title: Technical characteristics of fractional light devices.
abstract: This article deals with the technical characteristics of fractional light devices, fractional lasers, and light sources that cause their biologic effects by increasing the temperature of the target tissues to the point where the target is either killed, or in other cases where the temperature of the target tissue is increased to the point where repair and remodeling systems are turned on but tissue is not killed. Resurfacing devices act by causing ablation and/or coagulation.
authors.affiliation: Niagara Falls Dermatology and Skin Care Centre Limited, 6453 Morrison Street, Suite 201, Niagara Falls, ON L2E 7H1, Canada. ksmithderm@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: G Daniel
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Schachter
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D054020:Lasers, Gas; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008027:Light; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*