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Is a beauty laser the answer to everything?: Can I use the Skin Laser for undereye wrinkles?

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Zap away summertime skin problems

Want to peel off in the sun but worried about skin blemishes? Victoria Lambert has some hi-tech answers to spots, lines and moles.

With its cloudless skies and soaring temperatures, summer should be the time to peel off a few layers and bask. But for those with unsightly or worrisome skin conditions, the hot weather is just a nightmare. Where is the fun in flashing flesh that's marred by spots, pigmentation, lines or moles? Here are some hi-tech solutions to summertime skin problems.

Broken veins and capilliaries? Try Fraxel

Italian cosmetic surgeon Dr Mario Luca Russo suggests a session with a Fraxel laser, which can remove broken veins and blemishes in as little as five minutes. "It is even good for wrinkles," he explains. "The light from the laser is absorbed by the haemoglobin and water in the blood of the vein, converting it to heat. We call this a thermal injury. If the vein is tiny, it will evaporate quickly, causing the vein to shrink and collapse, disappearing very fast. If the vein is larger, you can expect the blood to coagulate – making it appear darker than before. Gradually it will get reabsorbed by the body. In that case, it can take about a month to disappear."

If you want to go in the sun after a Fraxel treatment, he warns, ''do wait for seven to 10 days for your skin to heal or it will be very sensitive. And always use a high factor suncream, regardless of what you have done, to protect your skin from ageing.'

Cost: from £250 a session, depending on the size of the blemished area, at The Rejuvenation Clinic, London (0870 243 2230, www.therejuvenationclinic.co.uk)

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Spot the problem: Stress, poor diet, even too much exercise - how modern life is fuelling a rise in adult acne

Spots were once the scourge of hormonal teenage years, a skin problem that was thankfully kissed goodbye come adulthood. But for a growing number of British women, pimples no longer disappear when the school uniform is hung up.

According to the British Association of Dermatology, around 14 per cent of women aged 26 to 44 seek help for adult acne every year, with many more suffering in silence.

What is compounding this eruption in skin problems, say experts, is raised levels of stress, poor diets and even too much exercise.

At any age, the underlying cause of acne is an over-sensitivity to the male hormone testosterone.

'In response, skin glands produce excessive amounts of oil that, along with dead skin cells, clog up in hair follicles, trapping bacteria and triggering superficial pimples and blackheads, as well as bumps beneath the skin's surface,' says Susan Mayou, a consultant dermatologist at the Cadogan Clinic and Cromwell Hospital.

Mayou says it has always been known that some women are more prone to spots at times when hormones fluctuate, such as adolescence, pregnancy and during the menopause. Many more also experience monthly breakouts triggered by the menstrual cycle.

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Can you get rid of stretch marks with a skin laser?

 A very interesting article from Middle Ageless

"Stretch marks result from tears in the dermis, caused by the skin stretching rapidly.

Growth spurts during adolescence and pregnancy are the primary causes of stretch marks. In adolescent girls, the sudden appearance of pink or purple lines over the hips, thighs, and sometimes breasts, can be very distressing. They will fade over time, and become silvery, but so far no one has some up with a way to get rid of them.

Every now and then, I'll read on a doc or derm's website that the fractional laser will fade stretch marks. However, in practice, I'm not sure this is true. Manhattan dermatological surgeon, Jordana Gilman, says that in her opinion only ablative (Co2) fractional lasers can postively affect stretch marks and then only to a degree."

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