the deal with facials....

Basically, every skin is different & therefore has different needs. Given this, I will custom create a facial for you every time you visit. I have six different peels, five different pieces of equipment & countless combinations of masks, serums & hydrators. Every facial will give great results, however you might like one more driven for relaxation, or a party on Friday night...or maybe you like more hardcore treatments. I can cater for all.

 

what is IPL?

IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light. It's a light based therapy that can be used to permanently reduce hair growth by up to 90% all over the body (whoop!). And also rejuvenate skin - meaning get rid of pigment, capillaries & sun damage & skin firming, usually for face, neck, decolletage & hands. Sounds fab, yes? It is best to book a complimentary consult first - not all hair types can be zapped, nor can all types of pigment (boohoo). Here are some of my sample shots:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what is LED?       

Let's talk in laymans terms. LED (Light Emitting Diode) is a light therapy that tightens, smoothes, un-wrinkles & creates incredible radiance in the skin. My LED is a red light which communicates with our cells to stimulate collagen. Collagen is what keeps our skin wrinkle free, & unfortunately we slow down production at about the age of twenty. Ten years later, & the signs of this slow-down in production start to show on our faces - AKA wrinkles. Yes peeps, they are 10 years in the making & will only deepen with age.

LED also increases blood flow & therefore nutrients to cells (who doesn't love healthy cells), & opens the Lymphatic system to aid drainage of toxins. Winner winner chicken dinner! This type of therapy is best in a course of ten sessions over five weeks with a follow up program after this. Google before and afters and take a look for yourself - the treatment has NO side effects and can not be over used. I have at least one session a week.

 

what is dermapen, skin needling or collagen induction therapy?

Simply put, it is the bomb! I do three to four treatments on my skin each year. Funny story - I have recently had two new clients start seeing me - they are in their late forties, early fifties. These are people I would never have suspected 1. knew who I was ten years ago, or 2. remembered what my skin looked like ten years ago. Both have commented recently that my skin looks better every year - super flattering, but I barely remember my skin ten years ago, so how do they??? This treatment is EXACTLY why my skin gets better.

 

Some easy science. Our skin ceases production of collagen & elastin when we hit the age of twenty. Wrinkles start forming from that day, but they take ten or so years to show on our faces. When we break our skin (cut, pimple etc), the first cells to the rescue are called fibroblasts. These cells are responsible for our collagen & elastin production. Fibroblasts release collagen immediately which swim around like little fish, & after six weeks or so, they turn into hardened, structural collagen. Whoop! Hence the plumping, smoothing & anti-ageing benefits, not to mention, an ACTUAL increase of real collagen in your skin.

 

In a derma CIT pen treatment, I take a pen with a disposable needle tip, and create hundreds of micro channels on your skin. This creates a situation of "mock trauma" to the skin causing the (above mentioned) collagen production response. Your skin will be slightly red for a few hours after, and you may shed during the following seven days, but that is all in the way of "downtime". Best treatment ever. I would recommend three sessions a year. It's not to say that one wouldn't work, but you don't visit a gym once to get fit. See my point?

 

If you need anything else, or would like some more info, please head over to the contact page & shoot me a message. Kx.