How is Fractional Skin Resurfacing Different from other Lasers?
Until Palomars patented the technology there were two types of available laser treatments. Ablative laser treatment like CO2 and 2940 Erbiums, which literally means to vaporize at very high temperature, is very effective but has significant side effects and requires a lengthy healing period. The other available 1064nm Nd:Yag laser treatment, being non-ablative, has little or no side effects and almost no healing time, but requires numerous treatments over many months and has limited results at best. Fractional treatments offer the effectiveness of ablative treatments with the benefits of the gentler, non-ablative lasers.
