Botulinum Toxin Injections
What is it and how does it help?
Expression lines, worry lines, crows feet and smile lines – whatever you call them, wrinkles can be an unsightly by-product of getting older. Botulinum (Botox,Dysport) injections are a popular way to reduce their appearance, and are a much less invasive procedure than a facelift.
Botulinum toxin (BT) is a naturally occurring toxin that when injected into the skin reduces the appearance of wrinkles and facial lines by relaxing the muscles that cause them. BT can also help with other complaints like excessive sweating and tension headaches.
How does it work?
BT works by relaxing the muscles that, when contracted, cause wrinkles and lines to appear. When injected, the nerve impulse that stimulates muscle contraction is blocked, so lines no longer appear. Sweating can be reduced in a similar way – injecting the affected area effectively blocks the nerve impulse that stimulates sweat glands.
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Photo-Rejuvination – Intense Pulse Light / Broad Band Light (IPL/BBL)
What is it and how does it help?
Have you been wanting to say goodbye to an unsightly blemish? Photo-rejuvenation is the safe, gentle and effective way to get rid of blemishes like brown spots, hair follicles and blood vessels.
How does it work?
Photo-rejuvenation involves applying intense broad-spectrum light (not including the harmful ultraviolet spectrum) to individually targeted problem spots. The light is absorbed and then turned into heat energy which destroys the blemish.
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Vascular Laser
What is it & is it safe?
Vascular lasers use light to target and destroy unwanted capillaries and blood vessels of the skin. The laser wavelength is chosen to selectively target the abnormal blood vessels only, sparing the surrounding normal skin structures. When used properly by trained practitioners, the procedure is extremely safe and effective. This type of laser treatment is not associated with any long-term problems such as skin cancers. To make the procedure more comfortable however, the skin is kept cool with a chilled plate so that the heat energy is not transferred to other areas of the skin to cause unwanted burns.
How does it work?
The skin structures such as capillaries and pigment spots absorb light energy at a specific frequency or wavelength. Vascular lasers are scientifically and clinically proven methods of delivering light energy to these unwanted targets to knock them off. Blood vessels and pigment containing brown spots and hair follicles are examples of common targets. The targets absorb the light energy that gets converted to heat leading to its destruction.
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Laser Resurfacing – Profractional (Fractional)
What is it and how does it help?
If you’ve got problem skin, Profractional resurfacing might be the answer. Particularly effective in repairing acne scars, the procedure can also make a big difference with wrinkles, keratoses and pigmentation problems.
How does it work?
Able to be tailored to the particular problem, Profractional resurfacing involves an ErYag laser directing micro-columns of infrared light to vapourise skin tissue. A computer-guided scanner accurately fixes the laser parameters – such as depth, rate and scan pattern – giving a precise and uniform effect on the skin.
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Laser Resurfacing – MicroLaserPeel
What is it and how does it help?
If you’re looking for better results than microdermabrasion or light chemical peels offer, but don’t won’t an overly long healing time, you should consider a MicroLaserPeel. MicroLaserPeel treatments can really help fine wrinkles, scars, keratoses and pigmentation problems.
How does it work?
A MicroLaserPeel carefully and precisely removes the outermost layers of troublesome skin. Using an Er;Yag laser which delivers infrared beams with a wavelength of 2940nm, this procedure can vapourise skin tissue layer by layer. Sophisticated computer technology fixes the laser parameters such as depth and scan pattern to ensure the best possible results.
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Laser Resurfacing – Contour Resurfacing
What is it and how does it help?
Now you can have smoother, younger-looking skin, without the invasiveness of a facelift. Contour resurfacing uses a laser to minimise the appearance of lines and wrinkles, and improve the overall texture of your skin at the same time.
How does it work?
Contour resurfacing works by having laser light pass through your skin, to be absorbed underneath by damaged collagen. The laser light evaporates very fine layers of skin, reducing the presence of wrinkles, scars, and other unwanted textures. And as old skin is replaced by new cells forming in the healing process, the skin naturally becomes smoother and softer.
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Injectable Fillers – Hyaluronans (Restylane, Juvederm, Estellis)
What is it and how does it help?
As your skin ages, it’s often accompanied by a gradual loss of volume, due to a reduction in skin hyaluronans, collagen and elastin. Like a slowly deflating balloon, this leads to skin sagging and wrinkles. Fillers can plump out wrinkles, and restore your facial and lip volume – giving you a more youthful and rejuvenated appearance.
How does it work?
Fillers are applied through several fine injections into the treatment area – producing an immediate restoration of volume, and improvement in the general appearance of your skin. However, the full result can take some time to come into effect. Your wrinkles, creases and furrows may have been in place for some time, so can take several weeks to re-drape and ‘iron’ themselves out.
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Injectable Fillers – Calcium Hydroxylapatite
What is it and how does it help?
As your skin ages, it’s often accompanied by a gradual loss of volume due to a reduction in skin hyaluronans, collagen and elastin. Like a slowly deflating balloon, this leads to skin-sagging and wrinkles. Fillers such as Calcium HydroxlyApatite (CHA) can plump out wrinkles, and restore your facial volume – giving you a more youthful and rejuvenated appearance. CHA fillers can also reshape the face by augmenting the profile of the nose, cheeks and chin. CHA fillers are natural materials within microspheres in a water-based gel carrier.
How does it work?
CHA fillers are applied through several fine injections into the treatment area – producing an immediate restoration of volume and improvement in the general appearance of your skin. Although results are instant, the full result can take some time to come into effect. Your wrinkles, creases and furrows may have been in place for some time, so can take several weeks to re-drape and ‘iron’ themselves out.
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Injectable Fillers – Poly-L-Lactic Acid
What is it & is it safe?
Sculptra (poly-L-lactic acid) is an injectable skin filler that can ‘plump up’ the skin to appear smoother and fuller. Poly-L-lactic acid is a synthetic substance made up of chains of lactic acid. It is manufactured as a fine powder that is reconstituted in sterile water for injections. Poly-L-lactic acid is naturally degraded in the skin to a natural by-product that is safely cleared by the body. Poly-L-lactic acid has been in use in medicine for 20 years and is used to manufacture certain dissolvable stitches.
How does it work?
When injected into the skin, the poly-L-lactic acid gradually stimulates natural deposition of collagen to thicken and smoothen the skin. As the poly-L-lactic acid gets absorbed over time, the volume enhancing effects persist due to an increase in skin collagen triggered by poly-L-lactic acid.
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Sclerotherapy for Leg Veins
What is it and how does it help?
If you have visible leg veins – including fine purple spider veins, coarser reticular green veins, and large bulging varicose veins – you might want to consider sclerotherapy. It’s an extremely safe and effective way to get rid of them.
But before any action is taken to correct them, we recommend checking for underlying circulatory problems, as up to 50% of patients with fine spider veins may have associated larger vein problems that may not be immediately obvious or visible.
How does it work?
Sclerotherapy is the injection of sclerosants into abnormal veins with a fine needle. The sclerosant irritates the inner lining of the injected veins, and in combination with compression stockings, encourage the treated vein to collapse and shrivel. Blood no longer flows through the treated vessels, which over time becomes absorbed and recycled by the body.
Dr Lim recommends that leg vein treatments be carried out at the Sydney Skin & Vein Clinic:
Suite 2102, Level 21, Westfield Tower 1 520 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022 www.sydneyskinandvein.com.au Phone (02) 9386 0211
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Hair Removal – ClearScan Laser
What is it and how does it help?
These days, one of the most popular and effective way to achieve long-term hair removal is laser therapy. That’s because lasers can destroy many hair follicles with little chance of complications, even if you have dark skin.
ClearScan is an infrared laser that’s particularly effective for treating darker skin types and sun-tanned skin because of its relatively low absorption by melanin.
How does it work?
Laser hair removal such as ClearScan offers patients a safe, fast, and effective alternative for dealing with unwanted hair. Lasers remove hair by targeting the melanin (colour) in the hair follicle, damaging the follicle and removing the hair.
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Hair Removal – Broad Band Light (BBL)
What is it and how does it help?
Shaving and waxing have long been maligned for not only being painful and time-consuming, but temporary as well. If you’re looking for more permanent hair removal, broad band light therapy might be for you. It’s much quicker than electrolysis, and produces similar results to laser therapy. It’s particularly effective for those with lighter skin and hair.
How does it work?
BBL is also known as intense pulse light. It delivers light – ranging from the visible to infrared spectrum – that selectively targets hair follicles. It works by emitting a specialised light that passes through the skin to be absorbed by the melanin (colour) in the hair follicle, damaging the follicle and removing the hair.
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