FRAXEL® IN PERSPECTIVE

Richard M. Foxx, MD

After more than two years of experience with FRAXEL I continue to be impressed by the results—both short and long term.

While out and about I recently encountered a casual friend I had not seen in over a month. A contemporary, he originally signed on about for the treatments about six months ago because of extensive sun damage, brown spots, and actinic keratoses from years in the sun at the beach. I knew he had a good result when I saw him four weeks after his last treatment and took pictures but I was not prepared for the tremendous improvement he continued to have in skin coloration, texture, and improvement of fine lines. I was impressed. So was he. More importantly, so was his wife.

Another patient presented for follow up photos the other day four weeks after completing the series. A fair-skinned strawberry blond in her 50’s, she had multiple brown spots, many fine wrinkles under her eyes and around her mouth, and large pores. I was amazed at the improvement. The brown spots were gone, the peri-orbital wrinkles were 90 percent or more improved, and the wrinkles under her eyes were undetectable.

Since we opened this office, my litmus test for any piece of equipment I bring into the office is simple: Will I be pleased when I take my after pictures or will I be squirming in my seat doing a little soft shoe and trying to find improvement that isn’t there?

With FRAXEL I was impressed the first time I saw the system demonstrated. The more I looked into it, the more impressed I became. The impressive safety record sealed the deal and we began to do treatments in January of 2006, before any other office in the desert.

Since then I have never regretted the decision. I wish I could say that about every decision I ever made.

Doctor Foxx is the Founder and Medical Director of The Medical and Skin Spa, a medical skin clinic in Indian Wells, CA, at Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, one of the country’s only resort-based medical spas.  He may be reached at drfoxx@medicalandskinspa.com or at 760-674-4106

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