Cosmetic Laser Surgery

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Use of lasers in the world of cosmetic surgery was rather accidental. But it has proven to be a revolutionary event, giving people an alternative from scary deep knife cuts and suture scars from traditional cosmetic surgery procedures. Cosmetic laser surgical procedures are in high demands, though costly.

How does Lasers work?

Lasers emit a monochromatic that is of one wavelength, highly coherent beam of light. This is directed towards the targeted tissues, which could be of many types, to generate intense heat. Heat breaks down the tissues and destroys them, without affecting the surrounding areas. For different treatments through lasers, different tissues are addressed with different intensity and wavelength.

Cosmetic Laser Surgery Procedures –

Acne Treatment : Blue spectrum light energy is targeted at acne prone areas. It penetrates the outer dermal tissues into the cause of bacteria infected tissues. It takes less than 30 minutes to treat an entire face. There are no side-effects and downtime is non-existent.

Age Spot Removal : The brown spots appear on akin as a result of aging and sun exposure. Add in diet, lifestyle and work routine, your skin is in deep trouble. Laser beam feels cool against skin, but breaks down the pigmentation tissues when it penetrates the skin. It requires 2 or 3 sessions, at least each week apart, to produce effective, more durable results.

Facial Hair Removal : Carefully adjusted spectrums and power, laser is focused on melanin and hair roots. It heats up the tissues, causing hair growth, and breaks down the cells. Skill is in focusing only on follicles and not surrounding tissues. It takes only 15-20 minutes to treat your face. Effective results need follow-up treatments, but last few years.

Scar Removal : For cosmetic laser surgery to be effective, your surgeon needs to carefully examine the category of your scar, keloid, hypertrophic or acne scars, and your skin type. This affects the wavelength and the intensity to be power-calibrated into your skin. Technically, intensified light focused onto the deep tissues triggers the natural collagen production, which previously was disrupted. Skin thickens and scar area resembles the surrounding tissues. 

Skin Resurfacing : This laser technique helps you get rid of the signs of aging like wrinkles, age spots, and rough uneven skin surface. It requires multiple sessions to carefully plan what you expect from surgery. Laser skin resurfacing stimulates the natural collagen growth and removes outer dermal tissues layer to reveal softer, more youthful skin. Treatment results last usually 4-6 months.

Cosmetic Laser Surgery Candidacy –

Your surgeon will evaluate your medical history thoroughly before giving you a clean chit. Any signs of poor healing capacity, allergies, active skin infections, under medication of certain drugs and prone to abnormal scarring will weigh against your suitability. Also dark complexion is also not favored for laser treatments.

Risks of Cosmetic Laser Surgery –

As with all surgeries, cosmetic laser treatments are not free of risks but are less prone to major risks. Bleeding and anesthesia infection are avoided. However, scarring, hyper pigmentation or lightening of skin, reddening of skin, flushing or burning of skin in severe cases. Though with advanced laser technology, these risks are minuscule.
 
Recovery from Cosmetic Laser Surgery –

Downtime is considerably reduced to few days. However, certain precautions need to be kept in mind after the laser surgery. Sun exposure must be avoided to prevent pigmentation. Cosmetics should be avoided in subsequent days from surgery. One can resume normal course within few days of surgery.

With advent of new, extensively precise and harmless laser technology cosmetic surgery treatments are now more popular. Fast recovery and low risks of laser surgery has pulled a large market in cosmetic surgery.