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What is a Hybrid Fractional Laser?

A hybrid fractional laser delivers both ablative and non-ablative wavelengths to the same or different microscopic treatment zones to provide ablative results, with non-ablative downtime.

The Best of Both Worlds

Ablative Results. Non-Ablative Downtime.

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The Halo Difference

For the ultimate in delegatable treatments, Halo offers a basic mode with three simple pre-programmed levels for little to no downtime. The operator chooses one of the three coverage levels, and Halo calculates the exact amount of energy necessary to complete a safe and effective treatment.

Halo also offers a Pro Mode, which allows you to independently control the depth and coverage of both wavelengths for unrivaled treatment customization.

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Pixel CO2 Laser Resurfacing

This revolutionary treatment can provide a dramatic result after just one treatment with minimal risk or downtime. For those patients with medium to deep wrinkling who wish to avoid surgical procedures but desire a youthful, refreshed skin tone, Pixel® CO2 skin resurfacing is the ideal choice. Years ago, CO2 (carbon dioxide) skin resurfacing fell out of favor due to the treatment's long downtimes and risk of complications. Now with the Pixel CO2, you again see the fabulous results only available with CO2 but with a considerable reduction in downtime. In fact, with Pixel CO2, the average patient will only see about 2 to 4 days of minor downtime.

With the Pixel CO2, laser light passes through the patented Pixel® micro optics lens array to penetrate the skin with tiny thermal channels. This creates an ablative and thermal effect in only these channels — a micro-injury — without disturbing the surrounding tissue. The tissue surrounding the micro-injury sites (about 15-20 percent of the treatment area) starts the process of healing. The intact, undamaged skin around the treatment site is what promotes quicker healing for a faster recovery. You will see a dramatic improvement in the tone and texture of your skin.

This procedure works well to shrink the appearance of pores, fill in acne scars, blend uneven pigmentation, clear sun-damage skin, and smooths fine lines and wrinkles. It is so precise that it is safe on delicate skin like the neck, chest, and hands.

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Laser Hair Removal

The LightSheer is recognized as the "gold standard" for laser hair removal requiring fewer treatments with faster results. The LightSheer offers safe and effective treatment for most skin types and hair colors. The patented ChillTip provides continuous contact cooling of the skin for maximal patient safety and comfort. Laser hair reduction can be performed on almost all areas of the body. A series of 4-6 treatments are recommended for optimal results.

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Chemical Peels

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Contour Laser

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CO2 Laser Resurfacing

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HALO Laser

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Infini-RF Skin Tightening

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Intense Pulsed Light

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Laser Hair Removal

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LightStim Light Therapy

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Microdermabrasion

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MicroLaser Peel

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Microneedling

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Contour TRL by Sciton

From superficial to deep peels, the unique Contour Tunable Resurfacing Laser enables exceptional, patient-tuned outcomes. Address a broad range of patient needs from the subtle to the dramatic, with superior uniformity and customizable thermal effects.

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From NanoPeelTM to Full Field Resurfacing

Contour TRL allows you to customize treatment for each patient from a 4 to 10 micron NanoPeelTM with shorter downtime to 50 micron MicroLaserPeelTM or up to 330 micron full field resurfacing on deep perioral and periorbital rhytides. Contour offers independent controls for ablation and coagulation levels allowing you to optimize results depending on the patient’s skin condition and needs. You can easily change settings on the large touchscreen display with a simple tap of the fingertip.

Combination Treatments

Combining treatments on the Joule platform is easy, simply swap out the Contour TRL hand piece for a ProFractional or single spot hand piece to improve skin condition at deeper layers or to reduce pore size. Click the Clinical Applications button below for a more complete list of possible treatments.

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Product Overview

The Contour TRL (Tunable Resurfacing Laser) is a full-field skin resurfacing solution, capable of a wide variety of treatment options. From a shallow MicroLaserPeel® (up to 50µm of ablation) to deep resurfacing (up to 200µm of ablation per pass, with or without variable depth coagulation), the Contour TRL gives the physician exquisite control over surgical outcomes.

What makes the Sciton resurfacing laser truly unique among other resurfacing lasers is TRL technology, which provides independent control over the depth of ablation and coagulation with micron precision. TRL technology makes it easy to ablate as shallow or deep as you like, with or without coagulation.

Competitive lasers, like CO2, have a fixed ratio of coagulation to ablation, and there is no way to separate the two. With CO2, coagulation always accompanies ablation, which often leads to suboptimal treatments and undesired side effects like hypopigmentation, sustained erythema, and prolonged recovery times.

Sciton’s TRL technology is different. Because the Contour TRL decouples ablation and coagulation and allows for precise application of each, practitioners can dial in the exact tissue effect needed for each patient’s pathology, desired outcome, and tolerance for downtime.

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Clinical Applications

The Contour TRL’s unique ability to be tuned for different tissue effects gives it the widest array of possible treatments. TRL technology provides the ability to plane down wrinkles externally while internally stimulating the dermal collagen matrix to firm the skin and add dermal resilience. Primary treatments include:

  • Mild to deep wrinkles
  • Persistent peri-oral and peri-orbital deep rhytides
  • Acne scars, post-traumatic and surgical scars
  • Actinic keratoses
  • Pigmented lesions
  • Lax skin in all areas (including upper and lower blephs)
  • Poor skin tone/texture
  • Contour TRL can treat all skin types, both on the face and body.

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Science + Technology

Better ablation through more efficient water absorption
The Contour TRL employs a dual-mode erbium: YAG laser that incorporates the pinnacle of resurfacing laser technology. Erbium has a much higher absorption in the target chromophore water than CO2 (see graph below) which gives erbium the ability to vaporize tissue with very little thermal conduction. By contrast, due to its comparatively low absorption by water, CO2 lasers conduct a significant amount of heat into the tissue. The clinical significance of erbium’s superior ablation efficiency should be a critical factor in deciding which laser to add to one’s practice. Studies have shown that erbium lasers produce far fewer side effects such as the prolonged erythema and hypopigmentation that are common with CO2 lasers.

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TRL (Tunable Resurfacing Laser) Technology

Erbium’s high water absorption is only part of the story. What truly sets the Contour apart is TRL technology, which gives the user the ability to adjust the depth of ablation and coagulation independently.

By modulating the laser’s energy to deliver supra-ablative pulses, the Contour is able to vaporize any depth of tissue from 4 to 200 microns per pass with extreme precision. If coagulation is desired, sub-ablative laser energy is delivered in a train of pulses that heat the tissue to a selectable depth without vaporizing it.

The graph to the right shows a supra-ablative pulse (well above the ablation threshold) which vaporizes tissue to a controlled depth, followed by a train of sub-ablative pulses, which raise the tissue temperature. With Contour TRL, the physician has the ability to precisely dial in the exact tissue effect desired – from pure ablation to pure thermal, and every combination in between. This unique ability is what gives the power to tailor treatments to each patient’s individual pathology, desired outcome, and tolerance for downtime. Simply stated, if you want the very best resurfacing results, Contour TRL is your solution.

Pixel CO2 Laser Resurfacing

This revolutionary treatment can provide a dramatic result after just one treatment with minimal risk or downtime. For those patients with medium to deep wrinkling who wish to avoid surgical procedures but desire a youthful, refreshed skin tone, Pixel® CO2 skin resurfacing is the ideal choice. Years ago, CO2 (carbon dioxide) skin resurfacing fell out of favor due to the treatment's long downtimes and risk of complications. Now with the Pixel CO2, you again see the fabulous results only available with CO2 but with a considerable reduction in downtime.

In fact, with Pixel CO2, the average patient will only see about 2 to 4 days of minor downtime. With the Pixel CO2, laser light passes through the patented Pixel® micro optics lens array to penetrate the skin with tiny thermal channels. This creates an ablative and thermal effect in only these channels — a micro-injury — without disturbing the surrounding tissue.

The tissue surrounding the micro-injury sites (about 15-20 percent of the treatment area) starts the process of healing. The intact, undamaged skin around the treatment site is what promotes quicker healing for a faster recovery. You will see a dramatic improvement in the tone and texture of your skin. This procedure works well to shrink the appearance of pores, fill in acne scars, blend uneven pigmentation, clear sun-damage skin, and smooths fine lines and wrinkles. It is so precise that it is safe on delicate skin like the neck, chest, and hands.

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Laser Hair Removal

The LightSheer is recognized as the "gold standard" for laser hair removal requiring fewer treatments with faster results. The LightSheer offers safe and effective treatment for most skin types and hair colors. The patented ChillTip provides continuous contact cooling of the skin for maximal patient safety and comfort. Laser hair reduction can be performed on almost all areas of the body. A series of 4-6 treatments are recommended for optimal results.

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