Hello, I’m taken with laser resurfacing. Are you able to inform me if there are any explicit lasers that are secure to make use of on the pores and skin when you’ve got an autoimmune illness?
I’ve no monetary ties to this firm and in the event you’d wish to see my photographs of me 1 day submit process, please see our Instagram @conciergedermatologyandlaser. The entire science and expertise of pores and skin restore and upkeep has modified quickly previously 2 many years. It continues to progress. Thermomechanical power could also be a brand new technique to accomplish pores and skin rejuvenation.
All of the applied sciences beneath depend on power/warmth switch which then creates a really selective, managed pores and skin harm that stimulates restore, in a wholesome method, to rebuild pores and skin. The important thing to that is the selective and managed half! That is true whether or not it’s a lightweight, sound, or radiofrequency primarily based therapy. Depth issues. Extra superficial remedies will give extra superficial outcomes. Usually, lasers switch power/warmth and are normally focused to a “chromophore”.
Usually, it actually is dependent upon which autoimmune illness you could have. Most lasers are secure with autoimmune illness and a few may even assist right issues because of the illness. RF is somewhat trickier relying once more on which illness. Attempt to discover a dermatologist who’s skilled in aesthetics who is also board licensed in inside drugs. There are fairly just a few of us.
Lasers & BBL/IPLs
Lasers and BBL/IPL have been in use for 30 years and are a staple of pores and skin restore and upkeep. They provide constant efficiency for wrinkles, redness, flushing, dilated blood vessels, hair removing, zits scars, texture, resurfacing, brown spots, pores and skin tightening, tattoo removing, and extra.
Radiofrequency
Radiofrequency (RF) is newer, however has been used now for about 20 years and continues to enhance and evolve. The important thing to this know-how is to tell apart between the different sorts comparable to lengthy pulse with microneedling (like Profound) and brief pulse with microneedling (extra superficial like Morpheus 8, and many others.); the older monopolar (like Thermage) and different older bipolar programs.
Every firm is making an attempt to provide you with one thing new and higher. Up to now, apart from Profound which is deeper and requires injectable numbing, there actually isn’t a lot distinction within the outcomes of the radiofrequency or ultrasound primarily based programs. In consequence, these applied sciences supply no or minimal downtime, but additionally supply minimal outcomes.
Thermomechanical
Now there’s something new, “Tixel”, which is a thermomechanical tech system made in Germany and is now FDA authorized right here. “Tixel” is delivered by very excessive warmth with a particular insulated tip and an extended microsecond pulse than a Co2 laser creates a selective rejuvenating pores and skin harm. The benefit is much less discomfort and fewer downtime. It stays to be seen if it truly creates glorious outcomes. I’ll be researching and reporting on this over the following few months.
I Hope this Helps,
Brandith Irwin, MD
Concierge Dermatology & Laser, Seattle
Founding father of SkinTour
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