What causes spider veins?

Fine lines etched into the skin around the mouth - this is a common problem and in this patient`s case she had what we call ‘actinic elastosis’, whereby abnormal bands of elastin build up in the skin as a result of years of previous sun exposure.

When patients have this condition, the gold standard way of dealing with it is fully ablative laser resurfacing. It’s an intense treatment with two weeks of downtime afterwards, but the results are spectacular - just like in this lovely patient.

The after photo is three weeks after the treatment and you can see that the skin is still a little pink, which will continue to fade over the next few months.

The patient is already delighted with the result - what do you think?

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

At least according to Michael Buble, who’s been on repeat in the clinic this week. The decorations are up and we are officially in ‘our season’. The clinic has been packed with everyone having their skin polished in time to make it on the nice list. If you’ve still to make a pre-Christmas appointment, we’ve still got some spaces left for your festive glow up.

Ho ho ho everyone… It’s time for Santa!!!! 🎅🏻

Ok, so this is the one we’ve all been waiting for. Sofwave : the results, in our hands!!!

This is the first patient we treated with @sofwave.uk when we were assessing the machine and deciding whether or not to buy it. These are the patient`s own photos that she kept throughout the healing journey.

Now do you see why we are so excited?! 🤩

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We have a super exciting new addition to the clinic this week, with the launch of @sofwavemed.

Sofwave is an incredible skin tightening technology that has been around for five years now. I am never first to the queue with new devices because so many don’t deliver and disappear within a couple of years of launch. Sofwave however has continued to grow in popularity over the years and earlier this year I decided I had to find out what all the fuss was about.

I asked the reps to bring it round for us to play with and we treated a few of our patients to see what the results were like and, three months later not only was I signing the purchase order I was asking how quickly I could get one of the reps round to treat me 😊

Sofwave works using ultrasound waves to create a thermal injury to the deeper layers of the skin, initiating a healing response which over a period of several months results in a skin tightening effect.

I have trialled a number of ultrasound devices in the past and have never bought any of them because I was always disappointed in the results. There are a couple of things that I think makes Sofwave different.

First, it only goes to 1.5mm which means all of the energy is being delivered to the skin. Most other devices go down to 3 or 4mm, by which point you are past the skin and into the fat which can, if anything, have a worsening effect on volume loss. The second difference that I think is important is that it treats a bigger proportion of the surface area of the skin.

We have a new page on our website where you can read all about Sofwave and how it works, but for now, enjoy some of these before and afters that the manufacture supplied.

Let me know what you think!

Lower eyelid surgery is one of the more challenging operations in aesthetic practice. If we can avoid it, we normally try to help our patients chose non-surgical paths using laser or fillers.

However, there are some situations where it can’t be avoided, especially when there is excess fat under the eye causing puffiness. This is exactly what this patient had and so the very talented @bramhallplasticsurgery performed an upper and lower blepharoplasty for him. Whilst we often do the upper eyelids without doing the lower eyelids, usually when we do the lower eyelids we always need to do the uppers too.

This patient is now a couple of months out from surgery and loving his result. What do you think?