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Beauty Tech Review: Skin Resurfacing - Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 2:35 PMThe Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation (PSR) provides dramatic overall skin rejuvenation without harsh healing typically associated with lasers.
There are a variety of devices in the market that use different energies to rejuvenate skin: fractional lasers, radiofrequency (RF), intense pulsed light (IPL) and that's just to name a few. And while each procedure is well suited to treat many skin issues, they all differ in technology, downtimes and efficacy. The Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation (PSR) uses plasma kinetic energy to provide skin tightening and treat wrinkles.
The Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation (PSR) has 3 levels to treat different skin issues, based on levels of severity. Acclaimed dermatologist Dr. Christopher Zachary says, "If you use the high energies with this device, you can get very nice skin tightening, excellent reduction in pre-cancers and very nice color and texture and tone."
World renowned leader in the field of dermatology, Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick notes the Portrait PSR is ideal due its ability to deliver an overall peel. For patients who may suffer from an abundance of dyschromia or precancers, Dr. Fitzpatrick says, "The Portrait has an advantage because it gets a 100% peel across the surface."
Portrait PSR uses a highly energized gaseous state known as plasma to produce a unique thermal profile to penetrate the superficial and deeper levels of the dermis to replace damaged collagen and encourage new collagen growth for new skin. Dr. Zachary comments, "The plasma kinetic device actually energizes nitrogen which then produces plasma, a form of heat which rapidly causes heating - elevation of the temperature in the epidermis and the superficial dermis and it very rapidly becomes cool again."
After which, the outer layer of skin actually dies off, similar to a Chemical Peel. New skin that is beneath the uniform injury created by the treatment begins to grow thicker, pushing off the superficial dead skin, without the bleeding and oozing typically associated with other skin rejuvenation procedures, such as CO2 lasers.
According to Dr. Zachary, "The Portrait PSR creates its own dry membrane on the surface of the skin which would peel off after a number of days. In fact, when the patients went home, unless treated with the higher energies, they just look a bit red and swollen. Two or three days later, that skin darkens and actually starts to peel off. The natural dressing is of huge importance when it comes to allowing the new skin underneath, to grow with minimal post inflammatory hyper pigmentation, reduced infection, and reduced redness."
The downtime associated with the procedure is dependent on the severity of wrinkles and loose skin being treated and which treatment depth level used. Dr. Fitzpatrick recommends a 7-10 days of downtime after performing this procedure. Dr. Zachary states, "The healing characteristics with this device are somewhat different. With fractionated CO2 lasers, there will be oozing and bleeding for the first 48 hours. The opposite is true with the PSR, when patients go home they’re a little bit red and swollen but it’s really on day 3, 4 and 5 when the skin darkens and peels, without bleeding and oozing."
While the Portrait PSR may be used on patients with darker skin, Dr. Zachary warns his patients that as with any skin rejuvenation device, there is a possibility of post inflammatory hyper pigmentation but pre and post treatment of hydroquinone cream greatly decreases the chances of PIH.
Energist Group To Distribute Osyris Medical LipoTherme in US
Monday, December 13, 2010 5:03 PMThe recent partnership with Energist NA and Osyris Medical may mean a stronger presence of laser lipolysis device LipoTherme in the US.
Effective immediately, the North American division of The Energist Group, Energist NA announced their partnership with France-based Osyris Medical, the makers of the laser lipolysis device, LipoTherme. The 2 year exclusive agreement will allow Energist NA to continue the introduction and strategic expansion of the Lipotherme technology in the US market. All new sales, marketing and service efforts will be assumed by Energist.
The manufacturer of Lipotherme, Osyris Medical, are well known in France for their design and creation of medical, surgical and aesthetic applications.
John Lenihan, Global Vice President of Sales for Energist Group comments, “For Energist, partnering with Osyris makes perfect sense. It affords us the opportunity to quickly take advantage of a very lucrative and expanding market by offering LipoTherme, a well respected, cutting edge product.” Mr. Lenihan continues, “As a result of this agreement the US sales organization will now have one of the most comprehensive product offerings of anyone in the industry.”
Jaouad Zemmouri, CEO of Osyris Medical says, ”We are pleased to be partnered with such a quality organization. The US sales team at Energist NA, led by Ron Borsheim VP of Sales will now give Lipotherme the time and attention it deserves. LipoTherme in our estimation is one of the most recognized laser lipolysis devices on the market today and we have no doubt patients, practitioners, Energist and Osyris will all benefit by this relationship."
New Tips Available For Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation
Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:19 AMThe recent acquisition of Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation by the Energist Group will provide previous Rhytec Portrait owners with new tips for their devices.
This acquisition of the Portrait Plasma Skin Rejuvenation (PSR3) technology adds to the Energist's Group of ablative, non-ablative, and now plasma-based solutions in the aesthetic marketplace. The addition of the Portrait PSR3 to Energist's diverse mix of medical device products strengthens their leadership role in the ever growing skin rejuvenation market.The Energist Group recently announced their acquisition of Portrait Plasma Technology, which was previously owned by Rhytec.
The first step that the Energist Group will execute will be to re-commence the manufacture of Portrait tips to meet existing customers needs. After which, the group intends on redesigning and launching the second generation of the Portrait PSR3 system.