You find lasers being used everywhere these days, and the Czech Republic is no exception. One of the most successful uses of this helpful little light is in correcting skin imperfections, from acne to wrinkles.
During laser treatment for acne, a perfect balance is created between the controlled cooling of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) and the precision heating of the upper layer of the denser, inside layer of skin (the dermis). This treatment quickly and effectively calms down the over-enthusiastic activity of the sebaceous (oil) glands to reduce acne, and can also be used to treat post-acne scars without invasive surgery. Best of all, the results are visible after the first treatment.
The little miracle of light can also be used to smooth wrinkles. Here, it works in a way similar to the treatment for acne scars – the heat from the laser disintegrates old, damaged collagen fibers below the skin. New, flexible fibers begin to form during the following weeks, and both wrinkles and post-acne scars begin to smooth themselves out.
Lasers have a further use. Today, they’re rapidly replacing the old resurfacing techniques of grinding or “sanding” the upper layer of the skin. Now, thanks to laser treatments, you can shave off as many as ten or more years from the appearance of your skin, in only a few weeks. Best of all, it’s not necessarily true that recovery from resurfacing always requires a long period under bandages or with reddened skin. Today, doctors can set the length of the laser pulse to be aggressive, where needed; but also very gentle, so that improvements can be made in small steps stretched over several appointments, thereby requiring only a “lunch break” recovery period of a few hours to a couple of days at most.
The newest variation to hit the Czech Republic is fractionalization, or using very fine material, invisible to the naked eye, which is projected into the surface of the skin, working just the same way as the old grinding technique of resurfacing. Because this new material is so fine, healing takes only about a day. The treatment can be repeated a few times, so you can achieve the same result as with the more aggressive resurfacing which is usually done under anesthesia and may require a healing period of several weeks.
So if you’ve been thinking about improving the tone and quality of your skin, removing wrinkles, or erasing acne and its scars, now it’s an even better time to ask a doctor about the latest laser skin treatments. Let that little light shine!