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Dermal Therapy – Skin Treatments
Hydrodermabrasion- Peels – PRP – Vampire Facials
In addition to injectable cosmetic medicine treatments, Envisage also offers a full range of dermal therapies. Whatever your skin concern, or even if you simply want to look your absolute best for a special occasion, Envisage can tailor an option to suit your needs.
Dermal Therapy Options at Envisage
- Hydrodermabrasion
- Chemical peels
- Skin needling
- Skin needling with PRP (“Vampire Facial”)
- Tixel Fractionated Thermal
If you’d like to arrange a treatment at our skin care clinic in Benowa on the Gold Coast, don’t hesitate to call us today. We also offer IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) treatments, dermal fillers, body sculpting, and a wide array of other cosmetic and healthcare treatments.
HYDRODERMABRASION & HYDROBRASION
Hydrodermabrasion is essentially microdermabrasion with benefits!
Microdermabrasion has been around for many years. It uses fine crystals or a mechanical head to exfoliate the skin. This removes the surface “dead” layers of skin, allowing younger skin cells to show through. Microdermabrasion is fantastic for gently improving skin texture, cleaning out blockages and congestion, as well as addressing acne-prone skins. Done before a big event, it allows for flawless makeup application.
If you look at many men’s faces, you can see that their skin actually often looks better through the beard area. This is because by shaving – whether via wet or electric methods – they are very gently exfoliating the skin in the beard area on a daily basis.
Hydrodermabrasion takes microdermabrasion a step further. Whilst the microdermabrasion is performed, special machines allow for active ingredients, cosmeceuticals and/or vitamins to be infused into the skin simultaneously. The microdermabrasion allows these actives to penetrate the skin to a much greater degree, enhancing their effects, and accelerating real visible results.
Hydrodermabrasion treatments are suitable for dry and oily skin types of patients from all ages. The treatments can address fine lines and wrinkles, pigmentation, congestion, coarse texture, and uneven skin tones. Treatments may be performed on the face, neck, décolletage and body.
The treatment involves manual abrasion, so a level of tingling, itching, or heat may be experienced on the skin during treatment. This is due to the action of exfoliation in combination with light vacuuming to rejuvenate the superficial dead skin cells. Treatments are generally completely painless and most find them quite enjoyable.
You may experience mild discomfort, redness, and/or flaking of the skin, depending in part on which active ingredients are used. Make up may be worn immediately following the treatment.
The ultraceuticals state-of-the-art Hydro-abrasion+ system incorporates dual action wet and dry microdermabrasion using a crystal-free diamond chipped wand. These wands, along with a light vacuum setting, assist to superficially polish the surface of the skin – removing the outermost layer of dead surface skin cells.
The hydro system allows for a selection of Ultraceutical’s active treatment serums and medical grade chemical peels to be abraded into the skin at the same time, accelerating real visible results.
Chemical Peels
The term “chemical peel”, for many of us, can sound scary and may even conjure up a famous scene from sex and the city of Samantha’s unimpressed face resembling a tomato with her skin literally peeling off. Well, at least I know it does for me, but I might just be showing my age.
Let’s get one thing straight – you don’t need to peel to peel. There are many different types and strengths of peels available today and a trained dermal therapist can recommend the right one for not only your skin type but for your specific skin concerns as well.
A chemical peel is essentially a form of exfoliation using alpha and beta hydroxy acids, better known as AHA’S and BHA’s. AHA’s and BHA’s are naturally occurring substances found in fruit, sour milk, and sugar cane. They break the bonds which hold our skin cells together, causing them to either shed away without being noticed or peel away, depending on the depth of the peel.
As the skin regenerates, it is rejuvenated. Whilst an AHA has the capacity to increase the natural moisture levels in your skin, a BHA’s special talent is dissolving sebum trapped in pores, making it great for combating acne. These little acid molecules really pack a punch and get our skin cells turning over at quicker pace which replace dull, lacklustre skin with healthy new skin for weeks to come.
Sounds too good to be true, right? Do not underestimate the power of a peel.
Chemical exfoliation, when done correctly, is the key to keeping your skin not only functioning at its best but also looking amazing.
Well, apart from helping you enjoy that “new skin feel”, peels can treat:
- Acne & post inflammatory scaring
- Fine lines & wrinkles
- Pore size (yes, they can refine pores omg!)
- Pigmentation
- Uneven skin tone & texture
Depending on the type of peel being used, often referred to as a light or medium depth, you can either have one every two weeks or every four weeks. If I am treating a specific skin concern, I will often prescribe in a series of 3 to achieve the best results.
I like to describe it as feeling similar to a sunburn – hot and tight. During the treatment, you may experience tingling and heat – which is the peel working its magic.
A light peel will have minimal down time and cause only slight redness to the skin which will subside over a few hours. A medium depth peel will cause flaking or peeling between 4 and 6 days. I personally love the feeling of my old, damaged skin shedding away to reveal new healthy skin.
A gentle skincare routine should be followed after your chemical peel for 3 days. A gentle cleanser, a hydrating serum and/or moisturiser and a SPF 50. Do not exfoliate your new resurfaced skin for 3 days. Heat induced activities and heavy sweating should also be avoided for 3 days. Some medium depth peels require that you don’t wet your skin for 12 hours.
However, your therapist will let you know on the day the specific after care instructions for your peel. So, now you know the power of a peel. When it comes to peels, one size does not fit all.
At Envisage Clinic, we offer a selection of peels which greatly vary – depending on your skin type, skin goals, and the acid being used.
Mandelic Peel
My absolute favourite peel would have to be the mandelic peel. Mandelic acid is the multi-tasking queen of the alpha hydroxy acids. It is derived from none other than the humble and also delicious almond.
As well as exfoliating the skin and unclogging pores, it also has potent antibacterial properties – making it perfect for acneic skin types. It has a larger molecular structure than other AHAs, which means it doesn’t penetrate as deeply, so it is less likely to cause irritation. It is an anti-inflammatory and melanin inhibitor, which means it will help reduce redness and post-inflammatory scaring. With little to no down time, this peel can be added on to your next microdermabrasion.
Lactic Acid Peel
This is my go-to peel when someone has a special event that they want their skin to be glowing for. Lactic is derived from (yep, you guessed it) milk—sour milk to be exact. Whilst it doesn’t smell very nice, this peel leaves the skin feeling hydrated, smooth, and much clearer – with clarity being one of its best attributes. You won’t get any peeling, making the lactic peel a great “pre party peel.” Your makeup will go on flawless the next day, and you won’t be able to stop touching your skin for the next week because it just feels so good – what I like to call “post peel feels”.
Jesner Peel
The Jesner peel has been around for a long time and is a well-used peel in the medi-aesthetic industry. Created by Dr Jesner for his acne patients, this medium-depth peel will literally remove the superficial layers of the skin (hello skin shedding). The Jesner peel will not only dry out active acne and dislodge blackheads, but it is also amazing for reducing fine lines, improving skin texture and tone, lightening pigmentation, and addressing acne scaring.
There is a little bit of downtime involved with a Jesner peel, (you will literally shed like a snake) and will need to follow post care instructions carefully. However, it is well worth it for the amazing results.
TCA peel
The Trichloroacetic Acid or TCA peel is a derivative of acetic acid (vinegar). Like the Jesner peel, it is considered a medium depth peel and will literally remove the top layer of your skin. The TCA peel is predominantly used for sun damage, actinic keratoses, lentigos, texture and rhytids – making it the perfect peel for sun bunnies left with brown age spots and melasma.
Be prepared to be out of action for a few days though after a TCA. It involves a lot of shedding and sometimes darkening of the sun damaged skin before it eventually peels away to reveal new, healthy skin and a much clearer complexion.
Azyme Peel
Unlike our other peels, the azyme peel utilises the powder of vitamin A. Dubbed the powerhouse of all treatments, this fast-acting, non-invasive skin rejuvenation treatment provides proven anti-ageing ingredients retinol and bromelain to refresh, hydrate and plump the skin. It works quickly to dramatically diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, even skin tone and texture and improve overall skin luminosity.
FACTOR 4 & PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma)
Envisage Clinic offers Endoret Platelet Rich Plasma and Factor 4 factor rich serum.
FACTOR4® is a super-rich autologous regenerative conditioned serum with four times more growth factors and cytokines (your little soldiers). A FACTOR4® treatment naturally stimulates your body’s own collagen, benefiting your skin health. This slows down the aging process, helping to reduce fine lines, wrinkles, pores and scars. The result is a much brighter, healthier complexion, giving your skin a more youthful look with even tone and texture.
Your body will naturally accept this treatment, as it contains a super-concentration of your own rich growth factors and cytokines.
The technology behind FACTOR4® is widely used around the world in regenerative medicine and can treat the following skin areas:
• Face
• Neck
• Back of hands
It can also address a range of conditions:
Scars
Acne scarring
Stretch marks
Crepey skin
Dark eye circles
Under eye collagen
FACTOR4® can help promote hair rejuvenation, skin brightening, skin tone and texture.
Your blood is processed using patented technologically advanced tubing, producing your highly concentrated serum. This 6-hour incubation process separates the cellular matter of your blood and extracts the super-concentrated rich growth factors and cytokines from your blood. The plasma concentrate is then spun and filtered to purify your serum, making it four times more concentrated.
1 or 2 10ml vials. Generally, 8 to 10mls of serum will be collected, though this can vary from patient to patient. Your serum is then frozen ready for your next appointments and used to treat your areas of concern.
Consume between two to four litres of water in the 24 hours prior to the treatment. Reduce or avoid alcohol consumption the night before, as this can dehydrate you and increase the risk of bruising. The more hydrated you are beforehand; the more serum will be produced.
No. It is not diluted with any other liquid and is a truly autologous system (obtained from the same individual), making it completely natural and extremely rich in growth factors and cytokines. This allows for the creation of new collagen structures.
A FACTOR4® treatment can be administered by skin needling or by injection into the dermal layers of the skin over a course of 4 treatments every 7–10 days. FACTOR4® can also be combined with Tixel fractionated thermal treatments. Top up treatments are recommended every 6 to 12 months for optimum results.
A topical anaesthetic cream is often used to help ensure comfort.
Skin redness can persist for up to 24 to 48 hours. You may also experience mild bruising or swelling around your eyes and lips.
It is strongly recommended that you limit exercise and sweating to avoid the possibility of swelling and bruising for 12 hours.
