IPL disaster: buyer beware
Intense Pulsed Light therapy has hit the news in the UK this month – and not in a good way. A leading UK daily newspaper carried the story of an attractive young woman called Charlotte Cripps who decided to have IPL skin treatment.
IPL or Intense Pulsed Light is a form of laser treatment for skin rejuvenation. This is a photo of Charlotte Cripps immediately before her IPL session in London.
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Non surgical face lifts: gain with less pain
Non surgical face lifts are one of the anti aging industry’s best kept secrets.
You may feel you could do with more than skin care in your battle with the forces of gravity – and yet you may not want face lift surgery and all that entails.
Non surgical face lifts always were intended to offer an alternative to facial cosmetic surgery – but some of the treatments offered were quite painful in themselves. Read more
The low down on chemical peels
A chemical peel can be an effective skin resurfacing method to get rid of age spots, wrinkles and uneven pigmentation.
If you’re chasing the holy grail of younger looking skin and you want immediate impact then you may be thinking about a chemical peel.
A facial chemical peel isn’t something to rush into – peeling off the top layer of your skin will hurt and has consequences. But facial peels are not all the same – they come in different strengths and use different chemicals depending on the level of skin aging and what your cosmetic surgeon is trying to achieve.
Large areas of hyperpigmentation, age spots and deep wrinkles will need a more radical approach than less severe sun damage and fine wrinkles.
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Thread lift: the lunch hour face lift?
A thread lift was a relatively new anti aging treatment when I wrote this article originally over a year ago. Back then it was hyped as a true non surgical face lift.
Also called a ‘featherlift’ or ‘gentlelift’ it was being widely advertised as a ‘no-cut’ lunch hour procedure. Something that was seen as less expensive and much less invasive than face lift surgery.
Well a year is a long time in the anti aging world and things have moved on a lot. New pain free face lifting and facial toning procedures are available like microcurrent face lifts and LED skin therapy. Read more
Wrinkle free – six simple tips
You may think that face wrinkles just happen when you reach a certain age and there’s nothing you can do about it. But there are things we can all do to prevent wrinkles from happening in the first place.
You may already do everything you can to prevent skin wrinkles – eating right, protecting your skin from the sun, not smoking, drinking lots of water.
One thing you may not have thought about is getting wrinkle free skin by training yourself to avoid certain facial expressions and body positions. Read more
Thermage: no pain face lift?
If you are thinking of getting an anti aging treatment but facial surgery isn’t for you – you may be tempted by Thermage – marketed as a low risk alternative to face lift surgery.
Thermage – the makers claim – is a highly effective non surgical face lift – all the skin lifting effects of a face lift without the pain.
This apparently miraculous anti aging treatment first came to everyone’s attention – as with so many other things – following a glowing review on Oprah.
Thousands of eager viewers rushed to get the procedure. But is Thermage all it’s claimed to be? Read more
Non Surgical Face lift – Live on TV
Network news station ABC7 recently showed a 54 year old woman receiving anti aging treatments to lift and tone her face live on its early evening newscast.
Like nearly 80% of all people who consider anti aging treatments, Kathy, the 54 year old volunteer “patient” stated that she definitely would not undergo a surgical procedure: “It’s cutting into the face…why would you want to do that..?” she asked ABC7’s Medical Reporter.
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