Stretch Marks Diagnosis And Treatment: Stretch marks are caused by a sudden or excessive stretching of the skin due to pregnancy, rapid weight gain or loss, and puberty. Almost half of all pregnant women will acquire stretch marks. Any area on the body from the knee upwards that grows can be prone to stretch marks such as the stomach, waist, buttocks, lower back, hips, breasts and legs...
Sciton’s MicroLaserPeel Offers Anti-Aging Solution: Sciton, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.) has perfected the MicroLaserPeel™ (MLP) procedure for light resurfacing. The PROFILE® MLP provides the missing link to achieving uniform color, texture and tone when treating aging skin, according to dermatologist B. Kent Remington, M.D. (Calgary, Alta., Canada). MLP uses 10 to 50 microns of ablation to treat fine lines and sun damage, and is not to be confused with microdermabrasion which only removes a little bit off the stratum corneum...
Sciton ProFractional technology to offer painless fractional treatments of acne scars and aging skin. Palo Alto CA – November 15, 2006. Sciton, the leader in resurfacing laser technologies, announced a significant step in the development of fractional laser treatment with its new ProFractional technology. Sciton is developing ProFractional as a module that can be added to its Profile laser platform...
ABG Combination, April 2006: Sciton Laser Enhances Results of Adjunct Procedures With Combination Peels. Combining procedures for further enhancement of patient’s results is an increasing trend in aesthetic medicine with the combination of a Sciton laser peel and other common aesthetic procedures at the forefront. The Contour is a dual-pulse mode erbium-YAG module for the high-performance Profile laser system from Sciton, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.)...
Use of Infrared Laser: The effective and safe use of the CO2 laser has been facilitated by advances in the Superpulsed and Ultrapulsed computerized laser systems. The clinical use has not only been benefited by these lasers but a better understanding of the laser - tissue interactions, refinements in techniques, and expansion of the list of clinical indications. The use of the CO2 laser...
Botox - Neuralgia, Painful Scars and Headaches: We are seeing increasing numbers of referred and non-referred patients requesting Botox therapy for painful lesions, scars, neuralgias, post-herpes zoster syndromes, and various headaches. Botox works by depleting substance “P” that is responsible for...
