Posted March 24, 2009 in Blog, Fraxel Laser Treatment, Uncategorized
Despite being misspelled in the title, and a few other “Freshman Year Dumb-bell English” mistakes, Beverly Hills residents were treated to the “Next Big Thing” in facial plastic surgery in the BH Courier. Here it is:
Flaxel Re:Pair–A Fast, Painless New Method To Erase A Decade
Published 03/20/2009 – 10:31 a.m.
By Marta Waller
Tucked away, seemingly, in every medical building in Beverly Hills is a plastic surgeon offering the fountain of youth at the end of a scalpel. Call it what you will, a facelift is a facelift and there will be telltale signs that you’ve had “something done” no matter how good your surgeon. But imagine erasing a decade, and maybe more, without a scalpel, a stitch, or a scar. It’s also about a third the cost of a traditional facelift.
Very few physicians have this state-of-the-art laser available to patients. Plastic surgeon Michael A. Persky, M.D. is one such physician who believes this is the future. He was the first to offer the Fraxel re:pair to his patients.
Says Dr. Persky, “I like the Fraxel re:pair because results are much more subtle and natural than a traditional facelift, which pulls the skin, but doesn’t address damaged skin that appears old. Fraxel re:pair is all about tightening the skin and improving the tone, texture, and color along with restoring a natural, more youthful shape.”
Dr. Persky explains the one-hour treatment that’s practically painless and shows results almost immediately works:
“During the treatment there’s vaporization, or removal, of skin which causes tightening immediately. Then the skin adjacent to the vaporized skin remaining has been heated up to a 1.5mm depth, stimulating new collagen formation over the next four to nine months, resulting in continuing improvement.”
To assure his patients receive the best treatment possible, Dr. Persky performs all Fraxel re:pair treatments himself. He says this is a powerful laser and should be used only by highly experienced, trained experts.
Fraxel repair has FDA approval for improvement of wrinkles, irregular texture of skin, age spots, sunspots and sun induced redness, among others.
Treatment with the Fraxel re:pair laser takes about an hour for the entire face and requires only one treatment. Recovery is two to four weeks, with patients returning to daily activities within the first week.
Persky, maintains a private practice in Encino. He was raised in L.A., graduating from Hamilton High School (class of ‘71) and UCLA before attending Emory University Medical School in Atlanta. He completed his training at County-USC Medical Center.
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