CO2 Laser Treatment in Glendale, CA | Vida Skin Beauty Center

✚ Collagen and Aging

• Collagen production begins to decline as a person ages, leading to the breakdown of the skin’s underlying support structures, and daily exposure to UV rays causes skin discoloration and wrinkles.

✚ CO2 Laser - Resurfacing Benefits

• A singe fractional CO2 Laser Skin Resurfacing is an alternative to receiving multiple other treatments, with the following benefits:
  • Wrinkle reduction
  • Age Spots removal
  • Pores reduction
  • Skin Tightening
  • Increased Elasticity
  • Collagen Stimulation
  • Scar removals

✚ CO2 Laser - Skin Rejuvenation

• Vivenci CO2 laser is a fractional CO2 laser used for skin resurfacing and skin rejuvenation, providing multiple benefits in a single session. Treatment areas may include:
  • Face,
  • Eyelids,
  • Under-eyes
  • Neck,
  • Chest,
  • Hands,
  • Stretch marks,
  • Scar Removal,
  • Arms and Legs,
  • Other areas.

✚ CO2 Laser - Head & Neck Packages

• Can be Modified to your needs.

✚ Our CO2 Laser Resurfacing types

1. Eyelid rejuvenation
2. Eyelid lift
3. Eyelid tightening
4. Eyelid wrinkles removal
5. Under Eyes dark circles
6. Under Eyes bags reduction
7. Under Eyes festoons reduction
8. Under Eyes hallows reduction
9. Facial rejuvenation /resurfacing
10. Neck rejuvenation /resurfacing
11. Décolleté resurfacing
12. Elbows resurfacing
13. Knees resurfacing
14. Other Body areas resurfacing
15. Scars resurfacing
16. Stretch marks resurfacing
17. Cool gentle peel – buttocks resurfacing
18. Cool gentle peel – face resurfacing
19. Cool gentle peel – legs resurfacing
20. Cool gentle peel – other resurfacing

✚ CO2 Laser - "Cool-Gentle Peel"

• "Gentle Peel" is a soft fractional CO2 laser peel, that delivers fast and short laser pulses, with high peak and low laser energy into the superficial layer of skin, resulting in reversal of photoaging and skin rejuvenation, with minimal tissue damage and short downtime.

• Can be done with RF-microneedling as combined therapy, or individually in separate sessions. Numbing cream is applied 45 minutes before the preocedure to minimized the discomort.

• Post-Peel Experience includes Sandpaper skin for 5-7 days, skin readness for 3-5 days, with minimal skin peel and sheading.

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✚ CO2 Laser - "Under Eyes & Bags"

• CO2 Laser corrects Under Eyes Bags, Festoons and Dark Circles.

• Benefits Include:
  • Decreases under-eyes circles,
  • Decreases under-eyes sagging,
  • Decreases under-eyes-bags,
  • Decreases lower eyelids Festoons,
  • Decreases under-eyes hollows,
  • Decreases under-eyes wrinkles.

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✚ CO2 Laser - "Madonna Eyelift"

• CO2 Laser EyeLid Skin Tightening or Eyelid Lift, also knows as Madonna Lift, is done with gentle fractional CO2 laser energy on the eyelids, resulting in eyelid skin lift and rejuvenation with minimal tissue damage and short downtime.

• Corneal shields are placed under the eyelid for eye protection from laser, and Topical numbing cream is applied over the eyelid skin for 45 minutes prior to procedure.

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✚ Why Is CO2 Laser Most Effective

• Light energy treatments can be divided into least agressive types (exp: IPL and BBL), or Most Agressive type (CO2 Laser Resurfacing).

• Other lasers fall in between "IPL" and "CO2-laser", and have different levels of effectiveness.

• CO2 laser has dual mechanism, removal of skin spots and fine wrinkles, and collagen production for skin tightening.

• Advanced Fractional CO2 Laser Resurfacing has reduced downtime, and is most effective for Skin Rejuvenation.

✚ CO2 Laser - Scar Removal

• Scars can be removed from almost all areas of body with CO2 laser, but may require more than one session with deeper scars for full resurfacing results. Different areas of body may have different healing times, between 2-3 weeks depending on the area treated.

• SCAR TYPES REMOVED:
  • Surgical scars
  • Traumatic scars
  • Birth Marks
  • Burn scars
  • Hypertrophic scars
  • Stretch Marks

✚ CO2 Laser - Skin Lesion Removal

• Various Skin lesions can be removed with CO2 Laser enhancing cosmetic results, but the removed tissue can't be sent for biopsy due to it's destruction.

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✚ CO2 Laser - "Post-Treatment"

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✚ CO2 Laser - Possible Complications

1. Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (PIH)
   • Risk is reduced using bleaching creams,
   • We use Hydroquinone 4% topical cream,
   • Mostly started in the 4th week post-treatment
   • Can also be used for 1 week pre-treatment.

2. Hypopigmentation
   • may occur after fully ablative laser.

3. Demarcation lines
   • may occur in partially treated facial areas.
   • usually resolves on its own.
   • can be removed with repeated treatment.

4. Infections - (Bacterial/ Viral/ Fungal)
   • risk is reduced be prophylactic antibiotics.
   • can be treated as need per each case.

5. Prolonged Redness or erythema
   • may occur after fully ablative laser.
   • less likely with fractional lasers.

6. Post Laser dermatitis
   • Lower risk with anti-inflammatory aftercare ointments,
   • Less likely with moisturizing creams and sunscreens.

✚ Laser Safety on different Skins types

• Fitzpatrick Skin Types:
  • I-II are the safest with best healing course.
  • III-IV has some risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, can be done with lower energy fractional laser, with moderate aftercare.
  • IV-V has high risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, if unable to avod, should be done with fractional lower energy laser, with stronger aftercare.
  • VI has very high risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and should be avoided.

✚ Your Fitzpatrick Skin Type