Many people like spending as much time as they can outside. In the summertime they like to go to the beach, in the winter they like to ski, and in the fall and spring they like to hike. Whatever outdoor recreations people like to partake in, they need to be aware of the fact that unless they are always wearing sunscreen, they are putting their skin at risk.
The dermatological community has come up with various procedures to help sun-damaged skin, of which Fraxel is among them. Fraxel is a procedure that incorporates laser technology to small fractions of the skin, slowly repairing the damaged skin tissue. In order to understand how Fraxel repairs the damaged skin tissue, it is important to understand how skin becomes damaged by the sun. The ozone layer used to be much stronger than it is now, and with the weaker ozone layer comes more opportunities for dangerous ultraviolet rays to permeate the skin and cause such dangerous things as skin cancer.
Even if a person does not get skin cancer from prolonged exposure to the sun, they can still end up with irregular pigmentation and leathery skin. Both of these are indications of damaged skin layers. Only the topmost layer of the skin is visible to the eye, but the damage permeates down several layers. The intense lasers of Fraxel permeate the layers and use the light and heat from the lasers to rejuvenate and bring forward the unharmed skin. The skin will visibly improve after several treatment sessions.
