Dr. Virden uses the Sciton Erbium laser to treat sun damage, wrinkes or scars.

Reasons for Considering Laser Skin Resurfacing:

•    Reduce or remove facial wrinkles, creases, and lines.
•    Improve sun-damaged skin.
•    Correct pigmentation problems and spots.
•    Effectively treat scars from acne, birthmarks, moles, and tattoos.
•    Tighten skin that has lost elasticity due to aging.
  
  

General Procedure
The Sciton Dual Erbium Laser remains the gold standard for ablative skin resurfacing.  Dr. Virden has performed over 5,000 procedures mainly for deep wrinkle removal, liver spots, sun damage to faces, ears and hands.  This powerful technique will require healing time.  Usually the first week is labor intensive.  The patients are washing the lasered areas regularly every few hours to facilitate healing.  At about 7-10 days, the beautiful new skin appears and the healing process gets much easier.  Now mineral make-up (Jan Iredale) and moisturizers can be applied to the skin.  A pink tint or red color to the skin is normal for about  3 weeks to 3 months.  This pink color to the skin is caused by blood vessels that are laying down “new” collagen.  This filling in of wrinkles will take approximately 3 months. 

Laser surgery can be limited to the areas around the eyes such as “crows feet”, below the eyes, the glabella area, forehead lines, mouth lines or the entire face.  It helps remove wrinkles and lines or sun damage.  Pigment damage seen with the outdated CO2 laser in not seen with the Sciton Laser. 

Recovery Process
Generally, post-operative instructions call for plenty of rest and limited movement in order to speed up the healing process and recovery time.  Ointment is applied to the affected area immediately following surgery in order to aid with the healing process, minimize swelling and control the risk of infection.  The skin will be red and ooze for about 7-10 days.  There is little discomfort with this laser resurfacing process.

Any pain associated with the surgery can be treated with oral medication.  While complications are rare, patients can minimize potential problems by carefully following the post-operative instructions.  Recovery time varies with the extent of the resurfacing and the number of areas treated.

If you think that you may be a candidate for Laser Resurfacing, contact Dr. Virden and his staff to schedule a consultation by calling 1-866-344-3363 or click here to schedule a consultation.

We also have a non-ablative skin resurfacing laser by Syneron.

Syneron’s  Emax Laser System
The Emax System allows our office the ability to offer you treatments to safely and effectively treat a wider range of hair colors, skin textures and skin tones with many options.  This procedure can be performed in the Renovation Medical Spa with no down time.  Avoiding the sun after the procedure is critical and each treatment should be performed approximately 5 or 8 times for best results.

Ultra-Fast Hair Reduction: This efficiently reduces unwanted hair on lip areas, chin areas, bikini areas, backs, legs, underarms and other areas you have unwanted hair.

 ReFirm Skin Tightening/Wrinkle Reduction:  This treatment reduces wrinkles, tightens and firms skin tone and lax skin.  We can achieve exceptional, immediate results with this dual treatment.

Acne Treatment:  This treatment reduces sebaceous glands and destroys active acne.

Skin Rejuvenation/FotoFacial RF:  This treatment rejuvenates the appearance of all skin types by treating superficial benign vascular and pigmented skin lesions including telangiectasias, symptoms of rsaccea and angioma.  You will see a significant result for sun damaged skin and lift pigmentation on your face, neck and chest areas.

If you think that you may be a candidate for Laser Resurfacing, contact Dr. Virden and his staff to schedule a consultation by calling 1-866-344-3363 or click here to schedule a consultation.