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Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy ( PRP)
Perfect for rejuvenation, skin brightening, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, hair loss, facial volume loss, scar healing, skin discolourations like age spots and it has prolonged effective results that can last up to 18 months.
What is plasma? Plasma is the largest part of our blood, making up to 55% of it! Blood is red right! But when plasma is separated from our blood it's a golden colour. It contains water, collagen boosting proteins like fibrin and other healing growth factors that stimulate collagen production. AMAZING!
How does it work? Like a simply blood test with your GP. (1) Some of your blood is drawn and then spun for 8-10 minutes in a special machine called a centrifuge. (2) The centrifuge extracts the protein fibrin and rich platelets from the rest of your blood. (3) This is then effortlessly re-injected back into the skin area or hair follicles to be treated.
Why PRP? (1) It's non-invasive (2) Treatment can be quick. Healing and regrowth factors are activated. When the body starts to develop natural collagen in the treated area, results are visible. This can take a few days - weeks and they get better over time. (3) The results can last up to 18 months if you follow your skin specialists advice. (4) It's natural - PRP uses your own blood and body so there are no chances of an adverse reaction.
Recommended treatments:
Skin rejuvenation 1-3 sessions ( 1 month apart)
Hair loss 6-8 sessions ( 1 month apart)
Top up sessions : 3 months after the first course
Maintenance : 1 session every 18 months
Skinpen® Precision microneedling device
Why choose SkinPen Precision?It is a natural, comfortable, safe and effective device to rejuvenate your skin. It is suitable for all skin types and can be used 365 days of the year. Even if your skin is perfect you can maintain your healthy and glowing skin regularly by using the Skinpen.Very little downtime; 24 hours for the majority of patients.
Who is this suitable for? Everyone from the age of 18 years and upwards. It is a bio-active therapy that stimulates your own skin to remodel itself and produce more collagen. See the diagram for a little more information.
The 5 indications for use: Acne scarring
Fine lines and wrinkles Melasma Age or sun spots Vitiligo
The are some exceptions to this; if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or have open wounds on your skin. I've more details regarding contraindications below.
What areas of the body can it be used on? Face, neck, decolleté, ears, hands, upper arms, feet, legs, stomach, back and shoulders. Everywhere!
How does it work? It utilises Collagen Induction Therapy to treat acne scars, fine lines and wrinkles. It's natural as it stimulates your own skin's wound healing cascade.
Bank your collagen!After the age of 26 we stop producing collagen naturally. Collagen and elastin supports and gives our skin elasticity. thus a more youthful appearance.
Collagen plays a key role in scars, such as those caused by acne and also dyschromia (pigmentation)issues in the skin such as sun spots (Solar Lentigines), Melasma and Vitiligo. Stimulating the fibroblasts in the skin to produce more collagen type 3 as seen in wound healing can help improve the appearance of the issues above.
The Skinpen Precision creates 1600 micro-channels per 60 seconds in your skin. This stimulates the 3 phases of the wound healing cascade:
Phase 1: Inflammation or Injury phase - 24 hours Phase 2: Tissue or cell proliferation - up to 4 days, collagen type 3 is formed. Phase 3: Skin remodelling - this can take up to 1 year. The type 3 collagen is converted
to type 1 collagen.
How long does the treatment take? The actual treatment takes about 40 minutes. Numbing cream is applied for 20 minutes in advance to cleansed skin to increase comfort of the treatment.
3 -6 sessions are recommended 4 weeks apart. 3 sessions would be the average treatment plan for healthy skin or pigmented skin. 6 sessions are required for scarring. A maintenance treatment is recommended at 4-6 months.
Before and After 3 sessions! Acne scarring.
Obagi Medical
Obagi is a gold standard medical grade skin transformation range that can achieve exceptional results.
It is a medical grade skin transformational system with active products that deliver outstanding results. High quality Vitamin C and Vitamin A products including prescription strength Vitamin A creams to promote healing, hydration and above all change for the better as far as your skin is concerned.
A skin consultation is highly recommended to analysis your skin, skin routine, diet and lifestyle. Your skin specialist will then discuss various options with you and prescribe a treatment plan to start you on your skin transformation journey.
There are also chemical peels in the Obagi range that are used to complement and indeed accelerate the skin transformational systems.
Do you have skin concerns that you would like addressed. Invest in your skin
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