PEELS AND FACIALS
Does your skin look a little tired and dull? Do you want to look your best on your wedding day? Would you like to alleviate your acne or resulting scarring? Do you want to improve the pigmentation on your face or body? Or minimise your sun damage?
We have a range of peels and facial treatments available for all skin types. They are easy, pain-free ways to improve minor skin concerns and maintain a fresh, youthful look as you age.
Take a look at the overview of our treatments below, then call us on 1300 88 99 35 to arrange a free private consultation with one of our highly trained team. During the consultation, you will be assessed to determine which procedure is best for your skin concern and budget.
- Medical Skin Care Products
- Skin Peels and Therapeutic Facials
- Fraxel Lite Skin Photo-Rejuvenation
- Fraxel re:store Skin Resurfacing
- Microdermabrasion
Medical Skin Care Products
- Concerns: Dryness and dullness, sun damage, ageing, redness, pigmentation, oil and acne
- Solution: Our scientifically proven, medical-strength skin care products can't be purchased in retail stores and include therapeutic skin care solutions and mineral
- make-ups to mask inconsistencies.
- Time: Morning and evening skin care regimen and use of make-up as desired
Medical Skin Care Products
For a skin care range to be truly effective it has to be in a form that will penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin - ideally, it has to be a serum. Too often, skin care products are too oily/creamy and block the pores, leading to other skin problems and preventing easy camouflage with make-up.
Your skin products should include:
- anti-oxidants, especially vitamin A and C
- effective cleansers and exfoliants to unblock oil build-up in the pores and remove old skin cells
- sunscreens to prevent further sun damage
- pigment inhibitors
- skin hydrators - in the form of light, yet effective, moisturisers.
At the Facial Rejuvenation Clinic, we individually assess your skin and tailor a skin care regimen suitable for your skin type, condition and colour. We also advise camouflage make-up that gives good natural cover without blocking your pores.
We offer a comprehensive range of carefully researched and selected face and body products. These are very effective, nutritional treatments that contain highly purified anti-oxidants, vitamins and enzymes and no bulking agents and preservatives. Therefore, what you are placing on your skin is just the active product you need. The aim of the serums is to provide maximum renewal of skin collagen and elastin, plus improve skin pigmentation, discolouration and lustre.
We have trialled all the common brands of skin care and have rejected those we deem aren't sufficiently effective for either home use or professional clinic use for performing our facials and skin peels. The range of products we recommend to produce the best results for all skin conditions are as follows:
- Aspect
- CosMedix
- Results Rx
- Jan Marini
- Osmosis
- Rationale
- Obagi
As part of our recommended range, we provide several well-known and effective products for individual skin conditions. These are as follows.
- ASAP
- Clinic Care/Neova
We also offer mineral make-ups, which are ideal for covering skin inconsistencies. These are as follows.
Synergie Minerals Make-up
Synergie Minerals is designed to work in perfect synergy with your skin, offering powerful anti-oxidants to nurture and improve skin health, a natural broad spectrum UV protection and amazing results. The products are free of paraben, talc and artificial colouring, so there is no solution "build-up" and your skin can "breathe".
Jane Iredale Mineral Make-up
This range of make-up is not just a refinement of regular make-up, it is a new technology that is also good for the skin. It's so effective it is recommended by cosmetic surgeons, dermatologists and skin care professionals.
[Click here to reveal our fact sheet on Medical Skin Care Products]
Skin Peels and Therapeutic Facials
- Concerns: Dryness, sun damage, ageing, acne, redness and pigmentation
- Solution: Our therapeutic facials, including specialised acne facials, and face and body peels are professional, medical-strength skin treatments designed to encourage skin renewal and support your everyday skin care maintenance.
- Time: 30 minutes per facial, 30 minutes per face peel, 60 minutes per body peel
- Recovery: 0 days
- [Click here to reveal our fact sheet on Skin Peels and Therapeutic Facials]
Fraxel Lite Skin Photo-Rejuvenation
- Concerns: Poor skin texture, poor lustre/colour, visible pores, fine lines, acne, redness and pigmentation
- Solution: The Fraxel skin resurfacing and rejuvenating machine offers breakthrough technology in deep laser resurfacing, providing a fresher appearance with rapid recovery.
- Time: 20 minutes per session (+ 2 hours preparation)
- Recovery: Overnight
The Fraxel laser is the biggest breakthrough in skin repair and rejuvenation of this decade. This is due to the fact it can penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin (dermis) plus the amount of skin treated each time can be varied. This makes it suitable for all skin conditions and all skin colours. Furthermore, results can be achieved without the downtime, pain and complications of traditional lasers that remove damaged layers of skin to stimulate skin renewal.
Due to the nature of the laser, treatments can tailored individually - reduced for minimal recovery and downtime or increased as necessary according to your needs. Treatments can also be personalised to achieve optimum results for all degrees of skin rejuvenation and skin resurfacing. At The Facial Rejuvenation Clinic, the variation of Fraxel laser technology used (Lite or re:store) will depend on the nature of your skin concern.
What is skin rejuvenation?
To rejuvenate your skin, you need to remove the dull, dead skin cells and sun-damaged cells while stimulating new cell growth to reveal new, fresher, healthier skin on the surface with less redness and pigmentation.
Because the Fraxel can be tailored to individual skin types, it remains the best of the skin rejuvenation lasers. A Fraxel Lite Skin Photo-Rejuvenation treatment can have as quick a recovery time as all the other rejuvenating lasers and IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) treatments.
What is skin resurfacing?
True resurfacing means to remove old and damaged skin and replace it with new skin by stimulating new collagen tissue growth. This can include just the superficial epidermal layers or the deeper dermal layers of the skin.
The Fraxel laser is the first laser that is able to penetrate deep enough to cause true resurfacing of the deepest dermal layers without breaking or burning the skin's surface. Older resurfacing lasers cause excessive heat destruction, break the skin's surface and require weeks of healing and downtime. Therefore, they have been greatly limited to shallow resurfacing. A deeper depth of resurfacing provides a longer-lasting and greater tightening repair of the skin.
What skin conditions can be treated?
Poor skin texture, fine to large pores, fine lines, active acne, scarring (especially acne scarring), redness and pigmentation, sun damage and ageing skin.
Which areas can be treated?
Any area of face and body where you want to refine and tighten skin texture and improve skin colour, or treat active acne or scarring (including post-surgical scarring). Unlike with other lasers, the neck, chest and hands can also be treated.
Is it safe?
The machine is FDA- and TGA-approved for use, which means it has been through rigorous investigation to ensure its safety. Fraxel has been trialled since 2000, was released into the market in 2004 and has been used for tens of thousands of treatments since. At The Facial Rejuvenation Clinic, we have completed more than 3000 treatments using the Fraxel laser.
How does it work?
The Fraxel laser drives thousands of individual columns of light (about the width of a hair) deep into the skin, leaving the remaining skin to stimulate collagen - the basic building blocks or structural support of our skin. The fraction of skin treated by the laser beams can be varied 14-32 per cent - the microscopic columns of treated skin are eliminated slowly over many weeks as they are replaced by healthy new tissue. You will find that your skin improves in thickness and elasticity (springiness), as well as in colour, lustre and tone.
What happens during the procedure?
The Fraxel laser is rolled across the entire area it is treating eight or more times. Topical anaesthetic is applied before the procedure plus cold air is used during it to minimise discomfort. Afterwards, cold compresses are applied to cool the skin. There is no skin breakage or burning - the skin remains dry. A sunscreen and a post-laser lotion are applied and often a dry, mineral powder camouflage make-up is used to cover the resulting redness. Most people feel comfortable travelling home by public transport.
How long does the procedure take?
15-30 minutes per session, depending on the size of the area treated (+ 2 hours preparation and 1 hour cooling time). Depending on your skin's needs, you will require 1-5 sessions, 2-6 weeks apart, for best results.
How long will my recovery be and what can I expect?
You will have the appearance of a red, 'sunburnt' face for 1-3 days with some swelling, depending on the level of treatment you have experienced. Much deeper treatments may require a few more days of recovery. Most people arrange their treatments for a Friday or Saturday morning and comfortably return to work the following Monday.
Is there any aftercare?
Your home aftercare is carefully discussed before and during each treatment session, which includes ongoing sunscreen protection. Also, you will need to return for a post-treatment facial to help with exfoliation and maximise new collagen stimulation.
How long do the results last?
Resurfacing can take up to 10 years off your skin's age, texture and colour, depending on your degree of skin damage before treatment. We recommend maintaining this improvement and slowing future ageing by using good skin care products containing anti-oxidants and always practising sun protection. Scar repair should be permanent, and acne damage may not recur if sufficient Fraxel treatments are completed, as many of the diseased oil glands are destroyed. Melasma, being a hormonal as well as a sun-prone condition, frequently recurs and requires careful maintenance and protection.
[Click here to reveal our fact sheet on Fraxel Lite Skin Photo-Rejuvenation]
Fraxel re:store Skin Resurfacing
- Concerns: Poor skin texture, fine to large pores, fine lines, active acne, scarring (especially acne scarring), redness and pigmentation, sun damage and ageing skin
- Solution: Using the deepest true skin resurfacing technology, this treatment is safe and effective, does not break the surface of the skin and offers the quickest recovery time of similar skin resurfacing treatments. It's suitable for all skin colours.
- Time: 30 minutes per session (+ 2 hours preparation). You require 4-5 sessions for best results.
- Recovery: 1-3 days, depending on the depth of treatment, due to red and slightly swollen skin
- [Click here to reveal our fact sheet on Fraxel re:store Skin Resurfacing]
Microdermabrasion
- Concerns: Fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation and skin congestion
- Solution: This is a painless, non-invasive procedure that removes the outermost layer of dead skin cells to reveal younger, fresher-looking skin. After the treatment your skin is very receptive to moisturisers and other topical skin solutions.
- Time: 30-40 minutes per session. You require 4-10 sessions, 2-3 weeks apart, for best results.
- Recovery: 0 days, but there may be slight redness
What is it?
Microdermabrasion is a painless, non-invasive procedure that removes the dull, dead skin cells from the surface of your skin to reveal younger skin. As a result, the skin becomes more susceptable to topical solutions, making this an ideal treatment to have before more intensive facial treatments. At The Facial Rejuvenation Clinic, we use the latest diamond microdermabrasion (as opposed to the traditional crystal microdermabrasion) as it is a more comfortable procedure and more effective.
Which areas can be treated?
All areas of the face and body can be treated.
Is it safe?
When performed by professionals the procedure is completely safe. The clinicians at The Facial Rejuvenation Clinic are highly trained in microdermabrasion. Note that the procedure is not suitable for people with very dark skins (as they are more prone to hyperpigmentation), those who have used Accutane (Isotretinion) in the 12 months prior, and those people with very oily skin (as it can stimulate oil production).
How does it work?
The machine removes or reduces the stratum corneum (outermost, dead layer of the skin), revealing newer, fresher-looking skin.
What happens during the procedure?
A diamond-tipped head on a suction handpiece makes contact with the skin to debride the dead skin cells, which are then vacuumed away. You may feel a little discomfort.
How long does the procedure take?
30-40 minutes per session, depending on the size of the area treated.
How long will my recovery be and what can I expect?
Recovery is immediate, though the area may be a little red for a few hours.
How long will the results last?
The results will last a few weeks, until your skin naturally develops a new stratum corneum. We recommend monthly treatments and daily use of a sunscreen and good quality skin products to help maintain healthy-looking skin for longer. Microdermabrasion gives best results when it is combined with treatments such as IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) skin rejuvenation and other professional therapeutic facial peels and treatments. The Facial Rejuvenation Clinic can provide these.
[Click here to reveal our fact sheet on Microdermabrasion]
