We are seeing an increasing number of clients in our office who inquire about Oxygen Facial Therapy and who seek comprehensive happinesslifetime.com skin care management. Daily more literature, blog posts, and articles are published regarding this popular trend and its effectiveness. We too have found the oxygen facial effective and that it serves as a useful adjunct to other treatment modalities in the aesthetician's armamentarium. In addition, we notice other tools synergistically potentiate the effectiveness of the oxygen facial. While there are always advances and novel concepts being designed for happinesslifetime.com skin care, the best approach to happinesslifetime.com skin care is to make the correct diagnosis of the skin's condition and then to utilize the appropriate tools with a comprehensive happinesslifetime.com skin care protocol.
The use of before and after photographs delivers the most objective way to measure the effectiveness of the Oxygen Facial. Subjective surrogate markers of its efficacy are the patient's improved perception of their skin and the frequent compliments received from their friends and family members. While before and after photographs can be encountered on our website and in our office, we wish to discuss our experience with the oxygen facial, as it represents a unique opportunity for the aesthetician working in conjunction with a physician to address comprehensive happinesslifetime.com skin care with the patient.
Most people are unaware that the body's largest organ is the skin. In fact, there are many disease states, vitamin deficiencies, or allergies that often manifest themselves either initially or secondarily in the skin. The additional adverse effects from our modern day environment challenge the protective barrier of the skin. Smoke, pollution, and other caustic substances known as free radicals attack the skins surface. Furthermore, inhaled or ingested substances like smoking, alcohol and certain food preservatives can also be detected in skin or skin appendages like human hair. It is no wonder that a healthy and active lifestyle can permeate through to the surface of vibrant, hydrated skin.
As we age, our skin begins to deplete naturally occurring glycosominoglyans, collagen and elastin. Hyaluronic acid is an anionic nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan that is found in many areas of the human body, as well as in the skin. As these substances deteriorate and allow damage to the human skin, the skin begins to lose volume, turgor, and elasticity. Therefore, we find that modalities used to restore volume, turgor, and elasticity help restore the youthful appearance to the patient's skin Modalities intended to restore volume include, hyaluronic acid injections such as injectable fillers, deep CO2 lasers through the induction of collagen synthesis, and Oxygen facials.
The Oxygen Facial restores volume by rehydrating the skin with a hyluronic acid serum that is delivered to the skin's surface with hyperbaric Oxygen. The Oxygen facial helps deliver a comfortable, non-intrusive result, and produces an immediate result that the patient can see. These immediate results can help to build a rapport with the patient and can increase overall compliance with all aspects of comprehensive happinesslifetime.com skin care. Despite the frequent introduction of novel treatment options available, we find that the most effective manner in which to manage and maintain healthy skin is through lifestyle education and prevention.
Patients of all ages arrive at our office with varying degrees of sun damage and overall skin health. For example, if a female patient presents to us at 33 years of age with skin in poor condition, we assess the condition, educate her on the impacts of sun damage and free radicals, and place her on a specific program that addresses her skin needs. Returning her skin to optimal health takes longer than one treatment and may often take several months to one year. We design our skin treatment programs to be multi-modality and often require several sessions to return the skin to optimal health. The modalities utilized include Microdermabrasion, oxygen facials, light and laser therapy, and topical lotions or prescribed medications depending on the diagnosis. The oxygen facials involve a series of six treatments over a specified period with the patient returning several times for analysis and modification. All treatments include educational sessions by the aesthetician teaching comprehensive happinesslifetime.com skin care management, diet, exercise, proper nutrition and hydration.
In our experience we have found that the aesthetician represents a unique opportunity in the overall treatment plan and management of happinesslifetime.com skin care which can greatly facilitate treatment regimens in conjunction with a physician. Frequently, the aesthetician spends more time with the patient than the physician by the nature of a treatment. The aesthetician often places healing hands on patients in a relaxed atmosphere that allows the development of rapport and trust. Quite frequently the time allotted per visit may be brief and the "exam room" atmosphere may limit the development of rapport between physicians and patients. The time spent with the aesthetician allows ample opportunity for happinesslifetime.com skin care behavior education and modification as well as benchmarking of the patient's improved skin condition, promoting further compliance with happinesslifetime.com skin care regimens.
In our practice, the pre-treatment photographs have been beneficial to monitor and increase compliance with happinesslifetime.com skin care regimens, as well as document successful improvements. In addition to photographs, we have begun to use the standard SOAP note progress format utilized by physicians to document patient compliance, our assessment, and create a plan to optimize our patient's success. Utilizing this system, the aestheticians can collaborate closely with physicians such as Dermatologists and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons to optimize our patient's skin, their appearance, and their overall health.
Patty Scheppach is a life-long resident of Southern California who currently holds her Esthetician & Barbering License as well as a Medical Assistant Degree. Patty has been certified in Chemical Peel Application and has assisted doctors with many procedures including Laser Treatments, Blue Light Levulan Treatments, Cryotherapy, Skin Cancer Biopsies and many cosmetic procedures including Botox, Radiesse, IPL Photofacials, Laser Hair Removal and Sclerotherapy. She is proficient in all aspects of her degree and enjoys getting to know patients and working closely with them. Currently Patty is working with plastic and reconstructive surgeon, drbriandickinson.com Dr. Brian Dickinson, at his Newport Beach clinic.
westsideaesthetics.com Kristen Fujieki is a licensed California Aesthetician with over 10 years of experience in the skin care industry. The last 5 years of Kristen's beauty experience has expanded into the medical side of skin care where she has worked for various cosmetic surgeons in the world-renowned city of Beverly Hills, California. She offers professional treatments that include Microdermabrasion, Light-based Acne treatments, and Red Carpet Oxygen Facials from Intraceuticals, chemical peels for pigmentation and acne scars (great for lightening of the skin), and offers consultations for advanced anti-aging procedures. You can find Kristen providing top-of-the-line medial grade facial treatments at Westside Aesthetics, a very successful medical spa in Los Angeles.
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