How Picosecond Laser Works on Your Skin

2024-10-11 15:07:06

The laser technology selectively targets pigmented lesions, providing fast and effective treatment. It also induces the production of elastin, increasing the softness and plumpness of the skin, making it appear more youthful.

Picosecond lasers blast away the pigment in the skin by focusing extremely short laser pulses onto the treatment area. Even though the laser heats up the melanin pigment, it does not raise the temperature of the surrounding skin cells like nanosecond lasers do because the light pulses are so short in duration. Once the pigment is disrupted by the laser beam, the body's lymphatic processes gradually wash away the deposits over the following weeks and months.

The high level of precision of picosecond laser technology allows for maximum use of the photoacoustic energy and helps achieve the best results. This is also why, despite its extremely concentrated energy, the laser does not harm the outer layers of the skin. As a result, patients who receive picosecond laser treatment experience minimal discomfort[5].

It is an extremely precise technology that enables doctors to achieve the best photodynamic effect. Although its energy pulses are highly concentrated, the laser's effects are gentle on the outer layers of the skin. Pico lasers do not burn the skin - patients typically experience little or no discomfort during treatment.

Pico lasers are better at producing laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB). This is a phenomenon where short pulses of high-energy laser light and induction of deep dermal cavitation is the result of a non-thermal photomechanical effect, which is excellent for the treatment of mild acne scars.