As your largest and most exposed organ, your skin is in an ongoing state of repair and renewal that keeps it strong, resilient, and functional. It works hard to shield you from the elements, help you maintain a normal body temperature, and protect you from germs.
Your skin also helps you put your best face forward — until sun damage, age-related collagen loss, or an inflammatory condition like acne leaves its mark.
If your complexion needs a revitalizing boost, board-certified dermatologist Dr. Patrick Keehan and our team at Keehan Dermatology have the perfect comprehensive solution: CoolPeel® CO2 ablative laser resurfacing. Here’s how it can help you achieve total skin renewal.
Laser skin resurfacing is a simple yet highly effective way to correct early signs of skin aging, reverse the effects of sun damage, diminish the appearance of acne scars and discoloration, and trade dull, dry skin for a vibrant, healthy glow. It works on two levels:
Laser resurfacing uses a specialized applicator to deliver thermal energy into your deep skin layers. These targeted energy waves gently heat your skin cells, prompting them to increase their production of collagen and elastin, the two main building blocks of strong, supple skin.
As your skin’s protein remodeling process unfolds in the days and weeks following your laser treatment, you can expect to see increasingly smoother, even-toned skin that looks brighter, tighter, and more uniform as time goes on.
Laser resurfacing is ablative, too, meaning it also works to renew the surface of your skin for even more dramatic results. The ablative element of the resurfacing process uses ultra-pulsed, fractional energy beams to gently vaporize thin layers of surface tissue, much like a chemical peel or microdermabrasion would.
Because we want you to attain gorgeous skin renewal results with minimal downtime, we use the most advanced ablative resurfacing technology available: The CoolPeel Tetra Pro CO2 laser. With CoolPeel, you can expect one or two days of skin redness following treatment — not a week of intensive healing that’s standard with other ablative lasers.
When it comes to improving the appearance of common skin concerns, laser resurfacing is considered the gold-standard treatment solution. Here are five problems it can treat:
By stimulating long-lasting collagen growth and elastin renewal through every layer, laser resurfacing smooths and tightens your skin. From its refortified foundation to its refreshed surface, it works to diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles — naturally.
Laser resurfacing helps correct sun-damaged skin in two ways: It rebuilds your underlying collagen scaffolding to refresh “crepey” skin and leave your complexion smoother and more uniform; it also minimizes dark spots and other areas of hyperpigmentation.
Minor dark spots may be cleared away through surface ablation, while deeper areas of discoloration are targeted by the laser’s ultra-short energy pulses, which painlessly break up excess pigmentation into tiny particles that gradually fade away.
By triggering a dramatic and sustained collagen and elastin boost, laser skin resurfacing prompts your dermal tissues to reconstruct their foundational structures. As the building blocks that form your dermal tissues are strengthened and tightened, your skin becomes noticeably tighter, firmer, and more resilient, too.
Laser resurfacing can also reduce the appearance of scars, including pitted or raised acne scars. The laser’s targeted energy gently breaks up dense scar tissue; at the same time, the collagen remodeling process it triggers fosters renewed surface smoothness and restored firmness through each dermal layer.
Laser skin resurfacing is one of the most effective ways to revitalize a dull complexion. With its comprehensive “inside-out, outside-in” skin renewal approach, it helps shrink your pores and gives you increasingly smoother, even-toned skin that looks brighter, tighter, and more uniform as time goes on.
Whether you’re looking to smooth lines and wrinkles, minimize acne scars, tighten skin sag, restore textural uniformity, correct pigmentation problems, shrink large pores, brighten your complexion, or all the above, CoolPeel laser resurfacing can get the job done.
To discover what laser resurfacing can do for your skin, schedule a consultation at Keehan Dermatology in Fort Worth, Texas, today.
