What Is Fraxel Laser Treatment?

Name: What Is Fraxel Laser Treatment?
Uploaded: 2024-04-23T12:00:38+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: This content was created by Dr. Charles Mok. This content was uploaded by Dr. Charles Mok. This is a YouTube video titled "What Is Fraxel Laser…

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This content was created by Dr. Charles Mok. This content was uploaded by Dr. Charles Mok. This is a YouTube video titled "What Is Fraxel Laser Treatment?" (created 2024-04-23) containing an informational/explanatory segment in which a presenter (labeled SPEAKER A) discusses Fraxel laser therapy and combining it with various biostimulatory agents. The speaker provides historical context (Fraxel in use for ~20 years; early North American use around 2004), explains that Fraxel supplanted carbon dioxide (CO2) ablative lasers, and compares outcomes, risks, downtime, and typical healing timelines for ablative versus newer fractional approaches.

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About 20 years.

Around 2004.

About a week to 10 days, sometimes two weeks.

Red for a couple months.

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So I want to talk about FRAXEL laser and bio stimulation with different bio stimulatory agents done at the same time. Now, Fraxel has been around for 20 years, many different versions of it. We were one of the first users of FRAXEL in North America back in 2004. There was a unique laser that replaced the previous gold standard, which was a carbon dioxide laser. Now, the carbon dioxide laser was great for skin tightening and skin remodeling, but had a substantial downtime. It was called ablative laser. Things like bleeding, possibility of infections. You had to take antibiotics and downtime was substantial. The healing took about a week to 10 days, two weeks in some cases, and the skin was red for a couple months.