CO2 Vs. Fraxel Laser: The Difference

Name: CO2 Vs. Fraxel Laser: The Difference
Uploaded: 2025-04-23T14:50:37+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok compares CO2 and Fraxel lasers for skin resurfacing. CO2 was the standard for years, but Fraxel fractional lasers have largely replaced…

23 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok compares CO2 and Fraxel lasers for skin resurfacing. CO2 was the standard for years, but Fraxel fractional lasers have largely replaced it. Fraxel lets you adjust depth and density of tissue removal, creating columns of removed tissue that trigger regrowth, like aerating a yard.

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Carbon dioxide laser had been the standard of care for years. And it's. It's still used. We still use it in certain circumstances, but the fractionated lasers have just leapfrogged over the conventional carbon dioxide lasers. We can set the fraxel to any depth. It goes right through the skin, right from the outer layers of skin, through the basement membrane, which is where the stem cells are out, all the way through the epidermis into the collagen, the deep dermis, and even in the subcutaneous tissue. So we get any depth we want with fraxel, based on how we set the settings, and then we have a certain density of tissue that remove. So imagine when you aerate your yard, but your. You aerate your yard and actually pulls little plugs out of the yard and actually stimulates growth. Fraxel does the same thing.