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Summer to Fall Skin Rejuvenation Treatments

September 3, 2018 By Constance Tambakis-Odom

For many years now research and advancement in technology continue to produce innovative skin treatment and enhancement techniques. These techniques are centered on regaining and retaining firmness, youthful texture, even coloring, and young- looking skin. If you have noticed your face is looking tired lately with wrinkles and lines starting to form, you probably need skin rejuvenating treatments that will help you look your best. Here are some procedures that you should try.

Botox and Juvederm

Botox is among the best skin rejuvenation treatments available. Together with Juvederm, you can get rid of the wrinkles and lines from your face. Botox is injected into your brow line and forehead to weaken muscles that cause wrinkles through tension. The resulting relaxation of muscles smooths the skin and reduces wrinkles and lines. Injected Juvederm, on the other hand, fights lines and wrinkles around your mouth by adding filler that replaces diminished collagen. This filler plumps up the skin and by doing so reduces wrinkles.

Micro-Needling

Micro-needling is used to improve conditions like fine lines, wrinkles, acne scarring, skin texture, brown spots, loose skin, pore size and stretch marks. The process involves the use of tiny needles to create controlled damage on the surface of the skin allowing the natural healing process to produce newer smoother skin. Expect to see noticeable results four weeks after the procedure.

Chemical Peels

Chemical peels are used to eliminate uneven skin coloration. There are two types of chemical peels: the superficial and the deep chemical peel. An evaluation of one’s skin type and the kind of results wanted will determine which type of peel to use. These peels help achieve a significant lightening of unwanted spots.

Vampire Facial

Vampire facial, also known as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) helps rejuvenate the facial skin and make it glow. The procedure involves extracting an amount of patient’s blood and spinning it in the centrifuge. The process separates the fluid part which is the plasma from the white and red blood cells. The concentrated plasma is injected into the face. This plasma is rich in platelets, which aids cell growth.

Environmental factors like the sun can be the skin’s worst enemy. While we sometimes can’t escape the harshness of the summer weather, skin rejuvenation treatments can restore youthful looking skin and retain the look for a long time. These treatments are safe and have minimal risks and side effects.

If you are interested in any of the skin rejuvenation treatments, schedule a consultation with a certified professional who can recommend the best treatments for you. Contact Metro MediSpa at 888-637-7228 or 910-599-9925.

Trick or Treatment?

October 9, 2017 By Constance Tambakis-Odom

One looks forward to a fresh skin care regime after the summer ends. The beginning of October marks the arrival of fall and the anticipation of Halloween and costume party invitations. Glowing and soft skin is all a woman wants to have when all eyes are on her at every party. So why look like an old witch when there are skin treatments that can keep you looking young?

Aging skin can be a worrying element for most women especially with today’s lifestyles where taking care of skin seems like another hectic task to carry out. Innovative technological advancements have enhanced skin treatments that help the skin look and feel more youthful. By repairing skin with retuning treatments, the facial skin appears healthier, brighter and polished.

There are some tricks and tactics to give a radiant look to the face, using creams, serums, and make-up, but these only provide temporary results. For beautiful skin, a proper treatment and a follow-up skin regime are essential. Effective skin treatments include Botox, Juvederm, and chemical peels. These skin treatments have long-lasting effects that make a person appear years younger.

Who doesn’t love renewed skin? Many people believe skin treatments like chemical peels and botox are not safe. That’s nothing but a lack of knowledge. The experienced and professional technicians administering the skin treatments make sure that the treatment suits the skin type of each client.

Sitting on a recliner, going through a comfortable restorative skin treatment and feeling pampered is all that needs to be done to give your skin a fresh start.

Contact Metro MediSpa today at 888-637-7228 to schedule your appointment for a skin treatment.

How to Enhance Your Lips as an Asset

December 7, 2015 By Constance Tambakis-Odom

People inherit their physical characteristics from their parents. When it comes to lips some people get full, plump lips and others get flat, thin lips that don’t do much to enhance their appearance. Add that to aging, which can cause the lower facial features to wrinkle and sag, and you end up with lips that now are surrounded by wrinkles and creases.

Fortunately, it’s possible to enhance lips with a variety of simple medical treatments that can be done in the comfort and safety of Metro Medispa. These treatments can be done during an appointment, with minimal recovery time. Soon lips will appear naturally enhanced, without the use of cosmetics.

Three of the best types of lip rejuvenation include botox, juvederm, and radiesse. Each procedure focusses on improving a specific aspect of the lips, to make a person appear more attractive.

Botox

Botox is a cosmetic treatment that can be used to correct a thin upper lip. This makes the top part of the lip more prominent. Botox is derived from a bacteria which has many medical benefits in relaxing muscles and easing age lines. Botox is inserted into the skin with a needle. It relaxes the facial muscles, which will cause the top part of the lip to naturally curl upwards.

Juvederm

Juvederm is an injectable filler made of hyaluronic acid. It’s injected into the upper and lower lips to plump them up. This has the benefit of decreasing the tiny wrinkles, cracks, and folds that become present over the years. A juvederm treatment will last from nine months to a year before needing another injection.

Radiesse

After having the lips plumped up, the surrounding laugh lines of a face should also be considered for a total rejuvenation. Radiesse is injected below the surface of the skin, and in the surrounding space above and below the lips. It has the benefit of filling in the laugh lines. It’s made from calcium hydroxylapatite and will correct moderate to severe laugh lines, and skin folds.

Many spa guests will combine two or three cosmetic medical treatments such as botox, juvederm, and radiesse to rejuvenate their lips and lower face. This has the combined benefit of making the face appear glowing and youthful once again.

Call today to schedule a consultation on how Metro MediSpa can enhance your lips.

BOTOX® and Dermal Fillers Solve Different Problems

November 8, 2015 By Constance Tambakis-Odom

The Problem of Menopause

Given how menopause changes hormone levels, it should come as no surprise to learn that it can have a significant effect on the skin. For example, it makes the skin more susceptible to sunburn, which is particularly problematic because it also reduces the skin’s ability to repair its own tissues. Other common problems include but are not limited to increased sagging, increased wrinkling, and even oilier complexions as a result of increased sebum production. Fortunately, there are some simple and straightforward solutions to some of these problems, which should come as welcome news to those who are either undergoing or have undergone menopause.

How Can Botox Help?

One example is Botox®, which is a much more market-friendly name for botulinum toxin. Since it causes paralysis of the muscles, it has a number of medical uses, which range from reducing muscle spasms to bringing chronic migraines under control. Similarly, when Botox® is injected into facial muscles, it reduces the severity of sags and wrinkles by causing them to relax. Done right, this results in a more youthful complexion without actually reducing the patient’s ability to show emotions, which is an unfortunate side effect that has already become entrenched in the popular consciousness.

How Can Dermal Fillers Help?

Dermal fillers are another option that can be used to combat the signs of aging. Like their name suggests, they are injected beneath the surface of the skin to replace the soft tissues lost as a result of menopause. This can be used to fill in sags and wrinkles, plump out the cheeks, and even change the contours of the face for a more pleasing appearance. Better still, since dermal fillers are much more direct than Botox, they can produce better results with more deeply ingrained imperfections.

Since dermal fillers see use under such a wide range of circumstances, it stands to reason that they can consist of a wide range of materials. Generally speaking, these materials can be categorized as either organic, such as collagen, or inorganic, such as biosynthetic polymers. Organic materials produce better, more natural-seeming results, but have a serious problem in that they are gradually absorbed by the body. In contrast, inorganic materials are permanent but recognized by the immune system as foreign substances, meaning that patients run the risk of infection, inflammation, and other problems. However, it is important to note that new techniques and technologies are being introduced all the time, meaning that these problems are not necessarily here to stay. For example, a relatively recent technique called structural fat grafting is meant to make organic additions permanent by gradually layering fat so that blood vessels will have time to grow into them.

As always, those interested in learning more about these procedures should not hesitate to contact Metro-MediSpa for more information. After all, different procedures are better-suited for different circumstances, meaning that a recommendation from someone with the right expertise and experience can make a world of difference when it comes to the results.