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Best winter skin treatments

Sunshine leaves us earlier…
Roads get frosty early in the morning…
And now you can see your breath outside….

Say hello to winter.

During the colder months, our bodies go through many changes to adapt to the weather and to help us survive this season easier. Our metabolism works faster to keep us warm. Less water is stored in our bodies as there is less heating on the body less sweating. Also, we loose some of the natural moisture we have on our skin due to the cold and dry weather.

Winter skincare, by nature, should be different than your summer skincare. As the needs of your skin will change, the routines should chance too. And what about the clinical level of your skincare?

We’ve listed you the best 3 most popular skin treatments for the winter.

Dermapen Microneedling for winter

Dermapen Microneedling is an amazing treatment to help you to get rid of your skin imperfections. It creates controlled wounds on your skin and promotes its own healing process. Because the wounds on your skin are not actual wounds, your skin overcorrects the area and you end up erasing the last few year’s effects from your skin.

One of the most important parts during your dermapen treatment is after you had the treatment you need to stay away from the sun exposure for 1-2 weeks. During this time your skin healing process will be working actively and if you would get any suntan during this time, it may cause unwanted pigmentation and skin marks.

Dermapen microneedling treatment is performed in different settings. If it is your first time having the treatment, your practitioner will use the lower settings. This means the tiny needles will penetrate your skin 0.5-1mm. If you are having dermapen microneedling treatment regularly, then your practitioner can increase the level up to 2-2.5. The severity of your treatment will also be depending on your skin type and condition. If your skin thin and your skin condition is not too severe, your practitioner will prefer lower settings. The higher settings you get your treatment will give you bigger skin shedding after. If you are having a high setting treatment, sunshine will have more effect on your skin. So if you are suffering from some serious acne, acne scars, fine lines and wrinkles or pigmentation; winter is the best time to have your course of dermapen treatment.

Dermapen microneedling is one of our invasive skin treatments as, during your treatment, tiny needles will punctuate your skin to create micro-tears. Because of this, after your treatment, you can feel hot, tingling and a mild burning sensation on your skin. Most of our clients prefer having their dermapen microneedling treatments during the winter times as the colder weather is making the time after the process easier.

 

Hydrafacial for winter

Hydrafacial is one of our most popular treatments. It is non-invasive. Cleans and clears your skin, hydrates and gives you the immediate red carpet glow right after your treatment.
As we’ve mentioned during the winter times, your skin doesn’t store as much water as summer times. This way your body spends less energy to warm you up, as there isn’t an antra litre of water stored that it needs to heat up. Also, as cold air is less humid, your skin gets dried from outside as well as inside.
Hdyrafacial treatment provides your skin with the hydration it needs. Even though you change your skincare during the winter and you start using more oil-based moisturisers for a stronger effect, no skincare cream can reach the benefit of Hydrafacial.
With the winter season, we also experience higher pollution in the air. This pollution gathers on your skin and fills up your pores. This can then cause acne, blackheads or other skincare problems. With its cleaning and extracting formula, Hydrafacial will help you to get rid of the effects of winter pollution.
Winter times are also when we experience the most undereye puffiness. As days are shorter, we do use more artificial lights and it tires our eyes. This is one of the reasons for black under eyes or undereye puffiness. With the lymphatic drainage, which is the first step of Hydrafacial treatments, you can get rid of your undereye puffiness and can have a more refreshed look.

 

Skin peels for winter

We all have different skin needs but one thing is for sure, during the winter we need to take better care of our skin to make sure it doesn’t dry up. Otherwise, it can get patchy in a short time. And can get more fine lines and wrinkles in the long term.
At Premier Laser & Skin we offer many skin peels that would be suitable for your skin and it will provide what your unique skin type and condition would require.
With the correct skin peel to your skin type and condition, you can get rid of your acne problems, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, increase hydration, and give your skin its regular care.
If you don’t know which skin peel is the most suitable for you, you can speak to our skin experts. Our highly experienced practitioners offer free skin consultation to understand your skin type and complaints. They will offer you the correct bespoke skin peel for your unique results, and help you to achieve your skin goals.

10 Benefits Of Hydrafacial

Hydrafacial, also known as the Hollywood facial, has been one of the biggest skincare revolutions in the beauty industry. You’ve probably seen a famous model or a singer talking about Hydrafacial. Or realised a sudden glow on your friends face after she tried it. Over 2 million treatment performed over the world, hydrafacial is getting more and more popular everywhere.

What makes Hydrafacial this famous?

It is not too often, a skincare procedure would be everyone’s favourite. But Hydrafacial has definitely built itself a strong place. But how?
Here are some of the main reasons most of our clients prefer Hydrafacial as a part of their regular skincare routines.
  • Immediate results
  • Lifelong good skin
  • Suitable for all skin types
  • Gives an overall skincare
  • 6 treatments in 1 session
And of course most importantly ‘the amazing skin benefits’. We’ve listed the 10 Hydrafacial skin benefits for you.

Hydrafacial deep cleanses your skin

For healthy skin, you should clean your skin twice a day with a skin appropriate product. On your daily skincare routine, you probably would have cleansers, tonics, balms, wipes, and ointments. But even if you are following a very strict daily skincare routine, that Hydrafacial treatment will really show you how much dirt, makeup or dead skin cells get stuck in your skin. Hydrafacial, with its pore vacuum, deeply cleanses your skin and gets rid of all the nasty parts our cleaners cannot reach. If you don’t believe us, look at your deposit water after your Hydrafacial treatment. After each treatment, the dirt, oil and other deposits are collected in the deposit jar. You can see everything that has been cleaned from your skin.

Hdyrafacial for detoxification

Your 6 step Hydrafaical treatment starts with Lymphatic Drainage. This part of your treatment is performed with a special glass device which uses very light pressure and long, gentle rhythmic strokes to your skin. It increases the flow of lymph as well as reducing the toxins in your body. Lymph is a clear fluid that is consisted of white blood cells which bathe the tissues. Your lymphatic system is a part of your body’s immune system and it helps to fight with infections. Lymphatic drainage step will promote the absorption and movement of your lymphatic fluids and help get rid of toxins, bacteria, viruses and infections.

Hydrafacial for undereye puffiness

Tiredness, stress, bad sleep… You can usually read these signs from under your eyes. Undereye puffiness is a condition 80% of the population suffers from at some point in their lives, and in most cases, pretty much regularly. With tiredness and ageing, the muscles around eyes supporting the tissues get weaken. And the skin can get saggy, also causing gaps in the undereye tissues. By the time your lymphatic fluids may accumulate in the space below your eyes. This causes swelling and as we know it, undereye puffiness. With correct pressure points, light pressure and continuous rhythm on lymphatic drainage, Hydrafacial will help you to get rid of your undereye puffiness.

Hydrafacial for less congested pores

We all know the acne is caused by bacteria and inflammation stocked in your pores. Sweat, leftover makeup, pollution and dirt on your skin gather in your pores. When you clean your skin you will always leave some of them left. Doesn’t matter what you are cleaning your face with. You can use special face soap, home use deep cleanse machines or nose strips. You can never reach the deep pore cleanse as well as Hydrafacial. Hydrafacial opens up your pores, prepares your skin to deep suction with exfoliation and salicylic acid. Once your skin gets softened and ready to be cleaned, the deep suction clears up all your pores and leaves with you perfectly cleansed skin.

Hydrafacial to get rid of acne

Even if your skin is not acne-prone or oily by nature, you can still be suffering from acne. As we’ve mentioned before when your pores are filled with swear, dirt, pollution or any other outside effects; the bacteria start to cumulate on your skin. The more bacteria are collected, the more puss is created on your skin. And when the puss is gathered, it forms the acne. There are different types of acne. Such as blackheads or whiteheads which are easier to be cleaned gotten rid of. And there are also other types of acne where the puss cumulates under the skin and is much harder to get rid of. Such as pustule or papules. Hydrafacial can help decrease the appearance of your acne, whichever the type it is.

Hydrafacial for deep hydration

As it is in the name, Hydrafacial provides a deep moisturising effect on your skin. On the hydration step, a special solution filled with vitamins, peptide. These customisable serums give your skin all it is lacking for a glowing and healthy appearance. When the serum is applied with the special tip attached on the Hydrafacial applicator, it penetrates the skin deeper and better.

Hydrafacial for a deep skin peel

The skin peel treatments help to refresh and renew your skin and appearance. Regular skin peels get rid of the top layer of your skin and clear off the dead skin cells. This promotes your body’s natural renewal process and helps you to have a better looking and feeling skin. Also, it helps the skincare products to penetrate your skin better and reach deeper layers. The second and third steps of Hydrafacial is focused on skin peeling and extraction. These steps help you to have younger-looking skin and also helps you to benefit more from the vitamins and peptides applied to your skin on the upcoming steps.

Hydrafacial for personalised skincare

While most of our clients prefer to have monthly Hydrafacial treatments as a part of their skincare routine, some of our clients also prefer Hydrafacial as a personalised skincare routine. During your consultation with one of our skincare experts, depending on your skin needs, they can prepare you a personalised skincare plan with Hydrafacial. On this personalised routine, your expert will plan your treatment which can be weekly treatments for 4-6 weeks. And choose the special ingredients for you, depending on your skin concern.

Hydrafacial for a younger-looking skin

There are more than one ways how Hydrafacial can help you to have younger-looking skin. As we all know hydration is one of the key elements when it comes to younger skin and overall skin health. With the special hydration methods of this treatment, your skin will feel plump, healthy and fresh. Regular skin exfoliation helps you to get rid of the head skin cells and promotes the body’s natural skin regeneration. With the glycolic and salicylic acids applied during your Hydrafacial treatments, your skin benefits from good healthy exfoliation. And lastly, with the lymphatic drainage, your skin will get rid of all the toxins and reach to its best appearance and health.

Hydrafacial for a good skin for life

Hydrafacial is not just a facial. It answers most of your skin needs and gives you the best skincare you need. We recommend you to have regular treatments for a great skin for long-lasting results.
For any questions or to see if Hydrafacial is the most suitable treatment for you, why not book a free consultation with our skincare experts?

Happy Halloween with Dermapen Vampire Facial Needling

Halloween is just around the corner. It is time to see some blood!

If you haven’t try dermapen microneedling before, this is the best time for it!

What is Dermapen microneedling and why does it make me bleed?

As living mechanisms, our bodies always work to repair any problems. Think about when you get a cut or a bruise. Your body will use all its power to fix the problem. Stop the bleeding, cover the cut and polish the surface.
But that is not all! It also keeps renewing itself to make sure all our organs are working perfectly, they are fresh and young and working to full potential.

As our largest organ, skin also takes lots of time to fix and renew constantly. This renewal is done with some helpful enzymes such as collagen.

However, by the time we age, our metabolism gets slower with the routine renewals. Hence we start to get wrinkles and fine lines on our skin. And some scars don’t get fixed as quick or perfect as it used to.

It’s not because your body doesn’t want to keep you as refreshed as before, but now it has more things it needs to fight against such as stress, bad eating habits, pollution and so on.

But we don’t have to just accept this and go on with our lives. We can actually trick our bodies to bring back its glory days!

How? By causing artificial scars to make our skin work on.

When our skin sees a cut or a scar, it gives special attention to the area to fix the problem. And even after fixing it, our skin makes sure to keep the helpful enzyme production to the maximum on the area for a good while.

How does Dermapen Microneedling work?

Dermapen microneedling creates tiny artificial scars on the top layer of your skin. These scars are created with very thin needles penetrating the skin very quickly and in a controlled manner.

Even though these artificial scars are not really scars and won’t cause any problems on your skin, your metabolism considers it as a threat and provides extra resources to fix the problem.

Although as we said there is not really a problem!

So your skin overcorrects the area and leaves you with a better looking and younger appearance.

In a nutshell, dermapen tricks your skin to wake up and work like it used to!
So much for tricks and treats, right?

If you would like to learn more about the science behind it and see if your skin is suitable for dermapen treatment, book a FREE consultation now and speak to one of our skin experts.

 

How much blood is there going to be after Dermapen treatment?

Dermapen microneedling has different depth and speed settings that will be arranged by your practitioner depending on your skin type and condition.

While 0.25mm depth on lower speed will mainly cause a little redness on your skin, 2.5mm will probably cause some bleeding.

But anything for beauty, right?

Do not worry! As we previously mentioned, the treatment is completely safe and your experts will be only using the appropriate settings on your skin. And then again the traumas created on our skin are not actual scars.

It is normal to have some discomfort after your treatment but if you experience any side effects or constant discomfort, you can contact your clinic and your experts will further examine your skin and make sure you reach your skin goals in the most comfortable way.

The whole dermapen process

Before starting your dermapen treatment, your clinician will give you a full consultation and ask you about your main skin concerns. They will also explain to you the whole process and answer any of your questions.

Dermapen microneedling process takes around 30-45 mins. As it is a relatively painful treatment, your clinician will offer you some numbing cream before the treatment.

If you prefer to have numbing cream, you will definitely have a much comfortable treatment and won’t feel anything.

If you skip the numbing cream, dermapen can promote a better blood flow however the treatment can be a bit uncomfortable.

If you prefer to have the numbing cream, you will be asked to wait for 30 mins for the cream to show its full effect. Meanwhile, you can relax in the treatment room.

After 30 mins your clinician will come to the room and check your skin on different areas to make sure the cream was effective in all areas. If you have thicker skin, they might wait further 10 mins to better penetration.

After clearing the cream off of our skin, your clinician will clean your face with alcohol-based solutions. This is to protect your skin from any bacterias entering during the treatment while the needles are penetrating your skin.

After cleaning the whole face, they will apply the special gel and start the procedure. The microneedling tips are for single use. And your clinician will open yours from its new package whilst showing you.

During your treatment, your clinician will constantly ask you how you are feeling to make sure you are comfortable.

They will go through all the areas multiple times on different angles and movements for the best results with the dermapen. Also, during the treatment, your practitioner can change the depth and the speed of the dermapen depending on the facial area. Some areas on our face have thinner skin and can only tolerate lighter settings, or doesn’t need deep penetration. Or if there are any specific scars or imperfections, your clinician can specifically focus on those areas for maximum benefit.

After your treatment, they will apply Hyaluronic serum on the face to improve the treatment effects with higher absorption. After the serum, they will apply a special face mask where you can only get in the clinic with professional treatments. This mask will hydrate your skin and promote the recovery.

After the mask, your clinician will apply SPF to your skin and inform you about the aftercare.

Your skin might look a little red for 2-3 days after the day depending on the severity of your treatment. But once the redness is gone, you will see the amazing results on your skin.

Would you like to know more about the dermapen treatment? Our experts offer you FREE – non-obligatory consultations at our clinics.

Just follow the link to book your free consultation – click here- Pop into one of our 9 clinics and our experts will examine your skin and tell you if you are suitable for the dermapen treatment.

Our Bromley Clinic Is Open

When it comes to beauty the most important things are expertise and technology.

The right expert will always help you find the most suitable treatment for your unique skin and skin condition. And the right technology will deliver the best results in the shortest time. 

At Premier Laser & Skin we take great pride in our 12 years experience in the beauty industry and we always provide the latest technology for our clients.

With high customer satisfaction and superior results, we are expanding our clinics!

Our latest clinic, our sister company, House of Aesthetics is now open in Bromley. 

Laser hair removal in Bromley

Using the latest medical degree lasers, our clinic offers superior results in laser hair removal. 

We say safety first and invite you a free consultation and patch test where our clinicians explain you the process, procedure, treatment and before and aftercare. 

We only work with the experts in their fields. All our clinicians have 3+ years of experience in their field and go through regular trainings. 

Injectables in Bromley

Either you are looking for a subtle change on your appearance or for a bigger chance, our team of experts are here for you!

Contour your face, plump up your lips, or boost your skin quality and firmness. We have a range of injectable treatments. 

You are in the safest hands with our highly trained injectable doctors.

Skin treatments in Bromley

We all want to have perfect skin. With our latest technology treatments, get ready to achieve your best appearance. 

Our skin experts will examine your skin thoroughly and advice you the most suitable skin treatments for your skin type and condition. 

For the best results on any skin treatment, expertise is crucial. With over 500 000 skin treatments completed, we can guarantee you the best results. 

Hydrafacial in Bromley

Are you looking for skin rejuvenation with a deep cleanse and a youthful look? Hdyrafaical is the treatment for you. 

With special 6 steps treatment, you will achieve the glowing, refined and radiant skin after just 1 session.

Dermapen in Bromley

Most of suffer from some skin imperfections. Acne scars, wrinkles and uneven skin. 

Dermapen microneedling will help you achieve the perfect skin texture you have been always dreaming of. 

Lashes in Bromley

You can have natural looking lash extensions for more defined and enhanced lashes. With individually applied lashes they will look more natural and last longer. Our experts will make sure you are comfortable throughout your treatment and deliver the best results. 

Laser Tattoo Removal in Bromley

At our clinic, we are using the most advanced laser tattoo removal technology which can treat all skin colours including Caucasian, Asian, Oriental, black Caribbean, Mediterranean and African skin tones.

Doesn’t matter which colour ink, we can help you with long term laser tattoo removal. 

Convenient opening times

Our House of Aesthetics clinic is open 7 days a week from 10 am until late. We are keeping our opening hours long to match with your lifestyle. 

Are you looking for a lunchtime facial? Or a laser hair removal session after work? Or getting ready for your Saturday evening with your perfect lashes. We can accommodate you on our convenient opening hours. 

How to find us?

Our centre of excellence is at the heart of Bromley. We are located at 14 Market Square, BR1 1NA, near the entrance of The Glades shopping centre.

If you are in the surrounding areas of Chislehurst, Beckenham, West Wickham, Orpington, Petts Wood and Chelsfield or further afield in Croydon, Dulwich or in Kent; you are in the best transport links to our new clinic. 

Bromley is also it is only 16 mins by train from Victoria. 

Bromley is on convenient transport links for your convenience. For more information and to contact us click here. 

Ask the expert!

There are lots and lots of choice when it comes to looking after your skin; you have elements you want to change but don’t know how to go about it! Our highly trained practitioners are experienced at targeting the issues with your skin you hate the most with the best in product ingredients and treatment plans. So what do our Premier Laser & Skin team use on their own skin?

We ask our Front of House Manager Swaran to give us the low down on her favourite products, treatments she loves and her skin bug bears…

Describe your skin to us. 

My skin could definitely be described as combination/dry and acne prone.

What would you like to change about your skin?

My main concerns are my acne scars and constant dehydration within my complexion.

What is your daily skincare regime?

AM –

Image Ormedic Cleanser

Vital C Recovery Eye Gel and Vital C Intense Moisturiser

Image Matte SPF 32

PM –

Clear Cell Cleanser – this is amazing for removing all my make up and deep cleaning my skin.

Vital C Eye Recovery Gel and Vital C Moisturiser

What is your favourite skin treatment?

The Vitamin C Peel as a full on pick me up when my skin is feeling dull!

 
 

Summer Skincare: Top tips for in flight skin care

Summer is here and it is holiday time at last. As much as some well-earned R&R can do wonders for your energy levels, travelling long distances and being out in the sun can also be tough on your skin.

Long flights can be particularly damaging to the skin, as you’ll be spending hours in a high pressured, air conditioned environment. The air in the cabin can cause drying of the skin, leaving it flaky and dehydrated when you arrive. Added to this, jetlag and the stresses of travelling can cause disruption of your cortisol levels, leaving your skin blotchy, spotty and generally unpleasant. Continue reading “Summer Skincare: Top tips for in flight skin care”