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Fotona Dynamis is a dual-wavelength laser platform. An erbium laser works at the surface, from gentle heating to full resurfacing, and a Nd:YAG laser works deep, tightening tissue, closing vessels and removing hair. Between them they cover laxity, texture, scars, redness, hair and nail fungus, and the combination protocol known as Fotona 4D. At Rejuvenation Dermatology Calgary South, Dr. Paul Kuzel, a board-certified dermatologist, chooses the mode for the problem and sets every treatment himself.
The value of Fotona is range. The same device can deliver a no-downtime tightening pass, a fractional resurfacing that heals in days, or a full ablative peel, and can switch to a deep-heating wavelength for vessels, hair and tightening from below.
The clinic has several ways to resurface and several ways to tighten. Fotona overlaps with most of them, which is why the choice is made by the physician rather than by the brochure.
Erbium ablates with less heat than CO2, so it heals faster with less risk of pigment change, but tightens less. Fraxel is non-ablative and gentler again. Dr. Kuzel matches depth to damage.
CO2 laser resurfacingThermage is radiofrequency, one session, no downtime, and treats the eyelids. Fotona 4D is laser, a short course, a day or two of pinkness, and improves the surface at the same time.
Thermage FLXVBeam is more selective for fine facial redness. The Nd:YAG reaches deeper, larger and bluer vessels, including leg veins.
VBeamBoth remove hair. The Nd:YAG wavelength is the safe one for darker skin. Dr. Kuzel chooses by skin type and hair colour.
Laser hair removalA platform that can do many things can also do the wrong one. The judgement is in the mode, the depth and the patient.
Fotona is used on the face, neck, body and nails. The mode is chosen for each indication.
Early jowls, softening jawline and loss of firmness, treated with the four-pass protocol over a course of two to four sessions.
Skin laxityEstablished wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, sun damage and uneven texture, with one session and a week of healing.
Fine lines and wrinklesColumns of ablation stimulate remodelling beneath scars over a course, with a few days of recovery each.
Acne scarringDeeper facial vessels, vessels around the nose, and leg veins that VBeam cannot reach.
Rosacea and rednessLong-pulse Nd:YAG hair removal, the safe wavelength for darker skin, on the face and body.
Laser hair removalHeating the nail bed to clear onychomycosis in patients who cannot take oral antifungals, over a course of sessions.
Session length depends on the mode: fifteen minutes for a vessel or hair session, up to ninety for Fotona 4D or resurfacing. Treatment is booked after consultation.
Downtime is set by how much of the surface is treated. SMOOTH and Nd:YAG modes leave the skin pink for hours; fractional modes for a few days; ablative resurfacing for a week.
No referral is needed for cosmetic treatment. Fotona is priced by mode, area and session, and quoted at consultation. The price is confirmed before treatment.
Call (403) 286-6888 for current pricing.
Tightening from Fotona 4D builds over three to six months as collagen forms and is assessed after the course; the result is firmer skin and a cleaner jawline in the same modest range as other non-surgical tightening, maintained with a session a year. Ablative resurfacing produces the largest single-session change in texture and wrinkles, visible once the skin has healed and improving for three months.
Vessels close within one or two sessions. Hair reduces progressively over a course of six to eight sessions. Nail fungus clears slowly as the nail grows out over a year, with a course of laser sessions along the way and no guarantee of cure.
Fotona does not replace surgery for heavy laxity, does not treat brown pigment as well as a pigment laser, and does not treat fine facial redness as selectively as VBeam. Dr. Kuzel says which tool is right at consultation.
Fotona is priced by mode, area and session, and quoted at consultation. Call (403) 286-6888 for current pricing.
A four-pass protocol in one session: tightening from inside the mouth, a fractional pass for texture, a deep heating pass, and a light surface peel. It tightens and refreshes the lower face with a day or two of pinkness, over a course of two to four sessions.
Thermage is one session with no downtime and treats the eyelids. Fotona 4D is a short course with a day or two of pinkness and improves the surface at the same time. Dr. Kuzel recommends by what needs treating and the downtime you will accept.
It depends on the mode. Tightening, vessel and hair modes leave a few hours of pinkness. Fractional modes leave a few days. Full ablative resurfacing needs a week of healing and several weeks of pinkness.
Non-ablative modes feel like warmth and need no anaesthetic. Fractional and ablative modes are performed under numbing cream and feel like heat and prickling.
The Nd:YAG modes are among the safest lasers for darker skin and are the preferred hair removal wavelength for it. Ablative erbium carries a pigmentation risk in darker skin and is used with adjusted settings and preparation, or avoided in favour of gentler modes.
Erbium removes skin with less heat, so it heals faster with less risk of pigment change but tightens less. CO2 heats more and tightens more with longer healing. Dr. Kuzel chooses by the depth of damage and the skin type.
Yes. The Nd:YAG heats the nail bed over a course of sessions and can clear onychomycosis in patients who cannot take oral antifungal tablets. Results take a year as the nail grows out, and cure is not guaranteed.
Vessels and hair respond within one to two sessions. Tightening builds over three to six months. Resurfacing shows once healed and improves for three months.
Dr. Paul Kuzel, MD FRCPC, a board-certified dermatologist and the founder and Medical Director of Rejuvenation Dermatology Calgary South, assesses every patient, chooses the mode and performs or directly supervises every treatment. He sees patients in English and Czech.
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Rejuvenation Dermatology Calgary South
10201 Southport Rd SW #102
Calgary, AB T2W 4X9
Two blocks west of the Delta Hotel
(403) 286-6888
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