Lasers once used for skincare are now helping to restore French art masterpieces

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Lasers once used for skincare are now helping to restore French art masterpieces  From medieval sculptures to Renaissance gems, the lasers are helping experts at France’s leading restoration lab bring cultural masterpieces back to their former glory.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/07/lasers-once-used-for-skincare-are-now-helping-to-restore-french-art-masterpieces  Euronews Next is a future-focused news section covering global innovation, science and technology with a European perspective. Our dedicated team of journalists aims to educate and inspire today’s leaders by providing them with analysis and insights into the people and organisations shaping our future

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00:00It's absolutely fascinating to see how

00:28these two lasers are used to improve the stones are also in dermatology to

00:34improve the skin aspect the both lasers are complementary they are targeting

00:40different they have different wavelengths are targeting different also

00:45chromophores or using the heat and one is ablative the other is not ablative so

00:51they will have different benefits but also different side effects so care that

00:57is very important on the skin and here it's also very important on the stone

01:02to make sure that it's not too ablative

01:17for us it is extremely important because in the sculpture field many pieces we have

01:22to restore were displayed outdoors and have black rust or thick grime on the surface

01:31and sometimes the limestone is more fragile than the black crusts and we have to find a way to clean

01:39them without damaging the original material and laser which has only

01:46thermical and mechanical action help us not to damage the original surface so it's a life saver in fact for us

01:54both the skin and pieces of art will suffer from the time from also the environment such as UV exposure pollution

02:01climate changes humidity pollution life changes humidity and they will have an impact on the aspect both of

02:08the skin and bottom of the skin skin

02:26as well and they will have an impact on the aspects of the skin and both of the skin image so that

02:28on the aspect both of the skin and both of the piece of art but they can also

02:33suffer from treatments so this is why it's very important to choose the right

02:38device for the right issue to make sure that we will treat the issue but not

02:44harm the skin or the piece of work

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