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Get Holiday-Party Ready This Month

October 15, 2013 By Connie Odom

Holiday Party Ready at Wilmington NC Med Spa

As party invitations from work colleagues and your extended network start to roll in, you may be concerned about looking your best. After all, you understand that attending these parties can directly affect your career. Did you know that people who are labeled as attractive are more likely to experience career success? An article in Psychology Today says that people show a positive bias towards those who are considered attractive. The more attractive you are, the higher the likelihood that your colleagues will positively rate important job skills like organization and communication skills.

How others perceive your appearance is important, but how do you feel about what you look like? Do you feel attractive when you look in the mirror? People who feel good in their own skin are more likely to exude confidence at work and other social situations. When you feel good, you can confidently talk with your colleagues and other executives, making you a lot more memorable in the minds of key decision makers.

Don’t you want to finally look and feel your best this holiday season? Let us guide you through some of our med spa treatments that will help you get holiday-party ready this month.

Botox and dermal fillers

If you thought botox was only for the rich and famous, think again. Botox treatments in Wilmington, NC are for women just like you — women who are looking for the extra push they need to create the image that makes them memorable. Botox is simply a muscle relaxant that is injected into areas where you want to diminish your fine lines and wrinkles giving you a more youthful appearance in an hour. Add on a dermal filler treatment that plumps up fine lines and wrinkles around your nose and mouth to complete your transformation.

Laser skin tightening

Is loose skin around your jaw line, stomach, arms, and thighs keeping you from looking your best in your little black dress? Laser skin tightening uses infrared light to give you an instant lift without the use of surgery. You can finally be rid of embarrassing cellulite on your thighs and derriere giving you a smoother contour. You can even tighten skin around your knees and elbows, two areas that are difficult to change using diet and exercise alone.

SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum

If you are looking for more youthful and radiant looking skin, then we suggest our SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum. This serum promises to rejuvenate your skin, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and enhance your skin’s tone and texture. It is easy and safe to use on a daily basis on your face, neck, and chest as part of your cleansing and toning regimen.

Let us be your partner this holiday season! It’s not too early to schedule an appointment. Invitations will be arriving sooner than you think. Contact our office to find out what combination of services will boost your appearance as well as your self-confidence.

Look Your Best at Your Class Reunion

September 16, 2013 By Connie Odom

Take years off your face with laser facials — We can help you look your best!

With your class reunion fast approaching, the good news is that your classmates have been aging just as long as you have. The even better news is that several techniques can bring you that most beloved greeting of all: “You haven’t aged a bit!”

Horrified because your skin has begun to sag around your neck and jowl? Have lines on your forehead turned your face into a permanent scowl? Are there discolored patches, not only on your face, but also trickling down your neck and chest?

Or perhaps you’re years away from these significant signs of aging. Maybe your lips simply aren’t as full as they once were, or you’ve noticed fine lines around your eyes.

Whether you want a minimal “tune-up” or dramatic improvements, non-surgical, non-invasive treatments can give you a natural younger appearance in time for your class reunion.

Plump Away Those Wrinkles with Dermal Fillers

Although it varies among treatments, dramatic and immediate results are often achieved with dermal fillers that replenish the naturally occurring substances that give structure and volume to your skin. These fillers are FDA-approved for injection into the mid-to-deep dermis to correct moderate to severe wrinkles and folds. Here are some of the fillers that can make you look younger:

Radiesse® works by temporarily adding volume to facial tissue and restoring a smoother appearance to the face. Made from calcium hydroxylapatite, which occurs naturally in the body, Radiesse dissipates more slowly in many patients’ systems, meaning its wrinkle-reducing benefits last longer.

Juvéderm® fillers were created by Allergan, the 60-plus-year-old medical company that gained FDA approval for its revolutionary wrinkle-reducing Botox® over 10 years ago. Juvéderm is available in two formulations: Juvéderm Ultra XC for versatility in contouring and volumizing facial wrinkles and folds in the skin, and Juvéderm Ultra Plus XC, a robust formulation for volumizing and correcting deeper folds and wrinkles, allowing treatments tailored to your unique volume needs.

Restylane® is made from hyaluronic acid, a substance the body naturally produces that is also used in Juvéderm. It’s injected into facial tissue to smooth wrinkles and folds, especially around the nose and mouth. Effective for many areas, Restylane is especially noted for its ability to add fullness to your lips.

Relax Those Wrinkles Away with Botox®

Botox® is perhaps the best-known of the cosmetic prescription injectables. While dermal fillers make muscles disappear by adding volume, some wrinkles result from muscles that are continuously contracted or tense. Botox works by relaxing those muscles, thus making the wrinkles less prominent or invisible.

A skilled anti-aging physician will know how to use injectables to give you a natural, younger looking face and neck. These treatments are effective within minutes to days of your first treatment and last from a few months to up to year, or more.

Laser Facials Rejuvenate & Tighten Skin

Research has pinpointed how different light wavelengths affect precise elements of the body, and led to the ability to use finely calibrated lasers to address a multitude of skin imperfections. Among the amazing breakthroughs: using laser facials to treat deeper layers of the dermis to tighten the skin, eliminate wrinkles and erase flaws on the skin’s surface.

Pearl® Laser Rejuvenation can provide striking single-treatment results. Using unique laser wavelengths, this technology can treat both the outermost and deeper layers of the skin in just one or two treatment sessions. The basic Pearl treatment improves surface skin problems, including fine lines, discoloration, large pores, sun damage, and uneven skin tone or texture, while the Pearl Fractional® laser facial penetrates the deeper skin layers to improve more challenging conditions such as deep, stubborn lines around the mouth and eyes. Areas that can be treated include the face, neck, décolletage and hands.

The IPL Photofacial minimizes uneven pigmentation, rosacea, broken capillaries, acne scars, fine wrinkles, bags under the eyes and large pores. IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) therapy uses a patented Florescent Pulsed Light system to rejuvenate and refresh your skin and even your skin tone. It also dissolves broken capillaries, making them disappear as your body absorbs them.

Titan® Skin Tightening is a non-surgical facelift alternative that uses infrared light to tighten skin and reverse the signs of aging. Titan laser treatments work by heating the natural water in your dermis, your deepest layer of skin, inducing natural collagen production. Titan facelifts can tone and tighten facial skin, returning it to more youthful contours and is also effective on lax skin around the jawline and neck, upper arms, abdomen and thighs. One laser skin tightening session may produce significant results, but more sessions may be required for optimum benefits.

Customized Treatment Plans Bring the Best Results

There are many remarkable alternatives to turn back your clock for a younger, yet natural appearance. Your anti-aging physician will work with you to customize a program that will give you noticeable results before your reunion.

Some areas to discuss with your anti-aging practitioner include how quickly treatments take effect, what you’ll feel during and after the process, how long the benefits last, whether potential redness or swelling will mean you have some “social downtime” post treatment, and any existing allergies, prescriptions or medical conditions.

To improve your overall health along with your appearance, ask your practitioner about healthy weight-loss alternatives like the HCG diet and vitality-boosting treatments like HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy).