As the one and only Esthetician (skin care therapist) at WPS, it is my duty to educate and administer skin care advice and treatments at the top notch level. I’m not talking “foo foo fluffy” as I say, I’m talking the deep down transforming, long term results procedures. And, if you can believe it, they can be done even on your lunch hour without looking like you might have a third degree burn when you return! In my book, zero, to very minimal downtime is how it should be.

First, let’s talk about Collagen. It makes up 30% of our body and comprises 80% of our skin. It is a major connective tissue that gives strength and flexibility to our skin, not to mention YOUTH, YOUTH, YOUTH!!! Plump, tight, smooth cells don’t just come from “sloughing and buffing” that poor epidermis (top layer) away! You have to get DOWN DEEP to the “brick work” of our skin, the dermis (the basement layer). And when you stimulate here, that’s where the magic happens.

The sad facts: we lose 1.5% or more total body collagen each year and stop producing elastin fibers (the “snap” and flexibility of our skin) at the ripe age of 21, and it’s all downhill from there…literally. Genetics, lifestyle, stress, and the choices you make to take care of, or neglect, your skin play a major role in the level of this loss. The skin care options are endless out there, and can be VERY confusing! So, let’s keep it simple and focus on that collagen rescue I mentioned. The ultimate “superman” to that lost collagen is one word…SkinTyte.

In a nutshell, SkinTyte is a broadband light that flashes over the skin, slowly heating deeper with each pass. The surface temperature is then taken in the area treated, and when the treatment temperature is reached, collagen has been remodeled, reconstructed and RESCUED! No numbing needed and no downtime, just a pretty, plump, healthy skin is revealed. Sound too good to be true? Come on in and I’ll show you “the proof is in the pudding” with before and after pictures of my clients with dramatically improved conditions! Four treatments, 2-4 weeks apart are required for optimal results, with each one building off of each one more collagen and elastin, creating a long lasting, incredible look of youth.  On the endless list of sad, inevitable ways we age, we can now happily check this one off and call it solved!