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Chemical Peels Toronto & IPL – Part of a Regular Skin Routine

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Chemical Peels and IPL - Part of a Regular Skin Routine

Chemical peels and IPL provide phenomenal results for your skin.
Regular IPL treatments can remove pigmented and vascular lesions all the while improving skin texture, tone, and overall pigmentation issues.
IPL or Photo Facial uses broad spectrum visible light to target melanin in pigmentation spots, broken capillaries and rosacea. Once an area has been treated with IPL, patients may see areas resembling coffee grinds or black specks on the treated area. These will eventually flake off the skin and results can be seen even after 1 treatment.
Chemical peels can be performed at least a week after an IPL treatment to easily remove these “coffee grinds” and leave your skin feeling refreshed and renewed.
Chemical peels have the added benefit of addressing enlarged pores, oily skin, pigmentation concerns, acne scars, wrinkles and sun damage. Chemical Peels also help to aid the natural exfoliating process which slows down as we age. This deeper exfoliation helps to resurface the skin and trigger new skin growth.
Chemical peels use glycolic, salicylic , or lactic acid that helps to remove the upper layers of the skin while stimulating deeper cellular renewal.
Lighter chemical peels will deliver light surface results with little to no down time, while deeper peels that require more down time, yield further resurfacing results.
For both Chemical peels and IPL treatments it is vital that patients stay out of the sun completely.
Protecting the skin from further damage is essential in maintaining good results. It is best to use a mineral based sunscreen with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide every day. This will avoid any pigmentation issues and prevent damage from the sun.
Start a new skin routine with Chemical peels and IPL today by visiting Lasting Looks Clinic in Toronto. Find out more about IPL and Chemical peels on our website at www.lastinglooks.ca.

Acne Peels Toronto & Chemical Peels – What To Know Before!

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Acne Peels & Chemical Peels – What To Know Before!

A Chemical peel or an Acne Peel is a procedure where a chemical agent of a defined strength is applied to the skin. The peeling agent then causes a controlled damage in the layers of the skin, followed by regeneration and remodelling, plus an improvement of skin texture.

Some chemical peels are designed to target and treat acne. Acne peels can contain ingredients such as Glycolic, Salicylic, and or Benzol Peroxide. These products work to treat active acne, by opening comedones, loosening plugged pores and exfoliating the skin. Some ingredients in chemical peels are also anti-inflammatory, which not only helps to suppress active acne, but remedies inflammation in the skin as well.

While chemical acne peels provide benefits, precautions must be taken, as well as noting the contraindications.

Patients must be sure to stop using any home-care products that contain Benzol Peroxide, Salicylic , Aha’s, or Retinols at least one week before and one week post treatment. These products can cause burns, and sensitivity to a chemical peel or acne peel.

Contradictions include:
• Patients who are breast-feeding
• Patients who have used Accutane within the past 4 months
• Patients who have open wounds, sunburns, infected area, cold sores
• Patients who have recently had waxing, electrolysis, or chemical exfoliates
• Patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy
• Avoid aftershave, cologne, or perfumes the day of the appointment
• Avoid shaving the treatment area the day of the appointment.
• Avoid depilatory creams & laser hair removal

It is wise to discuss your medical history, medications, allergies, skin type, and any tendency for scarring, keloiding, or poor healing with your skin specialist. Also, it is important to let your provider know if you have a history of cold sores, so that a prescription for an antiviral medication can be given to avoid a cold sore outbreak.

Although complications can occur with chemical peels, they are quite unlikely in well-trained hands.
To book a personal consultation for Chemical Peels or Acne Peels, visit Lasting Looks Clinic in Toronto at www.lastinglooks.ca

Chemical Peels Toronto In Winter

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Chemical Peels In Winter

We all exfoliate naturally, shedding millions of dead skin cells daily. Our skin sheds dead skin cells every 28 days; however this process slows down with changes in weather, sun exposure and aging. When natural exfoliation isn’t enough, people turn to chemical or mechanical means.

Chemical peels can cause cell turnover to speed up while also stimulating the growth of new collagen. This shedding of the outer layer unclogs pores, keeps skin clean, and helps reduce acne outbreaks.

One of the main aftercare protocols after a chemical peel is avoiding sun exposure. Unlike exfoliants, which helps in summer for sloughing off the dead outermost layer of skin, chemical peels penetrate further and expose deeper layers of your dermis making skin more sun sensitive.

Winter is a beneficial time to do a chemical peel since it limits your sun exposure, which can increase the risk of damaging skin and hyper-pigmentation. Although the sun does not shine as brightly in the winter, it is still important to apply sunblock each day, especially after receiving a chemical peel.

Chemical peels work by using an acid solution made up of glycolic, salicylic and or alpha hydroxy, which removes the damaged top layer of skin. This eliminates dead cells that clog pores. After the treatment, a new skin layer is revealed which provides a fresh and more youthful appearance also helping the skin to absorb moisturizer more fully.

Chemical peels not only help with dry skin, but also improves facial blemishes, wrinkles, and uneven pigmentation.

There are various options of chemical peels based on your desires and downtime. Light, medium and deep peels can help you achieve impressive results for any occasion. Downtime is dependent on the depth of the peel.

To see which peel is right for you visit Lasting Looks Clinic in Toronto.

Acne Rosacea Toronto & Acne Vulgaris

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Acne Rosacea and Acne Vulgaris

It looks similar at first, but in reality rosacea is  quite different than acne, although the two can coexist.

A general rule of thumb in distinguishing between Acne Rosacea and Acne Vulgaris is that blackheads (comedones) occur only in acne, while rosacea alone involves persistent redness and flushing. Rosacea appears as surface redness or  raised red spots with no blackheads or whiteheads.  These small red bumps  are not “squeezable” or extractable like blackheads.

The exact cause of rosacea is still unknown and remains a mystery. The basic symptoms seem to involve dilation of the small blood vessels and inflammation of the face.

Unlike with acne vulgaris, patients with rosacea do not usually have oily skin, because the condition has nothing to do with blocked pores and sebum production.  Rosacea is caused by the skin itself becoming irritated rather than pores blocking.

There are different stages of rosacea:

Type 1: Erythematotelangiectatic Rosacea, associated with redness, & visible blood vessels.

Type 2: Papulopustular (or acne) Rosacea, is associated with acne-like breakouts

Type 3: Rhinophyma Rosacea associated with thickening of the skin of your nose.

Rosacea is also typically found on the cheeks and nose, and can spread to the forehead and chin, but this is less common than with acne, where the chin is mostly often plagued.

To treat acne rosacea, it is necessary to take a completely different approach than treating typical acne.

Certain chemical peels can aggravate rosacea where as a Salicylic Acid Peel, helps to calm inflammation, caused by Stage 2 Rosacea (Acne rosacea) and also works well with acne patients.

Another peel, mild yet effective enough that can treat the rosacea and acne overlap is the Perfect Derma Peel, which also contains salicylic.  This peel can target acne as well as providing deep exfoliation to reveal healthier and clearer skin.

IPL (Intense Pulsed Light), commonly referred to as Photo Facial or Photorejuvenation, uses pulsed light to target vascular lesions and redness under the skin’s surface, which is beneficial to Rosacea patients.

Acne Rosacea is a skin condition that affects over two million Canadians, and although it does not go away, it can be controlled. Acne as well can be treated and controlled with appropriate lifestyle changes, topical medications, as well as clinical procedures.

For more information, please visit Lasting Looks Clinic in Toronto at https://www.lastinglooks.ca

Chemical Peels Toronto And How They Help to Exfoliate

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Chemical Peels, And How They Help to Exfoliate

Choosing the right chemical peel depends upon on your goals as well as your skin type. There are a vast variety of chemical peels on the market starting from low intensity to high intensity deeper peels.

If your purpose is to exfoliate, then a milder peel is sufficient, however if you wish to eradicate pigmentation, melasma then a medium strength peel would be the best choice. For acne scarring and deeper wrinkles, a higher grade deeper peel must be used. The deeper the chemical peel more social downtime.

Most common peels available for lighter exfoliation are: Alpha Hydroxy, Salicylic, Lactic, Glycolic and Jessner peels. These peels work by softening the outer layer of the skin where dead cells are, making them easier to remove.

Lactic Acid Peels are often referred to as a “starter peel” and is the most gentle of all the chemical peels, and has few, if any side effects. Lactic acid is derived from sour milk and suited for all skin types as well as the most sensitive skin.

Alpha Hydroxy Acid peels are acids derived from natural substances such as sugar cane, milk, and grapes. These acids help the skin to naturally shed dead skin cells, by melting the intercellular glue that holds our skin cells together, revealing a healthy skin surface.

AHAs and Lactics are preferred for sun-damaged and dry skin since they exfoliate on the surface of skin and have the added benefit of also improving moisture content.

Glycolic peels are derived from sugar cane with excellent anti-aging properties, while Salycilic is derived from willow bark and is a BHA type acid indicated for oily skin types.

Jessner’s Peels are generally made up of a combination of different types of AHA and BHA acids.

As there are many chemical peels on the market to choose from , your skin specialist will choose which is right for your skin type.

Chemical peels can be done monthly or weekly dependent on the skin type as well as the concerns of the patient.

For more information on Chemical Peels visit Lasting Looks Clinic in Toronto at https://www.lastinglooks.ca/chemical-peels-toronto/

Acne Peels Toronto & Benzoyl Peroxide

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Acne Peels and Benzoyl Peroxide

Chemical peels can help mild acne, although they seem to be most effective when paired with other treatments. Some studies show up to 50% reduction in acne after a series of chemical peels.

Research shows that a combination of  chemical peel treatments  and topical retinoids or topical Benzol Peroxide yields the best results.

Benzoyl Peroxide has been used for many years as the medical ingredient of choice when treating acne. Benzoyl Peroxide is one of the most effective antibacterial agents used to treat and significantly reduce P bacteria within the skin.

Benzoyl Peroxide also reduces the inflammation associated with acne.  For those that suffer with acne, regular use of topical products that contain medical grade Benzoyl Peroxide will greatly reduce the production of oil (sebum) in the skin and clear acne lesions.

Lasting Looks Anti-Aging and Laser Clinic offers acne peels as well as a variety of products to help our patients clear their acne.  Most of these products will contain Benzoyl Peroxide in their ingredients.  We have found that not only does Benzoyl Peroxide  help kill P bacteria in the skin, BP lotion will also help clear blackheads and prevent new acne lesions from forming.

As with all products that contain medical grade ingredients, using them once daily, and then gradually working your way up to twice daily is recommended so that your tolerance for these products can be established.

Benzoyl peroxide should be stopped 3-5 days before facial waxing, hair removal, facial procedures or chemical peels.

Chemical Peels Toronto- Choosing The Right One

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chemical peel Toronto

If you are considering a Chemical Peel for your skin; it is very important to go to a clinic where there is a variety available. It is also very important that the Medical Specialist is experienced with different types of skin and skin conditions.

At Lasting Looks Anti-Aging and Laser Clinic, we have been performing a wide variety of Medical Grade Chemical Peels for over 16 years.

With a wide variety of peels and treatments , we can treat most conditions of the skin.

We provide peels that target acne, hyperpigmentation, sun-damage, wrinkles and scarring.  Our peels vary in strength from very gentle peels that require no down time, to more aggressive peels that will shed many layers of skin over a number of days.

When determining a treatment plan, we take into consideration the skin type, lifestyle, as well as the downtime you can afford.

With just one gentle peel, such as a milk enzyme peel or a lactic acid peel, you will be able to see noticeable results. These types of gentle peels will leave your skin brighter, clearer and fresher.

Our deeper peels that treat acne, hyperpigmentation and scarring, may require up to 5 days of social downtime, but will bring greater rewards.

Most patients that take before and after pictures are astounded at the changes in their skin.

Regular maintenance can be done monthly, depending on the type of peel.

For more information on Chemical Peels visit us at https://www.lastinglooks.ca/chemical-peels-toronto/

 

Skin Care Toronto & Menopause

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menopause and aging

Menopause can have many aging effects on your skin including Acne and Rosacea from the menopausal imbalances of hormones. After menopause there is usually a loss of volume and elasticity in the face and skin.

As estrogen decreases, the production of melanin slows down. Melanin is used to protect the skin. With a reduction of melanin in our skin it may appear to be paler. Without the extra production of this protection we may be more prone to “age spots” or hyperpigmented areas on the skin where we have had sun exposure in the past.

Age spots usually appear on the face, hands, chest and back. Lasting Looks Anti-Aging and Laser Clinic treats browns spots using IPL, Photo-Rejuvenation and various chemical peel treatments.

A proper zinc oxide sunblock should also be used to protect your skin from further sun damage.

As the estrogen levels decrease in woman the testosterone levels continue to stimulate the production of sebum (oil) resulting in oilier skin thus leading to the possibility of adult acne. It is very important to try to control the effects of this with the use of Benzol Peroxide based products and the appropriate clinical peels.

Losing the support of fat in the skin results in wrinkling and sagging. This sagging and wrinkling can be corrected with the use of Botox as well as Fillers such as Juvederm, Restylane and Teosyal.

is also a great anti-aging option that uses ultrasound technology to stimulate the production of collagen as well as lifting the tissues on the face and neck.

For more information on our services, visit us at www.lastinglooks.ca

Acne Toronto -The Different Types

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acne peels Toronto

There are two main types of acne, inflammatory and non-inflammatory.

All acne starts off as a blocked follicle (pore). When the follicle over produces oil it will usually rise to the top of the skin. As it sits there, the pore becomes blocked and bacteria can then grow and multiply in the skin. This will create what is called a comedone – either a blackhead or a whitehead.

Blackheads and whiteheads will release oil to the surface of the skin and eventually clear, but the process can be helped with a gentle peel or acne peel plus an appropriate acne product.

When you pick or pop a pimple it can inflame the surrounding tissue, causing inflammatory acne. In turn these can become cysts or hard bumps called nodules. While these are quite red and painful, many people can get random cysts from bacteria that cause acne – p bacteria.

Cysts that are large and painful may injected with Kenalog to shrink the cyst.

Lasting Looks Anti Aging Clinic a Medi-Spa in Toronto has long been helping patients to clear their acne without harsh prescription medications.

We offer a wide variety of chemical peels from quite gentle too more aggressive, as well as the appropriate products for your particular type of acne.

In some cases we offer IPL (intense pulse light) along with the proper chemical peel and home care to help get rid of your acne and the scars associated with picking.

Acne Peels Toronto- Physician Strength

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acne and chemical peel

A physician strength professional peel is not available in a spa or aesthetic salon due to the higher strength of acids being used.

These acids may include Glycolic, Salicylic, Retin A and Lactic among others.

We can treat mild acne with a combination of milder peels that use various acids like Salicylic and Glycolic acids as well as products specifically formulated for home use.

For deeper more stubborn acne we have stronger peels including The Perfect Peel.

This type of chemical peel will also help with deeper acne scarring and discoloration of the skin but will require a few days of down time while your skin actively peels. Generally more than one peel of any type is required to achieve optimal results.

Our customized treatment plan may also include other treatments including IPL or the use of injectable fillers to lift deeper scar. Proper home care and a zinc oxide sunblock is as important as well.

Lasting Looks Clinic is a Laser Medical clinic that was one of the the first in Toronto. We have over 15 years of experience in successfully treating acne and other skin conditions.