Laser Skin Care Clinics


I find it disturbing that so many people feel that frequent visits to laser skin care clinics are necessary in order for them to achieve the younger looking skin they desire. You can find all sorts of information on the internet about how great these treatments are, and how they leave your skin not only smoother and firmer, but looking and feeling brand new. These treatments are really not as good as they are made out to be.

Yes, you will come out with skin that appears newer than it did before, although it will take a couple of days of recovery before you start to see it. The recovery period comes from the fact that one or more layers of skin have been literally burned off. The newness of your skin comes from the fact that the removal of the outer layers of your skin reveals fresh, pink skin cells.

The laser skin care clinics want you to believe that the exposure of these skin cells is a good think, but it is most definitely not. The reason that the skin has a natural exfoliation process is to ensure that premature and developing cells have a protective cover until they are strong enough to be exposed to the elements. What you have done by having this procedure is override nature, and you have exposed skin cells are too immature for what they are about to face.

What this means is the damage to these unprepared skin cells from exposure to the UV radiation from the sun and other elements will be extreme. If you thought that the oxidation and photo-aging you had suffered previous to going for one of these clinical treatments was bad, then you haven