In order to truly rejuvenate and restore the skin, the deeper areas and layers, the dermis and subcutaneous areas must be equally treated otherwise the upper layers are more youthful, but are only supported by older “stretched out elastic” skin that continues to slide down and away, thanks to gravity. Lasers must be utilized, as this is the only method that can penetrate into these areas. No matter how strong, therapeutic, concentrated or chemically correct skin products or peels are, they only penetrate and treat so deeply through the entire epidermis and into the upper dermis even with products that work, because the ingredients that penetrate get used up by the skin cells on the way down and through the upper layers. We are awash in a sea of skin products and lasers, virtually all just more of the same, focused on commerce, NOT being the best tool for the job and not the patient’s best use of time and money. At Skin Fitness Plus, we know why and we enjoy communicating to our patients the lasers we use and why we don’t use certain ones as well. But if you choose otherwise, we will refer you to the best practitioner for the option you choose.

We have learned to not only evaluate and compare based on our fund of knowledge and input from other trusted practitioners worldwide with different points of view, but often to wait and see how something works over an appropriate period of time, because “advancements” are often brought to market to much fanfare and touting with little to no long-term or objective experience and feedback to properly evaluate results and potential side effects over time. We practice medicine and science not commerce.

Skin Fitness Plus has evaluated completely, repetitively and over time whether skin peels or laser peels produce the best and/or fastest results to maximally tighten, rejuvenate, restore, brighten, clarify, rid lines, brown spots, hyperpigmentation, abnormal veins, rosacea, scars and produce the most new skin components, collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid.

Ablative Lasers
The lasers touted for laser peels are called ablative lasers, for example, Fraxel, Sciton and others using erbium or CO2, etc. as their sources of energy. These lasers burn away or blast holes into, with heat energy, the layers of epidermis - or deeper- and stimulate new cell and collagen production because the body is rebuilding itself as quickly as possible to protect against infection, loss of hydration and blood-just like from fire or blast burns. The downside of ablative lasers is that the penetration and extension of the most destructive heat damage and inflammation is difficult to control and everyone has a different thickness of skin and in different areas of the body, different and difficult to ascertain tolerances to the daunting amount of increased inflammation and damage the ablation cause. The human hand is not perfect in its movement over the areas being treated so some areas get treated more deeply than others. In addition, the post-treatment condition varies from having darker, dry dead skin on the surface to looking like you have been burned and in an explosion. This condition lasts from 7 days to 2-4 plus weeks and with redness and pigmentation issues in some that may persist for months and may be permanent. Everyone heals at a different rate of time and the body needs raw materials and optimized organ function, immune and hormone levels internally and externally to rebuild all this tissue destroyed at one time. These lasers are NOT for skin of pigment - and remember many of us are skin of pigment- and are not really aware and for some with abnormally high, chronic inflammation the lasers can destroy or activate pigment even when lighteners are utilized. Dr. Hunter sees patients without pigmented skin heritage, who develop pigmentation issues 3-4months after ablative laser treatments. The ablative laser treatments are more expensive, can require several treatments, but most importantly - most thin the epidermis in perpetuity due to the degree and amount of heat and energy damage and its penetration. Youthful skin is thick, aged skin is thin. If you start with thicker skin you have more leeway, if you start with thinner skin, it is less forgiving.

All these reasons are why Skin Fitness Plus over time and with the utmost consideration utilizes scientifically correct skin peels and products and non-ablative lasers instead to treat, tighten, rejuvenate, restore, prevent and build new skin components, because we have found skin thickens, tightens, clarifies, rejuvenates and restores much better, faster, with essentially no downtime, longevity of result, more economical and doable. We are committed to best tool for the job, science NOT commerce, best results, solutions for every budget, least disruption of life, examining all the options and choosing the right one for you in discussion with and educating you.

SFP APPROVED LASERS AND TECHNOLOGY

PARADIGM OF TREATMENT FOR MEN & WOMEN

• Skin Fitness Plus Approved Lasers are precision instruments that safely stimulate the collagen and elastin framework supporting the skin for tightening via creating new collagen, elastin, and fibroblasts and for treating active acne, remodeling scarring, keloids and for oil reduction. Others remove vascular abnormalities and lesions, spider veins, growths, rosacea and brown spots and peels and stimulates new skin components.

• THERMAGE®

• HAIR REMOVAL and SKIN TIGHTENING LASER

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