Cafe A Lait

Café-au-lait macules (CALMs), or café-au-lait spots, are flat, oval lesions (marks) on the skin. Café-au-lait means “coffee with milk” in French. The name refers to the colour of the spots, as they are at least a shade darker than your child’s skin tone.

Café-au-lait macules commonly appear at birth but may develop later, during the first year of life. Their colour varies from light brown to dark brown.

How do CALMs affect the body?

CALMs are benign (harmless). They do not hurt or itch and never progress to anything serious such as skin cancer. The spots can become darker throughout childhood or with sun exposure, but this is not a cause for concern.

How are CALMs diagnosed?

CALMs are easily diagnosed by a skin examination. “Typical” CALMs range from light to dark brown and are well defined, even coloured and often round or oval. They vary in size and can appear anywhere on the skin, although they rarely appear on the face.

Other Aesthetic

These are other aesthetic treatments we offer at the clinic. Our clinic’s expertise and specialization is your confidence.

Ultherapy for Wrinkles

Wrinkles are creases, folds, or ridges in the skin. They normally appear as people get older, but they can also develop after spending a long time in water. The first wrinkles to appear on a person’s face tend to occur as a result of facial expressions.

Sun damage, smoking, dehydration, some medications, and environmental and genetic factors affect when and where people will develop wrinkles.

Most wrinkles tend to appear in the parts of the body which receive the most sun exposure, especially the face and neck, the back of the hands, and the arms. Ultrasound skin tightening is used to treat this. It uses time-tested ultrasound energy to lift and tighten the skin naturally — without surgery or downtime.

 
Dark Eye Circles

Sleep deprivation can cause your skin to become dull and pale, allowing for dark tissues and blood vessels beneath your skin to show. Lack of sleep can also causefluid to build underneath your eyes, causing them to appear puffy. As a result, the dark circles you see may actually be shadows cast by your puffy eyelids.

Ultherapy for Saggy Skin

Collagen and elastin help keep your skin firm. You may develop sagging skin with age as your skin loses its natural elasticity. Extrinsic factors such as repetitive facial expressions, sleeping positions, smoking and sun exposure can prematurely age your skin and lead to sagging.

Extreme or rapid weight loss may also contribute to saggy skin. Ultrasound skin tightening is used to treat this. It uses time-tested ultrasound energy to lift and tighten the skin naturally — without surgery or downtime. 

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Ultherapy for Turkey Neck

So-called turkey neck is the loose, baggy skin, that hangs on the neck and can be rather unsightly. It is develop with age as your skin loses its natural elasticity. There are few ways to treat this unsightly sagging skin on the neck. 

• Botox
• Topical 
• Ultrasound skin tightening
  Uses time-tested ultrasound energy to lift and tighten the skin naturally — without surgery or downtime.
  

Melasma

Melasma is a common skin problem. It causes brown to gray-brown patches, usually on the face.

Most people get it on their cheeks, bridge of their nose, forehead, chin, and above their upper lip. It also can appear on other parts of the body that get lots of sun, such as the forearms and neck.

Main cause of Melasma

This means birth control pills, pregnancy, and hormone therapy can all trigger melasma. Stress and thyroid disease are also thought to be causes of melasma. Additionally, sun exposure can cause melasma because ultraviolet rays affect the cells that control pigment.

Why does melasma occur?

When melasma occurs during pregnancy, it is also called chloasma, or “the mask of pregnancy.” Pregnant women experience increased estrogen, progesterone, and melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) levels during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Melanocytes are the cells in the skin that deposit pigment

Treatment of Melasma

• Topical agents
• Chemical Peels
• Laser and light-based treatments
  The lesions of melasma are not the only hyperpigmented lesions that are successfully treated with laser and light therapy. Hori’s nevus, which often appears as macular blue-gray lesions in a bilateral facial distribution similar to melasma, has been successfully treated with Q-switched lasers in a handful of studies within the last 2 decades.

Urticana (Hives)

Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of swollen, pale red bumps or plaques (wheals) on the skin that appear suddenly — either as a result of the body’s reaction to certain allergens, or for unknown reasons . 

Urticaria occurs when the body reacts to an allergen and releases histamine and other chemicals from under the surface of the skin. The histamine and chemicals cause inflammation and fluid to accumulate under the skin, causing wheals.

• Although hives are very common, and their cause is often elusive
• Hives can change size rapidly and move around, disappearing in one place and reappearing in other places, often in a matter of hours
• Ordinary hives flare up suddenly
• Occasionally hives are produced by direct physical stimulation by environmental forces like heat, cold, and sunlight
• Antihistamines are the most common treatment for hives
• Hives typically are not associated with long-term or serious complications.

Microneedling Injection Skin Rejuvenation/ Scar Removal

Micro needling injection is a skincare technique for skin rejuvenation, improves skin texture, fine lines and remove scars. 

Microneedling injection is being touted as the solution for everything from improving acne scarring to diminishing wrinkles, and helping skincare ingredients penetrate better.

• Microneedling injection is a injection procedure that uses small needles to prick the skin.
• The purpose of treatment is to generate new collagen and skin tissue for smoother, firmer, more toned skin.
• Microneedling injection is mostly used on the face and may treat various scars, wrinkles, and large pores.

Treatment

• Microneedling injection is minimally invasive, requiring no downtime
• It’s considered safe for most people who are in overall good health
• The procedure isn’t safe for people who use certain acne medications or for women who are pregnant
• You’ll experience minor redness and irritation for a few days after the procedure
• Total prep and procedure time is about two hours
• You may need at least four procedures or more for the best results

Efficacy

Viral Warts & Infections

Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human papilloma virus, or HPV.

Molluscum Contagiosum: Common Skin Condition In Toddlers & Kids

Molluscum Contagious can be treated by physical removal, by some topical medications and by a cryotherapy. 

Types of warts include:

• Common warts, which often appear on your fingers, toes and on the knees Plantar warts, which show up on the soles of your feet
• Genital warts, which are a sexually transmitted disease
• Flat warts are skin-coloured and can appear in any area of the body
• Periungual warts prefer to grow at the sides or under the nails and can distort nail growth

Warts are contagious and may spread from one area of the body to another or to others. There is no way to prevent warts.

Treatment

Ultherapy Ultrasound Skin Tightening

Ultherapy uses time-tested ultrasound energy to lift and tighten the skin naturally—without surgery or downtime.

Theraclear Acne Therapy

The ONLY technology that treats multiple CAUSES of acne in a SINGLE machine. (p. acne bacteria and hyperactive sebaceous glands and blocked pores)