Ezine Articles - Are You Seeing Spots?  Age Spots?

As we age, unfortunately sun damage, how we take care of ourselves, and the environment all take a toll on our skin.  Age spots appear, our pores get larger, and our skin starts losing its’ elasticity and volume.  Looking for a treatment that focuses on age spots or skin discoloration can help improve your skin tremendously.  You may have heard of a non-invasive laser that does Skin Rejuvenation or IPL FotoFacial.  I have tried this, so let me tell you what it does in laymen’s terms.

Lasers are made to penetrate the skin at different depths and strengths.  The laser I used that helps minimize age spots penetrates down to the cell that is out of whack and is making too much pigment.  Over time it kills the specific cells and causes the pigment to rise to the surface of the skin.  It’s amazing!  The pigment comes to the surface like small coffee grinds, and in a period of a week to 10 days it will flake off.  Since this is a non-invasive treatment, meaning I had no down time, it took 5 treatments.  The treatments lasted about 45 minutes and were spaced every 3 to 4 weeks.  In total, the process took me just under 5 months.  The treatments left me with younger looking skin and improved texture.  My pores had shrunk and the age spots were gone.  I liked the results so much I have since had the same treatment done on my chest, back, and hands; all the places where I had sun damage.

I had these treatments done at a MedSpa.  Since I was paying with my own money rather than health insurance, I wanted a little pampering in the process.  I don’t get much pampering at my Dermatologist’s office!  So I researched MedSpas in my area and talked to several until I found one where they sounded well-educated about their treatments and lasers.  I settled on Vitalia MedSpa, and I know I made the right decision.