ProFractional Therapy™ is the latest in laser technology, and The Center for Positive Aging was the first clinic in West Virginia to offer it.  The Journal’s Health and Fitness section featured us for this reason in March 2008 . Read More »

The real beauty of the ProFractional therapy is that is allows us to treat problem skin more aggressively with less downtime, thereby providing superior results and greater value than previous laser treatments.

ProFractional improves the overall appearance of skin, and is used for the treatment of wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, sun-damaged skin, as well as traumatic scars, burn scars and acne scars.

ProFractional is typically performed in a series of 1-4 treatments, spaced 3-6 weeks apart, depending on your needs.

Most skin areas can be treated.  Popular areas are the face, neck, chest and hands.

ProFractional uses laser energy to create thousands of microscopic channels in the skin which are surrounded by areas of untreated skin.  The zones of untreated skin invigorate the body’s natural healing response, and the treated areas stimulate production of new collagen, plumping up the skin and smoothing out wrinkles, lines, scars and other irregularities.

ProFractional is a dramatic improvement over treatments such as Fraxel and Thermage.  There is much less discomfort, it is less expensive, and offers superior results.

If you are looking for younger looking, tighter skin, or to improve scars, wrinkles, or sun damage in a comfortable treatment with a fast recovery, then you may be an ideal candidate for ProFractional Therapy.

Dr. Bowen has developed the SOFT™ technique using the ProFractional Laser.   SOFT™ (Selective Objective Fractional Technique) is a method in which the skin is treated according to its own characteristics, thereby achieving more dramatic results with fewer treatments.

As an example, a burn scar typically has significant variations in depth and texture, all within the “same” scar.     Therefore, “one” scar is actually made up of many areas, each needing to be treated according to its own unique characteristics.   The SOFT™ technique was developed precisely from this understanding of the variability of the skin.

Dr. Bowen is actively educating other physicians in his innovative SOFT™ technique.  He presented a paper on SOFT™ at the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) meeting in April 2009, at the Sciton Users’ Meeting in Chicago in July 2009, at the ASLMS meeting in Arizona in April 2010 (see:  http://www.prolipoplus.com/aslms2010.html), and at the Sciton Summit Users’ Meeting in May 2010 (see:  http://www.scitonsummit.com/summitspring2010agenda.html).