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Microdermabrasion may feel like having your face scrubbed with a hard toothbrush, but the salons insist it’s safe
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You can’t avoid cosmetic surgery on TV. But with an explosion of non-surgical treatments now available on the high street, we persuaded a reluctant Merle Brown to try out what’s on offer.
skm, 48/50 Gordon Street, Glasgow. 0800 028 7222
www.3kinknowledgenetvgorkcom. Edinburghfslaohqlinic offersflbasic non-
surgicalfit‘reatments usingg‘natural’ alternatives to collagen and botox, including
what it describes as ‘the famous Paris Pout’. www.taoclinicedinburgh.co.uk
he quest l'or eternal youth may well he met. lhe
answer is coming to a higli street near you may soon.
(ilasgow's (iordon Street is the location loi sk'n. created hy l.asercare (’linics. the l'l\”s leading proyider ol laser and medical skin sery ices.
Botox. collagen replacement. micrtidermahrasion all the non—inyasiye cosmetic surgery hu// words are here. l~or those ol‘ you not permanently at war with your wrinkles. all the ahoye are ways ol'joining in the pursuit ol' heauty and youth without actually going under the knil'e.
.\licrtidermahrasittn a nonsurgical treatment that remoy es dead and llaking skin cells and stimulates the production ol l'resh young skin cells and collagen is perhaps the least iny'asiye ol‘ the lot.
Nurse practitioner (‘arol |)unn assures me that while salons are qualitied to do this. it is a medical treatment. and the better results would he l'rom qualitied nurses such as her.
tising more pow erl‘ul equipment. 'l‘here‘s a strange machine with tuhes coming out (it it that (‘arol is going to take over my lace. directing a stream ol' aluminium o\ide FEELS SOFT AFTER A FACIAL
microcrystals onto my skin. exfoliating. while the particles are simultaneoUsly remoy'ed with vacuum suction. Sounds scary. But apparently not at all.
‘lt‘s hasically' line crystals that deeply exl'oliate. take oil the dead skin. and encourage the new collagen to deyelop. therel'ore tightening the skill and diminishing the appearance ol‘ line lines and w rinklesf says (‘arol. Who am I to argue‘.’
‘lt's like a real heauty llash a great way ol hrightening tip your skill. Your make-up goes on really well alter a treatment. and your skin l'eels lantasticf l heliey'e (‘arol. hut parting with £55 for a beauty llash. when ('larins Beauty l'litsll llalin at £22.50 has always worked hel'ore. is a lrightening thought.
The process llselll is simple. quick. and Mill} pain—lice. 'lii describe it best. I would liken it to haying a hard toothhrush dragged oy'er the surlace ol‘ your skin. ('arol also inlorms me that the treatment or a course ol‘ treatments is great lor slight pigmentation in the skin. acne scarring. liye acne. and line lines. l’or deeper lines. she recommends laser resurfacing. a llydt‘olil (or collagen) lillet‘. or BUIUX.
ln incl a lot ol- clients who start with lltict't)dcrtilahrasiiin moy'e onto Botox. before heading out ol' the |.asercare/sk:n clinic completely and into the nearest cosmetic surgeon lor the l‘ull works.
Alter about 25 minutes ('arol has dragged her tuhe ol‘ cry slals all oy er my lace. neck and eyelid area. and I am tree to go. I'm eyer so slightly pink. and look radiant. Whether that's the treattnent or the moisturiser and sunblock l haye had applied. I'm not sure. I apply some make-up right away. and it does look loy‘ely. But am I conyincing mysell'ol' a pt)slll\ e result'.’ >
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