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Skin Aesthetics: Concerns and Options
Written for someone deciding about their own skin rather than studying the subject. If you read only one, read the first, because the structure at fault decides everything that follows and it is the step most often skipped.
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12 guides
- Skin as an Organ: Barrier, Pigment, Collagen and Blood VesselsAnatomy
- Tone, Texture, Pigment and Laxity: Four Separate ProblemsDeciding
- Assessing Skin Before Choosing a Device or a ProductPreparation
- Topicals and Peels as the First Rung of a Skin PlanDeciding
- Matching Laser and Light Devices to the TargetDeciding
- Microneedling and Radiofrequency Microneedling: What Each One AddressesAlternatives
- Injectable Skin Boosters and Their Place in a Skin PlanDeciding
- Pigmentation in Asian and Darker Skin: Higher Risk, Different SettingsRisks
- Surgical Options for Skin: Scar Revision and ExcisionAlternatives
- Maintenance Between Courses: What Keeps a Result GoingAftercare
- When a Skin Change Is Medical, Not AestheticRisks
- Choosing a Practitioner and a Setting for Skin TreatmentsDeciding
Start with the structure, not the device
Arrange an assessment. We will explain which structure is producing the complaint, what a course of treatment would change, what it would leave alone, and what the alternatives are.