Skin rejuvenation procedures recently received a big boost with the launch of DOT (Dermal Optical Thermolysis) fractional laser therapy . This new technology delivers exceptional benefits and leads to greatly decreased healing time.
Problems with Standard Laser Treatments
For several years, wrinkles and sun damage to the skin were treated with the CO2 laser, a laser that used high heat to treat the skin’s outer layers across a large surface area. A long recovery period was required to obtain the desired results. Benefits could only be enjoyed after 10-14 days of pain, and symptoms typically were similar to those associated with second-degree burns. Months of enduring a pinkish-red tinge to the skin followed. A small percentage of patients also experienced permanent skin whitening or excessive skin pigment.
Advantages of DOT Laser Therapy
A new technology that combines the older fractional laser technology and the CO2 laser has come on the scene in the form of the DOT fractional laser. This new treatment goes more deeply into the skin than fractional lasers, while delivering more rapid healing than the CO2 laser.
DOT fractional laser therapy takes advantage of the body's healing response to work its wonders. The laser creates rows of microscopic laser wounds across the skin, leaving untreated areas between these rows; the treatment works on the lower layer of collagen, which starts to repair itself in line with the body’s healing process. Unlike traditional laser work, only the skin’s surface contains the miniscule laser wounds.
Improved Patient Outcomes
After a few days have passed, it is difficult to even tell that a laser has been used. Since treatment is performed where pain receptors are few and far between, pain is minimized. Skin immediately starts a “renovation” process that begins on the inside and works its way out, generating new collagen. Skin looks firmer and more filled in and even.
The DOT laser’s capabilities, brought together with fractional laser technology, take the laser procedure into dermis’ deeper layers. Risks diminish with the delivery system and the skin whitening and excessive skin pigmentation concerns have not been an issue.
