If You’re Choosing a Laser for Shrinking Pores in the Butterfly Zone, Which One Should You Pick?

  As the weather has turned chilly, it now feels like the kind of weather that makes you wonder if it’s really time to take out your padded jacket.

The short autumn has now passed, and winter is coming, something you can feel on your skin.

Autumn and winter are seasons when you have no choice but to pay closer attention to skin care because the weather is so dry.

In particular, skincare products you used in the summer can feel even drier, so you need to put more effort into care.

Your skin can also be at risk of catching a cold.

In the morning and evening, cold and dry air irritates the skin,

and at midday, when the skin is exposed to strong ultraviolet rays,

various problems arise in skin functions such as heat release and pore control,

leading to symptoms similar to a cold in the body.

 

Among these, the issue that many people worry about most is pores.

Pores are easy to enlarge but not easy to shrink, so many people are concerned about them.

So first, let’s look at why pores become enlarged and how to reduce them.

  First, the reasons pores become enlarged

can largely be thought of as two main causes.

The first and most commonly known reason is excessive sebum secretion.

Inside pores are sebaceous glands that secrete sebum,

so pores not only serve the basic role of being holes where hair grows,

but also act as passages for releasing sebum.

Sebum originally helps protect the skin from drying out,

but when sebaceous glands are stimulated for various reasons, they can overproduce sebum.

In this process of excessive sebum secretion,

or when sebum and dead skin cells mix and block the pores, the pores can become wider.

Pores can also become enlarged due to reduced skin elasticity.

In the dermis, there are connective tissue cells called fibroblasts,

which produce collagen and elastin, the connective tissue fibers that give skin its elasticity.

Collagen makes the skin firm and sturdy,

while elastin adds elasticity and flexibility.

As we age and collagen and elastin decrease,

skin elasticity declines due to the skin-aging process.

During this process, wrinkles form and the skin loses firmness, and pores can also become enlarged.

  There are two types of pores: horizontal pores and vertical pores.

Horizontal pores are pores that appear due to excessive sebum secretion,

and they are mostly seen from the teens to the mid-20s.

Horizontal pores also widen into a round shape. 

Vertical pores are pores that appear due to aging,

and they are mostly seen after the mid-20s.

Vertical pores also widen into an oval shape.

Among facial areas, there are places where pores are especially enlarged:

the area from the side of the nose to the cheeks.

Because this area is shaped like a butterfly,

it is called the butterfly zone.

The butterfly zone is an area where vertical pores commonly appear,

and many people are looking into laser treatments for shrinking pores in the butterfly zone.

For people like this, today I’d like to introduce an effective laser for shrinking pores in the butterfly zone,

the pore laser called the Pico laser.

Some of you may be very unfamiliar with the Pico laser,

but it is a pore-shrinking laser that incorporates PICOSECOND technology, which is one trillionth of a second.

Compared with the NANOSECOND technology used by conventional pore-shrinking lasers,

it is a technology that achieves ultrashort pulses 100 times faster.

Thanks to this, it delivers high energy in a short amount of time.

The principle is similar to how narrowing the nozzle when spraying water increases the water pressure:

it is a method of firing a stronger laser in a shorter amount of time than before.

There have already been various pore-shrinking laser procedures,

and you may be wondering why we recommend the Pico laser instead of the others.

First, unlike conventional lasers that can still be painful even when anesthetic cream is applied,

the Pico laser achieves ultrashort pulses, so the discomfort is less.

Also, because it delivers strong laser energy,

you can experience the effect of 10 sessions of conventional pore-shrinking laser treatments in just 2 to 5 sessions,

which shortens the treatment period.

In addition, because it focuses energy on the dermis using an MLA lens,

the skin is less damaged, overcoming the drawback of a long recovery period after conventional laser procedures,

and allowing a return to daily life immediately after treatment.

The Pico laser does not exfoliate or remove the skin;

it reduces pores by replenishing the skin.

You may be wondering how that is possible,

and it can be understood once you know how the Pico laser works.

The Pico laser treats the skin by creating tiny holes beneath the epidermis

and promoting the synthesis of new collagen.

Thanks to this principle, the butterfly-zone pore-shrinking laser,

the Pico laser, is a method that can provide not only pore-shrinking effects but also improvements in pigmentation disorders and wrinkle improvement.

At our clinic, we offer discounts every Tuesday and Thursday on all petite procedures,

including the butterfly-zone pore-shrinking laser, the Pico laser,

as part of the Cheerful Tuesday-Thursday Day event.

Please keep this in mind when visiting, as you may be able to experience the Pico laser at a reasonable price.

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