Fraxel

Fraxel Laser Treatment is a line of lasers developed by Reliant Technologies in 2004. It was developed from a US patent licensed from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine. R. Rox Anderson was the inventor. Fraxel lasers cause fractional photothermolysis for skin resurfacing.

Doctor performs Fraxel laser procedure

Complications observed in a study of 961 fractional laser treatments included acne and herpes outbreaks.[1] There have also been anecdotal negative accounts of bad scarring and hyperpigmentation following the use of fraxel lasers.[2]

References
  1. Graber, Emmy M.; Tanzi, Elizabeth L.; Alster, Tina S. (March 2008). "Side Effects and Complications of Fractional Laser Photothermolysis: Experience with 961 Treatments". Dermatologic Surgery. 34 (3): 301–307. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34062.x. PMID 18190541.
  2. Hoene, Christine. "Adverse Effects Fraxel Repair". realself.com. RealSelf, Inc. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  • Hantash BM, Bedi VP, Kapadia B, Rahman Z, Jiang K, Tanner H, Chan KF, Zachary CB (2007) , Lasers Surg Med. 2007 Feb;39(2):96-107.
  • Chan KF, Frangineas G, Dewey D, DeBenedictis LC (2012) , US Patent 8,286,640; , US Patent 8,313,481, filed November 29, 2010.
  • Hantash BM, Chan KF (2012) , US Patent 8,323,253, filed February 22, 2008.
  • Chan KF, DeBenedictis LC (2013) , US Patent 8,435,234, filed November 7, 2007.
  • Chan KF, Hantash BM, Herron GS, Bedi VP, (2014) , US Patent 8,690,863, filed October 10, 2006.
  • Elizabeth L. Tanzi, Rungsima Wanitphakdeedecha, Tina S. Alster (November–December 2008). Fraxel Laser Indications and Long-Term Follow-Up, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, vol 28, Issue 6, pp. 675–678. Accessed June 19, 2010
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