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What is Excel V+ and What It Can Do For Your Skin?

3/3/2021

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Our skin is not only our largest organ, it's one of the most important things to care for throughout our entire lives. Sometimes what we can personally for our skin doesn't produce the results we want, nor do we have the power to fix certain things that our bodies do naturally. That's where The Breast Place can come in! With many of our treatments, your skin can look and feel as you desire! One of our most popular treatments is Cutera's Excel V+! 

Hello readers, friends, warriors, and supporters! We are thrilled that you've found yourself at The Breast Place blog. We hope you're staying healthy and well, and just like everything else, taking it one day at a time! With the ongoing health threat of the pandemic and the winter blues that set in this time of year, it's hard to stay focused, on track, and on schedule. We hope you enjoyed our last blog discussing how you can nurture and care for your self-esteem and self-confidence as an adult and through the difficult challenges life puts us all through! This time of year makes many of our readers blue, which we understand! Keep the advice we discussed in our last blog close to heart for that reason, and to make every day a little easier.

One of the through lines of our last blog was that the treatments we offer in our offices help with several things that can affect our self-esteem like signs of aging, loose skin, stretch marks, difficult pockets of fat, wrinkles, scarring, body hair, rosacea, and scars left behind from acne. With our products from Enuron, tru Sculpt iD, Secret RF, body contouring, laser hair removal, and Excel V+, these issues can become issues of the past. Skin rejuvenation on the face is one of our most popular treatments. Secret RF is one of those treatments which we've already talked about in previous blogs. Today, we are going to be talking about Excel V+, our second option for facial rejuvenation! 

Our skin rejuvenation services can help keep you looking young even after the effects of treatment, raising children, menopause, and getting through life's challenges. Laser resurfacing is used to address pigmentation issues like melasma and sunspots, and micro-needling with radiofrequency is used to help with the promotion of rebuilding your collagen with no downtime. This can be achieved with Secret RF. Laser resurfacing is the newest technology aiding in rejuvenation and antiaging. If you are concerned with fine lines, wrinkles, or redness like rosacea, our Cutera Excel V+ laser treatments are perfect for you! Paired with the best skin products for optimal results, we hope to empower you to look and feel your best at all times and through all stages of your life. According to Cutera, Excel V + delivers the power to safely treat challenging vascular and pigmentary conditions and today's most common skin concerns! 

What's Excel V+ and What Does It Entail? 
As we've talked about many times before, and what we understand ourselves, is that over the years our skin naturally takes a beating no matter how much we care for it. Excel V+ by Cutera is an incredibly safe laser technology that is very effective with treating excessive redness, enlarged pores, age spots, fine-line wrinkles, scars, and uneven skin texture. How does it work? Excel V+ delivers wavelengths to targeted areas and these wavelengths are absorbed by the chromophores in our bodies, which are the parts of a molecule responsible for its color (the redness and brown discoloring on our skin). They are also absorbed by melanin, oxyhemoglobin, and water, helping with fine lines and wrinkles.

During your treatments, areas on the body can be treated in as small as .5mm and as large as 1mm to ensure precise treatment and to help avoid any tissue damage to the skin that doesn't need treatment. These laser treatments work by stimulating collagen regrowth by heating the upper dermis, which lives way below your skin's surface. Dilated capillaries will receive additional heat to reduce the redness in your skin. Have no fear of this heat, however, because before, during, and after each pulse delivered to the treatment area, Excel V+ will deliver consistent contact cooling. This cooling temperature will be adjusted to your comfort levels. Another great perk? This is another wonderful non-surgical treatment that can be done without the use of topical anesthetic or gel! Higher energy levels will be used for larger spots and short pulses, with the most advanced wavelengths available, 532 nm.

After your treatments, the skin might look slightly red and your dark brown spots might look darker. This will only last a few hours or a few days. You can use makeup to cover up any redness through this period. You will begin to see results in one to three weeks. Redness will decrease, your complexion will improve, and dark spots will flake off and fade. It is recommended to avoid sun exposure after treatment. Excel V+ will help bring a youthful glow to your skin, smooth out your uneven skin texture, reduce your pore sizes, and much more. Each treatment will see more and more improved results and will build on previous improvements. 

What Are the Benefits of Excel V+? 
With all of our services and non-surgical services, there are so many benefits that come with each of them! First of all, you might be asking yourself if you're a good candidate for this procedure. If you're considering trying this service, here is a little food for thought. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 14 million people are living with rosacea, and 40% of the population suffers from pigment concerns. If you are wanting to help improve your skin, then it is right for you! What are some of the other benefits you will see and experience with Excel V+?
  • Very minimal downtime. 
  • It is not an invasive treatment, and it is a great solution for treating vascular conditions and unwanted pigmentation. 
  • It is a very customizable treatment. The treatment can be adjusted for each skin type and area of the body patients would like treated. It is appropriate for every skin type and every body. 
  • Procedures usually only last between 15-30 minutes. 
  • You can usually begin seeing results after a single treatment! 
  • Its unique treatment allows for precise treatment of small areas and allows for larger areas to be treated in smaller periods. 
  • Its cooling system allows treatment to be very comfortable for patients! 


What Are Some Common Misconceptions About Laser Skin Treatments? 
  • #1 Laser skin treatments are too expensive! 
    • While the upfront cost might seem hefty, it will be something that will help you save money over time. Think of all the money you will save on not buying skincare products that promise to deliver what our laser skin treatments do, but never deliver? 
  •  #2 Lasers can cause cancer by emitting radiation. 
    • This is one of the scariest myths out there, and one we want to squash right away. At The Breast Place, one of our major focuses is to help support women who are and who have gone through cancer treatments. We would never bring something into our offices that could potentially cause cancer. The wavelengths are limited to a safe zone and do not emit any radiation. 
  •  #3 Lasers are painful! 
    • While they can be used as weapons, when it comes to aesthetic care these lasers should never hurt. While many patients will feel a little bit of pressure or a feeling similar to pinching, it should never be painful. When a more powerful laser is being used or a laser is being used on sensitive areas of the body, a topical anesthetic can be applied. 
  • #4 The lasers will burn me! 
    • Similar to feeling pain, you should not get burnt. As long as you are being treated by a professional who has been trained properly (as we have) this will not be an issue. 
  • #5 Lasers only help the surface of the skin. 
    • As we've mentioned in our last few blogs, the laser treatments go deep below the surface of the skin to treat your dermis and below, you are basically getting treated from the inside out! 
  • #6 Darker-skinned individuals can't receive treatment. 
    • Treatments are adjusted to each individual's skin tone and treatment area, and they can be tailored for nearly all skin types! 

Excel V+ and all of our laser skin treatments offer incredible benefits, with little downtime and hardly if not any side effects. Each service is a great option to help you deal with unwanted issues weighing on your conscience and self-confidence! If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a comment below, and always feel free to reach out to us! We look forward to seeing you soon, and we look forward to helping you make the very best out of 2021! 

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Surgical Scar Revision at The Breast Place with Secret RF

2/3/2021

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Life can leave us with many different scars. The visible scars left behind from surgery or accidents can be unwanted, leaving you feeling self-conscious or they can serve as a constant reminder of what the scars are connected to. Today, we are going to be talking about our scar revision services, Secret RF. 

Hello readers! Welcome back to the blog! How has your new year been going so far? Now that we're a month into 2021, the new year feels much more solidified. How have you been doing with your personal goals and resolutions for the new year? Are you still holding on and working on a game plan to keep up with them? We believe in you, and know you can do it! Don't forget that resolutions and goals can be trying something brand new or finally permitting yourself to try something you've been wanting to try. Make 2021 your year of yes, your year of trying something new, your year of taking a step into the unknown, and your year to let yourself try some new things you haven't yet! In our last blog, we talked about the realities of laser hair removal treatments in our office, in this blog we will be discussing the realities of surgical scar removal in our office. 

Carrying scars that people can and cannot see is something we all battle with that can be incredibly difficult to deal with. They all have their own weight, memory, and story connected to them. Physical scars left behind due to surgery or accident can be unwanted, due to the memories connected to them or just how they make you feel. We have integrated laser technology into our offered services that break down the texture and appearance of scars and improve the cosmetic outcome for our patients. Coupled with top of the line products to enhance your results, a scar revision can decrease the appearance of unwanted scars. From accidental scars to surgical scars, everyone has a scar they wish they could get rid of. If you have ever wanted to improve the appearance of your skin, don't hesitate to contact us for a consultation and customized treatment plan for you. We would like to introduce you to Secret RF. 

What Is It & What We Do

Secret RF is a micro-needling device paired with fractional radiofrequency designed to stimulate and remodel collagen and address the common signs of aging. Using micro-needles that can be adjusted to penetrate at various depths, Secret RF can deliver energy at the necessary levels of the skin to promote anti-aging by addressing fine lines and wrinkles but also to correct the appearance of scars and stretchmarks. Not to be confused with at-home micro-needling rollers that only go to a depth of 0.3 mm MAXIMUM, Secret RF can penetrate up to 3.5 mm below the skin's surface with minimally invasive micro-needles to spare the epidermis and reduce downtime. One of our skilled medical providers will do a full assessment to provide an accurate treatment plan tailored to your individual needs. Actual results may take up to 3 months to be fully appreciated.

A Little More Background Information
Similar to our laser hair removal procedures (truSculpt ID) Secret RF falls into the noninvasive category of treatment that doesn't give a patient any downtime needed to recover. Non-surgical procedures in the aesthetic world have become very popular, and rightfully so. Who wants to go through a potentially dangerous and painful procedure that takes time to go through and recover from when you don't have to? When it comes to aesthetic procedures, it's hard to justify carving out time in a busy schedule to make anyone happy, especially if it isn't a pleasant experience. Thankfully that is one of the many benefits of Secret RF, it is a non-surgical aesthetic procedure with little or no pain that is followed by little to no down time. 

According to Cutera, more than 70% of patients are bothered by signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles. Secret RF is described as a novel functional radiofrequency micro-needling system for "tissue coagulation and homeostasis designed to stimulate and remodel collagen and address signs of aging" according to Cutera. It is a great tool to also help with the appearance of scars, stretch marks, and scars left behind from acne. How does it work? Sterilized needles are used to create microscopic wounds at precise levels of the dermis while not affecting the epidermis. The heating of the dermis causes collagen production and derma thickness and causes the body to naturally heal around the microscopic wound area. According to Healthline.com, collagen is the most common protein in the body and it creates the framework of your skin and gives the skin its firmness. The production of new collagen can help smooth out unwanted wrinkles and lines in your skin.

The microneedles used in the treatment can be adjusted so it can deliver energy at different depths to the skin, so every treatment is tailored to every patient's treatment area and skin type. The microneedles used and the ability to tailor the depths they go into the skin helps keep it as noninvasive as possible, helps spare the skin, and reduces the patient's downtime after the procedure. There are two different types of needles used in a Secret RF treatment, non-insulated and semi-insulated. Having these options allows treatment on all skin types and treatment in challenging areas to be possible and successful. Patients can receive treatment on both the face and the body, and it is a treatment that you can receive all year round. 

Advantages Of Secret RF
  • Secret RF allows the treatment to be focused entirely on the damaged area, and not the entire surface of the skin. 
  • The tissue surrounding the treated areas that are left intact after treatment help the entire healing process of the treated area. This helps reduce recovery time and leaves the patient with very few side effects. 
  • Secret RF micro-needling was created as a device especially focused on skin revitalization, helping signs of aging, scars, and much more. 
  • It is a tool and treatment created for all skin types.
  • Secret RF has a very small risk of hyperpigmentation. 
  • Secret RF is reliable and very safe.
  • According to Cutera, treatments can last between 15-20 minutes or 30-40 minutes depending on the area you are working on, and only requires as little as three months to begin to see the final results. 
  • The radiofrequency used in the treatment can result in mild skin tightening, which helps with the treatment of wrinkles. 
  • Secret RF helps leave your skin looking rejuvenated, healthy, restored, and refreshed. 
  • Secret RF can also help with the tone and texture of your skin, uneven skin tones, blackheads, excessive sweating, crepey skin found across the body, large pores, dull complexion, helps add luminosity to the skin, helps with the treatment of scars, and much more! 
  • There is rarely swelling that comes with treatment, the patient will usually only experience swelling on the day of their treatment. 
  • Secret RF has even less downtime than that of micro-needling due to the heat used in the procedure. The heat seals up the bleeding caused by the micro-injuries the micro-needling creates. 
  • You can return to your schedule, skincare routine, and wearing makeup the day after your treatment. 
  • After your treatments, it is highly recommended that you continue or begin wearing sunscreen every day. Immediately after your treatment, please refrain from wearing makeup and using strong cleaning agents or other products that have retinol or acid in them. 
  • There is little to no risk of burning, scarring, or pigment issues from the treatment. 
  • It is a safe enough procedure to do around your eyes and lips. 
  • The needles used leave such micro holes in your skin that without help, they can't be seen by the human eye. 

The Con's 
With all the good, there can be a few things that you need to be aware of with this treatment, and any treatment available to you. 
  • A topical pain cream is used in the treatment to help with the patient's comfort, which is very important to us. However, patients could experience a feeling of pinching or discomfort during treatment. 
  • You must only receive treatments from very experienced and trained individuals like ourselves. If you are in the hands of someone inexperienced it can cause more of what the procedure is trying to remove and can hurt during the process. 
  • It is not a one and done treatment, you will need a few treatments to get the desired outcome and the results won't be overnight. 

The benefits and realities of Secret RF are so vast that we couldn't recommend it more to our patients. It is a treatment for everyone! If you want to help ease signs of aging, stretch marks, acne scars, and many other benefits, Secret RF is the perfect treatment for you. Calling all warriors, blog readers, friends, and patients! Is 2021 your year for Secret RF? Let's get started! Give us a call, we are ready to go on this journey with you! Dear readers, please know we are always here for you with your best interests at heart. Please stay safe, make smart decisions, and be kind to yourself in 2021! 

To see real examples of patient's experience and success with Secret RF follow the link below: 
https://www.thebreastplacesc.com/scar-removal.html

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