Aesthetician
and Skin Care Services
Skin Care Services
Skin
care at the Center is initiated by our aestheticians. A history
of existing skin care and make-up patterns is reviewed. Many
clients have used many of the over-the-counter skin care lines
with limited result or problems of tolerance to the products.
The skin is evaluated clinically. A history of smoking, herpetic
infections, Acutane use, is necessary to place one into the
most apprpriate treatment plan. Any concern for significant
disease processes, such as skin cancer or systemic diseases
effecting the skin, may be referred to Dr. Dabb.
Many times, digital photography will be utilized along with
UV photography to help assess the nature of the environmental
damage. This 
assessment
not only aids in the initial assessment, but also aids in
determining the efficacy of skin care treatment. Manipulation
of digital photographs may be helpful in clearly demonstrating
problems such as telangiectasias, etc.. In addition, by the
fact that the photography is digital, it is simple to obtain
distant opinions as to the nature of the problems.
Skin care has become a central subject in modern concepts
of wellness. No one would have guessed thirty years ago, that
most of our children’s teeth would be “cavity
free”. Today, it is an assumption that proper preventive
dental care will eliminate most of the problems related to
dental caries. Advanced skin care is now becoming recognized
as equally important in the protection of the skin. With the
environmental changes that are taking place, with the diminishing
ozone layer, and the social trends to more environmental exposure,
it is more important than ever that protective skin care programs
be utilized. This is clearly emphasized by the significant
increase in skin cancer in youth and the incidence of malignant
melanoma reaching one out of sixty Americans. Regardless of
this, unattended, our skin will age, collagen breaks down,
we wrinkle and discolor.
The Center provides skin care products that may only be
provided with physician supervision. These products obviously
undergo greater scrutiny and are of higher concentrations
of active ingredients than those obtained commercially. In
addition, by obtaining them from the Center, the efficacy
and reaction to the individual products may be professionally
assessed. Not infrequently, products may need to be changed
or replaced do to your intolerance of them.
The goals of a skin care system are the following:
