skin cooling
feel the difference
The skin cooling system designed for superficial laser skin procedures.
The Cryo 6 cold air device is intended to minimize pain and thermal injury during laser and dermatological treatments and for temporary topical anesthetic relief for injections. Unlike other cooling methods, such as contact cooling, cryogen spray or ice packs, the Cryo 6 can cool the epidermis before, during and after the laser energy has been applied, without interfering with the laser beam.
“Cold air reliably reduces the pain of the
pre-treatment of cosmetical interventions
by allowing a painless injection of BTX,
hyaluronic acid or a local anaesthetica.”
Dr. Markus Steinert, Laserclinic Dr. Steinert, Biberach, Germany
1. Easy to operate
A large display clearly indicates all treatment parameters. Cryo 6 features a tactile glass keyboard, which permits the selection of 6 preset programs. Select a program. Press Start. That‘s it! An optional articulating arm facilitates hand free operation. The light weight application hose can be connected to selected laser hand-pieces. The user can easily regulate the air flow as needed.
2. Economic
Room air is filtered and cooled down to -30°C by a closed cooling circuit.
3. Easy Maintenance
A monitoring system measures the defrosted water level and a defrosting feature provides smooth-running daily operation. The air filter is easy to access, just vacuum when dirty.
Evaluation of different temperatures in cold air cooling with Pulsed-Dye Laser
1. Study Design / Materials and Methods
From September 2002 to February 2003, 17 patients with previously untreated facial telangiectasia underwent a single treatment session with flash-lamp pulsed dye laser (3.5 J / cm 2 , 585 nm, 0.45 milliseconds pulse length, 10 mm beam diameter, Cynosure 1 V). The treatment area was divided into three sub-areas: no cooling, cold air cooling to 20°C and to 17°C skin temperature.
2. Results
Without cooling, purpura (2.53), pain (2.41), and clearance (2.35) were rated medium to high. Cooling to 20°C reduced purpura (1.12) and pain (1.06), whereas the clearance (2.12) was only slightly affected. Cooling to 17°C reduced purpura (0.76) and pain (0.88) even more, the clearance (2.06) was lowered marginally. Most patients preferred cooling to 20°C skin temperature.
3. Conclusion
In dermatological laser therapy of facial telangiectasia, the use of cold air cooling can significantly reduce side effects and increase patient satisfaction while only slightly affecting clearance. Cooling to 20°C skin temperature proved to be a wellbalanced middle course. For the practical use of cold air cooling, we thus recommend cooling to a level which the patient can tolerate without problems and to try to increase the energy densities.
