1927 and 1550 Lasers: The Differences

Name: 1927 and 1550 Lasers: The Differences
Uploaded: 2024-04-24T20:00:27+00:00
Duration: 39 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains the Fraxel Dual laser's two wavelengths. The 1550 nm laser reaches deeper collagen while 1927 nm treats the surface epidermis…

24 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains the Fraxel Dual laser's two wavelengths. The 1550 nm laser reaches deeper collagen while 1927 nm treats the surface epidermis. Skin thickness varies by location: under-eye is 300-600 micrometers, the nose tip around 1100.

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1550 nm and 1927 nm.

1550 nm primarily targets deeper collagen.

1927 nm targets the superficial epidermis.

Around 2010–2011.

About 1000 microns (≈1 mm).

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The Fraxel laser has two different wavelengths. It's called the Fraxel Dual. There's a 1550 laser, which is really the workhorse that passed, say, 17 of the last 20 years in the 1927, which is more a newer laser technology added around 2010 or 11. We use these together. It allows to target both the deep collagen and the superficial epidermis. So to put in perspective of depth, your skin is little less than a millimeter thick, or we'd call a thousand microns. A thousand microns is a millimeter approximately. The skin on the under eyes might be 3 to 600 microns deep. And then the tip of the nose might be more like 1100 microns around the mouth, about a thousand microns.