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Fotofacial Intense Pulsed Light treatments reduce the sign of aging and sun damage and restore natural beauty to your skin with no downtime.
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The Fotofacial treatment regimen consists of a series of five full-face treatments with intense, non-laser visible light (Photoderm). This series of treatments helps reduce redness and flushing, diminish brown spots and blotchiness, and improve skin texture.
Fotofacial treatments were developed and first introduced by a Board-certified dermatologist, Dr. Patrick Bitter, as a non-ablative technique for rejuvenation with no downtime.
A non-laser intense pulsed light source, Eclipse (Candela), is used for Fotofacial treatments. This device has been used since the mid 1990’s to safely and effectively treat blood vessels, redness, birthmarks, rosacea, leg veins and other conditions. With the introduction of the Fotofacial, multiple, gentle, whole face Photoderm treatments are performed at three week intervals in order to improve signs of aging and sun damage (photodamage).
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What conditions may be improved with Fotofacial?
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- Facial redness and flushing
- Broken blood vessels
- Blotchy or irregular skin pigmentation
- Fotofacial treatments improve sun damage and may help lighten melasma
(hormone-related dark patches)
- Brown spots/freckles
- Fine wrinkling
- Smoother skin texture is noted after treatments
- Rosacea
- Enlarged pores
- Many patients have noted improvements in pore size after a series of Fotofacial treatments however this result is variable
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Can Fotofacial be used on areas other than the face?
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Fotofacial treatments are an excellent way to reduce erythema (redness) and improve blotchy pigmentation that commonly occurs on the sun-exposed areas of the chest and neck.
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What are the advantages of Fotofacial over chemical peels and microdermabrasion?
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Chemical peels, laser resurfacing, and microdermabrasion do not improve redness, flushing or enlarged/dilated blood vessels. Fotofacial is an excellent treatment for such redness and flushing on the face, neck and chest. Also with Fotofacial, there is less discomfort, no downtime and immediate return to normal activities. Fotofacials may be used in combination with microdermabrasion or chemical peels in order to enhance results of these procedures. Fotofacials have been demonstrated to stimulate new collagen production and thus may have more long lasting effects than microdermabrasion or chemical peels. Fotofacial may also be used in conjunction with other non-ablative laser procedures such as Smoothbeam or Vbeam, and may be combined with Botox.
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What are the advantages of Fotofacial over chemical peels and microdermabrasion?
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Chemical peels, laser resurfacing, and microdermabrasion do not improve redness, flushing or enlarged/dilated blood vessels. Fotofacial is an excellent treatment for such redness and flushing on the face, neck and chest. Also with Fotofacial, there is less discomfort, no downtime and immediate return to normal activities. Fotofacials may be used in combination with microdermabrasion or chemical peels in order to enhance results of these procedures. Fotofacials have been demonstrated to stimulate new collagen production and thus may have more long lasting effects than microdermabrasion or chemical peels. Fotofacial may also be used in conjunction with other non-ablative laser procedures such as CoolTouch or Vbeam, and may be combined with Botox.
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Who are good candidates for Fotofacial?
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- People who suffer from redness, easy flushing or rosacea as well as brown spots from sun damage.
- People with mild sun damage and early signs of aging.
- People who are unable to take time off to heal from a more invasive procedure such as laser resurfacing or a chemical peel.
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Series of 3 Photofacial Treatments
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Pre-treatment and Post-treatment
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Before and After Photos for Fotofacials
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