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Photofacials For Beauty And Avoid The Plastic Surgeon

By Stina Delance


Photofacial is an advanced skin rejuvenation technique that uses pulse light technology to reduce redness, and uneven skin tone. This procedure is in high demand at this time for making aging symptoms less prominent and reducing blemishes on the skin, using this noninvasive method, which brings rapid effects.

Browns spots and broken blood vessels around the nose, chin, cheeks, neck, hands are classic signs of sun damage and aging of the skin. Age spots are brown areas on the skin that appear after much exposure to the sun, and they are caused by pigment forming that protects from UV rays. The skin produces new blood vessels in spots where harm from the sun has accumulated. This process of new blood vessel growth is called inflammation.

Blood is brought in to the area from these new vessels in order to bring healing compounds in, and to remove damaged cells. As our skin ages, the brown spots and broken blood vessels are left behind on the skin after the inflammation or skin injury has passed. Aging has many outward forms, and dyschromia is what red spots and pigmented brown spots are called technically.

What causes the procedure to work?

A filter is used to separate the bright intense pulsed light from the intended color of flash light that is directed toward the skin. The photofacial light energy reaches the skin and is selectively absorbed by the damaged blood vessel or brown pigment of the age spot. The heat of IPL light consequently destroys the pigment and blood vessel.

Noninvasive processes such as these do not need much, if any, time to heal afterwards since they are not very intensive. It only takes a quarter to half an hour for the treatment, and then the patient can go on with their day. There are some signs of redness and capillary exposure right after the treatment at times. These minor side effects are quick to dissipate and the patient can immediately see the results of the treatment. Photofacials are pretty light on skin, especially when compared to the possible scarring and peeling that can result when using lasers for treatment. There is some darkening that can occur in the treated areas, but skin is never broken during the procedure. Slight redness could last for hours after the treatment, but that's about the worst of it. When a patient needs to go to work and there is still some redness, some makeup does a good job of making this unnoticeable.

Treatments should be done every 2 or 3 weeks, and somewhere between 3 and 7 total treatments typically bring the expected results for patients. Rosacea patients see benefits of these treatments quickly, and will notice the redness becoming less prominent over time.

Always adhere to your doctor's instructions following treatment. For those who have had photofacial procedures, the sun should be avoided after, and before the process. The skin can develop blisters or dyspigmentation if these recommendations are ignored and the patient lingers in the sun, or decides to tan. When a patient gets too much sun too close to a treatment, discoloration of the skin may also happen. Always wear sunscreen to maximize and sustain your results.




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