Treating Keloids Simply, Effectively, and Non-Invasively When you have a client or a patient that has a keloid, rest assured that you have all the right tools to help them out. These angry looking, raised, red scars are unsightly and can be uncomfortable and distressing both physically and mentally. In order to treat them, it […]
Laser Hair Removal: Still Popular
Laser Hair Removal: Still Popular The concept of laser hair removal is not new. The technology has been around and popular with consumers for well over a decade – becoming available commercially around 1995, though created even earlier than that. Today its uses extend beyond mere cosmetics and into specialized treatments for some skin disorders. […]
Helping Your Clients Change Pigment With Lasers
Your skin color, largely the result of genetics, is caused by the melanin made in your epidermis. Interestingly, the skin is not the only part of the body that melanin impacts. It is also found in the hair, eyes, inner ear, brain, and the adrenal gland. (Source). It not only determines skin and hair color, […]
Skin Peels Using Light? Not Science Fiction Anymore
When people are seeking to improve the quality and appearance of their skin they turn to a number of options. Some believe that creams, lotions, and serums can provide a more youthful looking, smoother face with less appearance of wrinkles and a nice glow. Exfoliation is also high on the list. Others turn to procedures. […]
Can We Over-Rejuvenate the Skin?
There is a saying, “everything in moderation.” Generally this refers to consumables, but how does it translate into the field of dermatology and the industries of cosmetic and aesthetic surgery? As it relates to the treatments and procedures of the skin and the services we provide, is there anything we need to know? One of […]
Best Non Invasive Fat Busting Treatments
Almost 40% of the adult population of the United States is considered obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many others do not fall into this category, but nonetheless are considered overweight, when their Body Mass Index, or BMI, is calculated. Still others are carrying weight that they wish was gone for […]
The Best New Energy Based Treatments on The Market
The DermStore recently published an article titled: 8 Skin Care Trends That Will be HUGE in 2019. Their #7 and #8 should make our industry sit up and take notice. These were “Light Therapy Continues To Be Huge” and “More People Will Opt Into Professional Skin Care.” Normally paying attention to what an e-commerce site […]
The Most Effective Use of Combination Therapies
While the definition is a little bit different depending on the source, combination therapies, or polymedicine, is essentially “a therapeutic intervention in which more than one therapy is administered to the patient. Examples of combination therapy include treatment regimens that involve administering several separate pills, each containing a particular drug, or single pills that contain […]
The Latest in Lasers and Other Energy-Based Devices
A decade ago it was a common belief that cosmetic medical professionals, including estheticians, only needed one laser device in their offices. Granted much of this rested on the idea that clinics focused largely on a singular (or maybe only a handful) of specializations. A well cited article published by the National Institutes of Health […]
SCALE Is Back: Bigger, More Fun, and Better Than Ever
The Tennessee Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (TSLMS) does a lot of things. Many of those things primarily benefit its members, but SCALE (the Symposium for Cosmetic Advances & Laser Education) benefits the entire field of dermatology, plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, as well as aesthetic physicians, aestheticians and their office staff by providing an […]
