Rejuvenate your Skin after the Summer Sun

After summer, our skin can be suffering the effects of overexposure - which can lead to age spots, pigmentation, redness and invisible sun damage. Before jumping straight into your winter woolens, perhaps it’s a good time to think about reviving your skin.

Intensely Good

IPL, or Intense Pulsed Light Therapy, is a popular and non-invasive treatment that is used to improve many skin conditions, including those caused by the sun, as well as acne scarring and the general wear and tear of everyday life.

After being out in the sun, your skin can get damaged, and IPL can target the damage and improve your skin’s tone, texture and appearance.

Light Show

It works by sending pulses of light energy to target damaged cells - cells with too much melanin causing pigmentation, for example - and damaging only those individual cells. Once they’re damaged, the cells are either shed or re-absorbed naturally by the body, removing the damage and the blemish.

On top of that, the process stimulates the body’s natural healing process, causing increased production of collagen and elastin - both of which contribute to the skin’s elasticity and smoothness. Wrinkles are reduced and the overall tone and appearance of the skin is improved.

“IPL has very little ‘downtime’, so you can even have it done on your lunch break and head straight back to work without worrying about being red or blotchy”

Be Careful

In the right hands, laser treatments like IPL are safe and effective procedures. However, not all treatments are created equal and, in the wrong hands, can actually make certain skin conditions like Melasma worse.

When you have any kind of laser treatment, you want someone who not only knows the machine and the skin, you also want someone who is fully trained and experienced. Which is why we’d always recommend choosing a reputable medical clinic rather than a beauty salon, and having a treatment with an aesthetic practitioner rather than a therapist.

Smooth and Creamy

If you’re looking for another way to improve your skin after the summer, look no further than ZO Skincare. We use it exclusively in our clinics, because it’s professional aesthetic skincare. Unlike anything you can buy off the shelf in Boots or Superdrug, the range from ZO is designed to deliver rapid and effective results.

After a summer in the sun, the skin needs a real boost, and there are very few topical creams and serums that can truly deliver. You need something that has been developed by a qualified Dermatologist, and contains ingredients that can actually make a difference.

Natural Support

ZO Skincare products work from the inside out - they’re specially developed to stimulate the skin’s cells to nourish and repair themselves. Whether you choose an advanced repair serum designed to target UV damaged skin, or prescription-level pigmentation removal products, your skin will find exactly what it needs.

The reason you can’t just buy over the counter is because the products have powerful active ingredients - you need to speak to a professional to make sure you get the right treatment for your specific skin needs.

There are two ZO ranges - Health and Medical - and you can learn all about both, and how they work, from our qualified staff at Aesthetic MediSpa.

Beautiful Skin

However you choose to treat your skin this Autumn, just make sure you give it a chance to recover from the summer - after all, it’s only a few months now until party season, and you’ll definitely want to make sure you’re looking silky, smooth and spectacular before then!