The Palomar Lux1540 Fractional™ laser is the latest generation in skin resurfacing technology. The Palomar™ fractional laser smoothes fine lines and wrinkles, improves skin discoloration as well as offers mild skin tightening, but without the downtime or mild to moderate redness associated with other skin resurfacing technologies.
The Palomar™ laser treats only a portion of the targeted skin at a time. The Palomar Lux1540 Fractional™ laser delivers light in an array of micro beams to the skin.
These micro beams penetrate well below the epidermis and into the dermis, sparing the tissue surrounding the beams from damage. The tissue within these beams initiates a natural healing process that accelerates the formation of new, healthy tissue and the fractional treatment of the skin allows for faster healing with visible results in skin color, texture, tone, fine lines and wrinkles.
Palomar™ fractional skin resurfacing treatments are effective only when performed in a series of sessions because each session treats only 20 to 25 percent of the skin. By treating just a percentage of the skin, the surrounding untreated skin drives the healing process, filling in the treated area with healthy, more youthful looking skin. The “fractional” treatment of the skin creates seamless, radiant skin without the unwanted side effects associated with other skin resurfacing technology.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does StarLux Fractional Skin Resurfacing System work?
The Palomar Lux1540 Fractional Laser handpiece delivers light in an array of narrow, focused “microbeams”, to create columns of coagulation (heat) within the skin, the heated tissue within the columns initiates a natural healing process that forms new, healthy tissue. This results in a fresher, more youthful skin tone and texture.
What areas can I have treated?
StarLux Fractional treatments can be applied to most areas of the body, including the face, chest, arms, and hands.
What makes StarLux Fractional treatments different from other Skin Resurfacing methods?
Some skin resurfacing devices, such as CO2 laser, use the ablative method, which removes the epidermis and some of the dermis. While good results are eventually seen, the drawbacks include red and raw skin, and a risk of infection for several weeks after treatment.
Other devices use the non-ablative method: sending light pulses into the dermis, while leaving the epidermis intact. This allows quick recovery, but when the light pulse don’t penetrate far into the dermis, the change in skin tone and texture is less effective.
StarLux Fractional Skin Resurfacing offers both superior results and no downtime. The Lux1540 beams penetrate deeper into the dermis than competing devices for effective, long-term results. And the Fractional, non-ablative approach stimulates quick healing in the dermis, while leaving the epidermis intact, with no lasting redness.
StarLux Fractional treatments are also easier than other technologies, which can involve long prep and clean-up time. Some devices even require that dye be applied to your skin, which is difficult to rinse off after treatment. But StarLux doesn’t require dye or prolonged appointments. Treatments are quick and convenient to your schedule. Are these treatments safe? Are they painful?
By delivering light as individual pulses of microbeams, the Lux1540 protects the skin from the overheating than can result from much other resurfacing treatments. In addition, the Lux1540 features built-in cooling of the skin, so you feel only minor discomfort during treatment.
What should I expect after treatment?
You may experience redness, warmth, swelling, or tightness in the treated area, which typically fades within a few hours of treatment. The skin may often have a pinkish tine for 5-7 days. Generally, you can receive a treatment and go back to work or to other activities without any recovery time.
Because the light pulses are confined to narrow columns in the skin, much of the skin is left unaffected and there is a quick healing process. Most people notice positive changes in skin tone and texture within a few days.
A series of treatments at 3-6 week intervals may be required to achieve the desired results. Your treatment provider will be able to give yo more information about StarLux Fractional Skin Resurfacing treatment and excepted outcomes. Other Palomar Treatments
Dr. Mobley has chosen a Palomar System because it offers the most versatile, effective, and comfortable aesthetic treatments available. In addition to fractional resurfacing, Palomar Systems offer such applications as permanent hair reduction, infrared skin tightening and photorejuvenation.
Palomar developed and patented Fractional Technology to create a revolutionary treatment: Non-ablative Skin Resurfacing and soft tissue coagulation with excellent results and no downtime!
