Skin Tightening with Lasers Now Preferred Over Surgery

Online, February 28, 2012 (Newswire.com) - If you are looking for a way to decrease the lose skin on your face and body but don't want to take the risk of going into surgery and under anesthesia then Refirme laser skin tightening may be the answer. This non-invasive FDA approved laser uses two state of the art technologies, radio-frequency and infrared light to tighten skin and stimulate collagen on any area of the body without cutting. This latest generation skin tightening laser coming to us by ReFirme, utilizes a combination of technology seen in Thermage and Titan. Using both of these technologies referred to as ELOS, will slowly heat the dermis and create a heat response. The light of the laser heats the dermis at a depth to stimulate collagen production. It does this by initializing a fibroblast repair to tissue heating.

The Laser Image Company, a medical spa specializing in non-invasive cosmetic procedures, has been using the Refirme laser skin tightening system for several years and has found it to be the most cost effective treatment available for patients today. "The benefit of this type of treatment is the patients get tightening of the skin and collagen production without any downtime," said Dr. Lad Rubaum, facial plastic surgeon and laser surgeon at the Laser Image Company.

Patients will see immediate tightening in areas with the most skin laxity, and continued improvement and wrinkle reduction following the treatment for six months. This laser treatment can be performed in less than one hour, with minimal discomfort, and have a dramatic effects on the stretched abdomen skin after pregnancy, saggy and wrinkled areas around the eyes, lose skin under the neck and face and even on the knees and elbows. A patients tissue contraction can be seen within minutes of the treatment as tighter, firmer skin. The Refirme laser skin tightening treatment gives patients an effective alternative to the surgical procedure.