If you desire younger looking skin or to reverse signs of aging, UPMC Hamot Plastic Surgery offers the latest in anti-aging cosmetic laser technology.
The Sciton ProFractional age reversing and anti-aging laser not only temporarily corrects and reverses aging changes, but improves the overall appearance of your skin. It's specifically designed to diminish the effects of time on the skin.
We use the ProFractional laser to treat issues and conditions, such as:
We can treat most skin areas on the face, neck, chest, and hands.
The real beauty of the ProFractional treatment is that is allows us to get more aggressive with less downtime than previous laser treatments.
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ProFractional age reversing and anti-aging therapy uses laser energy to create thousands of microscopic channels in the skin to:
In addition to the collagen-plumping effects, this laser therapy corrects, tightens, and strengthens key elastic fiber components of your skin.
The ProFractional laser technology not only temporarily corrects and reverses aging changes, but has significant anti-aging effects on your skin as well.
It's an improvement over outdated age reversing laser treatments, because it's:
Patients notice improved skin tone, texture, smoothness, overall appearance, and health of their skin. Results vary with each case.
The added benefit of the ProFractional age reversing and anti-aging laser treatment is that it allows us to achieve age corrective and anti-aging results with less downtime, minimal pain, and much less recovery.
The typical side effects from treatment are minimal.
Patients usually report redness, puffiness, or mild swelling of the treatment area that can last hours to a few days. Transient tanning of the skin may result and should resolve within two to three weeks.
We typically perform ProFractional laser therapy in a series of one to four treatments, spaced three to six apart.
Results vary with each case. With some conditions one treatment may be sufficient, while others might require more sessions before results are noticeable.
Patients can see immediate improvements in ice pick acne scars and facial scars after just one treatment. Wrinkles and pigmented lesions typically require four to six treatments.
