New Technology Replaces 'Old School' Skin Rejuvenation Method
Friday, January 23, 2009 12:0 AM
Chemical Face Peels Lose Appeal.
(Washington, DC)—The once popular chemical face peel—long a staple of the cosmetic makeover industry has gone the way of eight-track tape players, the Macarena and the housing boom.
Respected Washington D.C. dermatologists Dr. Dale Isaacson and Dr. Marilyn Berzin say the latest trend to rejuvenate facial skin is through the use of state-of-the-art technology like Fraxel and eLight.
For years, patients looking to reduce fine lines and wrinkles on their faces flocked to dermatologists and aestheticians for chemical peels. Various acids would be used to remove skin layers, resulting in a refreshed look.
While safe and effective, the idea of "burning" and "peeling" skin with acid clearly has its drawbacks.
The process is often painful and takes days of recovery time, usually spent indoors to avoid exposure to the sun. Decidedly "old school," chemical peels are still popular among seniors, but are quickly being replaced with "new school" technology.
Latest Trend
Drs. Isaacson and Berzin say the latest trend finds patients opting for less drastic, more technologically advanced and effective methods. Several techniques have emerged as the most popular to replace skin peels.
Fraxel
eLight Silk Peels
Silk Peels
Fraxel Laser Treatments produces thousands of tiny but deep columns of thermal interactions to points along the skins. These areas are invisible to the naked eye, but cause collagen to build while the surrounding area is untreated.
This "fractional" treatment allows the skin to heal much faster than if the entire area were treated at once, using the body's natural healing process to create new, healthy tighter tissue to replace skin imperfections.
Elight rejuvenates the skin by using a radio frequency in combination with intense pulsed light to treat pigmented skin lesions, rosacea and other common skin issues previously resistant to other treatments.
Silk Peel microdermabrasion provides gentle, effective exfoliation for the skin. It reduces by fine lines and wrinkles, scars and pigmentation through the use of topical solutions, suction and mechanical abrasion leaving patients with fresher-feeling and better looking skin.
Drs. Isaacson and Berzin are available for interviews on this topic, as well as variety of other cosmetic makeover issues.
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