:

Fractional Non-Ablative Skin Resurfacing: A simple treatment approach that promotes skin coagulation without requiring costly preparation and cleanup, yet delivers excellent aesthetic results with minimal redness or swelling.

Fractional Ablative Skin Resurfacing: Deep skin resurfacing that lets you control ablation depths for single-procedure outcomes that get people back to their regular activity in as little as two days. The results rival those of fractional CO2 laser treatment, with fewer complications, less pain and faster recovery.

Combination Fractional Ablative & Fractional Non-Ablative Skin Resurfacing: Palomar has received the first FDA clearance for skin resurfacing procedures using a combination of ablative and non-ablative fractional lasers. Palomar's combination treatments offer a same-day approach to allow the tailoring of depth, coagulation, and ablation to an individual's needs - helping to maximize treatment outcomes while minimizing downtime.

How Fractional Skin Resurfacing Works

Fractional skin resurfacing with Palomar uses laser energy microbeams to create areas of affected tissue that extend through the epidermis into the dermis. These areas can be either "non-ablative" (the laser beams coagulate the affected tissue) or "ablative" (the laser beams vaporize the affected tissue).

Non-ablative procedures are minimal to no downtime procedures, while ablative procedures provide a single treatment option.  The body's natural healing process creates new, healthy tissue to replace the areas of affected tissue, resulting in healthier, younger-looking skin.

Palomar's new ablative technology, the Groove™ Optic, creates a unique, grooved line injury pattern on skin that increases ablative tissue coverage while preserving the benefits of fractional column approaches.

Skin Resurfacing - Lux2940 Groove
The Lux2940 Groove™ Optic creates a unique grooved injury pattern on the skin, which preserves portions of healthy tissue surrounding the treatment zones so clients can receive high ablative coverage with minimal downtime.

Skin Resurfacing - Lux1540
While keeping the stratum corneum in place, the Lux1540 uses high-precision microbeams to create narrow, deep columns of tissue coagulation in the epidermis and dermis.

Palomar offers the following fractional skin resurfacing technologies:
StarLux® Systems,  Palomar Icon™ System

StarLux  Fractional Laser Handpieces
Lux2940™, Lux1540™, Lux1440™, XD™ Microlens

Palomar Icon Fractional Laser Handpieces
2940 Fractional Laser, 1540 Fractional Laser, XD™ Microlens

Benefits for Clients:

Non-Ablative Skin Resurfacing  Ablative Skin Resurfacing
  • Excellent outcomes with minimal treatment time
  • Minimal to no pain during procedure
  • Minimized redness or swelling
  •  Less risk of scarring, infection or long-term pigmentation change versus CO2 resurfacing
  • Consistent long-term results

Benefits for Practitioners:

 Non-Ablative Skin Resurfacing  Ablative Skin Resurfacing
  • No topical anesthesia required
  • Rapid treatments (treat a full face or entire chest in about 12 minutes)
  • Stratum corneum remains in place, eliminating open wound issues and allowing for rapid healing
  • Advanced technology prevents unnecessary heat accumulation
  • User-controlled ablation depths for customized outcomes
  • Three pulse modalities
  • Unique groove pattern for high coverage
  • No nerve blocks required
  • One treatment, rather than multiple treatments, which are required for non-ablative resurfacing
  • Erbium wavelength provides greater thermal control versus CO2

Fractional Ablative Skin Resurfacing:

laser skin resurfacing
Photos courtesy of Sean Doherty, MD
Boston Plastic Surgery Associates, Concord, MA
Co-Medical Director, Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., Burlington, MA		 laser skin resurfacing
laser skin resurfacing
Photos courtesy of David Kent, MD 		laser skin resurfacing

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Fractional Non-Ablative Skin Resurafacing:

laser skin resurfacing
Photos courtesy of D. Scarborough, MD

laser skin resurfacing
laser skin resurfacing
Photos courtesy of David Goldberg, MD 		laser skin resurfacing

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Laser Scar Removal:

scar treatment
Photos courtesy of David Vasily, MD 		scar treatment
scar treatment
Photos courtesy of Michael Sinclair, MD 		scar treatment

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Fractional Ablative Skin Resurfacing

Groove Patterns of Ablation for Fractional Skin Resurfacing: Healing Time Course Study and Histologic Evaluation
Ross, E.V., Doherty S., Seckel B., PMTI, 2009.
"The goal of this paper is to describe a healing time course clinical study and histologic evaluation of ex vivo porcine skin following treatment with the Lux2940 Groove™ Optic insert..." 

Groove Patterns of Ablation for Fractional Skin Resurfacing: Clinical Results and Applications
Doherty S., Seckel B., Dierickx C., Ross E.V., PMTI, 2009.
"We report findings on a novel fractional skin resurfacing technology which uses a groove pattern of injury as opposed to the column pattern delivered with 'traditional' fractional beam resurfacing." 

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Fractional Non-Ablative Skin Resurfacing

A Novel Portable Diode Laser-based Non-Ablative Fractional Device for Treatment of Facial Wrinkles and Dyschromia
Gregory B. Altshuler, PhD, James Childs, PhD, Richard Cohen, PhD, PMTI, 2012.
"Although there are a variety of full-sized non-ablative platforms available on the market today, the Emerge laser represent s the newest technology"

Fractional Non-Ablative 1540 nm Laser Resurfacing for Atrophic Acne Scars: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Hedelund, L., Winther K., Beyer D., Nymann P., Haedersdal M., Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2009.
(Abstract.) 

Treatment of Melasma with the StarLux 1540
Vasily D. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2007.
(Abstract.) 

Self Canalization of Laser Microbeam in Tissue as Fundamental Mechanism of Fractional Skin Resurfacing
Altshuler G., Yaroslavsky I., Smirnov M., Erofeev A., Childs J., Tabatadze D., Belikov A., Pushkareva A., Tihonov S. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2003.
(Abstract.) 


Fractional Technology

Optimal Parameters for Fractional Rejuvenation: Theory and Experiment
Zelickson B. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2007.
(Abstract.) 

Enhancement Of Fractional Delivery Technique With Pulse Elongation, Aggressive Surface Cooling, And Skin Suction
Ross E.V., Zelickson B., Altshuler G., Childs J., Erofeev A., Smirnov M., Tabatadze D. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2007.
(Abstract.) 

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Skin Resurfacing Testimonials

"The marked improvement in perioral and periorbital wrinkles from fractional Lux2940 treatments observed in these clinical studies is approaching multi-pass traditional CO2 treatments, but with much less patient discomfort and less downtime.

Brooke Seckel, MD

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  • Continuing Advancements in Fractional Technology
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  • New Advancements in the Treatments for Fractoinal Ablative Skin Resurfacing

       

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