FotoFacial™ Intense Pulsed-Light (IPL) Treatments
Skin rejuvenation with no-downtime. Intense Pulsed Light
provides lasting visible improvement in your skin with no-downtime
and high safety.
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Actual FotoFacial™ Patient.
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FotoFacial™ treatments are full face, neck and/or chest
treatments using pulses of intense light to resolve facial
redness, flushing, pigment problems, and sun damage. New collagen
growth is stimulated to improve skin texture, increase skin
smoothness and reduce pore size.
The benefits of FotoFacial™ treatments are consistent,
visible improvement in the skin with no downtime, no discomfort,
and high safety.
FotoFacial™ treatments were developed and first introduced
by Board-certified dermatologist, Patrick Bitter Jr. MD as
a non-invasive method to rejuvenate and improve skin with
no downtime. Dr. Paul Van Camp has trained with Dr. Bitter
and the FotoFacial™ technique is offered at Aesthetics
MD where we have the experience of thousands of successful
FotoFacial Intense Pulsed-Light treatments.
FotoFacial™ uses a non-laser pulsed-light medical
device, (the Quantum-SR, or Photoderm devices by Lumenis).
These deliver a series of pulses of broad spectrum light
to the skin. Specific settings are selected for each treatment
to maximize improvement. A series of five treatments are
performed at three-week intervals.
Medical lasers deliver just one pure wavelength (color)
of light to treat one specific type of skin problem. The
IPL devices deliver a broad band of pulsed light, so several
types of improvement can be achieved in one treatment series.
These improvements are seen in three categories
- Redness and flushing With FotoFacial™ treatments
the embarrassing redness and flushing of rosacea can be
dramatically reduced. It is the single best treatment method
for Rosacea and facial redness. Fine visible networks of ìspider
veinsî on the face respond well to FotoFacial.
- Brown age spots and blotchy brown dyspigmentation also
improve markedly with FotoFacial treatments. While there
are alternative treatments for age spots and dyspigmentation
(erbium laser resurfacing, Fraxel, and others) FotoFacials
are often the best choice when there is a mixture of redness
and brown pigment.
- Skin smoothness, coarse pores and sun damage. FotoFacial
Intense Pulsed-Light treatments stimulate repair mechanisms
deep in the skin to rebuild damaged skin structures. Pores
become smaller, skim becomes smoother and overall quality
and appearance improves. And all these 3 areas of improvement
occur simultaneously through one treatment series.
What are the indications for the FotoFacial™? FotoFacial™ treatments
are beneficial in all of the following:
What are the indications for the FotoFacial™? FotoFacial™ treatments
are beneficial in all of the following:
- Treatments effectively reduce redness and flushing.
- Reduction of visible small spider veins and broken vessels.
- Removal of abnormal pigment, freckles, and age-spots.
- Sun damage (photo-aging) is markedly improved.
- Treatments reduce fine wrinkling and skin roughness.
- Enlarged pores are reduced and skin texture is improved.
- Treatments reduce irregular pigment for a more even skin
tone.
- For rosacea, FotoFacial™ treatments reduce the
overall redness, flushing and dilated capillaries and improve
the breakouts of this common chronic facial condition.
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Here is the same patient after three
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What areas can be treated?
FotoFacial™ treatments can be used on any part of
the skin. They are especially effective for improving the
appearance of the face, neck, chest and the backs of hands.
What results can I expect?
You can expect to see a gradual decrease in overall redness,
flushing and dilated capillaries. People with visible aging
from the sun can expect to see their skin become smoother
with a decrease in fine wrinkles, reduction in pore size,
and fading of sunspots. Many people with rosacea see an improvement
in breakouts and may be able to decrease or discontinue their
medications.
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are FotoFacial™ treatments like?
Each treatment takes approximately 30 minutes. A topical
anesthetic, ELA-MAXÆ, is applied 30 to 60 minutes before
treatment so there is almost no discomfort. Immediately following
a treatment, the skin may appear red and flushed and tiny
capillaries may appear more visible. These changes gradually
fade over a period of hours to a few days. Brown spots at
first appear darker. After several days they begin to flake
off. There is no purpura (bruising or discoloration). The
skin is not broken by the treatment.
How soon will I see results?
After your first treatment, your skin will feel smoother
and will have a more even tone. These improvements are gradual
and will become more visible after each treatment. Five treatments
are performed for optimal results. Some patients will benefit
from additional treatments.
Who are the best candidates for FotoFacial™ treatments?
People who suffer from Rosacea and experience flushing and
redness of their skin.
People with all types of sun damage who desire healthier,
more youthful appearing skin.
People who desire skin rejuvenation but cannot take the
time off to heal from laser resurfacing or chemical peels.
(See information about Fraxel treatmetns as another alternative.
Persons who desire more profound improvement in wrinkles,
or those with deep pigment such as melasma, may achieve even
better results with Fraxel.)
FotoFacial™ treatments can also be beneficial after
laser resurfacing or facelift surgery to improve the results.
FotoFacial™ treatments can be used in conjunction with
MicroLaser Peels or other treatments to enhance the overall
results through synergy of the combined modalities.
With FotoFacial™ treatments there is less discomfort
and no downtime or disruptions to your normal activities.
The end result of FotoFacial™ treatments is smoother,
healthier and younger-appearing skin.
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