S IPL Photorejuvenation

S IPL photorejuvenation simultaneously gets rid of unwanted skin pigmentation, broken capillaries and rejuvenates skin health and texture.

Photorejuvenation refers to a series of intense pulsed light treatments to restore sun damaged skin.
Unlike laser resurfacing there is no down time with pulsed light treatments merely a gentle, progressive improvement in skin texture and colour. There are a number of intense pulsed light systems with the Palomar S IPL considered among the best.

What can be achieved with S IPL photorejuvenation?

removal of skin pigmentation: brown spot, age spots, liver spots and freckles are progressively faded.

removal of surface capillaries: spider veins, broken capillaries, rosacea and unwanted redness of the face, nose and chest is treated at the same time.

fine lines and wrinkles, uneven skin texture and enlarged pores are reduced: collagen stimulation occurs progressively with each treatment.

S IPL photorejuvenation improves the skins appearance.

The condition of the skin improves with each treatment because of skin collagen production: expect improved texture, colour and radiance.

What Area Are You Interested In Rejuvenating?

Photorejuvenation for a more youthful face.
Rejuvenation of the neck and chest.

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Excessive Perspiration

Local armpit injections: successful in stopping excessive underarm perspiration.

Armpit sweating is a normal cooling mechanism of the body: however for a small percentage of people underarm perspiration is excessive to the point of discomfort and embarrassment.

Do you suffer from excessive underarm perspiration?

If you sweat in cold conditions, sweat in stressful situations or sweat when no one else is: you may suffer from a medical condition known as axillary hyperhidrosis.

The freedom of not having to worry about underarm sweat.

What causes hyperhidrosis?

Hyperhidrosis is a condition where the bodies central temperature regulation system, the sympathetic nervous system is overactive, causing inappropriate sweating. Most commonly the armpit, hands or feet are affected. The face and other parts of the body are involved less often.

What can be done to stop excessive underarm perspiration?

Trying a long lasting aluminium chloride based antiperspirant like drichlor is the first step. If this fails or cannot be tolerated simple injections are very effective to stop the excessive perspiration.

Injections To Stop Excessive Sweating.

Injections more commonly used for cosmetic treatments have become an accepted successful treatment to stop the excessive armpit sweating.

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Frustratingly, TGA regulations in Australia restrict naming of these injections as they are class S4 medication to be administered by a Doctor with training. They are approved for treatment of excessive sweating of the underarm and have a well established safety profile.

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Facial Pigmentation

There are several causes of facial pigmentation and the diagnosis determines the best treatment.

All facial pigmentation is caused from increased amounts of melanin deposited in the skin, however the treatment depends on the underlying cause and depth in the skin.

Common causes of facial pigmentation.

1. Sun damage
Most areas of Australia have high UV levels and the excessive exsposure results in abnormal facial pigmentation as well as premature aging with wrinkles and surface capillaries.

Pigmentation that results from sun damage: freckles, liver spots, age spots and sun spots.

2. Hormonal
All hormal pigmentation results from a combination of increased oestrogen and sun exsposure.
Melasma or chloasma caused by pregnancy or the pill has a maplike appearance common on the upper lip, cheeks and forehead.

Treatment of facial pigmentation depends on the cause.

Pigmentation that results from sundamage responds well to intense pulsed light treatment. In the form of photorejuvenation you will expect not only decreased pigmentation but also removal of facial capillaries and improved skin health. Treatment of melasma responds better to skin lightening treatments or fractional laser treatments.

It is important that the cause of your facial pigmentation is correctly diagnosed so an appropriate treatment can be provided and to distinguish pigmentation from early melanoma.

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Pigmentation Treatment

Pigmentation treatment depends on the cause of the pigmentation.

It is important to have skin pigmentation and pigmented spots properly diagnosed to know what treatment option is the best.

the bottom line: pigmentation can be treated with pulsed light treatments, lasers or lightening agents, which is best depends on the cause of the pigmentation.

Common causes of pigmentation and their treatment.

1. Freckles
Freckles are responsive to the intense pulsed light treatments and some types of lasers. Most people get excellent results with removal of freckles no matter what part of the body.

2. Sunspots, liver spots and age spots (Solar lentigos)

All of these terms refer to abnormal pigmentation that results from sun damage. They are commonly accompanied by premature aging of the skin with wrinkles and broken capillaries.

The best treatment for these pigmentation spots is pulsed light treatments in the form of photorejuvenation. Photorejuvenation not only removes unwanted pigmentation but at the same time: stimulates collagen and rejuvenates skin health, decreases wrinkles AND removes surface capillaries.

How can skin pigmentation be treated with pulsed light treatments?

Pulsed light treatments are effective for treatment of skin pigmentation and has several advantages.

no downtime:the treatment selectively destroys abnormal pigmentation without damaging normal skin

it stimulates collagen production in the skin: rejuvenating skin quality as it removes pigmentation

will remove any unwanted capillaries

painless, quick procedure

It is important to distinguish pigmentation from early melanoma. Never let any pigmented spot be treated before being assessed by a Doctor. All of our treatments are supervised by a Doctor so you are assured we know what we are treating.

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Treating Nose Spider Veins.

How to get rid of spider veins of the nose.

Spider Veins of the nose are a common cosmetic concern, causing people to become self conscious and embarrassed. They are thin surface veins or capillaries that become visible anywhere on the face or body but the most common site is on or around the nose.

How To Get Rid Of Nose Veins

Spider veins around the nose tend to appear as faint lines that streak onto the cheek whereas veins on the nose tend to be more like a web giving the nose a diffuse red appearance. Like other facial veins the best treatment is a laser like technology called intense light treatment.

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How To Hide Spider Veins Of the Nose

Like other facial capillaries, veins around the nose can be covered with a good quality mineral makeup.

*Makeup To Camouflage Face and Nose Veins

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Facial Spider Veins

Intense pulsed light is a fast and effective treatment to get rid of facial spider veins.

Facial spider veins or capillaries occur in both women and men as a normal part of aging. There are however factors that make you more prone to them:

having fair skin

sun exsposure

hormones of pregnancy and the pill

rosacea

other factors that cause trauma to the skin

Spider Veins On The Face Are Not Harmful

The appearance of spider veins on the face are a cosmetic not medical concern.

the majority of people with facial veins feel self conscious and seek to have them removed.

facial capillaries after pulsed light treatment

Face Vein Treatment Options.

1. Most people have small veins (less than 2mm):

present as diffuse web of capillaries giving the face a red appearance

or isolated spider web spots

For these people treatment with intense pulsed light is the most effective and painless way to get rid of facial spider veins.

2. When the facial spider veins are very large they can be injected or cauterised. This represents the minority of people and most people are more appropriately treated with intense pulsed light.

Removal Of Facial Veins In Brisbane

Intense pulsed light treatments are effective to get rid of unwanted facial spider veins. This light based technology works by selectively damaging surface facial capillaries and veins, without damaging surrounding tissue.

Treatment of facial spider veins and capillaries is the most rewarding of all pulsed light treatments, because in the majority of people they can be eliminated or drastically reduced, so there is a high level of satisfaction for us and you.

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Removing Red Spots And Facial Redness.

Broken surface capillaries cause unsightly red spots or generalised redness of the face and other parts of the body. They commonly arise because of aging, sun damage and rosacea. Intense pulsed light treatments are effective to remove unwanted redness from the skin.

How Do Intense Pulsed Light Treatments Remove Redness?

Pulsed light treatments work by selectively causing damage to capillaries so they close down or shrink.

there is no damage to normal skin

there is no downtime

usually four treatments are required to get rid of the capillaries

What Areas Can Be Treated?

facial redness

redness from decolletage or chest

redness of the neck

redness of the nose

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Broken Capillaries.

How To Get Rid Of Broken Capillaries On The Face With Intense Pulsed Light.

Broken capillaries are unsightly surface vessels on the face:

common in Australia in fair skinned people

caused mainly by sun damage and rosacea

Broken facial capillaries tend to respond very well to intense pulsed light treatment.

How does Intense Pulsed Light work?

With intense pulsed light therapy it is usually possible to remove all traces of these unsightly blemishes. At the very least you can expect a reduction in size and amount of facial capillaries and a more even skin tone.

Intense pulsed light works by selectively damaging the surface capillary leaving normal skin unharmed

There is no down time with the treatments.

The treatments are painless and safe, though you may experience a mild flicking sensation.

The amount of treatments required is individual however it will usually take four treatments. There is no blistering or peeling and you will see a progressive fading of the unsightly spidery streaks and blotches.