When was Fraxel first introduced (as stated in the video)?

Name: The History of Fraxel Laser
Uploaded: 2025-09-30T16:01:12+00:00
Duration: 25 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: This YouTube video (The History of Fraxel Laser) features Dr. Charles Mok narrating the clinical development and impact of Fraxel and related devices…

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The History of Fraxel Laser

30 Sept 2025 · 0 min

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This YouTube video (The History of Fraxel Laser) features Dr. Charles Mok narrating the clinical development and impact of Fraxel and related devices (Clarion Brilliant). The speaker states Fraxel was introduced around 2004 in the US, contrasts traditional full skin resurfacing (removing the entire skin surface with long downtime and higher risk) with fractional resurfacing (ablating microscopic columns of skin for controlled, faster healing), and notes the procedure's historical significance as a breakthrough that reduced downtime and complications.

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Around 2004.

So the Clarion Brilliant is made by a company, makes the Fraxel. Fraxel has been around since 04, one of the first systems in the US and it's changed. It went for the Fraxel and it was really difficult, complicated procedure to do five times. But it was a breakthrough technology because it fractionally resurfaced the skin. Resurfacing the skin means taking the skin off, which really is a big downtime and big risk, versus fractionally doing where we take out pieces of the skin at a time with a laser and very controlled heal really fast.