Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART ONE ANATOMY AND THE AGING PROCESS
- PART TWO ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION FOR OFFICE COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- PART THREE FILLERS AND NEUROTOXINS
- PART FOUR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT, RADIOFREQUENCY, AND ULTRASOUND ENERGY
- Chap. 42 TREATMENT OF TELANGIECTASIA, POIKILODERMA, AND FACE AND LEG VEINS
- Chap. 43 VASCULAR LASERS
- Chap. 44 OVERVIEW OF CO2 AND ER:YAG LASERS AND PLASMA DEVICES
- Chap. 45 CONTEMPORARY CO2 LASER RESURFACING
- Chap. 46 ER:YAG
- Chap. 47 PLASMA SKIN REJUVENATION OF THE HANDS
- Chap. 48 NONABLATIVE LASER TISSUE REMODELING: 1,064-, 1,320-, 1,450-, AND 1,540-NM LASER SYSTEMS
- Chap. 49 OVERVIEW OF BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 50 TITAN: INDUCING DERMAL CONTRACTION
- Chap. 51 SCITON BROADBAND LIGHT AND ER:YAG MICROPEEL COMBINATION
- Chap. 52 AMINOLEVULINIC ACID PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR FACIAL REJUVENATION AND ACNE
- Chap. 53 THERMAGE FOR FACE AND BODY
- Chap. 54 LUMENIS ALUMA SKIN TIGHTENING SYSTEM
- Chap. 55 ELLMAN RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR SKIN TIGHTENING
- Chap. 56 ALMA ACCENT DUAL RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR TISSUE CONTOURING
- Chap. 57 COMBINED LIGHT AND BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY
- Chap. 58 FRACTIONAL LASERS: GENERAL CONCEPTS
- Chap. 59 PALOMAR LUX 1,540-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 60 FRAXEL 1,550-NM LASER (FRAXEL RE:STORE)
- Chap. 61 1,440-NM FRACTIONAL LASER: CYNOSURE AFFIRM
- Chap. 62 SCITON ER:YAG 2,940-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 63 ALMA PIXEL ER:YAG FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 64 FRACTIONATED CO2 LASER
- Chap. 65 LED PHOTOREJUVENATION DEVICES
- Chap. 66 PHOTOPNEUMATIC THERAPY
- Chap. 67 HAIR REMOVAL: LASER AND BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 68 ACNE AND ACNE SCARS: LASER AND LIGHT TREATMENTS
- Chap. 69 FAT AND CELLULITE REDUCTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- Chap. 70 ULTRASHAPE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FAT REDUCTION DEVICE
- Chap. 71 LIPOSONIX ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR BODY SCULPTING
- PART FIVE OTHER PROCEDURES
- INDEX
- References
Chap. 50 - TITAN: INDUCING DERMAL CONTRACTION
from PART FOUR - COSMETIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT, RADIOFREQUENCY, AND ULTRASOUND ENERGY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART ONE ANATOMY AND THE AGING PROCESS
- PART TWO ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION FOR OFFICE COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- PART THREE FILLERS AND NEUROTOXINS
- PART FOUR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT, RADIOFREQUENCY, AND ULTRASOUND ENERGY
- Chap. 42 TREATMENT OF TELANGIECTASIA, POIKILODERMA, AND FACE AND LEG VEINS
- Chap. 43 VASCULAR LASERS
- Chap. 44 OVERVIEW OF CO2 AND ER:YAG LASERS AND PLASMA DEVICES
- Chap. 45 CONTEMPORARY CO2 LASER RESURFACING
- Chap. 46 ER:YAG
- Chap. 47 PLASMA SKIN REJUVENATION OF THE HANDS
- Chap. 48 NONABLATIVE LASER TISSUE REMODELING: 1,064-, 1,320-, 1,450-, AND 1,540-NM LASER SYSTEMS
- Chap. 49 OVERVIEW OF BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 50 TITAN: INDUCING DERMAL CONTRACTION
- Chap. 51 SCITON BROADBAND LIGHT AND ER:YAG MICROPEEL COMBINATION
- Chap. 52 AMINOLEVULINIC ACID PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR FACIAL REJUVENATION AND ACNE
- Chap. 53 THERMAGE FOR FACE AND BODY
- Chap. 54 LUMENIS ALUMA SKIN TIGHTENING SYSTEM
- Chap. 55 ELLMAN RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR SKIN TIGHTENING
- Chap. 56 ALMA ACCENT DUAL RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR TISSUE CONTOURING
- Chap. 57 COMBINED LIGHT AND BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY
- Chap. 58 FRACTIONAL LASERS: GENERAL CONCEPTS
- Chap. 59 PALOMAR LUX 1,540-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 60 FRAXEL 1,550-NM LASER (FRAXEL RE:STORE)
- Chap. 61 1,440-NM FRACTIONAL LASER: CYNOSURE AFFIRM
- Chap. 62 SCITON ER:YAG 2,940-NM FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 63 ALMA PIXEL ER:YAG FRACTIONAL LASER
- Chap. 64 FRACTIONATED CO2 LASER
- Chap. 65 LED PHOTOREJUVENATION DEVICES
- Chap. 66 PHOTOPNEUMATIC THERAPY
- Chap. 67 HAIR REMOVAL: LASER AND BROADBAND LIGHT DEVICES
- Chap. 68 ACNE AND ACNE SCARS: LASER AND LIGHT TREATMENTS
- Chap. 69 FAT AND CELLULITE REDUCTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- Chap. 70 ULTRASHAPE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FAT REDUCTION DEVICE
- Chap. 71 LIPOSONIX ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR BODY SCULPTING
- PART FIVE OTHER PROCEDURES
- INDEX
- References
Summary
Dermal contraction for the purpose of cosmetic improvement can be induced by the application of heat at adequate intensity and for adequate time. The first technology to achieve this was nonablative radiofrequency. Heat was produced by the passage of electrons flowing from an active electrode into the skin and, ultimately, into a passive electrode or grounding plate. This monopolar radiofrequency device spared the epidermis from thermal injury using a concurrent squirt of cryogen fluid applied onto the back side of the treating electrode. The cryogen would be sprayed immediately before, during, and immediately after the emission of radiofrequency. This device had two inherent problems: one was the electrical quality of the energy pulses, which were unpleasant; second, the intensity of those pulses were quite painful. To mitigate such pain, a topical anesthetic was applied for at least an hour prior to the procedure, but even then, the intensity (up to 150 J/cm2) combined with a short delivery time (1–2 s) made for an experience hard to forget for the patient.
Titan (Altera Inc.) is an alternative device, which uses infrared light (1,100–1,800 nm) as the energy source, and also combines it with cold before, during, and after the energy pulse. This device has been used effectively to achieve skin contraction, but because it uses a multisecond pulse, the energy does not cause the same degree of pain as the radiofrequency device.
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- Office-Based Cosmetic Procedures and Techniques , pp. 230 - 231Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010