Skin renewal with laser peeling
This treatment is suitable for those who want to treat sun-damaged skin, acne scars, rough and dull skin, or minimize pores. The heat from the laser peel will also stimulate deeper layers of collagen and elastin, which in turn provides some skin tightening.
How does laser peeling work?
The treatment itself involves applying a controlled 'burn' to the body.
During the treatment, the laser pulse hits the skin, causing rapid heat development. The heat is absorbed by the water in the skin, causing it to evaporate with the tissue. A thin layer of skin will disappear with each laser pulse. Depending on how many overlaps there are in the area, the practitioner will determine how deeply we want to treat for the various indications.
The skin will react by treating the area that is "burned" and activating the healing process so that new and fresh skin is quickly built up to replace the old.
The most common areas to treat
is around the eyes, cheeks, and chin, especially for acne scars; around the mouth to remove so-called smoker's wrinkles and lines; and on the chest to reduce sun-damaged skin.
Laser peeling is often part of a facelift, as laser peeling helps to rejuvenate the facial skin after it has been lifted.
Fotona laser peel
Light peel
This is a gentle laser treatment that is suitable for those with early signs of aging who want glowing skin, perfect as a light party peel before a special day. This only affects the uppermost layer of the skin.
- Ideal treatment for reducing pores
- Reduction of fine lines
- Reduction of pigmented areas
Medium peel
This is a laser treatment to reduce superficial lines for a smoother skin surface.
Suitable for people aged 30-50 with moderate signs of aging, acne scars, promotes collagen regeneration and skin tightening.
- Provides a smoother skin surface and skin tone
- The treatment has a tightening effect.
- Reduces lines
- Reduces acne scars
Deep peel
A treatment that is suitable for those who want to tighten their skin and reduce or remove fine to deeper wrinkles and scars. Provides fantastic results, with a slightly longer downtime.
- Smoothes the skin surface/skin tone
- Very tightening treatment
- Reduces lines
- Reduces wrinkles
- Reduces acne scars
What is the difference between fractional laser peel and full-ablative laser peel?
Ablative laser treatments is the name often used for a peel that removes skin. It can be either a full-field treatment or a fractional laser peel.
The difference between these is that full-ablative laser peels can be compared to the results of a deep chemical peel, where 100% of the skin is treated.
Fractional laser treatment treats the skin in dots, leaving untreated skin untouched between the channels to give you a shorter recovery time.
What does ablative laser peel mean?
Here, you remove all skin at a depth of 0.2-1 mm. This is a powerful peel and, after healing, results in a completely new layer of skin.
This treatment is only suitable for patients with fair skin who want to remove superficial wrinkles on their face.
What is the difference between CO2 laser and Erbium ablative treatment?
Both treat with a wavelength (color) that seeks out the water molecules in the skin's surface.
- The difference between the older CO2 technique and the newer ER:YAG is that the heat from the CO2 tends to overheat the tissue. This increases the risk of damaging the pigment cells and can lead to pigment spots. ER:Yag is therefore better when it comes to ablative grinding.
- The advantage of ablative Er:Yag resurfacing compared to deep chemical peels is primarily that there is less risk of damaging pigments.
The risk of damage to the pigment cells in the skin and the chances of scarring as a result of overheating are good arguments for choosing Er:YAG instead of CO2 for full-ablative laser resurfacing.
Fractional laser peeling – a gentler treatment
Instead of treating the entire area to minimize side effects, fractional laser treatment was developed. This means shorter healing times and less risk of side effects, but at the same time, the results will be the same as with whole-area laser treatment.
A fractional laser treatment will be just as effective as a full-ablative laser without the risks associated with treating the entire skin surface. This is because we only remove parts of the skin (20-30%). However, this means that more treatments will be necessary; we normally expect 3-5 treatments.
How much downtime can I expect?
Depending on how deep the laser peel is, healing will vary from person to person. Normally, your skin will be fine after 4-6 days, but with a full-ablative laser peel, you may need to take 10 days or more off work/school.
It is important to follow the recommended aftercare advice for your treatment that you receive from your practitioner.
Risks and possible complications after laser peeling.
When using erbium laser peel, hyper- or hypo-pigmentation after laser treatment is rarely associated, and if it does occur, it will be temporary and not permanent.
With full-ablative treatment with erbium, darker pigmentation may occur in some cases, which is almost always temporary. With full-ablative laser treatment with CO2, the risk of hypopigmentation is greater and can unfortunately often be permanent.
Scarring is extremely rare, but can occur in the event of bacterial infection of the skin surface, so it is important to follow all treatment advice from the clinic.
Redness after treatment is normal depending on how aggressive the treatment you have undergone is. For most people, it will not last longer than two weeks, but for some it may last longer.
We only use Erbium fractional and whole-ablative treatment to minimize the risk of complications.
