Photorejuvenation is a skin treatment that uses lasers, intense pulsed light or photodynamic therapy to treat skin conditions and remove effects of photoaging, such as wrinkles, spots and uneven texture, by inducing controlled wounds that prompt the skin to heal itself and create new cells. The technique was invented by Thomas L. Roberts III using carbon dioxide lasers in the 1990s; observed complications have included scarring, hyperpigmentation, acne and herpes.
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Is light-based skin rejuvenation as strong as older laser resurfacing?
Non-ablative light methods are gentler with quicker recovery, but not as effective as ablative laser resurfacing.
Intense pulsed light, one of the technologies used in photorejuvenation, belongs to the non-ablative group of skin resurfacing systems. DermNet NZ explains that non-ablative systems target only the dermis and leave the epidermis intact, and that their results are not as effective as ablative laser resurfacing, though their excellent safety profile and rapid recovery have made them popular. Continuous wave carbon dioxide laser resurfacing, used through the 1980s and 1990s, gave excellent results but frequent and predictable side effects, including redness and swelling, skin discoloration, infections, herpes simplex and scarring.
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Photorejuvenation is a skin treatment that uses lasers, intense pulsed light, or photodynamic therapy to treat skin conditions and remove effects of photoaging such as wrinkles, spots, and textures.
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IPL is used to treat dyschromia, rosacea, melasma, acne, photodamage, vascular and pigmented lesions, and rhytides.
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IPL is used to treat dyschromia, rosacea, melasma, acne, photodamage, vascular and pigmented lesions, and rhytides.
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It is used for the treatment of wrinkles, solar lentigenes, sun damage, scarring (acne scars and surgical scars), stretch marks, actinic keratosis, and telangiectasias.
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