Vaser Assisted Liposuction

At Silk Touch Medspa we utilize two great technologies to help us eliminate unwanted fat that diet and exercise just don't seem to tackle. They are Smartlipo laser-assisted liposuction and Vaser Hi-DEF using ultrasound technologies.

Over a year ago we started using Smartlipo for reducing small areas of unwanted fat. Quickly we found that a majority of our clients wanted many more areas done that necessitated greater amounts of fat to be removed. Thus, we added the VASER, a less well known technology, but a superior device that helps to tighten skin and melt the fat efficiently with little trauma to the underlying tissue. Many of our clients are able to do the procedure with little or no sedation. This translates into a less painful recovery as well. More about VASER later but for now check out these links.

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NEW! Fractionated CO2 laser

We are looking forward to adding a new and exciting CO2 laser treatment in Jan of 2009. CO2 laser resurfacing has long been the gold standard of skin resurfacing. Unfortunately, the recovery down time after treatment was unacceptable for most people. Generally recipients of this treatment would have a red swollen and weeping face for a week followed by up to a month of dramatic facial redness. Another problem commonly experienced with full CO2 lasers is the line of demarcation between the treated and untreated areas.

A "fractionated" CO2 laser takes the same effective laser energy and divides the laser beam into manageable treatment partitions or "fractions". Instead of covering the treatment area with a brush stroke it covers the treatment area with a series of closely spaced dots. This allows for the benefits of wrinkle reduction, skin tightening and skin resurfacing without the prolonged down time. A client typically has only 3-7 days of redness and peeling rather than 3-4 weeks.

For some individuals, 3-7 days of downtime may not be acceptable or even needed. This is where our Affirm collagen building laser will continue to fill an important treatment modality. The Affirm laser works in the deeper tissues of the dermis to stimulate collagen and elastin growth. Similar wrinkle reduction and skin tightening results can eventually be achieved, with down times of only 1-2 days. The trade-off is that the Affirm generally takes several treatments to achieve similar results to a single fractionated CO2 laser treatment.

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