As you get that bit older you begin to see the damage that living life to the full in your twenties actually does to your skin. All those holidays lying in the sun baking yourself for that sexy tan will really show up on your skin in your thirties. The skin pigmentation is not as clear as it used to be with dark sun spots dulling your once flawless complexion and those late nights drinking cocktails have left their tail tale lines on your forehead and around the eyes. This is about the time that you start to look into skin rejuvenation procedures to undo all the damage that you caused and I’m here to explain the different procedures and what they entail.



Fractional laser skin resurfacing is a non surgical procedure that promises to remove wrinkles and revitalize your complexion. This is a new procedure that improved the process of traditional skin lasers that that had long periods of recovery and often left the skin with white patches called hypo pigmentation. Fractional laser treatments eliminated hypo pigmentation and had less downtime when recovering. The most recent discovery lately is called Combined Fractional Laser skin rejuvenation which proves much more effective at wrinkle removal and skin rejuvenation
then its predecessors. This technique also makes the skin more plump and smooth leaving a more youthful texture to the skin.



Fractional Laser skin resurfacing works because the major reason skin begins to show signs of aging is due to loss of collagen. Collagen is the ingredient that makes skin youthful and glowing in texture. It lies beneath the surface of the skin and supplies the skin with moisture, elasticity, nutrition and vitamins and provides firmness and support for the skin akin to what a body provides for clothes. Sun exposure, bad nutrition, smoking and all round unhealthy lifestyles break down the collagen leaving your skin less plump and radiant losing all its health and fullness. Collagen is like moisture to retain freshness in anything you need to retain the moisture so the skin doesn’t sag and wrinkle like an apple left out in the sun for too long.



The skin protects itself from the sun by producing pigment to block UV rays i.e. a tan. As a result our skin gets thicker from the extra layers of dried old skin lacking sufficient collagen. Fractional Laser rejuvenation aims to undo this process by stripping away thick old layers of skin to reveal new younger skin underneath and kick start the collagen producing process leaving the skin looking fresher and plumper then before.