The human brain is capable of incredible inventions. It started with the invention of the wheel, and just kept on going. Go to any museum nowadays, and you'll see at least one small section where there are, well, unique inventions. Some of these inventions make absolutely no sense, but they're fun to look at.



Then, there are the inventions that are both intriguing to watch in action, and actually work – Fraxel being a good example. People with skin problems might or might not know about Fraxel, but if they know what's good for them, they'll at least research it a bit more.

Behind every great invention is a great inventor – someone who really knows his or her stuff. In the case of Fraxel, it must have been a bunch of really smart people from Reliant Technologies, Inc. They must have been the people who spent hours in their basements while in high school thinking up ways to solve people's skin problems. Well, considering that Fraxel is meant to mainly treat melasma and age spots, they were definitely thinking ahead.

Oh yes, in separate basements across the globe, these enterprising young teenagers were already thinking about how their skin would look in fifty years or so. These people had studied the faces of their elders, and become repulsed by what they saw. They wanted to find a way to erase those brown spots from the foreheads and hands of their grandparents, and make them happier people.

Well, at least their hearts were in the right place. Although brilliant in science and math, they had a problem with English literature, which halted what otherwise would have been the skipping of many grades. It wasn't their fault that they couldn't find any relevance in the work of Samuel Coleridge Taylor!

They dredged through high school, and luckily top science colleges saw the promise in them, and accepted them right away. Their application essays were riveting, talking about how they had spent years trying to figure out how to "turn back the clock" for old people everywhere. They concluded their essays by saying that this college, about all colleges, would be the missing puzzle piece in their scientific education.

Four years and lots of experiments later, they were college graduates. Now it was time to find a job in "the real world". To them, there was no more realistic place than a laboratory. So it was that they all applied to Reliant Technologies, who shared their vision. Altogether for the first time, they developed this laser treatment. Although, it's too bad their grandparents had passed away by now.

Regardless, this team of exceptional do-gooders have strived for perfection in this laser procedure. True, there have been reports of people who say their skin pigment has been considerably more mottled by this procedure, but, darn it, things take time! They are always on the lookout for new improvements, and are bolstered by the majority of glowing reviews that they have received.