The Evolution of Fractionated Lasers: Fraxel, FTX & Clear + Brilliant with Dr. Rishi Chopra
🎧 In this episode of the Science of Skin Podcast, host Dr. Patty Farris sits down with Dr. Rishi Chopra — a Harvard-trained, fellowship-trained cosmetic dermatologist from the Mass General Wellman Center for Photomedicine — for a deep dive into the evolution of fractionated laser resurfacing.
Dr. Chopra breaks down how fractional photothermolysis, first described by Drs. Rox Anderson and Dieter Manstein in 2004, transformed dermatology by moving away from painful, high-downtime ablative resurfacing toward safer, more effective treatments. He walks through the progression from the original…
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