insideKENT Magazine Issue 81 - December 2018 | Page 63

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE CANTERBURY COSMEDICS AT CANTERBURY COSMEDICS AND SPRING GARDENS CLINIC, WE OFFER AN UNRIVALLED CHOICE OF HEALTH AND AESTHETIC TREATMENTS FOR YOUR TOTAL WELLBEING FROM OUR TEAM OF QUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS AND THERAPISTS. NEW AND UNIQUE TREATMENTS TO CANTERBURY COSMEDICS ARE THE PLASMA PEN AND LUMENIS IPL M22TM. Plasma Pen is the beauty world’s most advanced and non-invasive, soft-surgery skin lifting, skin tightening and rejuvenation device and treatment. It is used in a variety of procedures to dramatically enhance looks without the need for costly and invasive surgery. Plasma Pen ‘fibroblasting’ is a highly versatile and non-surgical procedure that’s stunningly effective in wrinkle smoothing, eyelid tightening and eyelid hood reduction (blepharoplasty) and able to treat, repair, lift and rejuvenate any area of the skin to spectacularly improve and brighten skin tone, laxity and texture, significantly tighten loose skin and dramatically reduce, inflate and plump lines and wrinkles. LUMENIS IPL WHAT IS IPL? Intense Pulsed Light (abbreviated IPL) describes the use of intense pulses of non- coherent light distributed over a range of wavelengths; from 400nm to 1200nm. The technology utilises specific wavelength ranges to target various chromophores in the skin. This enables effective treatment of a broad spectrum of conditions, including vascular and pigmented lesions, skin photoaging treatments and hair removal. HOW DOES IPL WORK? Broad spectrum pulsed light is transmitted through a continuously cooled applicator, gently placed over the skin. Cut-off filters in the handpiece change the range of wavelengths, optimising it for different applications and skin types. The light penetrates the tissue and is absorbed by either the relevant chromophores and damages them (blood chromophores when treating vascular lesions and melanin chromophores when treating pigmented lesions). The body’s natural processes then clear the lesion debris, giving the skin a more even and youthful appearance. Spring Gardens Clinic Simmonds Road Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3RD 01227 761000 [email protected] www.springgardensclinic.co.uk 63