Solta Medical Inc., a global leader in providing innovative, safe, and effective anti-aging solutions for medical aesthetics patients, has this week generously donated a Fraxel re:store laser system to the Grossman Burn Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Grossman Burn Center.
The Fraxel system will be used to reduce the appearance of scarring caused by traumatic thermal damage. The Burn Center is a worldwide leader in innovative treatment and care for burn patients and their families.
“The goal of restorative burn care is to return the patient to as close to pre-injury status as possible…” declared Rebecca Grossman, the Chair of the Grossman Burn Foundation. “We plan to use the cutting-edge Fraxel technology to restore our burn-injured patients and play a key role in providing better and faster patient outcomes.”
For the patients who will be seen at the Grossman Burn Center, the science of laser skin resurfacing offers a tremendous amount of hope. How does it work? Laser treatment is specifically designed to resurface damaged skin to uncover the healthier, smoother skin beneath. It works by penetrating the outer layers of damaged skin (epidermis) to reach the deeper layers of skin beneath the surface where collagen and elastin are located. This stimulates a natural healing process that not only produces new collagen, but literally replaces the damaged tissue with new, healthy skin cells! In fact, Fraxel is FDA-cleared to treat a wide-range of skin conditions including: age spots, acne scars, surgical scars, actinic keratoses, sunspots, melasma, and even wrinkles around the eyes.
In making the donation to the Burn Center, the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Solta Medical, Inc., Stephen J. Fanning, applauded the Grossman Burn Foundation’s efforts to provide highly-skilled non-profit reconstructive surgery to treat patients’ scars and help their recovery, adding that “The Grossman Burn Foundation is well known for their humanitarian efforts to assist burn victims and their families throughout the world…”
Skin Resurfacing Options
Coming under the general heading of photo-rejuvenation, laser skin resurfacing is a part of a growing trend in the medical aesthetics field. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there were over 400, 000 laser skin resurfacing procedures performed in America in 2008, up 134 percent from 2000. And with newer and better technology on the market in recent years, today’s lasers are a gentler and safer alternative than those of the past. As usual, however, there are a number of variables and options to consider when it comes to laser skin resurfacing and the type of treatment that may be right for you. Always consult with a surgeon who has performed a wide range of these procedures and is familiar with the many choices that are available.
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