How Do Skinboosters Work?
Does your skin look dull and tired?
Our ways, our habits and our genes are all factors which can influence the condition of our skin. Skinboosters restore the hydrobalance and improve the skin quality giving your skin new luster and glow.
Whilst dermal fillers are designed specifically to replace volume where it has been lost through ageing, a course of skinboosters hydrate from within to treat the overall condition of your skin.
Based on a hyaluronic acid gel closely resembling your body’s own, skinboosters are designed to balance the nutritional environment of the skin. A series of tiny injections are given resulting in improved skin tone and skin elasticity. Skinbooster treatments hydrate the skin and are perfect for treating the face, hands, neck, décolletage and lips where over exposure to the sun can cause premature ageing.
Visible improvements to the skin can be seen after an initial course of treatments resulting in healthy skin with a beautiful or instantly with a revitalising lip enhancement. Skinboosters are also clinically proven to improve skin elasticity and reduce surface skin roughness.
FAQs about Skinboosters
Skinboosters create a glowing complexion by gently and naturally hydrating the skin from within. By replenishing hyaluronic acid under the skin, they restore hydrobalance and improve the structure and elasticity of the skin to make the skin soft and smooth with luster and glow.
Treatments with skinboosters are scientifically proven to improve skin quality and can be used to revitalise areas that have been damaged due to over exposure to the sun; for example the face, neck, décolletage and hands.
Skinboosters are administered with a series of tiny injections across the treatment area. The needle used is extremely fine and the product itself has a content of lidocaine, making the treatment more comfortable.
Based on a hyaluronic acid gel closely resembling your body’s own, skinboosters are designed to balance the nutritional environment of the skin. A series of tiny injections are given resulting in improved skin tone and skin elasticity.
The injections you receive are based on a hyaluronic acid gel which resembles your body’s own.
The actual skinbooster injections only take around 30 minutes, but any good practitioner will spend around 45 minutes to 1 hour with a new client providing a thorough consultation. During this time they will ask about your medical history and discuss you desires and expectations with reference to cosmetic treatments.
Following the treatment there may be minimal redness and bruising is uncommon but may occasionally occur. Most clients continue with their normal day without anybody noticing.
The needles used for this treatment are extremely fine but some clients experience mild discomfort whilst the injections are administered.
The lips are extremely sensitive and as such cause most discomfort. We use skinbooster products containing local anaesthetic which ease any discomfort, alternatively some clinics request local anaesthetic cream which can be applied 30 minutes or so prior to treatment, which will ease any discomfort.
Skinboosters work effectively for a wide range of facial areas as they are designed to generally improve the hydration and condition of the skin.
The treatment is effective for the neck, decolletage, light scarring, lips and backs of hands.
The effectiveness of skinbooster treatments will vary from person to person, that is why your treatment should be tailored specifically for you. A skilled practitioner should be able to adjust your treatment to produce the results you desire.
To benefit from the full effects of skinboosters you should complete a full course of treatments which may 3 or 4 visits to your doctor.
Full results will not be seen until a full course is completed, although lip treatments will show an instant improvement with ongoing developing results. During a consultation your doctor should be able to advise you on the results you should expect and the time frame.
The effects of this treatment will vary depending upon;
- the number of treatments received
- the type of product used
- the body area injected
Generally speaking the effects will last around 6 – 12 months.