Patent ID: 8545489

Claim:
A method for reducing skin, the method comprising: identifying a patch of skin to be treated; covering the patch of skin with a mask comprising a masking panel and a navicular or elliptical shaped array of mask openings in the masking panel, each of the openings having a navicular or elliptical shape, the array of mask openings comprising first and second ends, first and second sides, a longitudinal axis, a first length measured between the first and second ends of the array, and a first width measured between the first and second sides of the array, the first length extending in a same direction as the longitudinal axis and being greater than the first width, each of the mask openings comprising first and second ends, first and second sides, a long axis, a second length measured between the first and second ends of the opening, and a second width measured between the first and second sides of the opening, the second length extending in a same direction as the long axis and being greater than the second width, the long axis of each of the openings being parallel with the longitudinal axis of the array; and removing portions of skin aligned with the mask openings to reduce the area of the patch of skin.