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What is PRP?
PRP is concentrated platelet cells from your own blood. It involves taking your own blood, processing it, spinning it down to give platelet cells (clotting cells) and then reinjecting or applying back to your skin after it has been micro needled. The micro wounds left following needling allows the goodness of concentrated platelets & growth factors to enter your deeper layers of skin, stimulating collagen production.
Unfortunately, the commercialisation of PRP has made this procedure an ‘upsell’ for many clinics, almost to the point of associating microneedling with, you guess it ‘PRP.’
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Eye Creams
Best Ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamin K, Peptides, Caffeine Adjunctive Treatments: Dermal fillers, lasers, Tixel
Worse Ingredients: High strength topicals (irritation) Tips: Always diagnose the cause BEFORE treatmentsWhat ingredients should I be looking for when I'm shopping for an eye cream?
The best eye creams have a combination of the following ingredients-
Caffeine: This changes blood flow in the thin skin of the under eye area, potentially reducing capillaries & veins that cause dark circles.
Peptides: In theory can improve dermal thickness & stimulate collagen production.
Vitamin K: Modulate blood flow, helping vascular cause of dark circles.
Retinol/Retinyl Aldehyde: Can act as an anti-oxidant as well as a powerful collagen enhancer.
Hyaluronic Acid: Is a hydrator with very little side effects.
Vitamin E: Also known as tocopherol is an antioxidant that is gentle on the skin.
Arbutin: Can reduce pigmentation.
Botanicals: Such as licorice root, bearberry, cranberry, & flavonoids are naturally occurring pigment correctors.
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What is Picosure Pro good at doing?
The main advantage of Picosure Pro laser is skin rejuvenation & pigment clearance in ethnic skin types. This is because this laser targets the pigment in darker skin types, allowing for more efficient skin rejuvenation.
Picosure Pro also stimulates collagen to reduce fine lines, wrinkles & reduces pore sizing.
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