Wrinkle Treatments

Dermapen – Advanced Skin Needling Blog Feature Image - Ashbury Cosmetics on Brisbane & the Gold Coast

The Dermapen advanced vertical skin needling technology uses multiple very fine needles that vertically pierce the skin with an automatic vibrating function.

When moved across the skin’s surface it stimulates natural collagen reproduction, whilst allowing fine channels to be created in the skin. The channels can carry up to 80% more topical nutrients, allowing for treatment delivery deep into the skin’s fibroblasts to feed the underlying cells found in the dermis and basal layer. This increased absorption of active ingredients into the skin creates stimulated repair and faster resurfacing results.

Advanced vertical skin needling promotes scar-less healing and the deposition of normal woven collagen, similar to fractional laser treatments but without the side effects and downtime. It’s also more effective then most microdermabrasion and chemical peels.

Unlike traditional skin needling rollers, the Dermapen causes less trauma and has minimal epidermal (skin) damage, therefore reducing pain and discomfort, and making it a safer more effective treatment. The disposable needles eliminate risk of cross-contamination, whilst the adjustable needle depths allow for a treatment tailored to your individual needs. The Dermapen is so advanced, that it is even suitable and safe to use in delicate and hard to reach areas such as around the eyes and lips and on the nose.

Dermapen Is Recommended To Treat:

Aged sun damaged skin
Fine lines and wrinkles
Smokers lines around the lips
Skin tightening and rejuvenation
Large pores
Stretch marks

Most asked questions:

How long should it take before I see results?
Typically, you will see results after the first treatment. Lasting and more significant results will occur after 4 – 6 treatments (spaced 2-4 weeks apart). Your skin will continue to improve over the next 6 – 12 months after a course of treatments and when combined with the recommended post treatment care.

Is the treatment painful?
For minimum needle depths Dermapen treatments are painless. Treatments over 1 mm deep, a topical anaesthesia cream is applied for 15 – 40 minutes before treatment and will render the treatments with minimal discomfort.

Is there any downtime after treatment?
Generally no, but you may experience facial redness for 12 – 48 hours after the treatment. Most people are able to return to normal daily activities immediately after the treatment. Application of a breathable camouflage will seal the skin and cover any redness for an immediate return to work.

For more information or to make an obligation free appointment, call one of friendly staff at Ashbury Clinic on: Brisbane 07 3857 6188, or Gold Coast 07 5570 6800.

Advance Wrinkle Treatment Blog Feature Image - Ashbury Cosmetics on Brisbane & the Gold Coast

As we age, one of the first places it shows is in our skin. Plump, smooth, wrinkle-free skin enjoyed in younger years becomes thin, soft and saggy.

A major problem in Australia, the baby boomer generation is realising how lying in the sun in their youth has caused skin damage ranging from sunspots and wrinkles, to premature ageing. It is no wonder that the doctors and nurses at Ashbury Cosmetic Surgery have treated thousands of patient’s from all walks of life. If skin still needs something more substantial to correct sun damage, a chemical peel or laser treatment is an option to be considered.

Wrinkles cause stress to people who feel younger than the skin on their face professes. How deep the wrinkles are – and whether they are dynamic or static will determine which treatment is chosen.

Dynamic wrinkles include expression lines – frown lines, crow’s feet or horizontal lines on the forehead and neck – and can be treated with anti wrinkle treatment. “This stops the muscle that produces the line.” It obstructs the nerve from sending a message to the muscle to move.

Static wrinkles can be “filled”. Various filler treatments will all fill wrinkles effectively and most treatments take only 20-30 minutes. No time is required off work.

Ashbury filler treatment has been specially designed for correction of facial contour deformities due to ageing, acne, trauma, surgery, and can be used for Cheekbones, Smile lines, Lip augmentation, Frown lines, and Depressed corners of the mouth, Chin and scars. Permanent filler is not indicated for treatment of fine wrinkles.

According to Dr James Chen and Dr Pearl Fitzgerald, Cosmetic Doctor’s at the Ashbury Clinic, this wrinkle filler is unique due to its stability and long lasting cosmetic results. After the injection of the filler a thin layer of the body’s own connective tissue surrounds the gel, enabling it to be a stable part in the connective tissue.

This is applied by using a fine needle; the gel is injected in thin strings under the skin. It settles as soft filler under the skin where it is injected. Immediately after injection, the doctor can lightly manipulate the area so that the contours are exactly as they should be. The doctor will use a local anaesthetic on the area treated, this will reduce discomfort. After the treatment the area may be a little swollen but this will subside after a day or two. Being mostly water, the body accepts the gel. As the gel is very elastic it moves with all facial expressions.

At Ashbury Clinic, their cosmetic doctors had been using laser/pulse light to remove hair, wrinkles, sun damage, pigmentation and veins for more than 10 years.

For more information on the range of Cosmetic Surgery and laser treatments offered by Ashbury, call Brisbane (07) 3857 6188 or Gold Coast (07) 5570 6800.