How Skin Rejuvenation Works

Palomar^® offers skin care lasers and pulsed light devices that deliver energy to target and destroy vascular and pigmented lesions associated with spider veins, reticular veins, rosacea, telangiectasias, hemangiomas, sun damage, age spots, dyschromia, melasma, poikiloderma, and angiomas on hands, legs, chest, arms and face.

Using the principle of selective photothermolysis, these treatments target different chromophores in the skin, which selectively absorb the laser or light energy as heat and yield the desired response. These optimal wavelengths of light, clear vascular and pigmented lesions, by targeting the chromophores of hemoglobin (for vascular lesions) and melanin (for pigmented lesions). These damaged lesions are then cleared by the body, removing the appearance of the lesion from the skin. Pigmented lesions undergo a mild desquamation and slough off within two or three days, while the vascular lesions blanch and then resolve within 10 to 14 days.

The Palomar solution for skin rejuvenation (pigment and vessel clearance) requires the following:
StarLux^® System, Artisan^™ System, Palomar Icon^™ System

StarLux and Artisan Skin Rejuvenation Laser and Pulsed Light Handpieces:
LuxG^™, MaxG^™, LuxY^™, LuxYs^™, LuxV^™, Lux2940^™, Lux1540^™, Lux1064+^™, Lux1440^™

Palomar Icon Skin Rejuvenation Laser and Optimized Light Handpieces: MaxG^™, MaxY^™, MaxYs^™, 2940 Fractional Laser, 1540 Fractional Laser, 1064+ Laser

Benefits for Clients:

• Excellent aesthetic results with minimal treatment time
• Less treatment pain
• Little to no downtime

• Results as good, if not better than single-procedure lasers
• Large spot size decreases treatment time
• Effective on a wide variety of skin types

Photofacials:

Photos courtesy of Haneef Alibhai, MD
Photos courtesy of Sean Doherty, MD

Pigmented Lesions:

Photos courtesy of Amir Bajoghli, MD
Photos courtesy of Sean Doherty, MD

Vascular Lesions:

Photos courtesy of Randall Coverman, MD
Photos courtesy of Michael Sinclair, MD

Skin Rejuvenation
 

Randomized Study of Intense Pulsed Light and Pulsed Dye Laser in The Treatment of Facial Telangiectasia
McMeekin T., Lertzman B., Hahn H., Arcara K. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2008. (Abstract.) 

Comparison of StarLux LuxG with Long Pulsed PDL, Long Pulsed KTP, and Traditional IPL for Treatment of Telangiectasias
Miranda C., Narurkar V. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2006; 70.
(Abstract.) 

Comparison Treatments for Vascular Lesions with the Vbeam® and the StarLux IPL
Kim K., Berenstein L., Chapas A., Geronemus R. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2006; 242.
(Abstract.) (Vbeam is a registered trademark of Candela Corporation, Wayland, MA)

Split-Face Skin Rejuvenation of Photo-Aged Skin Comparing Palomar Pulsed Light System and Syneron ELOS Technology
Ditre C., Klingman A. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2006.
(Abstract.)