- Altoona Facial Plastic Surgery | Facial Rejuvenation

Facial Rejuvenation (Lasers and IPL-Intense Pulse Light)

Altoona, State College, Johnstown and DuBois, Pennsylvania

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If you want to look as young as you feel, it is going to take more than attitude. Arm yourself with the latest in non-surgical solutions available at both our facilities;Altoona or State College.

Blair Plastic Surgery offers the latest advancements in medical skin care, potent cosmeceuticals, cellulite treatments, lasers and other intense light technologies, as well as both traditional and crystal-free microdermabrasion. Pennsylvania skin care specialist Dr. Fanny Louton focuses on delivering rapid, long-lasting, and visible results. Her staff of health care professionals and medically trained, licensed aestheticians provides continuity of care and are an educated sounding board for your questions and concerns.

Whether you want to reduce the signs of aging, control acne or rosacea, or simply want to keep your beautiful skin looking beautiful, Blair Plastic Surgery’s Medical Skin Care and Laser Centers are the intelligent choice. Please contact Blair Plastic Surgery today to learn more about our many facial rejuvenation options.

Overview

Laser Skin Resurfacing

The goal of laser skin resurfacing is simple: replace damaged skin with new, fresh skin. Techniques for skin resurfacing have made enormous advances, allowing nearly everyone to achieve beautiful, healthier complexions. Many systems allow for light, moderate or deep laser resurfacing.  At Blair Plastic Surgery's Laser Centers, we offer two systems: the Sciton Profile Contour Erbium Laser and the Matrix CO2 Fractionated Laser.  Both systems allow for light, moderate or deep laser resurfacing.

The primary targets of  Laser Skin Resurfacing include:

  • Fine lines and wrinkles of the face, especially around the upper lip, cheeks and forehead
  • Loose lower eyelid skin
  • Crow's feet around the eyes
  • Pucker marks (smoker's lines) and frown lines
  • Brown spots and splotchy, uneven skin tone
  • Scars, especially acne scars
  • Loose skin around the neck and jowls

The greater the amount of the epidermis removed, the greater the results seen in terms of reduction of wrinkles, brown spots, and other superficial imperfections. With deeper penetration and removal of the epidermis, we see greater stimulation of the dermis which can react by rebuilding and restructuring lost collagen and elastin fibers.  With the CO2 fractional laser treatments, only a "fraction" of the skin’s surface is treated by the laser, leaving small “bridges” of untouched skin. This technique makes the healing process much faster and enables you to get back to normal activities sooner.  It can therefore penetrate more deeply and is the treatment of choice for remodeling of acne scars and overall skin tightening.

Matrix CO2 Fractional Laser benefits

  • Causes immediate skin tightening
  • Reduces the appearance of large pores
  • Reduces wrinkles and fine lines, and softens deeper frown lines
  • Noticeably improves skin tone and texture
  • Stimulates new collagen formation and plumps the skin

Most effects of the fractionated treatment become visible right away, whereas others – such as new collagen formation, which leads to continued inner tightening – build up gradually and become more evident over time. Therefore, most people look even better 3-6 months after the procedure.

MicroLaserPeel™ (medium depth)

This “Weekend Peel”, is ideal for the individual looking for better results than what superficial microdermabrasion and chemical peels can offer and is willing to commit a long weekend to the healing process. Because this procedure goes deeper into the epidermis, anywhere from 2 to 6 times deeper than microdermabrasion alone, it is the perfect step between superficial, no downtime treatments, and deeper peels that require much more healing time.

Blair Plastic Surgery owns and operates the Sciton Profile Contour™ Laser. This Erbium:Yag Laser is a versatile system with unique technology that allows us to select precise levels of penetration into the epidermis, while the computer guided scanner ensures maximum precision and treatment uniformity. It precisely removes the outermost layers of the skin and is individually tailored to the nature of the problem to be corrected: wrinkles, scars, keratoses, or pigmentation problems. The MicroLaserPeel™ is performed on Friday and most patients return to work the following Tuesday or Wednesday. Immediately following the procedure you will feel as if you have a bad sunburn. You will have minor sloughing and itchiness the following day. By day two, redness will begin to fade and by day three any redness can be easily covered by makeup. The results are immediate and long-lasting, from 6 to 12 months or longer, especially when adhering to your physician prescribed home program. Schedule a private consultation to determine if the MicroLaserPeel™ is a good option for you.

        

The after photo (on the right) was taken one week after the Microlaser Peel procedure.

Ablative Laser Skin Resurfacing

For those patients that are looking for a greater tightening effect and/or require a more aggressive approach to treat severely sun damaged and deeply wrinkled or scarred skin, an ablative laser resurfacing procedure may be the perfect solution. Ablative resurfacing is performed in our on-site licensed surgical suite under local anesthesia with light sedation. The procedure can take minutes to one hour in length and may be limited to smaller areas such as around the mouth or eyes.

Since 1990, Blair Plastic Surgery has achieved excellent and consistent results in the treatment of deep wrinkles and sun damage with an Erbium laser. The versatile Profile Contour Laser™ is an Erbium laser that enables our board certified plastic Surgeon Dr. Robert Louton to tailor laser resurfacing procedures to each individual patient. It can be used in the traditional manner to ablatively remove the epidermis layer or the beam can be fractionated to send columns of laser light deep in the skin without the complete removal of the epidermis. The latter technique allows for quicker healing time but may require additional treatments for equivalent results.

Other Light Source Rejuvenation

Stimulation of the dermis can also be achieved without removing the epidermis but rather by sending heat in the form of light through the epidermis directly into the dermis where collagen formation happens. This type of treatment shows a gradual improvement in texture and tightening of the skin over the following months.

IPL (Intense Pulse Light) Photofacial

IPL Photofacials are a series of gentle pulsed light treatments that enhance and rejuvenate skin, giving you a healthy, more youthful look without any peeling or sloughing. Blair Plastic Surgery owns two versatile systems. The Starlux Intense Pulse Light (IPL) and the Lumenis One (IPL) platform are both effective systems for the rejuvenation of sun-damaged skin. In less than 30 minutes, obtain more youthful and revitalized skin by reducing fine lines, blemishes, and broken blood vessels; fade freckles and age spots; smooth rough skin; and reduce pore size while improving skin tone and elasticity. Though technically not lasers, IPL systems are based on similar physics principles. During treatments, a broad spectrum of light penetrates the skin without removing it, so there is minimal discomfort and minimal to no downtime. One to six treatments spaced one week to two months apart are needed depending on your condition. Neck, décolleté, arms and hands can also be treated with similar benefits. We’ve also been successful treating brown spots on the sun damaged legs and thighs.

Your skin can be damaged by the sun through exposure, or conditions such as rosacea. When your skin is damaged by the sun, you may have wrinkles and fine lines, as well as splotches or sun spots. Rosacea is a skin condition that looks like a red rash across your cheeks and nose, and is worsened by exposure to the sun, diet, and alcohol. The IPL Photofacial is an excellent solution for both conditions.  Blair Plastic Surgery has several additional procedures to lessen wrinkles caused by sun exposure and redness caused by rosacea.  Call our office today to schedule your private consultation with Dr. Fanny Louton.

Please contact our facial rejuvenation specialists today to schedule your initial consultation. We serve patients in Dubois, Altoona, State College, Lewistown, Bedford, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania.