4 Great Lunch Time Cosmetic Procedures

4 Great Lunch Time Cosmetic Procedures

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With summer coming, you might be looking for a Lunch Time Cosmetic Procedure. sun exposure and damage become an issue. Prevention with sunscreen is one thing but what about the correction and improvement of sun damage already sustained?

We all know the signs of sun damage and photoaging. There are the fine, crepey lines around the eyes and mouth, the uneven pigmentation, from light freckles to dark lentigines to crusty, peeling keratoses. Skin thickening, dryness and loss of skin elasticity contribute to the appearance of photoaging. To top it off, broken capillaries and redness add to the blotchy pigmentation.

The question is, what can be done once prevention is obviously not enough? Many treatments are available and there is often confusion as to what individual treatments can achieve and in which situations they are most appropriate.

It may be useful to look at some for these treatments and put them into perspective. One very important principle you should keep in mind: The more effective the treatment, the longer the recovery and downtime.

Photorejuvenation
This is a great treatment option for busy people. It can be performed in a salon or medical centre. A light probe is placed against your facial skin and pulses of light are delivered to your skin. The light energy targets the pigments in your skin and does three things: it lightens brown pigmentation, treats redness and broken capillaries, and remodels skin collagen to produce a toned, fresher look. The treatment takes about 20 minutes. About 4-6 treatments, 2 weeks apart, are needed for optimal results. The cost is around $250-300 per treatment.

Microdermabrasion
Another lunchtime treatment, microdermabrasion involves your skin being sanded, either by a shower of abrasive particles or by a rotating abrasive tool. This treatment removes the dry, upper layers of the skin and again, delivers smoother looking and feeling skin. Superficial sunspots look lighter and scaly skin feels smoother. The treatment takes about 15 minutes. Microdermabrasion does not treat skin redness nor broken capillaries. Expect to pay about $100.

Chemical peels
Peels come in different strengths. The commonest peels, in increasing order of effectiveness and downtime are: fruit acid peels (AHA or glycolic), Jessner peel and trichloroacetic acid (TCA) peel. The mild peels achieve results similar to the microdermabrasion in that they remove the upper layers for the skin and make it look and feel fresher and smoother. However, they do not treat redness and only very superficial pigmentation is removed. The medium peels, such as the three-layer Jessner will have a good and noticeable effect on the tone, texture and pigmentation, but you can expect about 3-7 days downtime as the treated skin will darken, then crack and peel, revealing pink sooth skin underneath. A strong peel will deliver even better results but with a longer (up to two weeks) downtime. No anaesthetic is required to have the treatment. The cost of peels depends on the strength and ranges form $120 for the glycolics to about $1,200 for the TCA.

Laser resurfacing
This is the most effective way of reversing the signs of photoaging. The treatment requires admission to a day surgery facility and having a light anaesthetic. It also means a two week downtime but there is no substitute for it when it comes to improving the blotchy pigmentation and wrinkles. Your skin will be smooth and even-toned for many years after treatment.
The overall cost is about $5,500.

About the Author:
www.DrMarkKohout.com.au is a Harvard trained plastic surgeon with 18 year experience in plastic surgery.

Whilst training in Great Britain, Dr. Kohout earned fellowships of two prestigious surgical colleges and was admitted as Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 1996. He also spent a year conducting microsurgical research which earned him a Master of Surgery Degree from Melbourne University. After Plastic Surgery training, Dr. Kohout went on to specialty training at Harvard Medical School.

He started his own plastic surgery practice which is now in its current location on Sydneys Broadway.

Dr. Kohout has lectured in plastic surgery at international meetings and has published scientific papers in the f



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