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Laser treatments are typically performed by a doctor-supervised esthetician. While devices used for skin tightening do vary in method, they all expect to achieve similar results. These procedures usually are performed in monthly treatments and results can be seen gradually over several months. Since the improvement is gradual, it is recommended that a [...]
Laser hair removal treatment? How it works.
Before laser hair removal treatments became popular, electrolysis was the only form of long term or permanent hair removal available. Electrolysis is still performed today even though it is painful to the patient and invasive to the skin, allowing for the possibility of infection. During the electrolysis procedure, a [...]
Inside The Cosmetic Laser & IPL Forums of Medical Spa MD
Medical Spa MD’s plastic surgery and cosmetic dermatology forums are the scene of an unlikely brouhaha that’s more than just uncommon in medicine, it’s unheard of.
Growing increasingly frustrated by what cosmetic surgeons see as a totally manufactured silence and infuriating lack of clinical support from [...]
Palomars Starlux 2940 vs. C02 Ablation Lasers
Cosmetic dermatology, plastic surgeons, medical spas and their patients will be hearing more and more about fractional skin resurfacing technologies like ActiveFX, DeepFX, Starlux 1540, Starlux 2940, Fraxel Repair.
To grasp the significance of these new laser skin resurfacing devices some minor understanding of the technologies of cosmetic laser [...]
Cosmetic Dermatologists and IPL Intense Pulsed Light
Cosmetic dermatologists and plastic surgeons have embraced IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) devices to treat wrinkles, pigment, and other issues that generally fall into the realm of cosmetic medicine.
Intense Pulsed Light Devices (IPLs) differ significantly from lasers in the way that they deliver energy into the skin providing a “feathering” [...]
