Acne

If you are overwhelmed and frustrated with your acne and acne scarring, and want to improve your facial complexion, we can help, no matter your age.

Often thought of as only a problem that teenagers face, some forms of acne can occur in adults well into their 40’s, or even older. In some cases, untreated acne can leave permanent scars that may require further treatment. Treating acne as soon as possible is important not only to improve your complexion but also to avoid permanent scarring.

Acne is a skin condition that occurs not only on the face but can affect the neck, chest, back, shoulders, and upper arms. It can include plugged pores such as blackheads and whiteheads, pimples, and more serious inflamed pustules, and deeper lumps, cysts, and enlarged nodules.

Consultation

We understand that acne can be troubling for you in so many ways. Our doctor and aesthetician believe in providing you the best treatment options. Our doctor meets with you first to assess your acne, talk with you about the outcome you want to achieve, and customize a treatment plan for you. Most clients find a combination of treatment options over a period of time works best to treat their acne. Some treatments are provided by our doctor and some by our aesthetician.

How we treat acne . . .

Extraction

For whiteheads, blackheads, milia, and pimples; a simple extraction maybe required to remove them in conjunction with other treatment options.

IPL Laser

The goal of IPL – Intense Pulsed Light – laser is improvement of your acne. It is a treatment to help reduce skin redness, discolouration, scarring, inflammation, and pore size. IPL requires very little recovery time and has few side effects with relatively long-lasting improvements in skin quality and texture. Clients may need multiple treatments, usually spaced 1 month apart to achieve higher success. A full-face treatment takes about 30 minutes. The IPL laser emits a light that is absorbed by the skin (acne) and may cause some mild discomfort that feels like a heating sensation or like a rubber band snapping against your skin. You have the option to request topical anesthetic.

Laser Genesis

A non-invasive laser, Laser Genesis™ works to gently heat the upper layer of the skin. The Laser Genesis™ will treat acne scarring and redness, decrease oil production, shrink large pores, improve skin texture, and improve healing. A treatment is relaxing lasting about 45 minutes. Generally, you will require between 4 and 8 treatments, possibly more, spaced about a month apart, for optimal results. After the initial treatment period, most clients opt to have maintenance sessions every 3 to 4 months to maintain their complexion once the acne has subsided. A healthy complexion will begin to emerge as large pores are significantly reduced in size and scars are smoothed out.

Skin Care

Skin care is an important part of treating your acne in combination with other treatment options. We offer specific products to cleanse, reduce bacteria, exfoliate, and hydrate your skin. We also offer beneficial peel treatments.

Medications

Your acne may be severe enough that you require a short-course treatment of prescription medications. Our doctor will discuss medication options with you; the therapeutic effect, benefits, risks, and side effects with you.

Dermaplaning

Dermaplaning makes your skin look and feel smoother. It helps to promote deeper skin penetration of skin care products and boosts their effects. It also helps to reduce the appearance of acne scars. Dermaplaning is a safe and highly effective physical exfoliation treatment. It requires the use of a sterile, surgical scalpel to gently “shave” your skin’s surface and remove the top-most layer of dead skin. We finish your dermaplaning treatment with hot towel compresses, vitamin C and hyaluronic acid moisturizers.

Chemical Peel

Chemical peels are used to treat acne and acne blemishes such as discolouration, texturally rough skin, and acne scarring. Chemical peels even out skin tone and reduce the appearance of scars. We offer different peels which are applied directly to the face. The peeling agent is time released. The treatment takes about 30 minutes. The peel remains on your face for about 12 to 24 hours before resuming your regular skin care routine. The peeling agent causes the outermost layer of your skin to shed (peel away) in about 2 to 7 days, stimulating new collagen, healthy skin cell growth, and reduces outbreaks, revealing a more radiant and even complexion.

Pearl Fractional Laser

Pearl Fractional Laser is a deep (ablative) fractional laser used to treat acne and acne scarring and resurface the skin. The procedure involves using a laser whose light is absorbed by the water in your skin and heats it up. You will feel fast, hot pinches as the laser pulses place tiny holes in the skin and selectively remove columns of damaged tissue. As a result, a portion of the outermost layer of your skin will slough (peel) off over a period of many days leaving a smoother even-textured skin. The treatment stimulates your body’s natural process for creating new collagen, plumping the skin from below to reverse the appearance of skin acne scarring. A topical anesthetic cream will be applied prior to treatment to alleviate most of the discomfort. Treatments take about 15 minutes. Most clients need 2 treatments to achieve optimal results.

Skin Maintenance

Once your acne has significantly improved and optimal skin results have been achieved, it is important to maintain a healthy skin complexion. We have a selection of skin care products and can customize a skin maintenance program for you to keep your skin’s complexion healthy.

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