Is a beauty laser the answer to everything?: fillers

What's so good about personal beauty lasers?

What's so bad about surgery? Why shouldn't I inject poisons into my body? Who cares if it gives me cancer or makes me infertile as long as I look young? Must we suffer to be beautiful? Or will a cosmetic laser treatment fix everything safely and painlessly?

What is Low Level Laser Therapy?

"Low Level Laser Therapy or Laser Phototherapy is a method where light from a laser is applied to tissue (or cells in culture) in order to influence cell or tissue functions with such low light intensity that heating is negligible. The effects achieved are hence not due to heating but to photochemical or photobiologic reactions like the effect of light in plants. The lasers used are normally referred to as therapeutic lasers." Swedish Laser Medical Society

Low Level Laser Therapy is widely used in hospitals and clinics around the world to treat and cure a number of conditions including pain relief, problematic skin conditions and to promote healing in wounds or injuries.

Low Level Laser Therapy is beneficial in repairing damaged cells and speeds up and enhances the response of the body’s immune system as well as aiding pain relief. That is why it is so effective when used for skin rejuvenation and healing acne and skin blemishes - it restores the skin to a healthy, more youthful condition.

Also, if you are suffering from hair loss, low level laser therapy can help to stimulate the hair follicles into action again, resulting in new hair growth and healthier hair. Amazing but true.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Why Superdrug’s £150 Botox jabs may be too cheap

Would you consider popping into Superdrug for a spot of Botox or laser hair-removal?

Now you can, as the High Street chain rolls out its in-store Pro Skin clinics, offering anti-wrinkle injections, laser hair-removal and microdermabrasion.

Prices start at £49 for laser hair-removal and rise to £149 for Botox or fillers, with peels for £69 and Dermaroller treatments at £138.

In Harley Street, you’ll pay around £250 for Botox, upwards of £350 for fillers, and £325 for Dermaroller.

Superdrug’s Lisa Pellizzon says they can offer treatments at such a low price because they’ve slashed the mark-up. At Superdrug prices start at £49 for laser hair-removal and rise to £149 for Botox or fillers

It’s also because, with the exception of Botox and fillers, treatments are carried out by beauticians, not medical personnel.

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SOURCE Daily Mail

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The 'one-stitch facelift' claims to be the ultimate quick fix for turkey necks, but does it work?

Given the wind-tunnel results of plastic surgery as seen on the likes of Joan Rivers, not to mention the prospect of a general anaesthetic, scars and months of recovery, it’s not surprising that a full-on facelift is about as popular as last year’s It-bag.

After all, if you want to pretend your ever-youthful looks are down to yoga and water, it doesn’t do to be seen to look as if you’ve had serious work.

For a while it seemed as if fillers and Botox would be the secret of stealth rejuvenation, but not everyone wants the chipmunk cheeks and glassy forehead that so often go with them.

So the facelift has been fighting back. But this time it’s different.

The new ‘One-Stitch Facelift’ is a minimally invasive, super-sneaky way to lift cheeks and jowls, reduce double chins and tighten saggy necks. It is done under local anaesthetic and involves having just one stitch on each side of the head, buried in the hair.

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