FAQ's about Pixel in Philadelphia, Center City, Ardmore at Shanti Medspa

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What is a Pixel treatment?
The Pixel is designed to improve the quality and texture of the skin while it stimulates collagen regeneration. Laser skin resurfacing is a procedure commonly used to restore a youthful appearance to wrinkled, prematurely aged , or sun damaged skin. While results can be excellent, laser resurfacing Can be painful and have extended downtime. in the past people have sometimes been housebound and unable to return to work for months at a time.

What are the Benefits?
The Pixel treatment offers results comparable to laser resurfacing without the discomfort or need for lengthy recuperation, It is the next generation of laser skin resurfacing that helps to improve skin texture, tone and firmness, smooths wrinkles. and reduces pore size and scars including acne scars without the downtime and discomfort associated with other resurfacing lasers.

What areas can be treated?
Any area the skin can be treated that has surface irregularities, including: wrinkles, acne scars, and stretchmarks. Common areas treated include the face, neck, chest , thighs, hands and arms.

How many treatments are necessary?
Generally, treatment involves three to six sessions at three week intervals. Pixel is often bundled with other light based therapies to achieve optimum results, such as The Fotofacial and the Laxity skin tightening procedure.

Does the Pixel treatment hurt?
There is little or no discomfort during the treatment. Most commonly, clients feel some slight warmth with the pulse of the laser. Clients experience a sunburn like sensation afterward that is easily neutralized with a gentle moisturiser.

Is there any downtime with the procedure/
Typically, there is little to no downtime associated with the treatment. Make up can be applied immediately afterward. Some flaking can be experienced for one or two days with full recovery in about five days. Your skin will look better within days following the treatment, and will steadily improve over the next few months. Click here to see the Pixel

Pixel Laser Skin Resurfacing-Philadelphia-Shanti Medspa

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Cosmetic physicians continue to search for innovative ways to improve aging skin. As the years go marching by , our skin starts to show wear and tear characterized by blotchy pigmentation, broken capillaries, and a sallow yellowish complexion. Our skin texture deteriorates with enlarged pores intersected with fine lines and wrinkles, in addition to the ravages of acne scars. Sun exposure, excessive alcohol, and poor diet simply accelerate this process of collagen and elastin loss. It has been estimated that we lose 1% of our dermal collagen each year after age 20 and that this rate of loss doubles in sun exposed skin.

The gold standard for wrinkle effacement is the CO2 (carbon dioxide) laser. A CO2 laser procedure burns the epidermis off, and heats up the underlying dermis during the ablative procedure. A patient who undergoes CO@ laser resurfacing requires anesthesia and also faces a long period of recovery due to the wound that is created in the process. Unfortunately, it is also not uncommon to have areas of lightening of the skin tone called hypopigmentation. this whiter skin can appear as blotchy areas without any pigment, and is is permanent. In addition, the patients skin also looks like something has been done to it as it appears similar to a mannequin. It is fairly easy to spot the women running around Palm Springs who have had this procedure done as they look like ghosts. Some even suffer with an entity called post laser resurfacing erythema which is an extended period of red, flushed skin. Unless you like to look like an old leather shoe, I don t think that the risks associated with this procedure are justified.

In order to overcome these technical drawbacks, doctors now have a new device called the Pixel laser to provide textural and skin tone improvements for their patients. this device creates thousands of tiny perforations in the skin, similar to pore sizes. this procedure is called fractional laser resurfacing The skin around each of these perforations remains intact, and the epidermis raipidly heals from the edge of these tiny holes only a fraction of the skin is resurfaced each time. The patient who undergoes a Pixel treatment will only be red for one or two days and does not require any anaesthetic for the procedure. Makeup can be applied immediately, so there is really no downtime, which is very attractive to most patients. Furthermore, hypopigmentation has not been described with this laser. the only downside of the procedure is that it must be repeated several times for optimal results because only a portion of the total skin surface is treated during each pass. However, it is my experience that patients prefer multiple visits with no downtime or risk over a single treatment that involves remaining home for an extended period of time in hiding.

Another benefit of fractional laser resurfacing is that it can be done on thin skinned areas such as the neck and decollete. CO2 laser resurfacing could not be done on these areas due to excessive scarring risks. Pixel treatments can be done on virtually any area of the body in a quick and painless office-based treatment with no anaesthetic required.

In our office, we use the Pixel laser skin fractional resurfacing on any areas of the body . We have been very pleased with the results of smoother, glowing skin with virtually no risk to the patient or any downtime. See a video of pixel treatment

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FAQ's about Pixel in Philadelphia, Center City, Ardmore at Shanti Medspa

Pixel Laser Skin Resurfacing-Philadelphia-Shanti Medspa