I started working in the yard last weekend. It was warm and sunny. While I worked, I noticed that the trees are budding out, and there were even a few with some juvenile leaves showing up...guess what...the warm days of summer are nearly here!! While we talk about hair and skin, don't forget about our breast augmention special, hit the button below to get the details.
This week I wanted to cover a couple of old subjects...skin and hair. With summer rapidly approaching, these are two of the things that you can improve quickly and get ready for summer. So what can you do??
1. Hair. Most women (and some men) don't like hair in certain places. This includes the bikini area, underarms, face, and legs in women, and chest, back, and underarms in men. What can we do about this? Have you ever shaved in any of these sensative areas and wished you didn't have to? Or, at the pool, notice that you SHOULD have? That hair is hard to tuck in!! What about getting waxed, and with tears in your eyes, thinking, there has got to be a better way than this to get rid of this hair!! At Total Body Surgical we can rid you of this problem for the rest of your life....AND....with unbeatable pricing, not break the bank.
We use the Cutera system to do our laser hair removal. It is one of the few systems that is FDA approved to treat all skin types and it is very effective. We expect to get rid of 80-90% of the hair completely and what is left is spindly, light, and weak if there is anything. Of course the hair has to be darker for us to treat it because that is how the laser works...the dark hair transmits the light energy as heat into the follicle, killing the hair stem cells.
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As the population of these cells decreases, the hair becomes thinner and thinner until eventually, it is gone. Body hair generally takes about 6 treatments and facial hair, because it is thinner and transmits less energy, about 9 treatments. The darker and coarser the hair, the quicker it goes. The treatments are spaced about 6 weeks apart and generally take about 30-40 minutes. We use numbing cream and let it set about 20 to 30 minutes before the treatment. If you do not want to numb it takes less time of course. Everyone is different so some like the numbing and some don't. We use the Zimmer cooling system so the discomfort is minimal even if you don't numb.
Remember, hair has to be there for the laser to work. This means you must wait six weeks after waxing or using a cream hair remover. You can trim or shave the areas being treated so it does not have to be long and embarrassing.
The way we do areas is like this....the face is considered an area, the underarms is considered an area, the bikini is considered an area. The legs are considered 4 areas due to the large size so lower leg front and back is 2 areas, thigh front and back is 2 areas. The abdomen upper and lower is 2 areas and the chest, upper and lower, is 2 areas. The back, upper and lower is condered 4 areas as well, divided as the abdomen and chest are.
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2. Skin. Most skin issues, i.e., pigment changes, are due to UV (sun or tanning bed) exposure. In women, hormonal changes also contribute. These changes have many names....
melasma 
poikiloderma 
Of course, they occur on the sun exposed areas of the face, chest, neck, and arms. If you have these areas, they will usually NOT resolve by doing nothing. What do we advise?? First, sun protection. No matter what we do, if sun exposure continues, these areas will return. Sun screens, hats, and cover ups are critical to the success of any therapy and once you have that covered, we can start addressing the problem. Basic skin care is critical and the product we recommend is Obagi. Created by a Dermatologist the line is medical grade and is VERY imitated. It contains medical concentrations of tretinoin and a lightner. The kit we recommend also contains the products to manage the pH of the skin, making the medicines work better. Compared to other products, it is very affordable. After a few months you will see the skin looking healthier and the discolorations decreasing. For faster results, or for areas that are a problem, we use Pulsed light treatments. These treatments target areas of pigment and cause them to peel off quicker and also help turn off the cells that are creating the pigment. It usually takes a series of treatments along with the basic skin care. I feel like the best sun screens come from the Skinceutical line of products. They were also created by Dermatologists and come in many strengths and even in a water proof formula.
So, get your skin in shape for the coming summer, AND, get rid of your razor!!
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