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SKIN DEEP<br />
If the eyes are “the windows to the soul” then surely the skin is the front garden.<br />
THERE WAS A TIME, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHEN BEAUTY WAS a<br />
fairly generic, narrow concept. All we saw staring back at us from<br />
billboards and magazine covers were tall, big-busted women with<br />
long blond hair, big blue eyes, and a huge perfect smile.<br />
Thankfully, over the past few decades, our ideas on beauty have<br />
expanded: there is no one ‘look’ that defines beauty. The women<br />
touted as ‘the most beautiful in the world’ now come in all shapes<br />
and sizes. Some are pale, some dark; some have long, angular<br />
features, others are more cherubic. And while the structure of beauty<br />
seems to be expanding and ever-changing, there is still one element<br />
that remains unchanged, one common feature that all beautiful<br />
women, regardless of age, share: fresh, radiant, glowing skin.<br />
There is a certain amount of mystery surrounding the impact<br />
our skin has on our overall look. Unless there is an obvious<br />
skin condition, it is rare that we consciously notice<br />
a person’s skin, yet it is our skin that determines<br />
how our face is perceived. If our skin is dull,<br />
wrinkled or blemished, we look tired and<br />
older than our years – no matter how<br />
striking our facial features may be.<br />
Renowned Gold Coast Plastic Surgeon<br />
Dr Terrence Scamp, of <strong>Esteem</strong> Beauty<br />
and <strong>Day</strong> <strong>Spa</strong>, understands the vital role<br />
our skin plays, and is pioneering the<br />
use of Portrait Plasma Skin Regeneration<br />
here on the Gold Coast, with remarkable<br />
results.<br />
“The Portrait device resembles a laser<br />
in many ways, but in fact is not a laser but a<br />
plasma device. It uses ionised gas to resurface the<br />
skin, reducing facial wrinkles, removing or reducing sun<br />
spots, benign skin lesions, acne scarring and pigmentation, and<br />
repairing sun damaged skin.”<br />
In simple terms, the Portrait system is a ‘one-step’ procedure<br />
that removes the top layer of skin and induces tightening and<br />
rejuvenation in the lower layers, in one procedure.<br />
Unlike Laser Resurfacing, the top layer of the skin is not<br />
immediately removed. The top layer of skin remains intact for<br />
about 4-6 days, then lifts or peels off (similar to a bad sunburn).<br />
By the time this lifting or peeling occurs, the new skin below has<br />
healed and - after a short period of redness - appears fresh, radiant<br />
“The great thing<br />
is, people don’t notice<br />
that you have had<br />
a skin treatment,<br />
they just notice how<br />
great you look.”<br />
and glowing. So in effect, your own top layer of skin is acting as<br />
a natural dressing while the lower layers heal. Not only does the<br />
procedure produce fantastic aesthetic results, the Portrait is less<br />
painful and does not carry the same risks associated with Laser<br />
Resurfacing. On top of this, there is only a week or 10 days down<br />
time.<br />
The effectiveness and high safety level of the Portrait treatment<br />
have been well documented (the procedure is FDA approved), and<br />
the results are truly spectacular.<br />
When Karen Look underwent the treatment late last year, she had<br />
no idea the results would be so dramatic.<br />
“I had had some surgical procedures done, and Dr Scamp advised<br />
me that the Portrait treatment would be the ‘icing on the cake’<br />
because although he had changed the structure of my face, I<br />
still had ‘old skin’,” Karen says.<br />
“I didn’t find the procedure painful. Dr Scamp<br />
used a combination of local anaesthetic creams<br />
and nerve blocks before the procedure – no<br />
general anaesthesia. It took about four<br />
days for my skin to ‘peel’. The peeling<br />
isn’t painful at all but it isn’t pretty. There<br />
are a few days where, I’ll be honest,<br />
you look like you have had a really bad<br />
sunburn, but then, as the skin peels off<br />
and the new skin underneath is revealed,<br />
it is all worth it.<br />
“I couldn’t believe the difference it made,<br />
and neither could anyone else. And the great<br />
thing is, people don’t notice that you have had a<br />
skin treatment, they just notice how great you look.<br />
I can’t tell you the number of people who commented on<br />
how fresh and glowing my skin looked. Everyone asked if I had<br />
been on holidays.<br />
“Now, I truly wake up glowing. Even without makeup my skin<br />
looks incredible. Most of my wrinkles are gone, and my skin always<br />
looks clean and soft.”<br />
Looking at Karen’s before and after photos, it is easy to see<br />
why so many women are turning to Dr Scamp for the Portrait<br />
treatment.<br />
If you would like to discuss this or any of the other procedures<br />
available at <strong>Esteem</strong> Beauty and <strong>Day</strong> <strong>Spa</strong>, call 5539 1000.<br />
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