2016 Beauty Trends

TOP 10 MEDICAL AESTHETICS TRENDS FOR 2016
Without a doubt, beauty standards have changed over the past decade and so has the way consumers take care of themselves. More and more, they’re taking charge of their health and looks with minimally invasive, affordable options such as Botox to reduce wrinkles, dermal fillers to plump skin and lips, cosmetic laser treatments such as skin resurfacing with little downtime to get rid of acne scars and fine lines, and body contouring procedures to smooth cellulite and tone thighs. These are very attractive options indeed, especially when compared to more expensive and riskier alternatives such as plastic surgery. Let’s take a look at Top 10 Medical Aesthetics Trends for 2016:

1. Stop the clock! Botox and Dysport

If you’re hoping to turn back the clock a few years, at least temporarily, it’s tough to beat Botox and Dysport for both convenience and results. These injectables remain HOT and have multiple uses including smoothing and preventing wrinkles, providing a non-surgical brow lift, fixing a gummy smile, stopping excessive sweating and even giving you a poutier lip!

2. Fill ‘er up!

Dermal fillers such as Juvederm, Restylane and Voluma will continue rising in popularity, with more than 2.3 million procedures performed last year. As filler manufacturers consistently improve formulas, making them easier to use and more aesthetically pleasing, advanced injectors find new and better ways to inject. The results? Beautiful, natural-looking results.

3. Other Injectables

We’re going to continue seeing new injectables on the market such as Kybella, used to reduce fatty tissue under the chin. The FDA approved Kybella in April 2015 for under chin use only, but it’s likely that it will soon be used to reduce other fatty areas as well.

4. Body Talk

The body contouring market has experienced significant growth, with more than 7 million procedures in 2015. With the addition of complimentary modalities such as radio frequency and mechanical massage, consumers will be happier than ever with results.

5. Speaking of Results

Even as you read this, researchers are working diligently to produce injectables with longer-lasting results so that treatments can be spaced further out. Save money—and time!

6. More Men

Brotox? Manscaping? Terms like these are now part of our everyday vernacular, and that’s because men are no longer afraid to walk into a med spa. Statistics show that men now make up almost 10 percent of all cosmetic procedures including injectables, laser skin resurfacing, tattoo removal and more and the market is projected to grow.

7. No Needles, Please

No matter how small the needles, some folks just can’t take injections. No worries! Researchers are working on ways to get the most out of injectables without having to well, inject them, including topical versions. Stay tuned.

8. Younger Demographics

The age at which people are turning to cosmetic procedures continues to expand. While mature types wish to look younger, younger ones know that the best type of anti-aging begins with prevention.

9. Downtime? What Downtime?!

Remember the cosmetic laser treatments just a few short years ago that made you have to hide for a week after treatment? Well, for the most part, they’re gone and have been replaced by stronger lasers that are smart enough to dramatically improve skin texture while not causing major damage to the surface.

10. Newer, Better, Faster (Lasers)

Simply put: laser technology never sleeps. But you already knew that, didn’t you?

Decollete Rejuvenation

The chest and décolleté are one of the first places to reveal signs of aging. The skin in this area is actually thinner and weaker, and most of us forget about our décolletage in our daily skin care regime.

Here at Transform Medspa we offer a combination of innovative treatments to restore your delicate skin to a more youthful appearance.

As we age, the chest and décolleté lose its smooth texture and youthful glow due to sun exposure, loss of elasticity in the skin, and the effects of gravity. Sagging skin, etched lines, wrinkles, brown spots and redness on the chest can make you look older than you are. Chest and Décolleté Rejuvenation can provide dramatic results that enhance your overall appearance and will correct;

• Pigmentation / sun damage
• Redness sun damage
• Aging of chest skin / décolletage wrinkles

PROTECTION and PREVENTION

Recommended treatments

• Skincare/Sunscreen

Years of sun exposure can cause the skin on the chest and décolleté to show irregular patches of discoloration (mottled red, brown, and white) and have a more rough wrinkled texture.
Ultraviolet light exposure induces pigment cells, called “melanocytes”, to make more of the pigment molecule called “melanin”. That is why we get blotchy brown spots in the delicate neck, chest, and décolleté areas. In addition, ultraviolet light causes the growth of thousands of new tiny blood vessels or spider veins–causing the area to be not only brown, but also red. Furthermore, the collagen fibers become distorted by chronic sun exposure, leading to the rough skin texture. Using sunscreen on a daily basis can help minimize this future damage.

AGE SPOTS and SUN SPOTS

Recommended treatments

•  Hydrafacial MD
• Chemical Peels
• PhotoFacial-BBL
• Laser Resurfacing

Hydrafacial MD and Chemical Peels

When deciding which treatment to use on the skin of the chest, it important to first diagnose what is the main issue. By far the biggest and most noticeable issue that we see on the chest is pigmentation (freckling and sun damage). In this case, Hydrafacial treatment for mild discoloration can be used, and Chemical Peels for deeper more moderate pigment and sun damage should be used first to treat this. After 4-6 treatments, when appropriate management has been selected, you will experience more youthful skin as these treatments will lift the pigmentation and sun damage away!

Hydrafacial is safe and effective to use on the chest and décolleté to improve mild pigmentation changes and soft textural changes. A series of treatments can smooth the texture of this skin–making it look more youthful.   Light to Medium depth Chemical Peels as well can smooth the texture and even out the sun damage discoloration. Hydrafacial and Chemical Peels can be done independently, on alternating weeks, or on the same day to achieve deeper results.

PhotoFacial-IPL/BBL

PhotoFacial – IPL (Intense Pulse Light) Rejuvenation is the non-invasive GOLD STANDARD treatment designed to target certain skin conditions, including pigmentation, sun damaged skin, broken capillaries, and redness. Photo-aging and sun damage skin displays fine wrinkling, freckling or irregular pigmentation from chronic sun exposure and IPL is an excellent option for treatment as it can visibly improve your skin after a series of IPL sessions. Our patients are very pleased with their results!

It’s important to treat the neck and chest together so everything blends and matches as well as it can. It is also essential before and after the Photo/IPL treatment to use a high SPF broad spectrum sunscreen in those and other sun-exposed areas to protect from further damage.  Always remember to do whatever you do on the face on the neck and chest as well (i.e. treatments, sunscreen, creams, moisturizer, etc).  A series of IPL treatments gently tones down these multi-colored patches on the chest and décolleté, but for some, depending on the severity of the mismatch, you may need skin lightening creams or laser treatments to fade additional sun damage and pigmentation.

Profractional Laser Resurfacing

Laser Resurfacing on the chest and décolleté is performed with fractional laser treatments. Fractional laser is different from full field resurfacing. Full field resurfacing removes the whole surface area of the treatment site (which is dangerous to do on the chest), while fractional lasers ablates narrow channels into the skin covering only a fraction of the surface area of the treatment site. This action activates the body’s wound healing mechanisms, but leaves the surrounding skin intact, so that rapid healing is possible. As a result, fractional lasers are most useful for someone who has an aging chest, where the chest skin looks wrinkly, crepey, damaged and old.

The Profractional/PRF laser treatment is very beneficial for the chest and décolleté, as a quick and comfortable laser treatment with little downtime. Profractional laser is most similar to the laser platform called the Fraxel laser device that has become a standard of minimal downtime laser skin resurfacing.  The newer Profractional technology has several advantages that set it apart from the previous Fraxel technology. Unlike the 6 to 8 passes required with Fraxel, the PRF requires only one pass which can increase the level of patient comfort compared to earlier laser technologies. As well, the very advanced treatment scanner, allows Dr. Atluri to choose from more than 600 combinations of shape, size and density for optimal treatment results!

DROP DEAD GORGEOUS DÉCOLLETÉ REGIME

1. Cleanse your neck and chest area with a gentle cleanser mornings and evenings; avoid harsh detergents that may be too drying for delicate décolleté skin.
2. Apply a specialty neck and décolleté moisturizer that contains active anti-aging ingredients
3. Always use a generous amount of sunscreen – preferably SPF30 – to the décolleté area 20 minutes before you go outside.
4. Twice weekly or as your skin tolerates it, use a gentle exfoliating treatment in the shower to remove dead skin.
5. Try sleeping on your back as much as possible.

Hand Rejuvenation

One of the places people really show their age is their hand. We are so focused on a youthful face with anti-aging treatments, that we forget about our hands. Help is here.

Do Your Hands Give Away Your Age?

As we age, our hands lose firmness and plumpness and begin to look bony and frail, with veins and joints showing more prominently. Brown spots and sun exposure take their toll as well. Combating our aging hands takes more than a good hand cream. The latest technology and rejuvenation treatments give us the tools to aid our aging hands.

Restore More Youthful Hands with Radiesse

Radiesse injections immediately re-plump and replenish volume to the back of the hands to provide a supple, and youthful appearance instantly. By placing Radiesse beneath the skin, it raises the skin level so that tendons, veins and joints are not very prominent. Radiesse provides instant and long lasting results.
Because Radiesse provides scaffolding for collagen building, the body’s own collagen interweaves into this structure and helps keep the skin feeling natural and smooth.

How Radiesse Works

Radiesse has proven to be a very versatile facial contouring product and has demonstrated durable augmentation in areas such as chin and cheek where a larger volume is required. It maintains a soft, natural feel and takes on the characteristics of the surrounding skin tissue.
Results typically last 1 – 2 years. Radiesse does not require allergy testing. Radiesse is a safe, effective and non-surgical treatment, which provides immediate smoothing of wrinkles, scars and the replenishment of volume loss.

BBL/ Photo treatment to Minimize Age Spots and Hyper-Pigmentation

f your hands have age spots, sunspots, liver spots also known as hyper-pigmentation, BBL or photo treatments can help break up the pigmentation so the body can eliminate it.
For the future, use sunscreen on your hands regularly to protect against future sun damage.
Note: Persistent use of sunscreen is necessary, no matter what cosmetic procedure you choose.

The Hand Rejuvenation Process

Volume Replenishment – Get instant results with Radiesse which will last many months. Typically 1 syringe of Radiesse is needed per hand to attain a full smooth replacement of volume to the back of the hands. In some instances, one more syringe may be necessary if your hands have lost substantial amounts of their natural fat and volume. Men may require up to 2 syringes per hand if their hands are large.

Brown Spot Removal – With BBL treatments, we can diminish the brown spots, sunspots and hyperpigmentation that age the hands.

With our hand rejuvenation treatment, your hands will be well on their way to looking younger. Call 513 793 6100 to book your appointment!

Skincare tips  to look your best in your 40’s 

Hopefully all of you are done with pregnancy, diaper days and potty training! Kids are in school and life is a steady routine. Time to take care of your skin. The best investing you can ever make for your future years. The best skin of your life may well be ahead of you!

Our recommendations from Transform Medspa Cincinnati

What you can do - BY YOU

Embrace retinoids

These vitamin A derivatives boost collagen production (which softens fine lines and minimizes pores). Retinoids rev up sluggish cell turnover, so skin becomes smoother and more radiant, and dark spots fade. Prescription version Retin-A is stronger and yields noticeable changes after about eight weeks.  Retinol, the strongest over-the-counter option, takes 12 weeks. Choose a product formulated with up to 1 percent retinol, the highest amount available OTC, depending on your skin’s tolerance. Apply it every other night for the next two weeks, ramping up to nightly application

Exfoliate regularly

Once you’ve built up to a nightly retinoid application, boost its benefits by substituting in an alpha-hydroxy acid twice a week. Both ingredients exfoliate, leaving skin brighter and smoother.  Because they stimulate cell renewal in different ways, you’ll get maximum improvement using both. If skin is dry, choose an AHA formulated with moisturizing lactic acid.

Consider Hydroquinone.

This agent, which inhibits the production of melanin, is one of the most effective ways to fade blotchiness. OTC creams contain 2 percent HQ, which lightens subtle discoloration over several months. Prescription versions boast 4 percent, and daily spot treatment can diminish dark patches in six to eight weeks. Keep in mind though; that a single afternoon spent unprotected in the sun can undo all that hard work. Use HQ only for three months. After that, maintain results with a skin lightener that contains kojic acid or licorice extract.

What we can do - FOR YOU

Reduce brown spots

A series of photo facials (BBL) using painless light energy penetrating to various depths of the skin reduces brown spots, sun damage, redness, and broken capillaries and improves color and tone of skin. Regular light treatments have been proven to slow down skin aging.

It is pain free with no downtime. You may look a little pink for an hour after treatment. Four to six monthly sessions at about $350 each should be enough to even out your complexion; a maintenance session every 6 to 12 months keeps up the results.

Restore your glow

Hydrafacials, which involves exfoliation of skin, hydration of skin and infusion of anti-oxidants and growth factors, helps skin glow and stimulate collagen production, helping with fine lines and wrinkles. LED treatment can be combined to enhance results.

A series 3-4 treatments 1 month apart and maintenance treatments twice a year at $150 per treatment is recommended.

Erase lines

Wrinkle relaxers like BOTOX and DYSPORT are the surest way to smooth creases you’re already noticing and prevent more. It temporarily relaxes facial muscles so they can’t move and create wrinkles. BOTOX retrains your muscles, so the effects last longer and longer. Some patients who start when they’re 45 are coming in only twice a year by the time they’re 50. Each treatment costs approximately $400, and results last about 4 months.

Excessive Sweating or Hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis is a disorder characterized by excessive uncontrollable sweating in excess of the amount required to regulate body temperature. It is estimated that 8.5 million people in the United States suffer from some form of hyperhidrosis.
How to Treat Excessive Sweating


Excessive sweating can be embarrassing and inconvenient. In some cases, excessive sweating is caused by an underlying medical condition. However, just because you tend to sweat more than other people when you’re at the gym or in the sun does not necessarily mean that your health is at risk.


In fact, most cases of hyperhidrosis are harmless… aside from the social and professional implications they may have. Fortunately, excessive sweating can be treated. Here’s more about this undesirable condition and how you can get it under control.
What Causes Excessive Sweating?


Excessive sweating that is not associated with illness is called primary focal hyperhidrosis. This condition affects between 1 and 3 percent of the world’s population, including an estimated 8.5 million Americans. It usually develops in late adolescence and young adulthood. Localized sweating means sweating from specific areas, such as the head, face, underarms, groin and other places from which people typically perspire.


While hyperhidrosis is the result of a minor malfunction in the nervous system, the cause of this malfunction is not yet known. However, it is believed to be hereditary. Put simply, some people just sweat more than others.

What Are My Options For Treating Excessive Underarm Sweating?

The underarm is one the most common places hyperhidrosis occurs. While some people resort to prescription deodorants and medications, there are more long-term methods of treating this type of hyperhidrosis. These include:


VASER Treatment: This advanced system uses ultrasound technology to treat superficial layers of the sweat glands located in the underarm. Through concentrated energy and suction, the VASER system destroys some of the sweat glands, reducing perspiration by 70 to 80 percent, thus reducing underarm odor.


BOTOX Treatment: By blocking chemical signals from the nerves that activate sweat glands, BOTOX injections effectively reduce excessive sweating. This treatment is considered temporary but effects can last for several months at a time.
Don’t Suffer From Excessive Sweating Any Longer


Sweating is a natural bodily function necessary to regulate body temperature. However, while our bodies need to sweat, some of us tend to sweat more than necessary. If you find that your excessive sweating condition is prohibiting you from enjoying your life, call the Transform Medspa to learn more about our hyperhidrosis treatment options today today!

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Look flawless on your wedding day.

Most women have dreamed of their wedding days since childhood. And so, when that special day draws near, brides-to-be want to ensure that they set personal precedents of beauty and elegance as they walk down the aisle. Recently, beauty editor, Carly Cardellino of Cosmopolitan Magazine, the industry leading authority in fashion and beauty, published  “Your Step-by-Step Guide to Looking Flawless on Your Wedding Day.” In this guide Cosmopolitan recommends Botox for women who want to remove crows feet from around the eyes, and a Photofacial for women who want to restore clear, flawless skin to their complexion for their wedding day.

“Smooth crow’s feet or forehead lines with Botox.”

Botox is quick, painless, requires no downtime, and provides immediate results, making it the most popular non-invasive cosmetic procedure. Botox works by relaxing the tension in facial

muscles that cause wrinkles. For brides-to-be who are considering Botox, most experts would recommend going in for a trial to see how it wears on your face and if you like the results of it. That way, “if you liked your experience with it, you’ll know where to get it a month before your wedding day”.

Find out more about Botox from Transform Medspa

“Get an even complexion” with a Photofacial.

Intense Pulse Light (IPL) Photofacial treatments are for women who want to remove brown spots for a crystal clear complexion. Many men and women who elect for Photo facial treatments are trying to restore even tone and pigmentation to skin that has been damaged by sun exposure. Along with restoring even skin tone, a Photofacial effectively treats freckles, Rosacea, broken capillaries, melasma and vascular imperfections.

An IPL Photofacial refers to an advance system of laser skin resurfacing that safely emits controlled bursts of intense pulsed light. These pulsating bursts from the Photofacial laser penetrate just below the skin’s surface, breaking up the Melanin that causes discolorations and brown spots to form in the skin’s pigmentation. The Photofacial also stimulates the body’s natural production of collagen and elastin, promoting cellular renewal for healthier, radiant, younger looking skin.

Learn more about a Photofacial from Transform Medspa