We were all born with smooth, baby-soft skin. As we go through life, our skin is subject to numerous experiences that leave it less than perfect eg chicken pox in childhood, acne scars in our teens and beyound. Time, heredity and aging also do their part to create lines and wrinkles. Overexposure to the sun, alcohol use and smoking are all known to significntly accelerate the development of these natural signs of aging. Other surface imperfections, such as moles, warts, superficial skin cancers may also develop over time to mar the skin.
Lasers have a prominent position in dermatology and cosmetic surgery.
Laser assisted surgery has become more popular. Advantages of laser surgery over traditional excisional surgery include a reduction in bruising and swelling during surgery. This high-energy, pulsed CO2 laser is ideally suited to resurfacing skin abnormalities. Laser resurfacing of scars from acne, surgery and trauma have shown results superior to other forms of treatment. Using the laser can remove surface imperfections and dramatically reduce lines and wrinkles, gently removing sun-damaged, aging skin, layer by layer.