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Fraxel Laser Treatment with Dr. Hassan Al-Abdulla

Dr. Hassan Al-Abdulla- A name that has been engraved through-out our society today, both women and men admire his work. Dr. Abdulla is a especialized consultant of dermatology and venereology who is holding an M.B.B.S. a Doctorate degree in dermatology and veneorology, an American fellowship in dermathopathology and cosmetic dermatology and member of the American and Asian society of anti-aging medicine.

We sat down with Dr. Abdulla to discuss a recent Treatment that is being introduced in his clinic in Qatar.

Dr. Hassan, tell us more about Fraxel Laser treatment.
Fraxel laser treatment was created with the many benefits of ablative and non-ablaive lasers, but without the downtime, side effects and recovery length. Fraxel is a unique approach to repairing dammaged skin pixel by pixel,spot by spot.Think of your skin as a digital photograph in need of high-quality restoration or touch up

Fraxel Laser treatment improves your appearance by affecting only fraction of your skin at a time with thousands of tiny microscopic laser spots eliminating old epidermal pigmented cell. Unlike old laser treatments that were used to peel the whole surface of the skin with a period of two weeks of no direct sunlight, Fraxel only peels danaged tisue of the surface of the skin leaving healthy tissues heal the rest while stimulating the inside tissues and the patient can go back to his normal lifestyle within the maximum of 3 days.

Who is considered to be an eligible candidate for this kind of treatment?
Everyone suffering from damaged skin and has the signs aging such as wrinkles,pots and lines, from skin pigmentation such as Melasma as well as any kind of scars; for instance acne scars or dilated pores and even sundamaged skin. It is a treatment for all ages and for both men and women.

How does Fraxel Laser treatment works?
Fraxel produces thousands of tiny but deep columns of treatment in your skin, known as micro thermal treatment zones. This treatment eliminates old epidermal pigemented cells. It also penetrates deep into the dermis.

Just as important, though, are the areas of skin the Fraxel laser leaves untouched. For every micro thermal zone the laser targets and treats intensively it leaves the surrounding tissues unaffected and intact.

This fractional treatment allows the skin to heal much faster than if the entire area were treated at once, using body's natural healing process to create new, healthy tighter tissue to replace skin imperfections.

Where, when and how is the treatment performed?
Fraxel laser treatment can be done at any time, under an appointment with me as it is performed at my clinic for about an hour and a half.
The treatment area will be thoroughly cleaned prior to the procedure. Next, topical anesthesia is applied. When the effect of the anethesia to takes place, treatment can be performed, which would last for around 30 minutes maximum.

Is there a certain precautions patients should follow before or after treatment in order to maintain results?
None exactly. Patients can go on with their daily routine, after treatment. Redness and swelling will appear depending on the skin type. The skin will have a pinkish tone for couple of days which is a good sign that skin is healing deeply.

Moisturizer and Sun screen should be used to mask the appearance of flaking and protect the new skin from UV exposure.

Women can apply their make-up and men could shave soon after treatment.

When does the result start to show?
New epidermal skin develops immediately within 24 hours, and over the following weeks and months, the body will keep repairing deeper dermal tissues that have been affected by Fraxel Laser Treatment, producing beneficial changes that continue to improve over the following 2 to 3 months.

Any side effects?
There are 100% no side effects to Fraxel Laser Treatment. None has been recorded up to date except for a few minor cases where patients don't follow the instructions given to them and when they sometimes try to peel the skin off themselves which can cause pigmentation that could simply be treated with fraxel.

Thermage Treatment Interview with Dr. Hassan Al-Abdulla

Thermage is actually used or designed for tightening the skin, to replace the lifting of the face or any part of the body, abdomen redundancy of skin. It could be used after child delivery or losing a lot of Wight, and also after liposuction, to remove the extra skin and contouring, also an addition for contouring any part of the body and removing extra fat, and improving cellulite, if the cellulite is severe I can see it when the patient is laying down, if not it could be seen when the patient is standing.

How often should one do this procedure? Does it have to be on continuous basis? Are there any side effects? Redness, itchiness, swelling, headache, dizziness?

Once a year is enough, the patient can notice the deference after one procedure and also carry on with there day normally, because there is no side affects what so ever like redness o rashes, itchiness.

What will happen to the skin of the patient immediately after the procedure is done?

Everybody tries to escape major surgeries, to avoid sleeping at the hospital going under general anesthesia; in addition surgeries leaves scars long cuts which are hard to remove, like face lifting, it's more expensive and if it's done wrong it could have so many side effects, thermage does not give the same exact result as plastic surgery but it improves the three functions: tightening the skin, reducing fat, improving cellulite.

The pain deferrers from a patent to another some people can tolerate the pain and other do not but in general the pain is not too much, most can tolerate it.

Some clinics give Anesthesia, but the mother company does not recommended it.

What is the target market of this procedure? Can men also try this skin tightening cosmetic procedure? Is there any specific age range for this, because some people in their mid 20's start to develop aging lines due to stress and poor lifestyle habits?

Yes it is ok for them to improve wrinkles, for example the wrinkles surrounding the eye area, also to raise the eye brows. Targeted market is for all ages, especially if the patient suffers from redundancy of the skin, but the most important cases of redundancy appear after the age of the child period or after the marriage in women’s case.

How long is the procedure done? When can one feel and see the total results?

It approximately takes around one hour on the surface area, and the results could be seen right away. The patient can notice the difference directly after the procedure, but the result gets better by time, with in between six months and after it will give the final result.

Can any dermatologists perform this treatment/procedure? Or a there is a certified Thermage doctor who is authorize to do this?

Any can perform the treatment, when the machine is bought, the mother company gives professional training on how to use the machine, and it could by applied to any system like an electronic device, you need to switch on and of and what levels you can work on or of each case, and this protocol is built by the mother company after many studies.

Is Thermage procedure cost-effective comparing to other countries that have started this treatment?

It is rather costly, actually the cost is the major side affect to this treatment, because the mother company charges too much for each head used in the treatment and the head is only used once.

Do you have any special discounts, special trials, promotions for this Thermage treatment?

The price is fixed internationally, the patient can visit the website and learn about the prices, but there might be some difference here in Doha than in other countries relaying on the sales taxes. No special discounts, because as I mentioned the price is fixed worldwide.

Where can one inquire and have a consultation? Any email address, telephone #, clinic address?

The consultation is very important to tell the patient what is best for them, and for directing them, they can read and match there cases to the information provided on the website. For consultation patients can visit our clinic which is located on 250 D Ring Road, 45 Old Airport Area or call on the clinic land line +974 4432 3900 or visit our website www.drhassanmedical.com to learn more about Thermage.