MICRODERMABRASION

Non-ablative skin rejuvenation. What is that? Non ablative skin rejuvenation treats simple aging effects safely and efficiently and entails minimal, if any, convalescence and poses essentially no risk of permanent complications. Nice! What more could you ask for other than the fountain of youth?

Skin aging is caused by various factors. Certainly time alone is one factor. However, sun, smoking, poor health, drugs and other factors are involved. The results are anything from age spots to wrinkled skin, pigmented lesions, rosacea, sun spots to vascular lesions and certainly fine lines.

Heavy lines need to be treated with other modalities such as Botox. See our section on this treatment.

There are several methods of microdermabrasion available currently. This office uses an intense pulsed light system instead of laser.  Generally, with this machine we can significantly reverse signs of photo-damaged skin such as fine wrinkles, skin roughness, vascular lesions and pigmentary irregularities. The machine that we use at To Life! uses patented and FDA approved pulsed light and heat energy of low light energy to achieve the same skin rejuvenation effects without risk to the epidermis.

The way that our LHE (light heat energy) machine works is the use  of light to target the melanin and hemoglobin in the skin. The heat generated in the machine at the same time is conducted into the skin to cause controlled, mild thermal injury of the dermal collagen. This induces new collagen formation.

The more efficient and selective photothermal process available with LHE consumes less energy and avoids the need for any skin cooling technique which many laser units require. The clinical results to you, the patient, are clinically equivalent to existing laser systems in eliminating pigmented sun damage and vascular irregularities. With the use of less heat there is also less chance of skin damage such as pigmentation problems.

Noticeable improvement in pigmented and vascular lesions, skin complexion and skin texture are usually seen after a few treatments. No current medical technology will give you instant results although you will “feel” the results immediately. Your skin will be softer to your touch but the problems may take longer to eradicate.

Treatment time is usually just ten minutes long. You may experience some slight stinging sensation with the light/heat impulses. We do have some anesthetic cream that helps with patients with sensitivities. The treatment does work at the dermal-epidermal junction level of the skin and triggers a wound-healing process. The healing occurs underneath the layer of skin normally seen so the results appear later.

If you have other problems with your skin not listed here then we have other treatment options available also. So, please give us a call to see if this procedure is right for you.