Skin Care Review: Photofacial

Rating
Excellent

Benefits
Photofacials stimulate collagen growth. Sun damaged skin is replaced with new smooth skin.

Drawbacks
The only real drawback is that the treatments have to be repeated at intervals.

Details
I am a fifty year old woman, light skinned, blue eyed and blonde. I live in southern Cal.,where the sun shines brightly more often than not. When I was in my teens and early twentys, I was not aware of the far reaching damage roasting myself in the sun would cause. In my 30's, I noticed deep lines around my eyes, mouth and worst of all, rings and sagging skin on my neck! I looked old alright, but in photos I looked even older! I have had BOTOX to relax deep wrinkles (about every 4 months in the deep seated furrow above my nose on my forehead, and RESTALYN, to fill in or plump out deep facial lines. I looked much improved after these treatments. Yet the texture of my skin, the uneven skin tones, the discolored skin and loss of elasticity on my neck showed and aged my face. My Aesthetic Skin Specialist, Ozra Daie,R.N.P.H.N., suggested a photofacial for me. Each treatment takes about 25 minutes. A beam of light is pulsed into different areas of the face. You feel a tingle for a moment, but no pain whatsoever. Your face is blotted with an ice pac after the procedure. There is a slight redness which quickly goes away. You wait 2 weeks before returning for 2nd treatment, exactly the same procedure as the first. Within a few days, you will see a more refined skin starting to emerge. You will feel a tightness where there was sagging skin. Your pores will be noticeably smaller and your skin tone will be more even than it ever was! The skin on my face and neck looked NEW. Photos taken of me one month after the 3rd treatment, prompted a friend to say, "I didnt know you had a daughter".

Conclusions
Very good results.

Price (paid by reviewer)
approx. 1,000 per 5 sessions

Where to find it
Skin Wellness Center, Torrance,cal