How to Have Beautiful Skin

The epidermis of your skin is the outer layer of it, but beneath the epidermis, collagen and elastin are present. These are proteins that help your skin look young and keep it tight, and are unfortunately some of the first things that are depleted from your skin as you grow older and subject your skin to pollutants and sun damage. But beneath your outer layer, on the dermis where the collagen and elastin are present, is where the Fraxel laser works its magic.

What This Means for Fine Lines and Wrinkles

Fine lines and wrinkles appear on the surface of your skin due to a decreased amount of collagen and elastin - the two things that are abundant in healthy, glowing, youthful-looking skin. The reasons these proteins become deficient in your skin can vary, but are mainly things like aging, pollutants, vitamin deficiency, and sun damage. When collagen and elastin are decreased, the result is crevasses and decreased elasticity in your skin that causes the outward appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

How Does The Fraxel Laser Pinpoint Fine Lines and Wrinkles?

When you undergo Fraxel laser treatment, the laser works to encourage your skin's own natural collagen and elastin production. Since collagen already naturally occurs in your body to repair damaged skin tissue, the slight damage that is caused by the Fraxel laser to the dermis encourages your skin to produce more collagen and elastin in response.

The collagen and elastin production that is essentially "jumpstarted" by the Fraxel laser treatment give your skin a more hydrated, youthful, elastic consistency. The fine lines and wrinkles that were present on the epidermis layer of your skin then begin to "fill in" with the added proteins. In short, the Fraxel laser tricks your body into producing more of the substances that encourage beautiful, smooth skin.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Moore, please visit fraxelutah.com fraxelutah.com. Dr. Moore is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a member of numerous organizations, including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Utah Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Moore's passion has been to perfect the Fraxel Laser procedure to make it simpler, safer and pain free, while achieving astonishing results.