what is fraxel

Fraxel is a brand of laser that performs fractional skin resurfacing. It is a non-invasive laser skin treatment that works to smooth out fine lines in the skin and can also help treat any unwanted pigmentation, including aging and sun spots. Fraxel lasers cause fractional photothermolysis for skin resurfacing, which means that they manipulate laser rays to produce the growth of healthy skin tissue that replaces the damaged cells of acne-scarred skin. Fraxel treatment improves tone, texture, and radiance for aging, sun-damaged, or scarred skin. It is used primarily to rejuvenate skin due to its collagen-boosting qualities and is used to treat hyperpigmentation, dark spots, and superficial signs of aging such as fine lines and wrinkles, as well as acne scarring. There have been anecdotal negative accounts of bad scarring and hyperpigmentation following the use of Fraxel lasers, and complications observed in a study of 961 fractional laser treatments included acne and herpes outbreaks.