Skin Care Treatment

I have started filling in some of the terms and definitions I will be covering on Skin Care Treatment .ca below.
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Accutane – A prescribed medication used to treat severe acne.

Acoustic Wave Therapy – A non-invasive medispa treatment used to reduce cellulite.

Active FX – A non-invasive laser treatment for the skin that removes or reduces acne scarring.

Affirm Laser Skin Treatment – Affirm is a laser system that is used in spa for wrinkle reduction, treating scars, reducing pigmentation and redness in skin, removing age spots, and anti-aging treatments (rejuvenation and tightening).

Arm lift – The technical term for this is Brachioplasty. The procedure tightens or removes (dependant on the treatment) excess skin from the upper arm.

Artefill – Approved in the United States, this dermal filler is non-absorptive. In other words it doesn’t diminish and is often used as a permanent wrinkle filler. Some physicians use Artefill all over the face, but it is actually used primarily for nasolabial lines (smile lines).

Blue peel – The Blue Peel is an ‘invention’ of the top skin care treatment line by Obagi. Most often used in clinics and spas for blemish prone skin, wrinkles, unwanted pigmentation, scar reduction, large pores and sun damage.

Botulinum toxin – There are two types of botulinum toxin, type A and type B. Botox as they are commonly called, are purified substances that have been derived from bacteria. The function is to block the nerve signals from the brain to the muscle at the point of injection.

Bovine collagen – This substance consists of sterile, purified, and reconstituted collagen from a cow. Bovine collagen is used to restore lost collagen by injection into the dermal layers of your skin.

Brow Lift – Most often performed as plastic surgery, new treatments now exist to lift the brow or forehead with dermal fillers.

Cellulite treatment – Apart from plastic or cosmetic surgery there are many treatments available to reduce the appearance of cellulite under your skin. Just because creams and treatments exist however, doesn’t mean they are all (or any are) effective. If cellulite is a problem for you, please see your physician for a cosmetic surgery referral and consultation.

Cheek augmentation, Cheek lift – Although traditionally a surgical procedure with implants, modern day practice is seeing a surge in dermal fillers to get similar effects.

Chemical peel – Many peels exist that remove the top (or more) layers of your skin. One of the finest chemical peels is from the Obagi line (personal opinion) but your medi-spa may have their favorites to recommend. If my memory is correct my first peel was a Physician’s Formula peel – in the clinic and administred by a registered nurse trained by the medical doctor. My facial skin peeled and flaked for about a week and continued to improve for approximately a month after. Six months later I could still see that my pores were much smaller and I had fewer breakouts.

Chin implants – See Cheek augmentation and lifts, above.

Collagen – A naturally occuring fibrous protein. The purpose of collagen is to form a connective tissue that supports skin, bone, tendons, and cartilage. Collagen is the glue that holds tissues together and helps to maintain the integrity of their structure.

Collagen injection

Cosmelan

Deep FX

Dermabrasion

Dermal filler – A broad term used to describe many substances on the market that are injected into the skin via a thin needle to restore volume to the skin and to smooth out facial wrinkles.

Dysport

Elastin – A naturally occurig protein found in connective tissues. Elastin aids to keep skin’s shape and elasticity.

Evolence

Eyelid Surgery

Facelift

Facial

Facial reconstructive surgery

Forehead lift

Fraxel Laser

Fraxel Repair

GentleLase

Green peel

Hyaluronic acid – Another naturally occuring substance found in connective tissue. Hyaluronic acid cushions and lubricates skin.

Juvederm

Jowl – An uncomplimentary term that refers to loose flesh most oftenly noted in women over 40 at the sides of the face, a double chin or a throat wattle.

Laser – The word is actually an acronym for “Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation”. Laser lights work by producing an intense beam of bright light that travels in one direction. Muliple uses in skin care treatments.

Laser Genesis

Laser hair removal

Laser peel

Laser resurfacing

Latisse

Lifestyle lift

Lightsheer Laser

Lip augmentation

Lip lift

Lipodissolve

Liposculpture

Liposuction – A cosmetic surgical procedure that quite literally vacuums fatty deposits out from under the skin.

Lower face lift

Lux 1540

Melanin – The naturally occuring substance that gives your skin its color or skin pigment.

Mesotherapy

Microdermabrasion

Mini lift

MiXto Laser

Mohs surgery

Mole removal

Neck lift

Non surgical Face lift

Non surgical nose job

Pearl laser

Perlane

Phenol peel

Photoaging – The term used to describe the cumuative damage of the skin from years of excessive sun exposure or tanning.

Photodynamic Therapy

Pixel laser

Prevelle

Pulsed dye laser

Quick Lift

Radiesse

Restylane

Retin-A

Revision rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty

Scar removal

Sclerotherapy

Sculptra – What is Sculptra, how much does it cost and how does it work?

Septoplasty

Silicone injections

Silikon 1000

Skin rejuvenation

Slim Lipo

Smart lifting

Smart Lipo

SmartLipo MPX

SMAS facelift

Smoothbeam laser

Tattoo removal

TCA peel

Thermage

Thigh lift

Thread lift

TITAN

TriActive

Tumescent liposuction

Ultra sculpt

V Beam

Vaser Liposuction

Vein treatment

Yag laser