How ought I bring back the youthful lookamazing looking skin of the past , baby soft skin of my adolsenceGirl, there are many ways to choose from, mirror says’ your studies has been taken care of, now go select your poison …but choose wisely, this is your only face …and you are totally responsible’.
My skin pores, wrinkles and skin damage from sun exposure are screeching for relief , more loudly than my wallet . I down a large shot of straight up Cuervo. I take advice . I had to get the procedute. As this is my face , I embark on extensive research to learn of available options for skin reconditioning, from chemical peels, dermabrasion all the way to lasers. Boy, are there tons of lasers available for use. I had very specific requirements : Quality result, shortminimum amount of} downtime, fair price and convenience (travel time, for example) asssists me scores to reduce my options .
Long term results disqualifies light chemical peels and lighter lasers . Short down time eliminates Phenol peels, the CO2 laser and dermabrasion. Many alate night are spent reading up on what’s available, which are average chemical peels and fractional lasers. Some peels will mitigate damage in my outside skin layers, they just don’t effect the lower skin layer to resolve deeper wrinkles and texture issues.
My Treatment Pick
Fractional lasers hold the procedure for my needs. The modality in which they work way they word to beautify the skin surface – over the short and long term is quite interesting . They do not ‘hit’ the entire skin surface as the first generation lasers. They effect only apercentage of it, at even intervals, hence the term fractional. A laser is just a highly pure and intensely centred beam of light. The light pulse must go down deep enough into the skin to achieve a permanent improvement yet not too deep as to cause scarring . The laser pulses are ‘scanned’ along the skin to create a series of tiny holes in the skin. The heat from the light beam then causes the sides of the tunnel to ‘seal’, so these tunnels can begin to heal. The ‘thermal’ effect from the laser beam in the tunnels instigates a dermal renewal process. New collagen is madedeveloped}, providing more skin volume and plumping . This goes on for up to 5-6 months or so, which is when the full benefit of the procedure can be seen.
Healing involves varying degree’s of skin peeling, oozing and resolving redness. Sort of like a very bad sunburn. This can last from 5 to 7 days , or longer for more sensitive skin types. Okay…um…I just want ‘nice’ skin. I wonder how much I will need to deposit in my account to pay for this.
My Doctor
I create a list of dozens ofdoctors offices within my travel radius to ask about the laser and it’s impact to my wallet.
Several new items are added to my growing reservoir of fractionated laser information. First, the cost ranges from $1,500 to $3,500 + per session in the South Texas area. Second, usually , more than one of the laser procedures are recommended to fulfill optimum results, and lastly (though probably not least), there are many different names or styles of fractionated CO2 lasers. This is getting complicated, but in my perseverance I decrypt the news.
So, I spend the next several days talking with medical doctor offices to resaearch about their offerings in the fractional laser field . I go to my top picks for consultations. To shorten a very long process, one medical office and procedure seem to fit all my criteria. I am in the medical office, and I have almost no wait to see the doctor. The doctor is friendly and ‘down to earth’, extremely educated in non-surgical medical aestheticsprocedures}. Of couse I would suggest you verify the Doctors historyDoctors qualifications and history with the local medical license authority.
She uses the Fractional Pearl laser at $1,800 a clip so it looks like my new platinum wedding band will be placed on hold for a few months. Time to fill my debit account with cash.
The Procedure
To prepare for the laser treatment , I use a skin care strategy to reduce recovery time, and to enhance and maintain my result. Post inflammatory hyper pigmentation can be a problem for any facial procedure. Also, giving the skin a ‘boost’ before hand has been shown to maximize the results . The system uses four key ingredients, the only four that have FDA backing and major studies to endorse their effectivity. More later, it is my time to get my new business portrait taken.
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