In the world of aesthetics, Fall and Winter are the best times to do deeper work on your skin since people tend to stay out of the sun more and they have more down time to heal and reveal.

So this is the time we typically schedule out a series of resurfacing treatments customized to your needs. While resurfacing can sound major, there are multiple ways to smooth out wrinkles, address hyperpigmentation and scars, and refresh your skin.

Excerpted from: The American Society of Plastic Surgery

The following are some examples of skin rejuvenation and resurfacing treatment methods:

• Laser And Intense Pulse Light (IPL) Treatments – used to remove discoloration and/or tighten sagging skin
• Chemical Peels – various acid peels used in different combinations to remove damaged outer skin layers
• Ablative Laser Treatments (Fractional, CO2 Lasers) – remove outer layers of skin to smooth lines and wrinkles
• Mechanical Ablation (Dermabrasion, Dermaplaning) – surgical scraping methods to soften skin surface irregularities
• Non-Ablative Treatments (Microdermabrasion, Microneedling, Light Acid Peels) – minimally invasive sanding methods to treat light scarring and discolorations
• Dermal Fillers – injectable compounds to improve skin contouring
• Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatments – blocks nerve contraction to relax wrinkles
• Spider Vein Treatment (Sclerotherapy) – injections to collapse unsightly surface veins

Every patient is unique and will exhibit different combinations of genetic and environmental signs of aging that impact their skin. There are multiple ways to treat many of these issues, and those treatment methods should be planned and discussed with a licensed and experienced esthetician or a board-certified plastic surgeon based on your specific situation and desires.

The following are some of the conditions that different skin rejuvenation approaches can address:

• Static wrinkles: These wrinkles are visible at all times and do not change in appearance with facial movements
• Dynamic wrinkles: These are expression lines that may appear as folds when the skin is not moving, and deepen with facial movements or expressions
• Pigmentation: Freckles, sun spots, or other darkened patches of skin result mainly from sun exposure
• Scars: As the result of acne or injury to the skin, scars may be rolling (a wavy appearance to the skin), pitted, discolored, or have raised borders
• Vascular conditions: Blood vessels visible on the surface of the skin, vascular lesions that appear as tiny blood-filled blisters or even a constant flush of facial redness
• Loss of skin tone: Weakening of the supportive skin structures (collagen and elastin fibers) that result in a loss of skin firmness or the development of cellulite
• Dull skin: Skin that has lost the vibrant glow from a buildup of dead skin cells and clogged pores

We offer many of these treatments here at our Studio and can refer to you to trusted sources for the ones we don’t offer, such as sclerotherapy.