Dr. Lorrie Klein’s Blog

I am very pleased to announce we are the first office in South Orange County and one of the first nationwide to offer the Fraxel CO2 re:pair laser, the most advanced skin rejuvenation treatment available on the market today.  Results of a Fraxel re:pair laser treatment approach the tightening and wrinkle removal that we normally see only after a facelift, with very few complications and limited downtime.

While we still love our Fraxel re:store (the gentler Fraxel we’ve been using for over 2 years), this new Fraxel re:pair will help treat deeper wrinkles plus tighten skin!

As opposed to traditional CO2 resurfacing lasers which ablate 100% of the skin (vaporize and remove it all at once), leading to extended downtime, wound care and high risk of complications, the Fraxel re:pair Laser is the first CO2 laser to treat the skin fractionally and deeply. The Fraxel re:pair lays down thousands of tiny microscopic wounds in the skin, penetrating much deeper than traditional ablative lasers, but leaving the cells around these tiny wounds untouched. The tissue in each of the microscopic wounds is removed with the use of the CO2 energy.  The healthy tissue surrounding the wounds then contracts which leads to immediate tissue tightening.  This spared tissue between treatment zones also promotes rapid healing while stimulating collagen production in the deep layers and new epidermal cells in the top layer.

Fraxel re:pair laser treats:
 
• Wrinkles- mild, moderate and deep
• Skin tone, texture and pore size
• Skin laxity (tightens and smoothes skin)
• Severe sun damage
• Pigmented lesions and skin discoloration
• Acne scars and surgical scars

We will be having a Night of Beauty featuring the Fraxel CO2 re:pair laser on October 30, 2008 from 6-8 m at the Doubletree Hotel, Doheny Beach in Dana Point.  Join us for refreshments, gifts and a chance to win a free Fraxel laser treatment.  We will also be offering discounts for treatments scheduled that evening.  Attendance is limited so please call to RSVP if you would like to attend: 949-363-1788.

I am very excited to announce that we are the first office in South Orange County to have the Fraxel CO2 Re:pair Laser.  This is a new laser that became available this year, that takes the regular Fraxel (now known as the Fraxel “re:store” to the next level.  Best of all, you will only need 1 treatment!

Many of you may be familiar with the old CO2 lasers that did a great job in removing wrinkles and scars but had several weeks of down time, left the skin red for months and had a high incidence of depigmentation (loss of color.)  Because of these effects the CO2 laser fell out of favor among both physicians and patients and many physicians such as myself stopped using it.

The Fraxel CO2 re:pair laser combines fractionalized laser technology with CO2 technology to give us the best of both worlds: deeper, more effective treatment of wrinkles and scars, plus great skin tightening (some researchers feel it might eventually replace face lifts) with the faster healing and decreased down time of Fraxel, with just 1 treatment.

Yes, there will be some downtime (everything is always a compromise!), but it will be only 3-5 days, not weeks.  Also, according to the company there has not been any reports of depigmentation to date.

We will be ready to start treating patients in a few weeks.   Call my office at 949-363-1788 if you would like to be put on our interest list for this incredible treatment (no obligation, we’ll just let you know when we start scheduling treatments.)  I will have an informational handout and page on my website shortly.  We will also be havng an informational seminar October 30th in the evening.  More information to follow. 

Send your comments or questions if you have any.