Dermclar Liposomes - Virtual Mesotherapy

Its been awhile since I have time to actually sit and write my blog. Motherhood definitely takes the toll onto most of my time with both my girls in school, hence more attention need to be given to the sprouting young ones. Its the Chinese New Year holidays, and finally I have some time on my own.

Last January I launched a new product in my clinic called Dermclar Liposomes. This is a very unique product from Spain which requires no needle injections. Sounds interesting? Well the results are more interesting. Before I go on about this new product, let me explain a bit about mesotherapy. Mesotherapy is the practice of injecting products into the dermal or subdermal layer and involves multiple injections per site for better distribution. The common uses are for skin hydration, PRP implantation, adipocyte destruction (but injecting into the subcutaneous layer directly to the fat), tightening or even nutrient injection to correct things like pigmentation and texture. 

According to Wikipedia :

Mesotherapy (from Greek mesos, "middle", and therapy from Greek therapeia, "to treat medically") is a non-surgical cosmetic medicine treatment. Mesotherapy employs multiple injections of pharmaceutical and homeopathic medications, plant extracts, vitamins, and other ingredients into subcutaneous fat. Mesotherapy injections allegedly target adipose fat cells, apparently by inducing lipolysis, rupture and cell death among adipocytes.^[1]

Coming back to Dermclar Liposomes - It is a new technology whereas the creators have discovered a new transport system called liposomes that allows products to enter the skin deeper than just standard application and reach the dermal and subdermal layers. The results are similar to treatment with mesotherapy minus the downtime, risk of bruising or pain. And with the no needle technology, treatment around the eye areas and other sensitive areas become a lot easier.

How does this thing work again? Well, with the latest technology of liposomes, it enables the product to be carried through the skin to the subcutaneous or subdermal where it takes effect. The liposomes technically replaces injections into the skin (mesotherapy) but delivers the products to the same level hence why it is called virtual mesotherapy. A single application without using any machines shows instant results in 6 minutes. Phoebe, my friend who introduced me to this product actually did a a mock demo on my arm one day when I was sitting in the clinic - she applied the Face-Neck-Low Neck onto my left arm and there was instant tightening after 6 minutes. No machines used. So we left it at that and its been almost 4 months and people can still see a significant difference between the tightness of my left arm compared to my right arm. Gees.

But in order to get a more stable and balanced result, we recommend that the treatment be combined with their Anti-Age Radiofrequency and transdermal delivery device. We usually recommend weekly with an ampule for 5 times and this will give a stable result between 3-6 months. Using the ampules as homecare will also help prolong and maintain the results. For those who are familiar with mesotherapy, you will notice that this is same with the injections where we usually recommend weekly injections 4-8x then maintenance monthly. 

So what other ampules do they have:

Oh yeah, they thought of everything. My personal favourite would still be the face-neck-low neck for tightening since its one of my main concerns (especially arms). Now its even cooler, since they have also brought in their hand held homecare delivery device to give you an easier and more even distribution of the products.

For more information call us at 03-21440080 / 014-2233268 or email to info@faceworks-clinic.com

Radiofrequency Tightening - RF

I think a lot of us are aware about radiofrequency devices which are used for tightening and contouring. Beauticians and doctors alike are fascinated by the discovery of what these machines can actually do. However, in the past a lot of misconceptions have been translated to patients and customers by over promising results and also lack of understanding of what it actually does. 

So what is the science behind radiofrequency treatments? The idea of radiofrequnecy is tissue heating. We all believe that when our skin tissue is heated to temperatures between 40-45 degrees Celsius, the collagen remodelling cascade will start and correct the damaged collagen strings to give us tighter skin.Whether this is completely true or not, or how long should the heat be administered, there is no hard and fast rule, but most believe more than 1 minute. Histological cross sections of skin treated with heat does show a realignment of the collagen fibres and a better structure is formed but whether this applies to all machines that produces heat to the body, it is still unknown. As for fat reduction, most slimming centers would say that the radiofrequency will liquidify the fat due to the heat, but this is not true at all. Heat from the radiofrequency device, or whatever device that increases the tissue temperature merely increases vasodilatation of the small capillaries surrounding the fat cells hence allows more free fatty acids to enter the bloodstream and be used up by the body. What about the instant tightening and slimming effect? I guess the best explanation would be cell dehydration and shifting of fluids into other spaces. Also our elastin fibers recoil to the heat, thus giving a more tighter look.

After reading the technical details behind the technology, you would start wondering whether it would really work. From my observations and trying out many radiofrequency devices in the market, I do believe that they do give significant improvement, but it will be dependent on:

1. The machine as to how much energy does it really transmit to the body and how deep does it go.
2. The ability to achieve the temperature of  >41° and duration it can be sustained.
3. The technique of the user to achieve and overall tightening or slimming effect.
4. The frequency of treatments that shouldn't lapse too far apart from each other to get a cummulative effect. Once a week is ideal, and not more than 1X a month. Too frequent may run health risks instead.
5. The cooperation from the patient to also help maintain the effect via home products for tightening or good diet and exercise.

There are many radiofrequency devices in the market from the lux brand once like Thermage, to others like Relax-F, Accent-RF, Thermacell, etc. Some RF devices are used by beauticians in salons which gives pretty good results but temporary because the energy allowed in their machines are not as advanced as the ones sold to doctors. Yes, there are differences, that is why the price differs greatly as well.

In my clinic, I use a Relax-F and after experimenting on the machine a lot, I find that the best results can be achieved when the treatments are done on a weekly basis with a minimum of 4 sessions. Subsequently, the result can last as long as 6 months given a proper diet and exercise. Otherwise, a maintenance session once a month has proven to benefit the patient to have a better result. It is non-invasive, not painful and most patients say it feels like going for a hot-stone massage. It is also extremely good for post-partum ladies who have loose skin and water retention post pregnancy to tighten up their abs if they are not keen for tummy-tucks. 

Other benefits of Relax-F:

     * Skin tightening and rejuvenation

     * Improvement of scar appearance (also stretch marks)

     * post liposuction treatments for smoother skin 

     * Acne treatment

     * Long-lasting body contour

     * Cellulite reduction

Currently we are having radio-frequency promotions for tummy - kindly refer to Spring Promotions post at http://faceworksclinic.blogspot.com/2012/02/spring-promotions.html . For more info or appointment please contact us at 03-21440080 or info@faceworksclinic.com