7 BEST CONTOUR TRL FAQS
INTRODUCTION
This article will answer the 7 BEST CONTOUR TRL FAQS you will want answers to before deciding on the pros and cons of using the 7 BEST CONTOUR TRL FAQS, and why your trusted provider should be Sandia Skin + Face.
Knowledge brings confidence to our decision-making, especially regarding outward-facing topics such as our appearance. We want you to be confident when using any Sandia Skin + Face Service or Product. Please keep reading to build your knowledge base and make an informed decision on your next steps.
Sciton Contour TRL (Tunable Resurfacing Laser) is the safest and most effective full-field skin resurfacing solution available. Using their latest flagship “Joule” system with the “ZoomScan” head attachment, we bring the latest technology to you.
With the Sciton Joule ZoomScan handpiece, we can accurately offer the NanoLaserPeel, MicroLaserPeel, and Deep Resurfacing to our patients.
NanoLaserPeel: The NanoLaserPeel treatment accomplished via the ZoomScan handpiece is a great complement to facial injectables. Patients have a short-downtime, light treatment that removes the topmost layer (<10um) of skin to restore natural smoothness and provide a vibrant glow. The NanoLaserPeel result offers a sophisticated substitute for a chemical peel or microdermabrasion to correct dullness or photodamage.
MicroLaserPeel: The MicroLaserPeel also offers minimal downtime as a light resurfacing treatment limited to the epidermis that evens out skin tone, texture, and color and restores a healthy-looking, youthful glow to the skin. As the skin heals, fresh cells grow and resurface the treated area. The MicroLaserPeel result is healthier-looking skin with reduced wrinkles and improved color evenness. Patients often say that it looks like their skin went from looking tired to vibrant.
Deep Resurfacing: The ZoomScan handpiece allows us to reach up to 300 microns of ablation per pass, with or without variable depth coagulation. If you have deep-set wrinkles, rough texture, or scar tissue, Deep Resurfacing is a highly effective treatment for our patients looking to delay or eliminate the need for more invasive procedures.
With Contour TRL deep resurfacing, we can use precisely controlled energy from an erbium YAG (Er: YAG 2940 nm) laser to treat a variety of skin conditions. Sciton’s TRL laser energy is immediately and almost completely absorbed by the water in epidermal and dermal tissue, vaporizing the targeted area and leaving the surrounding tissue undamaged. This tool results in a safer procedure with shorter healing times for our patients.
Tunable control means tunable results, achieved safely, to provide customized patient outcomes for all skin types, both on the face and body.
The Sciton Contour TRL employs a multi-mode erbium YAG laser that has a much higher absorption in the target chromophore water than CO2 lasers, giving the Sciton erbium YAG 2940nm laser the ability to vaporize tissue with very little thermal conduction.
Because of its relatively low absorption by water molecules, CO2 lasers conduct a significant amount of heat into the tissue. Studies have shown that erbium-YAG lasers produce far fewer side effects, such as prolonged erythema and hypopigmentation than CO2 lasers.
We can use CONTOUR TRL on many parts of your body:
- Face
- Neck
- Chest
- Hands
- Arms
- Legs
- Superior at Treating Smoker/Perioral Lip Lines
Sciton Contour TRL can treat the following skin types:
- All skin types
- Mild & deep wrinkles
- Peri-oral & peri-orbital wrinkles
- Acne scars
- Post-traumatic & surgical scars
- Actinic keratosis
- Pigmented lesions
- Lax skin
- Poor skin tone & texture
Your Contour TRL treatment takes about 2 weeks to reveal new, smoother, firmer, and more evenly colored skin. Your results will continue to improve over the following 2 months as your skin develops new collagen. It may take up to six months to attain your final results.
Multiple Contour TRL treatments may be required. It all depends on your skin condition and the results you’d like to achieve. You will see a marked improvement with a single treatment.
The redness in the treated sites fades in 2–3 months but may take as long as six months or up to a year to disappear. The redness can persist longer in patients with blonde or red hair.
Depending on the condition of your skin and your desired outcome, we create a personalized treatment plan for you that may include multiple treatments or a combination of procedures. Regardless of your treatment plan, you will see meaningful results from a single treatment.
Both have similar results, pluses, and minuses.
If your primary incentive is to have a short downtime while having a remarkable impact on the fine lines and tightness of your eyelids, the Sciton TRL is the better choice. The reason is that this is a tunable laser that allows you to adjust the level of depth and coagulation, which provides tightening and removal of the fine lines while limiting downtime and redness. The Sciton Contour TRL will give you an improvement, but not as dramatic an improvement as the CO2 Laser, but faster healing time.
CO2 lasers traditionally have a terrific response, and give you the most tightening and smoothing of the skin, but they can potentially cause delayed healing and prolonged redness of the skin.
A Contour TRL treatment’s recovery time is typically 1 to 2 weeks, depending on the depth of the peel. Since we always customize Contour TRL to the patient’s specific needs, consultation is required.
Downtime and recovery period after the Contour TRL laser will depend on the depth of treatment. You should plan to take one week off from work to give your skin time to heal. The recovery period is typically 3-5 days after shallow Contour TRL treatments and around 2 weeks after deeper Contour TRL treatments. Some lingering redness may occur after two weeks.
(1): We divide downtime into two groups: Clinical Downtime: This involves a non-functional period (stay home and rest) which requires wound care and extensive rest. Social Downtime: This period doesn’t require non-functional bed rest and you can continue with your normal day activities.
Post Treatments Do’s and Don’ts:
- Purchase Prior to Treatment:
- Aquaphor ointment
- Cotton balls or cotton rounds
- Q-tips
- Distilled water
- White vinegar
- Cetaphil lotion
- Cetaphil cleanser
- Preparation of the vinegar-water solution for facial cleansing: ½ tablespoon white vinegar mixed with 1 cup of distilled water.
- Treatment Day thru first 24 Hours After:
- Ice packs as tolerated to reduce swelling and inflammation.
- Aquaphor ointment over the entire resurfaced skin at all times.
- No washing of the resurfaced area.
- Hours 24 thru 48 (Perform below twice per day)
- Remove Aquaphor ointment with a cotton ball soaked in distilled water.
- Clean skin with a vinegar-water solution using a cotton ball.
- Rinse the vinegar-water solution with distilled water.
- Gently dry skin with a cotton ball or cotton rounds.
- Apply Aquaphor ointment.
- Days 3 thru 5:
- Remove Aquaphor ointment with a cotton ball soaked in distilled water.
- Clean skin with a vinegar-water solution using a cotton ball.
- Rinse the vinegar-water solution with distilled water.
- Gently dry skin with a cotton ball or cotton rounds.
- Apply Aquaphor ointment.
- Do not pull off peeling skin. Allow peeled skin to come off with a gentle washing regimen.
- You may shower after day 3. Use tepid, warm water to rinse skin. No soaps. If planning on washing hair, use mild shampoo only. Try to avoid contact with the face.
- Days 6 thru 10:
- Clean skin with Cetaphil cleanser instead of the vinegar-water solution if tolerated. If not, continue the vinegar-water solution.
- Continue the above washing process 4 times per day.
- Apply Aquaphor ointment at all times.
- Days 11 thru 30:
- Cetaphil cleanser 2 times per day.
- Cetaphil lotion instead of Aquaphor ointment.
- Sunscreen with at least 7% zinc.
- You may begin applying natural, powder-based makeup with zinc oxide or titanium oxide once epithelialization (skin healing) is complete.
CONSULTATIONS ALWAYS COME FIRST AT SANDIA SKIN + FACE
Before any procedure at Sandia Skin + Face, our Master Injector and Nurse Practitioner, Tonya C. Tuggle, provides a full consultation where you can express all your aesthetic concerns, and she can learn about your expectations. Tonya will then discuss potential treatment options for you, including non-invasive alternatives.
If getting the CONTOUR TRL is your goal, Nurse Practitioner Tonya C. Tuggle will meet with you and, together, will determine your plan.
The Final Decision is 100% Yours!
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If you have Oral Surgery questions, you can call our Sandia Oral Surgery office at +1.505.291.9600. Dr. Eric Tuggle manages a wide variety of problems relating to the mouth, teeth, and facial regions.
CONCLUSION: 7 BEST CONTOUR TRL FAQS
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