Rediscovering your best face
Used to refresh your appearance, non surgical procedures are accessible to you if you’re looking to recapture that youthful you.
These less invasive procedures are used to treat frown lines between your eyes, forehead lines, crows-feet, smokers lines and to generally improve your appearance.
The procedures are safely used to plump up your cheeks and lips.
Botox
Botox assists with removing wrinkling of the skin.
Botox, or neurotoxin, weakens and decreases the contraction of the muscles that cause extensive skin wrinkling. The use of neurotoxin can effectively treat the expression lines to give you a more youthful, rested and relaxed appearance.
Botox is proven to be effective in treating these lines.
Chemical Peels
A chemical peel is a process used to improve the texture of the skin by removing the outermost layers of the skin which is achieved by inducing a controlled injury to the skin. The most appropriate peel will be selected depending on the skin conditions to be addressed, the amount of downtime you can afford, how quickly you would like to achieve results and your medical history.
Milk Peel
A mild chemical peel that targets fine lines, dullness and uneven skin tone.
Medium chemical peel (TCA 15% - 30%)
This peel is an effective way to correct acne scars, address uneven pigmentation, improve the texture and tone of the skin and smooth out fine lines.
Dermapen (Microneedling)
This treatment activates the body’s own mechanism to stimulate collagen production by introducing micro-trauma to the skin.
The final result is skin rejuvenation with an increase in skin thickness, radiance, tightening and wrinkle reduction. Medical microneedling is also used specifically to address acne scarring and post-traumatic scarring to all body parts.
Old scars can be treated effectively. Patients who experience sensation loss after major surgery, such as breast reduction, abdominoplasty and hysterectomy have been assisted to regain sensation with medical microneedling.
Fillers
Fillers can help to fill out facial wrinkles, creases and folds. They can restore volume to sunken cheeks and can also add a fuller, more sensuous look to the lips. There are two types of fillers, permanent fillers and temporary fillers. The most common fillers are temporary, so called “off the shelf” fillers.
Structural Fat Grafting:
‘Fat Injections’ – ‘Autologous fat grafting’
The most frequently used permanent filler is the person’s own fat. Fat is most frequently used to fill in sagging cheeks or the naso-labial folds or to correct skin depressions or indentations and to enhance the lips.
Fat injections are increasingly becoming more and more popular in modern aesthetic surgery. Fat injections have been used in the field of plastic surgery for decades and recently, studies have revealed their “stem-cell” effect. What this simply means is that “fat grafts” or fat fills injected directly into the skin has the capacity to not only permanently fill the desired area but to also regenerate the skin and reverse the signs of aging.
Injectable:
‘off the shelf’ – performed in doctors’ rooms.
These are very popular as they are quick and simple with few side effects. I only use fillers that have long track records of safety and effectiveness. I use exclusively, Hyaluronic acid fillers.
Hyaluronic acid (Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm) is a naturally occurring substance (polysaccharide), which forms much of the ground substance of the skin. It forms part of the ‘gel’, which bathes collagen and elastin fibres. The hyaluronic acid content of the skin decreases with age and this is partly responsible for the formation of wrinkles.
Most frequent side effects and potential risks
Bruising.
Redness.
Irregularities – uncommon.
Under or over-filling – uncommon