1. Hair Removal
2. Leg and Facial Veins
3. Wrinkles
4. Skin Tightening
5. Beard Bumps (PFB)

• Static Wrinkles: These wrinkles are visible at all times and do not change in appearance with facial movement.
• Dynamic Wrinkles: These wrinkles are expression lines that may appear as folds when the skin is not moving, and deepen with facial movements or expressions.
• Pigmentation: Freckles, sun spots, melasma, or other darkened patches of skin result mainly from sun exposure.
• Scars: As the result of acne or injury to the skin, scars may be rolling (a wavy appearance to the skin), pitted, discolored, or have a raised border.
• Loss of Skin Tone: Weakening of the supportive skin structure (collagen and elastin fibers).

Laser resurfacing can improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles of the entire face, or those that develop in specific regions of the face, such as the upper lip and around the eyes.

The laser creates a beam of high-intensity light that penetrates deeply into skin tissue, where it delivers a controlled amount of targeted therapeutic heat. Candela's patented Dynamic Cooling Device (DCD) technology protects the upper layers of your skin with a cooling burst of cryogen. Together, the long-pulse laser and DCD cooling offer optimal treatment with minimal side-effects.

Treatment will take place in your practitioner's office. You will wear safety eyewear to protect your eyes from the laser light. Your practitioner will guide the laser to the treatment areas with a small hand piece. Each laser pulse may be preceded and followed by a short pulse of cooling spray. A treatment could take as little as a few minutes to as long as an hour, depending on the area and condition being treated.

Some patients may feel a slight discomfort with each laser pulse, sometimes described like the snapping of a rubber band on the skin. This discomfort resolves quickly and is minimized by Candela's DCD cooling. For some patients, a topical anesthetic may be used prior to treatment. Be sure to discuss this with your practitioner.

The number of sessions depends on the treatment you require and the condition of your skin. For hair removal, multiple treatments are required, as their process is most effective when the hair follicle is in the active growth phase. Other conditions may clear up in only one treatment, but many factors impact the efficacy of individual laser treatments, including the severity of the condition being treated.

Patients scheduled for hair removal should avoid plucking, electrolysis or hair waxing for six weeks prior to treatment. If you have a history of herpes simplex virus and are scheduled for laser treatment, prophylactic antiviral therapy may be prescribed. Also, your skin should be clean shaven, and your skin should be thoroughly cleansed and dried, removing any makeup, creams, oils, topical anesthetics or self-tanning products before laser treatment. The intended treatment area should not be exposed to sunlight or tanning booth light for 14 days prior to treatment. Before laser treatment, prevent sun exposure by applying sun block(SPF 30 or above).

A cool compress of gel pack may be applied for comfort following your treatment. Any redness or swelling should resolve within a few hours.

After laser treatment, prevent sun exposure by applying sun block (SPF 30 or above). In the first few days after treatment, don't scrub or rinse the treated areas with abrasive skin cleaners. Your practitioner may advise additional precautions.

Your risks are minimal. Side effects may include redness, swelling, hyper pigmentation, hypo pigmentation, blistering and purpura (a laser bruise) in the treated area-these usually do not last more than a few days. Permanent side effects are rare. Be sure to discuss potential side effects with your practitioner.