By now, most of our patients have become very familiar with Fraxel laser resurfacing of the face. Introduced in 2004 and now in its second generation, the Fraxel laser has become the gold standard for no or minimal downtime laser skin resurfacing. After a series of Fraxel laser treatments to the face, patients can reliably expect their skin to show improvement in fine lines, brown spots, acne scars, facial scars, and overall skin texture.

However, you may not be aware that the Fraxel laser is increasingly being used for skin rejuvenation in locations other than the face. In recent months, many of our patients have come to the office requesting rejuvenation of the skin of their neck and chest; other patients have requested rejuvenation of their hands and arms. As a result, we are now using the Fraxel laser to rejuvenate the skin in these off-face locations.

This Winter, our office is offering an exceptional rejuvenation package. The package begins with Fraxel Laser Resurfacing of the neck, chest, arms, or hands. The package includes four treatments with the Fraxel laser. In addition to the Fraxel laser resurfacing, our patients can choose between having either a Botox treatment to two areas of their face or a treatment with one full syringe of Restylane or Juvederm.

In our office, Fraxel laser resurfacing is performed by Dr. Anterasian. Dr. Anterasian has performed over five hundred consecutive Fraxel laser procedures with excellent results. Our patients have truly enjoyed the smoother and more youthful appearing skin the procedure provides.

Call our office at 310-829-9396 and make an appointment with either Dr. Amerian or Dr. Anterasian.

We are excited to announce that the next generation Fraxel laser has arrived, and that we are now using the next generation Fraxel laser in our office. The new Fraxel, called the Fraxel 1500, has many advantages over the original Fraxel laser.

• The Fraxel 1500 uses a new type of treatment tip that eliminates the need for blue dye. With this one change, the nuisance problem of having to first apply and then remove the blue dye no longer exists. This eliminates the persisting blue spots that could not be removed after treatment (that were so bothersome to patients), and shortens treatment times by at least thirty minutes.
• The new Fraxel 1500 automatically optimizes the diameter of the laser beam based on the energy setting that is being used. Optimizing the beam size based on the energy setting improves patient comfort significantly.
• The new Fraxel laser is FDA cleared to treat deeper into the skin than the original Fraxel. As a result, treatments with the new Fraxel will produce greater improvement in fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, and skin texture. This will be of particular benefit in treating upper lip lines and the lines around the eyes (crow's feet lines).
• Like the original Fraxel, the next generation Fraxel has been cleared by the FDA for the treatment of acne scars, pigmented skin lesions, melasma, surgical scars, and periorbital wrinkles.