What is Microdermabrasion?
Microdermabrasion treatments make use of a minimally abrasive instrument to gently sand the skin, removing the thicker, uneven outer layer. This type of skin rejuvenation is used to treat light scarring, discoloration and sun damage and there's even microdermabrasion for stretch marks.

How it works?
It uses micro particles, a diamond-tipped wand, to slough off the top layer (epidermis) of your skin and stimulate new skin growth. This technique also helps to thicken your collagen, which results in a younger looking complexion. Collagen is a protein in your skin that's abundant when you're a child and makes skin appear taut and smooth. Collagen production declines as we age, resulting in looser, uneven skin.

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Q. Any discomfort in microdermabrasion?
A. There is almost no discomfort in microdermabrasion, meaning you won't need a topical or local anesthetic and also there is no recovery or downtime.

What is Chemical Peel?
Sun exposure, acne or just getting older can leave your skin tone uneven, wrinkled, spotted or scarred. If you want your skin to look smoother and younger, consider a chemical peel, which uses a chemical solution to smooth the texture of your skin by removing the damaged outer layers.

How it works?
A chemical peel, also called chemexfoliation or derma peeling, is one of the least invasive ways to improve the appearance of your skin. Although chemical peels are used mostly on the face, they can also be used to improve the skin of neck, arms, legs, hand, feet, back, chest etc.

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Q. What can chemical improve?
A. Acne or acne scars, Age and liver spots, Fine lines and wrinkles, Freckles, Irregular skin pigmentation, Rough skin and scaly patches, Scars, Sun-damaged skin

What Is Micro-Needling?
There's a new kid on the minimally-invasive cosmetic procedure block, known as micro-needling, derma-rolling, or the very-technical-sounding "collagen induction therapy" (CIT).

The treatment uses a small handheld rolling device called a derma roller which is covered with many tiny closely-spaced needles. As the device rolls along the skin, the needles create tiny holes supposedly without damaging the epidermis. However, it comes with a warning that it is possible to draw blood and that use of a topical anesthetic may be recommended (depending on the length of the needles and amount of pressure applied).

How Does It Work?
The idea behind CIT is similar to that of many other non-surgical skin-tightening procedures in that it aims to create a controlled injury underneath the skin's surface, thereby inducing the body to respond by producing more collagen in the treated area. The skin plumps and thickens in response to the stimulus, reducing the appearance of scars, stretch marks, and fine lines.

FAQ

Q. Other applications of micro-needling?
A. It can be also used to enhance the penetration of drugs into the dermis.

What is MesoTherapy?
French physician, Michael Pistor, pioneered Mesotherapy in 1952. Mesotherapy is a medical specialty that involves injecting microscopic quantities of natural extracts, homeopathic agents, pharmaceuticals and vitamins into the skin. It can be used to eliminate cellulite, promote weight loss, treat aging skin and redundant (sagging) skin, and rejuvenate the hands and neck.

How it works?
The basic principal of this remarkable treatment is that the mesodermal layer of tissue, which is the middle layer of the skin lying just below the epidermis, is a very biologically active tissue. This layer of tissue sends and receives messages that interconnect all the local cells with the brain, endocrine organs (hormonal glands) and the immune systems. As a result of these extensive interactions, stimulating the mesodermal layer is capable of very significant changes in local problems as well as the body’s overall healthy balance.

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Q. Mesotherapy for hair?
A. Now a day mesotherapy is used to treat burning problem of hair loss. Various cosmeceuticals, hair stimulants and hair growth factors are pushed in to scalp skin to improve hair growth.

What is Radio Frequency Treatment (ablative)?
Radio Frequency surgery is a technology used to treat a variety of soft tissue conditions, from the skin to deeper tissues. It ensures safe and effective removal of moles, warts and skin lesions. Instead of using a scalpel, radio waves do the cutting.

How it works?
Radiofrequency surgery is somewhat similar to laser or electro-surgery, but it uses a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum than either. Instead of using light waves (like laser), and instead of using high-temperature, low-frequency waves (such as with electro-surgery), Radiofrequency surgery uses low-temperature, high-energy waves in the radio bandwidth.

What is Non-Ablative RF?
Non-ablative RF energy is the newest addition to the treatment options available for the ageing face. It is possible to deliver RF energy to the deep dermis and sub-dermal layers of the skin, whilst protecting the epidermis.

How it works?
Heating in this area, without damaging the outer layers of skin, causes microscopic changes to the tissues and collagen contraction, with subsequent collagen remodelling over the months that pass.

What is Cosmeceuticals?
Cosmeceuticals represent a marriage between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Cosmeceuticals typically claim to improve skin tone, texture, and radiance, while reducing wrinkling. Cosmeceuticals are the fastest-growing segment of the natural personal care industry.

How it works?
Like cosmetics, cosmeceuticals are topically applied, but they contain ingredients that influence the biological function of the skin. Cosmeceuticals improve appearance, but they do so by delivering nutrients necessary for healthy skin.

What is Botox?
Botox (Botulinum toxin) is purified protein, derived from bacteria. Adults are living longer than ever before. We feel vital, we're active and we want our bodies to mirror youthful minds and hearts. Botulinum toxin can be used as a wrinkle treatment to smooth: Frown lines, Crows feet, Forehead furrows, Skin bands on the neck.

How it works?
Injections of this substance blocks muscular nerve signals, which then relaxes the muscle so that it can't contract and diminishes your unwanted facial wrinkles. Smiling, frowning, squinting and even chewing - basically any facial movement can eventually lead to one of the most common signs of aging: wrinkles. They can make you appear tired or even angry when you are not. One of the quickest and safest remedies to remove wrinkles is an injection of Botulinum toxin.

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Q. Other uses of Botox?
A. Apart from wrinkles Botox is also used face and neck contouring, eyebrow lift and shaping, to treat bruxism, migraine, hyperhydrosis, Blepharospasm, hemi facial spasm etc.

What Is a Laser?
The word laser is an acronym, which stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. In simpler terms, a laser is a single-wavelength (one colour of light) source of high-energy light, which can be accurately focused to transmit that light on to a very small area.

Ablative vs. Nonablative
There are two basic types of lasers used for cosmetic purposes: ablative and nonablative. Ablative lasers actually vaporize the top layers of damaged skin, while nonablative lasers work deeper in the skin without removing or otherwise damaging the top layers. For this reason, there is no real patient downtime associated with cosmetic procedures that employ solely nonablative laser technology.

How Lasers Work?
Lasers are monochromatic, which means that a given laser emits light of only one wavelength (or colour) of light. They work in cosmetic applications through a process called "selective photothermolysis." When broken down, this very fancy word means that it modulates the frequency of light (photo) to produce heat (thermo) in the specific area of the corresponding thing you wish to destroy (lysis). To do this, the wavelength of the light beam must be in sync with the colour of the target which is to be addressed, whether that is brown spots, unsightly red broken capillaries or some other undesirable skin condition.

Why So Many Different Types of Lasers?
The two basic types can be further broken down into many subcategories of laser types and into literally hundreds of variations and brand names which fit into these sub classifications. The main differences between the types of lasers have to do with wavelength. In other words, different laser wavelengths (colours of light) target different skin issues. Therefore, a variety of lasers are needed to treat a variety of skin concerns.

Fine Lines and Wrinkles:
For treating lines and wrinkles, a combination of skin resurfacing and skin-tightening procedures can be used or both can be accomplished with a more aggressive ablative laser, such as a CO2 (carbon dioxide) laser or Erbium YAG. The CO2 laser is also commonly used for the removal of warts and skin tags and for cutting skin in laser-assisted surgery. Non laser, light-based treatments, such as IPL and LED photofacial are less aggressive.

Skin Tightening:
Most cosmetic laser procedures provide some level of superficial tightening at the least, because they produce a controlled injury of the skin, which encourages increased collagen production. For more significant tightening results, though, CO2 lasers are the laser of choice.

Pigmented Lesions:
The most-commonly used lasers for the treatment of pigmented lesions, such as sun spots, age spots melasma and other forms of hyperpigmentation are the Q switch Nd: YAG and fractional lasers, along with non laser, light-based treatments, such as IPL.

Vascular Lesions:
Vascular lesions include broken blood vessels on the face, unsightly veins on the legs, spider nevi, hemangiomas and certain birth marks such as port wine stains. For these types of skin irregularities, IPL is a common choice, as it is minimally invasive. Also popular for treating these lesions are the pulsed dye, Nd: YAG and diode lasers.

Tattoos:
Q switch Nd: YAG remains popular for tattoo removal, although some success can also be had with the use of IPL.

Hair Removal:
The success and safety of laser hair removal is highly dependent on the pigment present in both the skin and the hair of the patient being treated. For darker-skinned patients, the Nd: YAG and diode lasers are often the lasers of choice, and for lighter-skinned patients, IPL has proved effective.

Acne and Acne Scars:
For deeper acne scars, the fractional CO2 laser remains the gold standard, although certain nonablative lasers have shown considerable success on more superficial acne scarring. For the treatment of active acne, LED technology has proven to be quite effective.

Other Light-Based Cosmetic Applications
There are many different modalities of light-based technology being used in the world of cosmetic surgery today. Though these methods are often referred to as “laser” procedures, the devices being used are not actually true lasers. These technologies include IPL, LED treatments, infrared energy-based technologies and radio-frequency based procedures.