THE SKIN CARE PROGRAM Skin care is an important and integral part of our practice. Our team of estheticians, skin care technicians and nurses is well educated and experienced in providing a palate of skin care services to enhance and beautify the skin of the face and body. Our popular salon is a busy place for many individuals not ready for cosmetic surgery but who wish to begin serious intervention to improve the appearance of their skin. Our skin is exposed to all the elements all the time. Sunlight, air pollution, dry winter air and tobacco use, among others, contribute to brown spots, pigment irregularities and dry, scaly and coarsened skin. We offer many services to treat, eliminate and prevent brown spots, spider veins, large and/or clogged pores and scaly patches. Acne and rosacea are also treated. Laser hair removal has become a fantastic success. The outer layer of our skin, the stratum corneum, is made of dead cells. Whenever a twenty-year-old washes, this layer easily rinses away. When one is thirty-something this layer starts to thicken. The result of this is a gradual dulling of the skin. The skin appears flat and sometimes discolored. Pores enlarge and fine wrinkles develop. That opalescence and glow of youth are lost…but not necessarily forever. Our aesthetic team uses alpha hydroxy acid peels and products to peel away that thick, discolored, dead layer and restore that youthful glow. We have used products made by Physicians’ Choice of Arizona for several years and have treated well over a thousand faces. Our results have been so satisfying that our clients have become our largest source of referrals. Hand, arm, back and décolleté can also be treated The Power Peel is a micro-dermabraision treatment that has been used in Europe for many years. This procedure is for the patient who needs or desires a more intensive treatment than light chemical peeling can provide but who is not yet a candidate for laser resurfacing. There is no "down time". Improvements can be seen immediately. The process is relaxing and rewarding. Our nurses and technicians perform the procedure. Stretch marks and acne scars will be less obvious. Age spots and fine lines are erased. The skin feels smoother and softer and is clearly younger looking. Any skin type and color can be safely and effectively treated. Treatments are done at weekly intervals. After your first treatment you will notice a fresh pink glow. All areas of the body that are damaged can be treatedImprovement continues throughout the treatment program. The number of treatments needed ranges from two to twelve. Afterwards this improvement can be maintained by continuing in our skin care program. All areas of the body can also be treated. Collagen injections are used very successfully to soften deep facial lines and to enhance lips. Areas treated include frown lines between the eyebrows, the nose-lip grove, crow’s feet, some scars and drooping corners of the mouth. Collagen injections are part of our skin care program and are done by our registered nurse. The use of laser to remove hair is the most permanent method to abolish unwanted and unsightly hair from any part of the body. It is painless, clean and efficient. Depending on the body part, it will take from three to six treatments to eliminate all the hair. The cost is about equivalent to electrolysis for the same area. Dr. Truswell owns the Coherent Light Sheer Hair Removal Laser, again the industry leader and gold standard.
The wavelength, 810nm, of this diode laser is the most specific for destruction of the hair follicle. There are older machines, the ruby and alexandrite lasers, however these are not as specific and operate more slowly. Another caveat: lasers are classified as medical devices. In our facility only our licensed nurses perform the procedure with the laser owned by the doctor. Massachusetts will soon follow other states in restricting use of this potentially dangerous device to medical personnel only. : Our staff esthetician will create a new or special look for you. She also consults with our post surgical patients to ensure adequate camouflage and hasten the return to normal schedules.
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