Top 2 Ways to get a Firmer, Younger Neck and Chest

While many women and men start to realize that they need to do treatments and use products for anti-aging on their face at an early age, it tends to take people longer to recognize the fact that they need to take preventative measures on their neck and chest.  In Florida we see a lot of what we refer to as "floating head" because they only put SPF and protect their face, so their neck and chest is sun damaged, red and brown and their face is white. 

Here are the Top 3 Ways to get a firmer, younger neck and chest:

#1 IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) Photo-facials.  These treatments are excellent to remove sun damage, brown pigmentation and redness to even back out the skin tone and improve texture. IPL delivers high intensity pulses of broadband light that is non-ablative, meaning that is does not damage the surface of the skin. 

#2 Strengthen Skin with Growth factors.  We like Skinmedica TNS Essential Serum. The serum has two chambers. Chamber 1:  TNS Recovery Complex contains Human Fibroblast (TNS®) → A physiologically balanced, naturally secreted and stabilized growth factor blend that helps improve the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and overall skin tone and texture.
Chamber 2:  APS Corrective Complex has Peptides help support the foundation of skin:

• Palmitoyl Tripeptide 5, Hydrolyzed Silk (Sericin), Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyprolin
• For more information on top ways to get a firmer, younger neck and chest go to http://www.winterparklaser.com 

Benefits of IPL Photofacials

As issues of hyperpigmentation (excess pigmentation such as sun spots and age spots) are on the rise in the U.S. and in our medical spa (Winter Park Laser) the need for Intense Pulsed Light and the benefits of IPL photofacials increase. Hyperpigmentation (excess pigment) can be caused by shifts in hormones such as birth control or hormone replacement therapy and of course by sun damage. While it is most common in olive skin types such as Latin, Mediterranean, and Italian but can occur in any skin type. While, there are many treatments such as chemical peels and ablative lasers that can slowly help with pigmentation issues but IPL treatments are the best treatment available because they concentrate directly on pigment and broken capillaries. So who is the best candidate for an IPL photofacial? Anyone with unwanted sun damage-excess sun spots, age spots, or slight Melasma. Also, anyone with Rosacea symptoms such as broken capillaries and excess redness. IPL photofacials can also have a big benefits for those with inflamed acne. IPL photofacials work by diminishing the signs of aging such as pigmented lesions & capillaries by delivering energy to target & destroy vascular and pigmented lesions associated withveins, Rosacea, sun damage, and age spots from face, chest, hands, legs, and arms. During the procedure, the entire treatment area is scanned with an IPL handpiece and treated with multiple passes and customized settings. A 30-40% improvement can be seen within 1 treatments although several treatments can be necessary to reach maximum results. The benefits of an IPL photofacial are an improved complexion, even skin tone, removal of excess sun spots and pigmentation, reduction in blood vessels, and reduction in Rosacea symptoms and redness.For more information on benefits of an IPL photofacial go to http://www.winterparklaser.com/services/ipl-photo-facials/

How to Remove sun Damage

I often get clients into our Medical Spa (Winter Park Laser & Anti-Aging Center) in the sun capital-Orlando FL who say "I don't know how I got this sun damage I wear sunscreen all the time now." My first questions is did you tan when you were younger? Then the real story comes out-that same client used the tanning beds or was a baby boomer who used baby oil do get a tan when they were younger. The fact is that most sun damage (about 80%) is accumulated by the time you are 20. As you age more and more sun damage comes out. Compound that with the fact that your skin tone becomes more uneven due to dead skin cells combined with hyper-pigmentation issues caused by hormones everyone starts to think that they "just got the sun damage." So the questions is once you have all this sun damage appearing on your skin are you stuck with it or is there a way to remove it? The good news is that you can remove a lot of your accumulated sun damage and there a few methods depending on how severe it is. Chemical Peels are one way to remove some minor sun damage by exfoliating and removing excess pigmentation caused by sun damage. My favorite treatment is IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) photo-facials-it's pulsed of light that target pigmented lesions and once the lesions absorb the light and are destroyed the flake off naturally within 1-2 weeks leaving your skin with less sun spots and a more even skin tone. After 2-5 treatments you can have clear, and even skin tone with improved texture as well. For more information on Intense Pulsed Light photo-facials in Orlando go to www.winterparklaser.com

An Answer to Rosacea with IPL Photo-Rejuvenation

After operating a medical spa for 9 years-Winter Park laser in Orlando we are still amazed at how many clients suffer with Rosacea every day and don't ever receive relief until they come to our office. Rosacea is a chronic condition causing facial redness and sometimes pimples. Rosacea affects adults and can range from mild to severe. Left untreated it worsens over time and is aggravated by extreme weather, alcohol, stress, and spicy foods. Treatment in the form of topical steroids can aggravate the condition which is what many Dermatologists used to prescribe. After suffering with Rosacea for years those clients have now found a solution-IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) Photo-rejuvenation or photo-facials. The IPL helps Rosacea by reducing or eliminating redness and constricting broken capillaries. Palomar® Intense pulsed light treatments use the MaxG hand-piece to deliver energy to target and destroy vascular and pigmented lesions associated with veins, Rosacea, sun damage, and age spots from face, chest, hands, legs, and arms. During the procedure, the entire treatment area is scanned with an IPL handpiece and treated with multiple passes and customized settings. It only takes 20 minutes to treat a full face and requires minimal downtime of slight redness for a few hours. The results can be seen after 1 treatment but normally require a series of 3-5 treatments to achieve desired results. IPL photo-facials can give long lasting relief to Rosacea sufferers with a maintenance treatment of once a year and good skincare habits. For more information go to www.winterparklaser.com