Look great at any age with skin rejuvenation

You want to age gracefully, who doesn’t? From creams & serums to facials there are so many options.

One of the newest is Enhanced Skin Rejuvenation. Dr. Leslie Masters gives us 5 reasons to love this laser.

1. Lasers skin treatments are much different than “photofacials”. A laser is a single beam of light energy that is amplified and pulsed at something specific in your skin. A photofacial (also known as an IPL or Intense Pulsed Light laser) is like the light we see, rather than being a single wavelength of light energy….it is thousands of wavelengths that are pulsed at your skin all at once. Think of it like the difference between a rifle and a shot gun. The laser is like a rifle and so is very precise, very efficient and much more easily controlled. The IPL laser (obviously a very mis-leading misnomer) is like a shotgun. It shoots thousands of wavelengths at your skin all at once. Some of these wavelengths will hit a target but the vast majority do what we call “scatter”. This “scatter” is just heat and radiation on your skin that doesn’t really do anything. There are studies that show that these extra wavelengths bouncing off the skin can actually cause damage not unlike plain old sun damage. Since a true laser is one wavelength this problem with “scatter” does not exist. A true laser is a precision instrument designed to target damage and leave the rest of your skin alone. It is safer and will produce quicker and more complete results. A true, single wavelength laser can even be used to treat dark colored skin (something that an IPL can never be used on).

2. Fall is the perfect time of year to start your laser treatments. We have just come to the end of a long and very hot summer and, whether we are angels about sunscreen or not, the summer and all of the activities that come along with it are tough on our skin. First and foremost and, of course the most obvious, the summer sun is hotter than it is the rest of the year. And come on, admit it, we all love a tan…we feel healthier, we look better….we just like to have a tan! Next, summer activities even without the sun factored in are tough on the skin. In many of the summer activities we treat our faces (not to mention neck, chest, hands and arms!) like windshields!!!! Really, think about it, we boat, we ride motorcycles, we ride in convertibles, we go biking, we use wave-runners and on and on. Indeed, fall is the time to start to repair and erase the damage that all of our summer work and fun has done to our skin. To avoid age spots on top of age spots, freckles on top of freckles, wrinkles on top of wrinkles and broken capillaries on top of broken capillaries, we need to LASER! Specifically, we need Enhanced Skin Rejuvenation. Enhanced Skin Rejuvenation at The Masters Clinic is the single best thing we can do for our skin to correct damage from all of the elements and get and keep our skin looking fresh and youthful.

3. As I mentioned above, Enhanced Skin Rejuvenation is not just for the face. Other areas that feel the brunt of the summertime abuse are our décolleté (neck and chest), hands and arms. Enhanced Skin Rejuvenation will not only correct discoloration, but also will stimulate type III collagen in your skin to visibly tighten and strengthen your skin and help reduce and prevent the loose, saggy skin that so often comes with aging.