Skin Resurfacing Technology Takes a Leap Forward With Rhytec Portrait

How Does Portrait Work?

Developed by Massachusetts-based Rhytec, Inc., "Portrait is unlike any technology used in cosmetic dermatology," reports Richard E. Fitzpatrick, MD, an associate clinical professor of dermatology at UCSD School of Medicine and one of the clinical investigators of Portrait.

Without light, chemicals, or radio waves, Portrait works by delivering millisecond pulses of plasma energy uniformly onto the skin surface and a thermal profile extending into the deeper dermis without any direct contact or trauma to the outer layer of skin. Unlike other treatments that damage or "ablate" the outer layer of skin, the controlled heating of tissue caused by Portrait® leaves the skin surface intact during the healing process.

"Allowing the preserved outer layers to act as a protective dressing until new skin regenerates produces much faster healing and minimizes the risk of complications," explains Richard E. Fitzpatrick, MD. Indeed, not a single incidence of scarring or lasting pigmentary change occurred in more than 450 clinical study treatments. "We’ve found it to be quite safe," he notes.

The Three Treatment Protocols of Portrait PSR3

Portrait can be used according to three treatment regimens - PSR1, PSR2, and PSR3 — based on the severity of the problem being treated and the patient’s expectation of downtime. With even the most intense treatment, it usually takes just over a week for skin to appear normal.

PSR1: Requires a short series 3-4 low energy treatment sessions about three or four weeks apart. PSR1 is perfect for mild wrinkling and sun damage, and like a chemical peel, is followed with a day or two of flaking skin and then some mild redness for three to five days as the regenerative process is stimulated.

PSR2: a single session treatment at a higher energy level recommended for those with moderate to severe wrinkling and sun damage, with a 7 to 10 day recovery period. In the first three days following treatment, the skin will darken to a brown tone as the layer beneath begins to remodel and heal. Flaking and peeling will follow, and some redness that is easily hidden with makeup. (Recovery from treatment at the PSR2 level far surpasses the extensive and painful downtime associated with laser resurfacing with the CO2 laser.)

PSR3: Identical to PSR2, except that some areas of the skin requiring more extensive resurfacing will be treated with an extra pass.

Portrait PSR3 is FDA-cleared for treatment of wrinkles; the superficial skin lesions common on sun-exposed areas; and actinic keratosis, the dry, scaly patches that result from overexposure to the sun.

Introduced to physicians at the American Academy of Dermatology to overwhelmingly positive response, Portrait is poised to become the gold-standard treatment in skin regeneration.

Kendra A. Cole, MD

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