Solta Medical, Inc., recently announced that it donated a Fraxel re:store laser system to the Grossman Burn Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Grossman Burn Center, a worldwide leader in innovative treatment and care for burn patients and their families.

"Solta Medical is pleased to donate a Fraxel re:store system to the Grossman Burn Foundation to treat patients' scars and help in their recovery," said Stephen J. Fanning, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Solta Medical, in a press release. "The Grossman Burn Foundation is well known for their humanitarian efforts to assist burn victims and their families throughout the world, and we applaud their efforts to provide highly-skilled non-profit reconstructive surgery."

According to Solta Medical, treatment with the Fraxel re:store laser resurfaces damaged skin to uncover the smoother, healthier skin underneath. For burn victims, Fraxel re:store treatment penetrates the damaged epidermis to reach the dermis where collagen and elastin are located. The laser columns stimulate a natural healing process that produces new collagen to replace the damaged tissue with new, healthy skin cells, and improve the skin's overall tone and texture, according to the company. Fraxel re:store is FDA approved for the treatment of a number of skin conditions, including acne scars, surgical scars, actinic keratoses, age spots/sunspots, melasma and wrinkles around the eyes.

"We are extremely grateful for this generous and important donation by Solta Medical," said Rebecca Grossman, Chair of the Grossman Burn Foundation, in a press release. "The goal of restorative burn care is to return the patient to as close to pre-injury status as possible. Often that requires multiple surgeries combining both reconstructive and aesthetic work. We plan to use the cutting-edge Fraxel technology to restore our burn-injured patients and play a key role in providing better and faster patient outcomes."

The Grossman Burn Foundation (GBF), the non-profit philanthropic arm of the Grossman Burn Center, provides burn care and medical resources in developing countries throughout the world. In addition to the ongoing surgical treatment of individual burn survivors, GBF projects include: the operation of a burn center in Kabul, Afghanistan; a global Humanitarian Assistance Manual for individuals in need of serious medical treatment; a physician triage training program for doctors in underdeveloped countries; and the development and distribution of satellite based telemedicine equipment to doctors and first responders in remote areas of the world. Additionally, the GBF is developing the "Stop Violence Against Women Globally" campaign. Founded in 1969, the Grossman Burn Center (GBC) is the largest plastic surgery-based burn practice in the western United States, providing acute and reconstructive burn care, rehabilitation, and post-treatment emotional and psychological support. For more information about the GBF, visit www.grossmanburnfoundation.org.

For more information about Solta Medical, visit www.Solta.com.