Skin Aging and Lasers: What to Expect?

Abstract

Skin aging includes intrinsic and extrinsic aging. The intrinsic aging is the inevitable process while the extrinsic one mostly depends upon the chronic sun exposure. The major clinical features of aging skin include dryness, laxity, wrinkles, irregular pigmentation and occurrence of neoplasams. In the last decades the number of cosmetic surgery procedures has increased several-fold all over the world. Lasers are used to mask the cutaneous effects of aging. Although they cannot produce perfect skin, but they can improve the appearance of the skin. Therefore any man or woman who shows the signs of aged and sun-damaged skin may be a candidate for the laser procedure. Photorejuvenation refers to the non-ablative, non-invasive treatment of skin conditions and wrinkles arising from photoaging. While laser resurfacing is a technique used during laser surgery wherein molecular bonds are disassociated by laser. Through the heating of the deep dermis, fibroblasts are stimulated to from new collagen and elastin helping to bring increased turgor and thickmess to the skin. [...].