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Laser Treatments · Austin, Texas

ProFractional Laser Treatments

ProFractional resurfaces your skin through narrow channels instead of treating the whole surface at once. The skin around each channel stays intact, so you're back to normal in days, while new collagen rebuilds texture, softens scarring, and keeps improving fine lines for months.

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How it works

Why treat a fraction of your skin on purpose?

Because the skin you don't treat is what heals you.

ProFractional is fractional erbium resurfacing. Instead of removing the entire surface, the laser opens narrow channels through a fraction of your skin and leaves everything around them intact. The channels are where the change happens: your skin closes them with fresh collagen, and that rebuilding is what softens scarring and smooths etched-in texture.

Because most of your skin stays untouched, healing moves fast: a few days of visible recovery, not the longer window full-surface resurfacing needs. ProFractional reaches deep enough to rebuild collagen, with a recovery you can plan a normal week around.

Like most corrective work here, it usually runs as a series, then maintenance. How deep we go, how many sessions you'll need, and when we schedule them are decided at your consultation and skin analysis, with timing planned around your sun exposure, since deeper laser work favors the lower-sun months. Lasers are medical-grade treatments, and we perform them under medical-director oversight, as Texas law requires.

And it isn't only for your face. Like most of our lasers, ProFractional can treat most areas of the body.

Scarring

The collagen that closes each channel is the same collagen that gradually softens scars, including acne scarring.

Uneven texture

Roughness smooths as resurfacing and collagen rebuilding work together over the weeks after treatment.

Fine lines and aging

ProFractional treats aging by rebuilding collagen underneath, not by masking what shows on top.

Prevention

Some clients use it before there's much to correct, as maintenance that keeps skin ahead of aging.

Maybe not you, yet

Suitability depends on your skin type, and some goals are better served by our lighter Nano or Micro laser peels; the consultation sorts that out.

What to expect

Laser resurfacing with faster healing

Here's what to expect before, during and after your treatment.

Before your treatment, we apply a topical numbing cream and use a Zimmer skin cooling system to help maximize comfort throughout the procedure.

The continuous cool air helps minimize heat on the skin while the fractional laser creates controlled microscopic treatment zones to stimulate the skin's natural collagen remodeling process.

The first 48 hours are typically the most noticeable, with redness, swelling, and a sunburn-like sensation. As the skin heals, redness gradually fades, and you may notice a rough, sandpaper-like texture over a few days.

  • Sunscreen, daily

    Broad-spectrum sunscreen every day while you heal, and after that too.

  • Stay out of direct sun

    Protect healing skin by avoiding direct sun exposure until your provider clears you. Daily mineral sunscreen is essential to help prevent unwanted pigmentation and support optimal healing.

  • Pause active skincare

    Avoid retinoids, exfoliating acids, scrubs, and other active ingredients until your skin has fully healed or your provider advises it's safe to resume them.

  • Let your skin heal naturally

    Use a gentle cleanser, keep your skin well hydrated, and always wash your hands before touching the surface area. Avoid scrubbing, exfoliating, or using active skincare ingredients until your provider tells you it's safe.

  • Let shedding happen

    As your skin heals, you may notice light flaking. Allow the treated skin to shed naturally and never pick or peel it, as this can delay healing and increase the risk of scarring or unwanted pigmentation.

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01-03 / 06

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Jordan S.
Beyond thrilled with my results with Terra! I started seeing her for my acne and cannot believe how my skin has cleared with her advice, products, and extractions.
Ssss S.
She has transformed my skin. I go to her for peels, derma-planing and latest- micro needling. All of it is sooo wonderful. But I am now obsessed with micro-needling.
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Kristin W.
Terra is fantastic!
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Next step

Find out if ProFractional is your laser

If scarring and texture are what you want changed, ProFractional is worth a conversation: the correction comes from rebuilt collagen, and the recovery is a few days you can plan around. If your goals point somewhere lighter, our Nano or Micro laser peels may fit better. Book a complimentary consultation, in person or virtual, and the plan gets built from your skin, not from a menu.

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