Clear Up Active Acne With Laser Technology - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

There's never an ideal time to get outbreak of acne and whether they're on the face of a pimply teenage girl, a spotty youth or an adult, spots can embarrass us and cause us to feel self-conscious. Lots of things, such as cosmetics, dust, pollution and even shaving are all things that can irritate your skin or clog your pores, and they can also bring bacteria to this area, which is also responsible for spots. Frequent face washing can help prevent acne from getting worse, using a mild soap or cleanser and wearing minimal make-up and trying not to squeeze any blackheads, white heads or spots can also help.

Active acne is a common inflammatory skin condition affecting adolescents and adults. Acne scarring on the skin can occur after outbreaks of extreme acne, causing the sufferer feelings of insecurity. About 80% of teenagers will get acne between the ages of 13 and 18 years because of changes to their hormone levels, which cause the sebaceous glands to produce increased amounts of sebum that can block the hair follicles.

Facial acne is easier to treat than body acne, but there's a bigger chance of the flare-ups on the face re-occurring. Acne is caused by skin cells that don't shed properly, plugging the pores and causing oil and bacteria to become trapped inside. As the oil and bacteria accumulate, the skin becomes inflamed and swells outwards, forming white heads, blackheads and pimples.

Advanced laser technology in acne treatment is effective for adult and adolescent acne and various grades of acne; severe, moderate or mild. Most people experience minimal discomfort and some may experience a minor stinging sensation on the skin as we deliver the laser pulses. Before the treatment, a topical anaesthetic cream gets applied to the skin, and the advanced laser system has a cooled sapphire window on the tip of the laser scope, to further protect and cool the skin.

Clinical data suggests that most sufferers find that their acne will improve after about four treatments, two a week for two weeks. While many people continue to improve in the months following laser treatment, others will experience a plateau in their improvement. It might be necessary to have repeated treatments in the future to keep up the results.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Vaser Lipo & Vaser Hi Def at Selston Cosmetic Clinic - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Lots of people aren't happy with certain parts of their body, they'd like to refine their figure and get rid of those last bits of fat that they just can't seem to lose. Vaser lipo is the ideal treatment to rectify these problems. From simple improvements in problem areas, to full-body transformations, vaser lipo can help you look your very best.

Vaser lipo provides body contouring for small, as well as larger areas and can transform your body, giving you desirable results, whether it's a firmer jaw-line, a toned tummy or back fat removal. The vaser hi-def technique will offer you a smooth shape, as well as high-definition around muscle groups, creating a sleek, toned silhouette and a more naturally toned-looking body shape.

If you're one of those people who has always struggled with weight gain, and unfortunately exercise and dieting just doesn't seem to work, then vaser is a great method to get the dramatic transformation you've been looking for. The vaser lipo procedure is very versatile; powerful enough to deal with large areas of fat, but gentle on areas like the arms and neck.

Vaser lipo on the chin - before and after

Vaser lipo and vaser hi-def are much gentler treatments for removing excess fat and giving  immediate results. Unlike traditional liposuction, vaser does not need large incisions and recovery times are much shorter, due to less damage to the surrounding tissues and blood vessels.

Vaser Lipo
Vaser lipo provides body contouring for small, as well as larger areas. It's an ideal for treating areas including; the abdomen, inner thigh, outer thigh, large flanks or male breasts as well as smaller, delicate areas such as the chin and knees.

Hi Def
The vaser hi-def technique is a popular treatment with male clients, as the procedure can complement pectoral and abdominal muscles, creating the much sought-after washboard abs. Women have successfully used hi-def to support fat loss in the "mummy tummy" area, improve muscle tone, and to add definition and tone to hips and thighs.

Vaser Hi Def on the abs

The vaser lipo procedure is tissue-selective and targets only the fat, while protecting other tissues from any damage. The procedure is powerful enough to deal with large areas of fat, but is gentle on core areas such as the arms and neck. The results are instant and there are even more improvements on body contouring and skin tightening over the next 5 or 6 months.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Enhance Your Lips With Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

It's important to keep our lips looking good because they are one of the main focal points of the face. We can keep our lips in great condition all year round, we don't have to wait for a special occasion to pamper them, so if we're not happy with the look of our lips, or the cold weather has left them dry and chapped, we don't have to despair, there are solutions.

Dermal fillers can enhance the lips and the area around the mouth, giving it a more youthful look. If you're worried about dry, chapped lips or maybe you're unhappy with their size or shape, there's expert help available to help you get them back into a beautiful condition. 

The delicate skin on the lips is very susceptible to harsh weather and they need extra care to keep them in peak condition:

• Exfoliate the lips - Removing dead skin from the lips will keep them smooth, making it easier to apply lipstick. To exfoliate, use a soft toothbrush and Vaseline to brush over the lips once a week.
• Dry lips - If you have dead skin on your lips, try not to lick or pick at them. Use lip balm to keep them hydrated, as licking your lips will dry them out more, and picking at any dead skin can lead to bleeding.
• Longer lasting lipstick - Putting a little powder foundation on your lips and then blotting, will help keep the lipstick on your lips for longer. Dust a little translucent powder over your lips, then apply another coat of lipstick.
• Lipstick - If you're going to wear lipstick, make sure you exfoliate your lips as any crust or dead skin on your lips becomes instantly noticeable.

Your lips might be too thin; either through age or genetics, you may have smokers lines around them or maybe they aren't symmetrical; all these things can lower your self-confidence. Lip size and shape can easily be enhanced using dermal fillers; they will add volume, giving a fuller appearance to your lips. Sometimes, just a small amount of filler can make all the difference, and you can get beautiful results, without necessarily adding lots of volume.

Dermal fillers will soften the lines and prevent lipstick bleeds. This treatment enhances the area around the mouth, giving it a more youthful look. The treatment can sometimes make people nervous, as women imagine themselves coming out of the clinic with over inflated lips, putting many women off lip treatments, but if you have your fillers done at a reputable clinic, then this isn't the reality, because a reputable clinic will always discuss your desired outcome at your consultation.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Safe Botox & Fillers at Selston Cosmetic Clinic - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

These days cosmetic treatments are becoming more affordable and easily accessible, with more people turning to botox and dermal fillers in a bid to look younger. Botox is the number one cosmetic procedure in the world, and number two is dermal fillers and the variety of procedures on offer is sometimes overwhelming, with the beauty industry offering lots of injectable treatments, but how do you know if what you're buying is the right product, or if it's being carried out by the right person?

Whether you're checking out the reputation of a clinic online, on internet forums or by word of mouth, always do your research and check out all the information on the place where you're having your treatment.

• Check out the qualifications of the practitioner.
• To avoid infections, always make sure the place you go to have treatment is clean.
• Avoid gimmicks, like: two for the price of one or introduce a friend and get a discount.
• Don't just choose the cheapest. Remember, you are having products injected into your face, so choose wisely.
• Check out their before and after photos and see what results they achieve.

You need to have treatment somewhere that's safe, where there's a qualified practitioner who should have a good knowledge about facial anatomy and skin. It's advisable that healthcare professionals, such as doctors, dentists and nurses, who have had the correct training in these treatments carry out these cosmetic treatments, especially any injectable treatments.

Botox
Botox eases the lines and wrinkles that appear on the face through repetitive facial movements that etch them into the face. Too much botox will result in a frozen, plastic looking face, but that only happens when too much of the product gets injected.  Small amounts of botox will smooth out the lines, but leave you with natural, relaxed facial expressions.

Dermal fillers
Dermal fillers add volume to the cheeks, the tear troughs under the eyes, at the jaw line and plump up the lips. Again, people worry about trout pouts and puffy pillow faces that happen when too much filler gets injected, and the same rule applies, as with the botox, let your doctor know what you do and don't want during the consultation.

Continuity is always a good idea. If you are having botox, fillers or any treatment where you go back for top up's and more treatments, it's always wise to use the same practitioner who knows your face, knows what you want and what you are hoping to achieve.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Laser Skin Rejuvenation for Fine Wrinkles & Ageing Skin - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Sun damage, acne scars and general ageing - our skin goes through a lot over the years, but there is a way to get our skin back to its former glory with laser skin resurfacing. This is a treatment which removes damaged layers of skin, leaving skin looking fresher, younger and healthier.

This treatment is a non-invasive laser treatment for fine wrinkles, ageing and sun-damaged skin and is often called the non-surgical face lift. It's non-ablative, so the surface of the skin remains unchanged and there's no healing or recovery time.

Enhanced laser skin rejuvenation treatment will:

• Leave the face with an even colouring
• Give the skin with a silky feel and a youthful glow
• Tighten up the skin
• Plump up areas such as the cheeks

The gentle lasers reach deep down to the collagen level of the skin, and the precise therapeutic light energy stimulates production of collagen and elastin fibres, and this will improve the tone and texture of the skin and smooth out facial wrinkles. It corrects small pigmentation imperfections such as brown sunspots and erases broken blood vessels and red and blue facial veins. It's a safe treatment for the face, chest, neck, hands and any area where sun damage shows.

The enhanced laser skin rejuvenation procedure normally takes around 40-60 minutes to treat and we recommend six treatments, spaced 3-4 weeks apart. The treatment effects are cumulative, with optimal results appearing after 4 to 6 months. Clients might experience minimal discomfort when we are delivering the laser pulses and some may experience a minor stinging sensation on the skin but we can offer topical anaesthetic cream to make the treatments more comfortable.

Laser skin rejuvenation is an ideal procedure to have done during your lunch time as after the treatment there's no down time, you can wear make up and resume your normal activities straight away, with most  clients returning to work immediately afterwards. Occasionally you might experience redness or swelling for a few hours, or on rare occasions, for a few days.

The benefits:

• Reduces facial wrinkles and fine lines
• Treats sun damage, including age spots and brown pigmentation
• Will improve broken blood vessels, red and blue facial veins
• You can return to normal activities immediately
• It's safe for the face, chest, neck, hands and anywhere that sun damage shows

Before any treatment, the doctor will discuss your requirements and expectations and recommend a personalised treatment plan. This cost-effective treatment gets fantastic results, without the use of needles or invasive cosmetic surgery.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Botox Injections to Stop Excess Sweating - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Sweating, perspiring, glowing - call it what you will, it's a completely healthy way to maintain our body temperature, because when we're hot, we sweat, and when the moisture evaporates, it cools us off. Sweating is a necessary function which controls our body temperature when we exercise and when we are in warm or hot surroundings. People also sweat when they're nervous as emotions can affect the sweat glands.

Excess sweating, also known as Hyperhidrosis is a condition which affects both men and women equally. It can occur on many areas of the body, causing embarrassment and low self-esteem and it can affect the way we live our lives.

• Some of the reasons we sweat are:
• Heat and humidity - hot or humid weather makes us sweat, and when the sweat evaporates, it cools us down.
• Exercise - when we exercise our body temperature rises, and sweating gets rid of the extra heat.
• Illness - fever is your body's way of fighting off an infection.
• Spicy food - spicy food contains capsaicin, which is the compound that gives heat to spicy food.
• Menopause - the drop in oestrogen affects your body's internal temperature gauge.

Any sweating from under the arms can cause embarrassment, but the real problem begins when normal everyday sweating becomes excessive sweating, which means that you produce far more sweat than your body needs you to. The body's cooling mechanism becomes overactive, producing four or five times the amount of sweat that's needed and when this happens it can really affect your confidence, self-esteem and limit your social life.

To help relieve this you can:

• Take a bath or shower once or twice a day.
• Wear clothes made of natural fibres, such as cotton or linen, especially in the warm months.
• Use deodorants with antiperspirants, to help decrease sweating.
• A change of clothing during the day can help your comfort.

Excessive sweating can now be easily and effectively treated with botox injections. The botox hyperhidrosis treatment involves injections of tiny amounts of botox, using a very fine needle in a grid like pattern over the affected area. Botox works by temporarily blocking the chemical signals from the nerves that stimulate the sweat glands, and when the glands no longer receive the chemical signals, the excessive underarm sweating stops.

• Procedure time - 20 minutes
• Downtime - minimal
• Back to work - straight away
• Duration of results - 9-12 months
• Anaesthetic - none

Usually, most cases botox treatment takes effect within a matter of days and the results can last up to 9-12 months. The treatment can easily be repeated as often as it's needed.

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Clinic Manager.

Fill in Under Eye Hollows with Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

The tear trough is the area beneath the eye and the upper cheek. When we are young, the area under the eye is plump and firm, but as we age we start to lose volume, and it's through this volume loss that we develop a sunken dip under the bottom eyelash line to the upper cheek, giving us a tired, aged appearance.

Fresh looking eyes are a big asset to the overall appearance of a youthful, attractive, healthy face and deep hollows under the eyes can seem very ageing and leave you looking like you haven't slept in weeks. Over time the hollows change in appearance and become longer, deeper and more shadowed.

Tear troughs are usually caused by the thinning of the skin and the sagging of the cheek tissues, but they can now be corrected with advanced dermal fillers. This treatment will also help correct under eye dark shadowing. The older we get, the more we can expect to notice changes in our face such as dark circles and the deepening of the hollows under our eyes, and this happens because of the ageing process, genetics, unhealthy lifestyle or by sun damage.

The Tear Trough procedure is an ideal treatment for:

• Sunken eyes
• Dark circles under the eyes
• Tired looking eyes
• Eye bags

Deep unsightly hollows can now be corrected with advanced dermal fillers, and this filler treatment will also help to correct the dark shadowing beneath the eye. This loss of volume in the tissue causes troughs to appear and they often look worse when we're tired or dehydrated.

You should always choose a cosmetic practitioner with lots of experience in treating the face, as detailed knowledge of the anatomy is essential when treating this delicate area, and luckily at Selston Cosmetic Clinic, Dr Bassi has had over ten years of experience in cosmetic treatments and 26 years of experience in Medicine.

To minimise any discomfort, a topical anaesthetic cream gets applied about 20 minutes before your treatment starts, numbing the skin and easing any pain. The treatment only takes twenty to thirty minutes to complete and the results are instant. There's minimal downtime, although you may have a little bruising, as the skin under the eye is very delicate. Dermal fillers will rejuvenate tired looking eyes to create a more youthful appearance that lasts up to twelve months.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Remove Fine Facial Hair With Alkaline Wash - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Excess hair, especially the fine, downy hair on the face, can really affect our self-confidence. As most people's facial is very fair, removing it is very difficult. Those with blonde, grey, fine and downy hair might want to have hair removal treatment using lasers, but unfortunately light and heat draws itself to darker colours, so hair which doesn't have any pigmentation becomes very difficult to treat with lasers, and electrolysis treatment would be very time-consuming, as hair growth on the face is usually quite dense.

Unfortunately, as laser removal is typically out of the question for removing fair hair as it gives poor results, any reputable clinic would have no choice but to recommend against having this treatment - but there is an alternative.

At Selston Cosmetic Clinic our practitioner applies a paste made of alkaline powder for a few minutes, which will dissolve part of the underlying follicle beneath the skin. This will release the hair from the follicles, giving you smooth, hair free skin immediately after treatment. With regular treatments, the regrowth becomes slower and ultimately stops. 

• The treatment course is 6 treatments, each treatment is 4 weeks apart
• No recovery time, you are back to work the next day
• The full course of treatment results in permanent hair removal
• The treatment is painless doesn't need anaesthetic
• The results are immediate

Alkaline wash treatment is most effective when treating fine, blonde, white, grey or downy hair and the hair does not grow back any coarser after this treatment. After the first treatment the hair will normally grow back at its usual rate, but as treatments progress, the re-growth will slow down. It's the perfect removal treatment for downy hair on the face, lip and chin and it's designed for the fine hair on the tender areas of the face that you shouldn't wax, and areas that are difficult to treat with electrolysis or laser.

Alkaline wash can drastically reduce hair growth after 2-3 treatments, leaving some clients happy with the improvement they get, but most continue with the full treatment course, aiming to get rid of all of the unwanted hair. The treatment itself is painless, although in some cases the skin can become red, but this is normal and will only last for a short period.

We can use the alkaline wash treatment as a stand-alone treatment or we can combine it with laser hair removal to give that smooth finished hair free look, so now blonde's can have the benefits of hair removal too.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Get A Younger Smoother Face With Botox - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

All of us want to look as young as we can for as long as we can, but unfortunately ageing is inevitable, so when signs of ageing like lines and wrinkles start to appear, then this is the time to start thinking of treatments to keep them at bay. Botox is a quick, pain-free treatment which will help give you a younger, smoother, line-free face.

The areas where the skin is constantly exposed to the elements, such as the face, neck, arms and hands are all more likely to become wrinkled. Most of our wrinkles are the result of ageing and each year thousands of people turn to botox, with treatment to the face; creases on the forehead, smile lines, crows feet and the deep furrows between the eyebrows being the most popular areas to have treated.

Botox brow lift

Botox is now one of the most common cosmetic treatments in the UK and a good practitioner will
customise the treatment specifically for each person's face to give it a soft natural look, because the results can look stunning, and yet remain subtle. Botox is a safe and effective way to reduce and smooth out wrinkles, worry lines across the forehead and the vertical lines between the eyebrows, and help to soften the look of these dynamic facial lines and wrinkles which appear over time, because of repeated smiling and frowning movements.

A fully trained cosmetic practitioner can perform careful, precise injections, which will give your face a fresh, healthy and subtle appearance and not a startled and expressionless look. Botox is injected using a disposable syringe which has a very fine needle, and tiny amounts are precisely injected into several specific areas on the face, which are chosen by carefully examining the movements of your facial muscles. The treatment is almost painless and doesn't need any pain relief.

Botox has many benefits:

• Wrinkles and lines get smoothed out, giving a more youthful appearance
  

• Prevention of further wrinkles by relaxing the muscles
• It's a non-invasive, quick treatment with minimal discomfort

A botox injection lessens the muscle activity which cause wrinkles to form on the face. It blocks the signals from the nerves to the muscles, relaxing and softening the muscles in the problem area. Gaining results from botox is a gradual process, taking around twenty-four hours to begin taking effect and up to two weeks for the full effect to show. The results can last from three to five months and we recommend repeat treatments three to four times a year.

At Selston Cosmetic Clinic we always attempt to keep the botox injection experience gentle and pain-free, putting you at ease and supporting you through the experience.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.