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FOREVER
LASER
INSTITUT

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Integrating ‘Slow
and Sustainable
Beauty’ in Aesthetic
Medicine

esthetic medicine
was born with
the introduction
of medical lasers
in the late 1980s. Switzerland-based
dermatologist Dr. Luigi Polla
embraced the practice, specializing
BY GIANNINA SMITH BEDFORD

in laser therapy and, later, in injections of Botox and fillers, becoming
one of the first European doctors to
integrate this new approach in his
dermatological practice. In 1997,
with a decade of experience in
private practice dermatology under
his belt, Dr. Polla—along with his
wife, Barbara, also an MD with specialization in internal
medicine—transformed his dermatology practice into the first
European medical spa. This was the
birth of Forever Laser Institut.
“[Aesthetic medicine] is all
about soft medical procedures in
the field of aesthetics. Treatments in
that field are quick, non-invasive
with minor downtime and very little
risk,” Dr. Polla says.
Forever Laser Institut founder Dr. Luigi Polla (above) opted to embrace a modern and high-tech design for
his medical spa, in keeping with the spa's high-tech approach to beauty.

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