Photo Genesis or Intelligent Pulsed Light is an innovative way to quickly, safely and comfortably improve your skin’s texture, tone and color on your face, chest, arms, and hands, without topical anesthetics.
The visible light delivered by the Photo Genesis procedure is selectively absorbed by the pigmented spots and red areas on your skin. It’s the heating of the pigmented cells that causes the therapeutic effect.
Immediately following the treatment, the spots may start to darken. Over the course of the next one to three weeks, darkened spots will fade and flake off. Many patients see significant improvement within two to three weeks of treatment. Your complexion will be clearer and younger looking.
Just about everyone has a few obvious brown spots on their skin. Brown age spots, and various brown birthmarks are just a few of the commonly known marks generally referred to as pigmented lesions. The MedLite laser removes these pigments with the energy of light. The specialized light produced by the laser is absorbed by the pigmented lesion. The unwanted pigment is then destroyed, thus removing or lightening the lesion usually in one or two treatments.
The MedLite C-3 Laser also removes unwanted tattoos. Tattoo ink is removed by using a specific wavelength of light which passes into the skin, but is absorbed by the ink. The rapid absorption of light energy causes the tattoo ink to break into tiny particles which can then be removed by the body’s natural filtering systems. The MedLite laser provides maximum tattoo removal while leaving the surrounding skin unharmed.
On average, professional tattoos require 6-8 treatments while amateur tattoos require 4-5 treatments. The number of treatments depends on the amount and type of ink used, and the depth of the ink in the skin.
Since there is the possibility of blistering or scabbing post treatment, repeat treatments can be performed after the treated area is completely healed, which could be 4 to 6 weeks.
Cryosurgery and Electrocautery are the two methods used for removing moles and other skin lesions, including warts and skin tags.
Cryosurgery is controlled destruction of surface tissue lesions (or light moles) by rapid freezing. This method is used mostly on the face because it has very minimal scarring.
Electrocautery is done with a machine called a hyfrecator which removes the lesion by a carefully delivered spark of electricity. Of course, local anesthesia is used for these procedures whenever possible. |
