Skin Institute explains the science behind some of their premium treatments.
What types of skin conditions are treated with light and laser based procedures?
Don’t mistake the brown spots that pepper your face from cheek to cheek, and across your nose, for freckles. Whilst freckles appear cute, these are in fact sunspots and signs of hyperpigmentation.
At Skin Institute we use medical grade lasers to deliver flashes of concentrated light (IPL) to selectively heat brown pigment. This precisely damages these blemishes and activates a skin repair process to remove them. This very popular treatment improves skin clarity by reducing brown pigment. Multiple IPL treatments can also stimulate collagen and improve skin texture either across the entire face, neck, chest and back of hands, or you can ‘spot treat’ areas of concern.
If you are experiencing facial redness, flushed cheeks or spider veins this could be due to photo-damage to the underlying blood vessels. Stubborn vessels or angiomas (‘red spots’) are targeted by our medical grade laser that flashes concentrated light to selectively heat red and blue veins to damage them and instigate a skin repair process to remove them.
What treatments do you recommend for skin that looks and feels tired and saggy?
Often referred to as the laser facial, Laser Genesis can help restore your skin’s youthful glow, effectively treating fine wrinkles, tired saggy skin and diffuses redness, enlarged pores and uneven skin texture. It works by stimulating collagen production and cellular turnover using premium non-invasive laser technology, it’s suitable for all skin types and easily fits into a busy life style, even in your lunch break.
What about tackling sun damage, wrinkles, acne scarring and unusual pigmentation?
The new Cosmelan Facial Peel is an advanced peel for the treatment of depigmentation and discolouration. Dull skin, dark spots, dry areas, blemishes, and even acne scares can be all significantly decreased and is up to 95% effective for dramatically addressing areas of hyperpigmentation, melasma, and blotchy or scarred skin.
Dermapen® is typically our most popular treatment and the results speak for themselves! It uses very fine medical needles that create micro-punctures on the skin’s surface layer causing natural growth factors to be released, stimulates new collagen production and allows nourishing hyaluranon to be infused deep into the skin. Dermapen can address myriad skin issues, ranging from wrinkles and fine lines to hyperpigmentation and stretch marks. In as few as three treatments, you could be seeing smoother, healthier, more uniform skin.
Do you have any advice for people who are hesitant to undergo cosmetic treatments for fear that it won’t look natural?
The most important thing about any cosmetic treatment is that it looks entirely natural. Our goal is that you’ll look like the best version of yourself, not a different person. The wrinkles we choose to leave are as important as the ones we reduce.
How does Skin Institute stay at the forefront of developments in cosmetic medicine?
Skin Institute has over 25 years of experience in skin and we continue to invest in training, research and development. We work with a wide range of products, ingredients and equipment and we are highly trained to perform these treatments.
We understand that everyone has different skin and concerns, so our dedicated specialists take the time to get to know you and your skin, and make customised recommendations, helping you take control of your skin’s appearance and empower yourself to look great and feel confident.
