What is the picosecond laser to treat blemishes? – GOOD SHAPE

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One of the most effective novelties for treating spots is the picosecond laser Pico Ultra 300, a breakthrough in lasers because it is ultrafast (with pulses in picoseconds), ensuring procedures with less sessions, in addition to providing more safety and less pain to the patient.

Picosecond is equal to one second divided by trillions, that is, trillionths of a second. The spot treatment laser, when applied, is capable of ‘tearing apart’ the pigment. When we talk about a procedure with a pulse duration in nanoseconds, it is capable of causing pigment fragmentation. The picosecond laser, on the other hand, is faster and causes microfragmentation, that is, the pigment is broken into much smaller pieces, which makes it easier for the body to eliminate these pigments with less side effect. Furthermore, this pulse is so fast that it hits the target (spots, tattoo pigments) without hurting the surrounding healthy tissue, without heating the skin, which would increase the risk of worsening melasma.

Pico Ultra 300 acts through a mechanical effect. One of the great advantages of the equipment is precisely the fact that it works through photoacoustic reactions without converting to a photothermal effect, which makes it possible to use very high energies to enhance results, but with reduced discomfort and, in the case of melasma treatment, , without risk of causing a rebound effect, with consequent worsening of the condition,

The procedure presents results in the first session, it can be done on the face and body and on average two to four sessions are required, depending on the size or degree of melasma and spots. The interval between sessions for spots is four weeks.