Fraxel Laser Services
What is Fraxel?
Vivia Center offers Fraxel Laser Treatment using Advanced Fractional Technology that can go deep intor your dermal layer for optimal results. Think of your skin as a digital photo that is delicately touched up one spot at a time. Fraxel treatment, likewise, affects a fraction of tissue at a time with thousands of microscopic laser columns—each just one-tenth the diameter of a hair follicle. Then your body takes care of the rest. The laser columns stimulate a natural healing process that works from the inside out, replacing damaged tissue with younger, smoother, healthier skin.
The science of Fraxel treatment involves three key components:
- The epidermis—the outer layer of our skin
- The dermis—sub-layers of skin that include collagen and elastin
- Microscopic laser columns—rebuilding skin from the inside out
Under the epidermis is a network of collagen and elastin, which are proteins that keep your skin youthful and tight. But as you age and get more sun exposure, those proteins simply break down faster than your body can rebuild them. As a result, your skin may start to sag and show damage like wrinkles, lines or spots.
This is where Fraxel laser treatment can help. Microscopic laser columns penetrate deep into the dermis to create tiny wounds, which trigger your body’s natural response system to heal those wounds. This process expedites your body’s remodeling of collagen and elastin, which results in tighter, fresher, more youthful-looking skin. This is how Fraxel treatment creates new skin from the inside out.
Just as important are the areas of skin that Fraxel treatment doesn’t touch. Because the treatment is so precise, the laser columns target only a fraction of skin at a time, leaving the surrounding tissue intact. This “fractional” treatment allows your body to heal the skin faster than if the entire area were treated at once.
How It Works
Our Advanced Fractional technology is a revolutionary laser skin resurfacing method using Sciton’s most advanced laser in the market. Unlike full field resurfacing which removes the entire surface area of a treatment site, Sciton’s technology ablates narrow-diameter channels into the skin, covering a fraction of the total treatment area. This action initiates the body’s wound healing response, while leaving the surrounding tissue intact for rapid healing. The benefits of of this technology include increased patient comfort, shorter healing times, and tunable results that can range from subtle to dramatic.
Why It Works
You will achieve excellent resurfacing results with minimal downtime. Unlike full field resurfacing which removes the entire surface area of a treatment site, Advanced Fractional ablates narrow-diameter channels into the skin, covering a fraction of the total treatment area. This action initiates the body’s wound healing response, while leaving the surrounding tissue intact for rapid healing. The benefits of this system include increased patient comfort, shorter healing times, and tunable results that can range from subtle to dramatic.
If you’re ready to try Advanced Fractional Laser technology, contact us to schedule your appointment in McLean, VA.