1, the application scope of photon shaping
(1) stain
The increase of skin pigmentation is the most obvious feature of photoaging in China. Photon technology has an ideal effect on skin pigmentation diseases starting from epidermis, such as freckles, sun spots (tanning) and seborrheic keratosis. It is reported that among Asians, 90% of patients with this kind of skin diseases are treated with photons, and the effect is obvious. The pulse shape released by the new generation of photonic devices is brick-shaped, and the energy is released evenly. On the one hand, the treatment is safe, on the other hand, there are many indications for treatment. In the past, chloasma has always been a "forbidden area" for treatment, but recently some doctors have successfully used OPT-IPL(LumenisOne), but it is necessary to prevent pigmentation complications.
(2) Vascular diseases
Photons have a good effect on superficial skin vasodilation, such as facial capillary dilation. It also has a good effect on vascular malformations (such as port wine nevus), especially IPL(LumenisOne) in OPT mode has a good effect on port wine nevus. Photon therapy is not recommended for hemangioma, because the damage of hemangioma is too deep and the treatment effect is not very good. Of course, the effect of IPL treatment has a great relationship with the doctor's treatment technology. The characteristic of intense light in the treatment of skin vascular diseases is that it usually needs repeated treatment, and the curative effect is usually the cumulative result after repeated treatment, which is different from laser treatment, and usually laser treatment can have "immediate" curative effect.
(3) depilation
Although it is generally believed that laser is the "gold standard" type of hair removal because of its good monochromaticity and strong coherence, some recent studies have shown that the new generation of photons has similar hair removal effect to laser. Although the current hair removal technology is very mature and effective, it is still very difficult to achieve an absolutely permanent hair removal effect (no hair will grow again). No matter what kind of laser or new generation photon is used for hair removal treatment, it can only achieve the effect of permanent hair removal, not permanent hair removal, even the technology of combining radio frequency with IPL (electron light) is no exception.
(4) skin regeneration
In China, photon rejuvenation is translated as "photon rejuvenation". At first, it was a technology to treat skin photoaging by intense pulsed light, and the skin appearance of patients could be greatly improved after treatment. The skin changes caused by photoaging usually include the increase of pigmentation spots, telangiectasia and the appearance of fine lines. In order to successfully treat photoaging, it is not ideal to simply solve any kind of skin problems. Only by solving these three skin problems at the same time can we get the so-called "skin rejuvenation" effect. Because photon is a kind of "composite light" with long pulse width, it has certain curative effect on these three skin lesions. If the therapeutic effect of photon is not as good as that of laser, such as removing spots and treating telangiectasia, the effect of laser may be better. However, from the comprehensive effect of skin rejuvenation, photon is still very advantageous, because after photon treatment, all three skin lesions can obtain certain effects, including diluting or eliminating pigment spots, improving or eliminating telangiectasia, smoothing and cleaning the skin, eliminating fine wrinkles and slightly tightening the skin. However, the realization of this effect requires a series of repeated treatments. Although the curative effect of different individuals is different, most treatments show the characteristics of quick response, high curative effect, effective skin improvement, safe treatment, relatively few side effects and almost no impact on normal work and life.
2, the harm of photon rejuvenation
1, dry skin is anhydrous
Photon rejuvenation will accelerate the metabolism of the skin after receiving photon irradiation, which may lead to the accelerated loss of water and nutrients in the skin, resulting in dry skin and lack of water. In addition, the skin is fragile during photon rejuvenation, so we must do a good job of sun protection, hydration and moisturizing, otherwise it will easily cause new skin problems.
2, the skin may burn.
If it is a person with dark complexion and prone to pigmentation, it is easy to burn the skin when carrying out photon rejuvenation. This is because when they do photon rejuvenation, they need to increase the irradiation intensity of photons to help achieve the effect of rejuvenation. Once the photon irradiation intensity exceeds the safe range, it will easily lead to skin burns and stimulate the production of pigments.
3. Allergic skin infection
If the quality of cold glue applied to the treatment site before photon rejuvenation is not up to standard, or other cosmetics with uncertain quality are used when receiving photon rejuvenation, pigmentation, long spots on the face and black skin are easy to appear after photon rejuvenation. If it contains microorganisms, it may also cause facial skin infection, skin allergy, redness and other problems.
4, the effect is poor and easy to relapse.
Photon rejuvenation works well, but it is not suitable for everyone. If you are allergic to light and have local or systemic inflammation, pregnant women and people taking aspirin and other drugs should avoid photon rejuvenation. Especially friends with skin problems such as freckles, we should pay attention to the poor effect of photon rejuvenation, which may easily recur soon after operation and may even aggravate skin problems.
5. Tips
The effect of photon rejuvenation is recognized by many people. In fact, as long as you choose a hospital before photon rejuvenation, photon rejuvenation belongs to cosmetic surgery and needs to be carried out in a regular medical institution. In addition, paying attention to the care and maintenance of the skin after photon rejuvenation can effectively avoid the harm caused by photon rejuvenation.