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ScarRepair™
Every scar tells a story — about the time you fell from your bike, or the surgery you endured or an adolescent bout of acne . Every scar also tells about the body’s amazing ability to heal itself. But it’s not perfect.
Learn about ScarRepair™
Scarring is our body’s way of responding to a wound with extreme urgency (like an internal ambulance). Scar tissue is a very dense network of collagen that has been quickly built by the body to repair an injury or trauma to the skin. The collagen that is created during this rapid healing process is not “regular” skin—the coloration is often different due to a change in the pigmentation, there are textural changes such as thickening or “holes” in the skin, and hair may not continue to grow in the scarred area. Scars can develop as a result of surgery, trauma or acne.
Reveal’s ScarRepair treatment uses fractional-resurfacing technology to resurface and repair the skin, leaving it smoother and more consistent with the healthy skin that surrounds it. It has been shown to break up the disordered collagen and speed its replacement with healthier, ordered collagen.
All types of scars can be treated with ScarRepair, however the success of the outcome is highly dependent upon the type, size, thickness, and age of the scarring, as well as an individual’s ability to heal (as this governs new collagen growth). While nothing will completely remove a scar, ScarRepair can significantly reduce scar tissue and help it blend with the surrounding healthy skin. Newer scars respond best to treatment, while older scars require more treatments and may not completely resolve. It’s even possible to treat post-surgical scars as soon as the sutures are removed (or in about 10 days if no sutures were used on the outside and treatment is permitted by the surgeon).
How it works:
Fractional resurfacing produces microthermal zones within the area, causing “fractional” thermal damage much like pixels in a digital camera. Just think of your skin as a digital photo that is being touched-up or restored one small area at a time, pixel by pixel. Because only 20 to 30 percent of the tissue is targeted during each treatment, the skin surrounding these microthermal zones is not injured, allowing healing to take place quickly and without creating a visible wound. Repeated treatments create additional microthermal zones, until the entire affected area is treated.
If the scarring are hyperpigmented, FotoRenu treatments may be added so that the intense pulsed light can treat discoloration issues.
Best results are achieved with a series of at least five treatments, spaced 3 to 4 weeks apart.
What to expect:
- Redness post-treatment
- Sunbathing must be avoided during treatment
- Multiple treatments needed for best results
- No significant downtime
- Nonsurgical
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