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The skin is not only the body's largest organ, it's also the one that best regenerates itself. At least, that's its ideal. When we are young, our skin is constantly renewing itself by producing new cells and shedding the old ones. As a result our skin looks young because it is young. The skin you wear today is not the same skin you wore just a month ago. However, as we age, our skin sheds and renews itself at a slower rate, meaning that our skin looks older because it is older.
However, you do not have to accept this state of affairs. Instead, cosmetic skin resurfacing can hurry the process again, leading to a younger, healthier appearance to your skin. However, not all skin resurfacing options are the same, and in selecting your skin resurfacing, you should choose carefully.
Dermabrasion
Dermabrasion is just the wearing away of the skin with a small wheel similar to a very fine circular sander. It represents the most straightforward skin resurfacing treatment available, and it provides sufficient, but necessarily the best, treatment for irregular skin texture, especially used for mediation of wrinkles, acne scars, or scars from injury.
Chemical Peels
Chemical peels, especially light peels with fruit acids, can not only remove the layers of dead skin, but can moisturize the skin and remedy not only wrinkles, but also skin discoloration and acne. Chemical peels are less useful for scar mediation, but because they can be very low impact, they can be used constantly for subtle improvement of the face's texture and complexion.
Laser Skin Resurfacing
Laser skin resurfacing utilizes a laser to burn away the top layers of the skin, exposing the younger, fresher layers of skin below. When the skin heals, it responds to the trauma of losing its outer layer by tightening up its collagen, which also begins the process of new collagen production. Since collagen is the primary component of skin volume and strength, the new skin is stronger and healthier, and more even than the old skin.
Fractional Laser Resurfacing
The main disadvantage to laser skin resurfacing is that in order to achieve the best results, it requires a deep penetration into the skin. The result of this is that the skin is seriously injured and may require several weeks or months to heal, and may cause you siginificant pain in the process. Fractional laser resurfacing, also known as Fraxel, seeks to get the positive results of deep resurfacing without the down side by not performing a complete resurfacing. Instead, the laser is used to burn deep columns into the skin, which can stimulate the skin to heal itself, but not forcing the skin to completely regenerate. Fraxel is especially useful in treating acne scarring and other scars that are recessed. Fraxel is also good for correcting skin discoloration, although it may require more treatments than full resurfacing.
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