Dr. Young Award Winning Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon Discusses cO2 laser resurfacing:

Before and After cO2 Laser Resurfacing to improve Crow's Feet by Dr. Young.

Dr. Young Discusses the co2 Laser Resurfacing Procedure in the video below:

To learn more about Dr. Young's co2 Laser Resurfacing Procedures you can follow the links below:

1. Learn More about Laser Resurfacing;
2. General Description of the Different Levels of Laser Resurfacing Anesthesia that we offer. The preferred route is through Intravenous Sedation (with an RN or CRNA);
3. See more co2 Laser Resurfacing Before and After Photos;
4. Learn More about co2 Laser Resurfacing Precautions;
5. Learn More about Dr. Young and what sets him apart from other Facial Plastic Surgeons;
6. Click here for our most recent Plastic Surgery Testimonials;
7. Click here to learn more about our other Plastic Surgery Procedures that we offer;
8. Click here to learn more about Post Procedure Care for Laser Resurfacing;
9. Click here to see and read about someone's own personal Post Procedure Care Diary for Laser Resurfacing;

Laser resurfacing entails using a laser light (co2, erbium) to remove the top layers of skin. This action then leaves the remaining skin cells located within the hair follicles to "resurface" the areas that have been removed from the laser. These deeper cells within the hair follicle structure are deeper than where the co2 laser will work. will lead to an increase in collagen production under the skin cells that tightens the skin layer and reduces fine wrinkles. The removal of the top layers also removes unwanted skin pigmentation, DNA damaged cells in the more superficial layers, and other damaged cells. The end result that is achieved is fresh skin with more even pigmentation, decreased fine wrinkles, and more even texture.

The video above explains the difference between active and deep fx. It further explains how the combination of the two is referred to as total fx. Active fx is the surface treatment of the skin in a fractionated manner and pattern. Whereas the deep fx is the deeper treatment of the tissue through thin cones of energy. The two work synergistically together to improve results that they would get on their own. The Active fx treats sun spots, red spots, fine wrinkles, and uneven texture. The deep fx treats the deeper tissue to give you generally skin tightening and mild lifting. The purpose of using fractionated treatment is to avoid the longer down time of traditional laser resurfacing but still allow someone to get similar results as traditional co2 laser resurfacing. As you will see in the video, traditional resurfacing is really active fx without the fractionation. With traditional co2 laser resurfacing the tiny, micro spots are placed next to each other without untreated tissue in between the spots. This is in contrast to fractionated laser resurfacing where there are areas of untreated tissue in between the tiny, micro spots. With Active fx the treatment tiny, micro spots are separated by healthy tissue that allows one to heal much faster, sometimes by days to weeks. You can read more about this, with accompanying images, on this page which discusses fractionated co2 laser resurfacing.

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