Imagine a more youthful looking you. Both the pleasures and stresses of life, along with the simple passage of time, tend to cause our skin to appear older. And the signs of aging and sun damage are typically most visible on a person's face. IPL photofacial is a non-invasive treatment that erases skin damage without disruption of the skin's surface.

Intense Pulsed Light (ipl) can simultaneously treat a wide range of facial concerns safely. Broken capillaries, skin discoloration, age spots, freckles mottled pigmentation and the symptoms of rosacea can be treated with IPL photofacial.

Intense Pulsed Light (ipl) technology is a treatment that can correct a variety of benign skin conditions, such as facial skin imperfections, the signs of aging, birthmarks, unwanted hair, unsightly small veins, and other blemishes. The ipl photofacial is a safe, non-invasive condition and skin type, providing superior cosmetic results and outstanding satisfaction. This new procedure is called IPL Photo facial-rejevenation.

How the ipl photofacial procedure is performed: A cold gel is usually applied to the area to be treated. You may be given dark glasses to protect your eyes from the bright light. The smooth glass surface of the ipl hand piece is gently applied to your skin and pulses of light are applied. You may feel a slight sting. An anesthetic cream may be used, but is seldom required. Treatment is generally administered in a series of procedures that provides excellent long-term results, minimal adverse effects and high satisfaction. Each treatment takes about twenty minutes.

Imperfections from Sun Damage and Photo-aging: The ipl photofacial technology improves both the superficial and deeper skin layers. Then rejuvenates the skin, at the same time delivering beneficial thermal energy to deep tissue. After a series of treatments, you can see a significant reduction of unwanted pigmentation and the appearance of smoother, revitalized skin. The same treatment can be used on the neck, the chest, and the hands.

Benign Vascular Lesions: (Broken Veins and Capillaries) The face has an extensive network of veins and tiny blood vessels called capillaries. Over time, aging, trauma, sun exposure, and certain lifestyle factors cause a number of them to break. They may appear as red streaks or blotches on the face. The ipl photofacial therapy can eliminate damaged veins and capillaries by removing virtually all trace of these unsightly blemishes.

Symptoms of Rosacea:  Rosacea is a skin aliment that leaves people red-faced from dilated blood vessels and chronic flushing. Rosacea can also cause pimples and/or blisters on the nose and cheeks. For women and men, IPL can successfully treat dilated blood vessels and redness without injuring the surrounding healthy skin, while greatly reducing the episodes of flushing with long-term effectiveness.

Acne Treatments

Acne occurs when the oil produced by sebaceous glands does not reach the surface of the skin and is trapped in tiny pores or follicles. This plug may close off the pore, causing the follicle wall to bulge, which creates a whitehead. If the pore stays open, the top surface of the plug may become darkened, causing a blackhead. When the bacteria and pus leak from the follicle into the surrounding tissue, pimples are formed.

Acne is something most of us have experienced. Three out of four teenagers have experienced it to some extent. It is most prevalent during adolescence because hormonal changes stimulate the sebaceous glands (oil glands) to produce more sebum (oil), increasing the chance of acne. While most people outgrow acne in their late teens or early twenties, many continue to be affected much longer. Aggravation of acne in later life may occur with menstrual periods, use of birth control pills, use of oil-based products and stress.

Treatments for moderate acne have included topical anti bacterial and antibiotics, oral antibiotics, Retin-A�, Accutane�, astringents and exfoliants.

BLUE Light Photo Dynamic Therapy is now FDA-approved for the treatment of moderate acne and may be the treatment for you.

The BLUE Light Photo Dynamic Therapy kills the P. acnes bacteria in your skin. Studies show that BLUE Light provides treatment for both active lesions and other inactive sebaceous glands that are not creating active lesions. Pretreatment with topical ALA may offer additional reduction of lesions, pustules, and papules.

Patients receiving BLUE Light only will simply sit in front of the BLUE Light delivery system for about sixteen minutes. Treatments are spaced at weekly intervals. The number of your treatments, your treatment time and your treatment interval may vary with the severity of your acne. Patients receiving the topical application of ALA with their BLUE Light treatment sit with the ALA solution on for about thirty minutes, then sit in front of the BLUE Light delivery system for about eight minutes. Treatments are spaced two weeks apart. The number of your treatments, your treatment time and your treatment intervals may vary with the severity of your acne. 

Unlike other topical treatments, treatments with BLUE Light and ALA have shown minimal adverse side effects or patient discomfort. The BLUE Light treatments are gentle and do not harm surrounding tissues.

After two to four weekly treatments, most patients experience a reduction in the severity of their acne and a reduction in the number of pustules and papules.

Are you ready to treat your moderate acne? Schedule a private consultation with the SMHS technician to see what we can do for you.