Dr. Jodie is a National Clinical Trainer & Cosmetic Doctor With Over 15 Years Experience
Covid Policy PricingDr. Jodie is a National Clinical Trainer & Cosmetic Doctor With Over 15 Years Experience
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At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations to help you smooth your wrinkles and lines, which develop as part of normal physiological ageing.
Your consultation process will explore your options for wrinkle smoothing, but more importantly, it will provide a holistic approach to your concerns about facial ageing in a comprehensive way.
Please know that some cosmetic treatments include the use of schedule 4 medications and cannot legally be advertised or described online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Others do not and can be more freely discussed.
To better understand your available treatment options for wrinkle smoothing, please book a consultation appointment with your Dr. Jodie clinician.
As you age, your skin loses collagen and elastin, leading to reduced skin firmness and elasticity. Your skin no longer ‘bounces back’ as it did in your youth and becomes increasingly lax.
With the continual movement of your facial muscles with facial expression, your skin is repeatedly bunched together over time. This process eventually leads to the formation of ingrained facial wrinkles and lines. These may begin as fine lines initially but can become deeply etched in your skin as you mature. Common complaints include frown lines (otherwise known as your '11s'), forehead lines, and peri-orbital lines that form around the eyes with smiling (more colloquially termed 'crows feet').
Your face also loses volume as you age, from normal age-related resorption of bone and deep fat. This volume loss exacerbates the appearance of wrinkles and lines, by reducing the amount of support for your skin receives from below. To understand this better, try to imagine the appearance of a balloon as it deflates – the balloon’s surface changes from tight and smooth to more dimpled and undulating as it deflates. Similarly, the skin looks more lined and wrinkles without the fullness of fat and bone in the foundations below.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations to address your concerns about wrinkles and lines.
There are a multitude of options available to help you reduce the appearance of your wrinkles and lines. Each solution aims to address a different contributing cause of wrinkles and lines. A combination approach is usually recommended, as the results tend to be additive.
Medical treatments, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, and other devices, such as Laser Genesis and the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling, are all offered at the Dr. Jodie clinic to assist with wrinkle smoothing.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will guide you on your best step forward during a thorough consultation and facial assessment.
Non-surgical treatments are a fantastic alternative to plastic surgery to help minimise unwanted wrinkles and lines affecting your face.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first review your medical history and assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for wrinkle smoothing solutions. This step is critical to identify your pattern of ageing and design a treatment plan tailored to your exact needs.
Your treatment plan will likely include a combination of treatments that will be carefully staged over time. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to ensure you understand how each treatment may be of benefit, carefully describe any potential risks, and detail the process involved. She will also explain any related financial costs so you will always know where you stand. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we firmly believe that informed medical consent and financial consent are imperative to high patient satisfaction and good outcomes. We also believe in ample time for considered decision in a pressure-free way, so you can feel confident with your treatment plan before proceeding.
You will have plenty of opportunity to have all your questions answered before undertaking any treatment. And we will always document your journey with standardised clinical photography so you can clearly observe your progress. In our experience, with the subtlety of changes you see, clients tend to forget where they began!
It may be reasonable to think that natural looking cosmetic outcomes are easy to come by. However, a quick glance around the faces of Australian reality television may suggest otherwise. There is art and science to smoothing wrinkles that Dr. Jodie has developed over many years of learning and experience. She has honed her skills to deliver the right combination of treatments in the best way for your individual needs. And she has carefully trained her hand-selected clinicians to do just the same. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will refresh your face, but always work to keep you looking just like you, without the tell-tale signs of cosmetic treatment. She will always aim is to smooth your complexion without creating an undesirable look, so no one will know you have sought treatment.
The Dr. Jodie clinic is a leading cosmetic centre in Melbourne for all things anti-ageing. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to carefully assess and analyse your face, taking into account your pattern of lines and wrinkles, your age-related volume loss, your degree of skin sag, and the many other factors that affect treatment outcome. This way, she will tailor a treatment that satisfies the needs of your unique face. You will never receive a ‘cookie-cutter’ or ‘same size fits all’ approach at the Dr. Jodie clinic. With a focus on personalised care, your outcome will always suit your face and help you discover a fresh look.
With over 15 years of experience as a cosmetic doctor, Dr. Jodie is a trusted name in Melbourne for anti-ageing treatments. With a background in family medicine, she takes a holistic approach to your cosmetic care. You will enjoy longer appointment times in her comfortable Melbourne clinic for thorough facial assessment, considered treatment planning and your treatment itself. All procedures are conducted by Dr. Jodie personally or by her highly trained, hand-selected staff. As a sought-after national clinical trainer for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies, you will have peace of mind knowing that Dr. Jodie understands the best approach to prioritise both your outcome and your health. With her experience and knowledge, you can feel confident that Dr. Jodie and her team know how to soften your signs of ageing and subtly refresh your look.
For a consultation to discuss your wrinkle related concerns at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to book an appointment online.
The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection might be new to Australia in 2022 but has been extensively used throughout Europe and other parts of the world for almost 8 years, with over 5 million treatments worldwide.
As Dr Jodie will explain, the main benefit of this treatment is firmer, less saggy, more hydrated, smoother skin.
An interesting and much understated benefit of this treatment is activation of immature fat cells to slow the loss of facial fat through ageing, something Dr. Jodie believes is quite ground-breaking.
In the cosmetic medical industry, the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection is known as ‘liquid honey’, as it spreads throughout the face from multiple injection sites, unlike Dermal Fillers which are gel like and more solid. Like Dermal Fillers, it is made from the same sugar that is naturally found in your skin, however, it is a unique complex that is most like our own native tissue. Unlike Dermal Fillers that have been made through a chemical process, it has been made through a thermal or heating process and is often referred to as ‘pure’.
The beauty of this treatment is that it offers skin glow without adding volume or bulk to your face. So, it is perfect for anyone who is nervous of looking overdone or puffy with Dermal Fillers. Even so, for best results The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection should be used in conjunction with other rejuvenation treatments and is not a replacement for Dermal Fillers, which can contour, volumise and structure your face, or Anti Wrinkle Injections, which can soften or prevent fine lines. Interestingly, Dr. Jodie notes that the European experience has been that requirements for such treatments are less when using the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection in parallel.
Currently, this treatment has only approved for use on your face in Australia, unlike Europe and elsewhere, where it has also been approved for your neck, décolletage, and your hands. It is likely that this situation will change over time.
Dr. Jodie will assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, which fortunately, most people are. During your assessment, Dr. Jodie will explain the process of treatment and you will have ample time to ask any questions before proceeding. With multiple biostimulating and hydrating treatments on the market, it can be quite confusing, so Dr. Jodie will help you decide if this is your best option. Before and after photos will be taken to document your progress and response to treatment. Dr. Jodie will first thoroughly clean your face, so it is best you come without make-up to your appointment. The treatment is generally very well tolerated and does not usually require numbing prior; however, ice and topical anaesthetic cream are available if your pain threshold is particularly low. Prior to injecting, Dr. Jodie will mark out the 5 bio aesthetic points or BAP sites on each side of your face, which have been specially formulated to maximise the spread for best results. She will use a tiny needle to inject 0.2mls of the 2ml syringe per BAP site superficially into your skin, a technique which tends to minimise bruising. Although a welt will appear at each BAP site, these tend to disappear by the next morning, with some even settling before leaving the Dr. Jodie clinic! This treatment truly has little to no recovery time, which is a huge bonus, so you can get on with your life.
Serial treatments are typically required. Initially, most client require 2 treatments (occasionally 3), separated by at least 4 weeks. After this, a booster treatment is required once every 6 to 12 months.
The hydrating effect tends to subside after 6 months, while the collagen and elastin stimulation and other effects are long lasting.
As the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection stimulates your body’s own collagen and elastin, among other things, your results will always appear natural. The product does not contour, volumise or structure your face, so it is not possible to create an augmented look. It simply hydrates your skin and improves skin laxity by firming your skin, so you will always look just like you only fresher. Dr. Jodie is known for her natural aesthetic and the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection certainly fits well into her armoury of anti-ageing treatments.
Dr. Jodie takes a ‘whole face’ approach to your facial assessment and will tailor a personalised treatment plan to meet your unique needs. Unlike others who may take a ‘cookie cutter’ approach, she is fully aware of the different ways in which people age and can help you formulate the best anti-ageing plan for you. Moreover, she will help you order and prioritise your most beneficial treatments, always keeping in mind your budget and lifestyle. When it comes to skin, let Dr. Jodie guide your choice, whether it is the more traditional Skin Booster or Biostimulator Treatments or the newer Skin Bio Remodelling Injection. Keep in mind that the younger you are, the less skin ageing you have, but you have better ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be preventative. The older you are, the more skin ageing you have, but you have less ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be restorative. The ideal candidate is early 40s to mid 50s, but everyone can benefit. When Dr. Jodie uses the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, she is generally guided by the recommended BAP sites for injection; however, she can ‘tweak’ her approach to ensure you receive maximum benefit for your unique pattern of ageing.
Dr. Jodie’s clients trust her advice implicitly. Many have been with her for more than a decade. She is a leading cosmetic doctor in Melbourne and sought after for her natural aesthetic. Dr. Jodie is also a national clinical trainer for one of the leading pharmaceutical suppliers of cosmetic injectables, regularly presenting at conferences and workshops throughout Australia, and even overseas. Moreover, she currently plays a significant role in mentoring local clinical injectors one-on-one. With her background is in general practice, and with more than 10 years working in a cosmetic dermatology clinic, Dr. Jodie has the knowledge and know how to refresh your natural look, while prioritising your safety, as she is always your doctor first.
For more on The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection click FAQs.
Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422 232 067 or click below to make an appointment online.
Make an Appointment
45 MINUTE APPOINTMENT
Wrinkles and lines form as a consequence of normal ageing. Both genetics and environmental factors impact skin health and quality. Environmental factors include UV light exposure and smoking, which are highly damaging to your skin.
As your facial muscles move with facial expressions, they cause bunching of your skin. Youthful skin is firm and elastic, but mature skin, lacking in collagen and elastin, is not. Over time with repeated movements, ingrained lines begin to form. These typically become deep as we continue to age without intervention.
Yes. Volume loss affecting your face can lead to lack of skin support from below. Unsupported skin has a tendency to crease more easily. Facial volume loss is typically the result of fat or bone loss, a normal function of ageing. Sometimes, rapid weight loss, which also affects facial fat, can contribute.
The Dr. Jodie clinic recommends preventative measures such as sun avoidance by limiting exposure, wearing protective clothing and eyewear, and regularly applying 50+ SPF sunscreen. Other behaviours such as smoking should also be avoided. A healthy diet and lifestyle are a must for healthy skin.
Yes. Skin care is designed to optimise the health of your skin. Healthy skin has more collagen and elastin, and is firm and elastic, with a reduced tendency to wrinkle. Good skin care includes a gentle cleanser and active moisturiser, derivatives from vitamin A, B, and C, an exfoliant, peptides, and 50+ SPF sunscreen.
A combination approach is usually recommended when it comes to wrinkle smoothing. Medical treatments, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, and devices, such as Laser Genesis and the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling, are available at the Dr. Jodie clinic for your wrinkle related concerns.
Treatments that include the use of schedule 4 medications cannot legally be advertised online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Above lip lines, bunny lines around the nose, chin lines and dimpling, crows feet around the eyes, forehead lines, frown lines, marionette lines between the lips and chin, nasolabial folds between the nose and lips, neck lines and bands, sad mouth lines, among others.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully review your medical history and assess your face, including your patterns of wrinkles and lines, your skin quality, and facial volume. From there, she will develop a treatment plan tailored to your exact needs. This will be carefully explained, detailing what’s involved, your benefits and risks, and any costs.
Planning pregnancy or being pregnant or breast feeding may affect your treatment options. Your Dr. Jodie clinician can discuss this in your consultation appointment with a plan for post pregnancy and breast feeding.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations to help address age-related facial volume loss, which is a normal physiological process.
Your consultation process will consider your options for volume restoration and volume enhancement, but more importantly, it will provide a holistic approach to your concerns about facial ageing in a comprehensive way.
Please know that some cosmetic treatments include the use of schedule 4 medications and cannot legally be advertised or described online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Others do not and can be more freely discussed.
To better understand your treatment options for facial volume related concerns, please book a consultation appointment online with your Dr. Jodie clinician.
As you age, volume loss eventuates in your face due to fat and bone resorption.
Bone resorption over time is quite interesting. Bone loss occurs from specific areas of your facial skeleton as you mature, not uniformly all over. Your bony eye sockets start to look more like aviator sunglasses in shape. Your inner cheeks sink in, while your outer cheek bones stay relatively stable. Your jaw height shrinks, and your chin shortens, creating a squarer look in your lower face.
Fat loss is more complicated. Fat is organised into compartments within deep and superficial layers of your face. Compartments are bound by facial ligaments that offer support. Deep fat pads tend to shrink, especially in your inner cheeks, while some superficial fat pads shrink, such as those in your forehead, and others expand, such as your nasolabial and jowl fat.
Over time, bone and fat loss are responsible for the normal age-related changes you see on the surface of your face. With loss of support from below, superficial fat pads descend and hang over ligaments, creating bulges, folds, and hollows.
Saggy skin seems to exacerbate the issue. Youthful skin is firmer and more elastic, providing a supportive outer envelope that holds everything in place. Mature skin loses collagen and elastin over time, becoming thinner and less resilient, showcasing all the age-related changes that occur below the surface.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations about how to restore facial volume and firm up your skin with improvements in skin quality. This can refine your overall face shape and balance, lift a sagging face, and enhance your facial contours.
A combination approach is typically recommended, as the results tend to be cumulative. Medical treatments, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, and devices all play a role. Laser Genesis is great for skin textural improvements and skin smoothing and firming, while the Scarlet S Radio Frequency is particularly helpful when it comes to tightening up that outer skin envelope.
Following a thorough facial assessment, your Dr. Jodie clinician will help guide you through your choices during your consultation process.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first review your medical history and assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for volume replacement and skin treatments. Facial assessment is key to identifying your pattern of ageing and designing a treatment plan customised to your exact needs.
Your treatment plan will likely include a combination of solutions that will be carefully staged over time. Each treatment will be thoroughly explained, along with potential benefits and risks, as well as your financial obligations. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will always obtain both informed medical consent and financial consent before proceeding. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we believe in considered, stress-free, non-pressured decision making, ensuring you feel confident with your treatment plan before committing to the process.
This way you will have plenty of opportunity to have all your questions answered before undertaking any treatment. And we will always document your journey with standardised clinical photography so you can clearly observe your progress over time.
There is an art to assessing volume loss and volume restoration that few have mastered. With Dr. Jodie in her Melbourne clinic, you can feel confident of subtle outcomes that highlight your best facial features and minimise your signs of ageing. Dr. Jodie has honed her skills over time with extensive learning and experience to deliver just the right combination of treatments in the best way for your individual needs. And she has carefully trained her hand-selected clinicians to operate in just the same way. Your Dr. Jodie clinician prides herself on keeping you looking just like you, only fresher, without the tell-tale signs of cosmetic intervention.
The Dr. Jodie clinic is a ‘go-to’ cosmetic centre in Melbourne to address your concerns about facial volume loss. Your Dr. Jodie clinician takes a ‘whole face’ approach to your facial assessment which means that all areas of your face affected by ageing are considered in your personalised treatment plan. She will carefully analyse your face to identify your unique requirements and design a step-by-step, staged treatment process to help you achieve a more refreshed look. You will never receive a ‘cookie-cutter’ or ‘same size fits all’ approach at the Dr. Jodie clinic. Your aesthetic needs will be different to everyone else, and you deserve a treatment tailored to your unique face. The Dr. Jodie team has the advanced skillset to address your concerns and deliver a personalised solution just for you.
With more than fifteen years of experience as a cosmetic doctor, Dr. Jodie is a trusted name in Melbourne. With a background in general practice, she takes a holistic approach to your cosmetic care with thorough assessment, considered treatment planning and careful delivery of your treatment itself. Not only will you enjoy longer appointment times in her comfortable Melbourne clinic, but all procedures are also personally conducted by Dr. Jodie or her highly trained, hand-selected clinicians for your peace of mind. Dr. Jodie is a highly sough-after national clinical trainer for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies globally and regularly educates other specialists, doctors and nurses in cosmetic treatments. With access to the latest research and the latest techniques to prioritise your health and outcome, you can feel confident that the Dr. Jodie team has the knowledge, skillset and experience to refresh your face.
For a consultation to discuss your facial volume loss concerns at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to book an appointment online.
The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection might be new to Australia in 2022 but has been extensively used throughout Europe and other parts of the world for almost 8 years, with over 5 million treatments worldwide.
As Dr Jodie will explain, the main benefit of this treatment is firmer, less saggy, more hydrated, smoother skin.
An interesting and much understated benefit of this treatment is activation of immature fat cells to slow the loss of facial fat through ageing, something Dr. Jodie believes is quite ground-breaking.
In the cosmetic medical industry, the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection is known as ‘liquid honey’, as it spreads throughout the face from multiple injection sites, unlike Dermal Fillers which are gel like and more solid. Like Dermal Fillers, it is made from the same sugar that is naturally found in your skin, however, it is a unique complex that is most like our own native tissue. Unlike Dermal Fillers that have been made through a chemical process, it has been made through a thermal or heating process and is often referred to as ‘pure’.
The beauty of this treatment is that it offers skin glow without adding volume or bulk to your face. So, it is perfect for anyone who is nervous of looking overdone or puffy with Dermal Fillers. Even so, for best results The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection should be used in conjunction with other rejuvenation treatments and is not a replacement for Dermal Fillers, which can contour, volumise and structure your face, or Anti Wrinkle Injections, which can soften or prevent fine lines. Interestingly, Dr. Jodie notes that the European experience has been that requirements for such treatments are less when using the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection in parallel.
Currently, this treatment has only approved for use on your face in Australia, unlike Europe and elsewhere, where it has also been approved for your neck, décolletage, and your hands. It is likely that this situation will change over time.
Dr. Jodie will assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, which fortunately, most people are. During your assessment, Dr. Jodie will explain the process of treatment and you will have ample time to ask any questions before proceeding. With multiple biostimulating and hydrating treatments on the market, it can be quite confusing, so Dr. Jodie will help you decide if this is your best option. Before and after photos will be taken to document your progress and response to treatment. Dr. Jodie will first thoroughly clean your face, so it is best you come without make-up to your appointment. The treatment is generally very well tolerated and does not usually require numbing prior; however, ice and topical anaesthetic cream are available if your pain threshold is particularly low. Prior to injecting, Dr. Jodie will mark out the 5 bio aesthetic points or BAP sites on each side of your face, which have been specially formulated to maximise the spread for best results. She will use a tiny needle to inject 0.2mls of the 2ml syringe per BAP site superficially into your skin, a technique which tends to minimise bruising. Although a welt will appear at each BAP site, these tend to disappear by the next morning, with some even settling before leaving the Dr. Jodie clinic! This treatment truly has little to no recovery time, which is a huge bonus, so you can get on with your life.
Serial treatments are typically required. Initially, most client require 2 treatments (occasionally 3), separated by at least 4 weeks. After this, a booster treatment is required once every 6 to 12 months.
The hydrating effect tends to subside after 6 months, while the collagen and elastin stimulation and other effects are long lasting.
As the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection stimulates your body’s own collagen and elastin, among other things, your results will always appear natural. The product does not contour, volumise or structure your face, so it is not possible to create an augmented look. It simply hydrates your skin and improves skin laxity by firming your skin, so you will always look just like you only fresher. Dr. Jodie is known for her natural aesthetic and the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection certainly fits well into her armoury of anti-ageing treatments.
Dr. Jodie takes a ‘whole face’ approach to your facial assessment and will tailor a personalised treatment plan to meet your unique needs. Unlike others who may take a ‘cookie cutter’ approach, she is fully aware of the different ways in which people age and can help you formulate the best anti-ageing plan for you. Moreover, she will help you order and prioritise your most beneficial treatments, always keeping in mind your budget and lifestyle. When it comes to skin, let Dr. Jodie guide your choice, whether it is the more traditional Skin Booster or Biostimulator Treatments or the newer Skin Bio Remodelling Injection. Keep in mind that the younger you are, the less skin ageing you have, but you have better ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be preventative. The older you are, the more skin ageing you have, but you have less ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be restorative. The ideal candidate is early 40s to mid 50s, but everyone can benefit. When Dr. Jodie uses the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, she is generally guided by the recommended BAP sites for injection; however, she can ‘tweak’ her approach to ensure you receive maximum benefit for your unique pattern of ageing.
Dr. Jodie’s clients trust her advice implicitly. Many have been with her for more than a decade. She is a leading cosmetic doctor in Melbourne and sought after for her natural aesthetic. Dr. Jodie is also a national clinical trainer for one of the leading pharmaceutical suppliers of cosmetic injectables, regularly presenting at conferences and workshops throughout Australia, and even overseas. Moreover, she currently plays a significant role in mentoring local clinical injectors one-on-one. With her background is in general practice, and with more than 10 years working in a cosmetic dermatology clinic, Dr. Jodie has the knowledge and know how to refresh your natural look, while prioritising your safety, as she is always your doctor first.
For more on The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection click FAQs.
Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422 232 067 or click below to make an appointment online.
Make an Appointment
45 MINUTE APPOINTMENT
As you age, your face undergoes bone and fat resorption, leading to loss of facial volume.
Your facial skeleton does not age in a uniform way. Bone loss occurs such that your eye sockets become shaped like aviator sunglasses, your inner cheeks sink in (while your outer cheek bones are stable), your jaw height and chin height shrink, leaving a squarer appearance to your lower face. This is particularly less desirable in women than in men.
Deep fat tends to disappear from your face as you age. Loss of deep fat from your cheeks in particular leads to loss of facial stability and structure. Everything falls forwards and down.
Superficial fat behaves differently. Some areas shrink, while others expand. Superficial fat compartments in the lower face are unique as they hypertrophy, meaning they grow bigger, adding to lower face heaviness as we age.
Yes. Saggy skin can exacerbate the appearance of volume loss. A lax outer skin envelope that is lacking in collagen and elastin is no longer firm or elastic enough to hold everything in place. Saggy skin can more easily reveal the volume changes that occur below the skin surface.
Loss of volume can add years to your face. It can affect overall face shape and facial balance and can lead to a drawn or droopy appearance. Without adequate volume, facial contours can appear saggy and facial features can appear more aged.
The Dr. Jodie clinic offers comprehensive consultation and treatment planning to help you address your volume loss concerns. Solutions will likely be multifactorial in nature to optimise your outcome and include medical treatments, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, and devices, such Laser Genesis, and the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling.
Treatments that include the use of schedule 4 medications cannot legally be advertised online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully review your medical history and assess your face, including your skin quality and facial volume and shape. From there, she will develop a treatment plan tailored to your exact needs. This will be carefully explained, detailing the process involved, risks and benefits, and expected costs.
Clients most commonly report loss of volume from their cheeks and lips. However, it is important to take a more holistic view of ageing and volume loss. As you mature, you lose volume from all parts of your face, including your forehead and temples, your pre-auricular areas in front of your ears, your chin, and around your mouth. Solutions should always focus on your whole face or you risk looking unnatural.
Planning pregnancy or being pregnant or breast feeding may affect your treatment options. Your Dr. Jodie clinician can discuss this in your consultation appointment with a plan for post pregnancy and breast feeding.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations to help you address poor skin quality, including skin laxity, lack of radiance or glow, dehydrated skin and textured skin - skin changes that are a natural consequence of physiological ageing.
Your consultation process will deliver solution-focused advice, but more importantly, it will provide a holistic approach to your concerns about facial ageing in a comprehensive way.
Please know that some cosmetic treatments include the use of schedule 4 medications and cannot legally be advertised or described online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Others do not and can be more freely discussed.
To better understand your solutions for improving skin quality, please book a consultation appointment online with your Dr. Jodie clinician.
As you mature, the collagen and elastin content of your skin declines. This a consequence of normal ageing, a process influenced by factors including your genetics and environmental factors, such as sun exposure and smoking. Skin lacking in collagen and elastin is no longer as firm or as elastic. It just doesn’t ‘bounce back’ like it did in your youth! Moreover, aged skin tends to be dehydrated, with loss of hyaluronic acid and water content over time. The end result is dry, lacklustre, textured, saggy skin that has lost its radiance and glow.
Skin quality can also appear diminished if the skin is lacking in support from below. With ageing, we also lose facial volume from bone and fat resorption. As the foundations of the face shrink, the structural support underlying the skin collapses, exacerbating the ageing appearance of skin. To understand this better, consider the surface of a balloon – when it is fully inflated it is tight and smooth, but as it deflates, the balloon’s surface becomes undulating and dimpled. Skin too appears uneven, textured, and saggy with loss of tissue support.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations and advice about how to best rejuvenate your ageing skin.
The aim is to increase your content of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid to hydrate, smooth, and firm up lax skin, leaving you with a radiant glow.
A combination approach is always preferred and will help you find your best outcome.
Good skin always starts with good skin care, including preventative measures such as regular 50+ SPF. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will devise a simple at-home skin routine based on your skin needs and will team this with your best combination of in-clinic treatments. Medical treatments, skin peels, LED therapy, Laser Genesis, and Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling all play a role in helping to smooth, hydrate and firm your skin. PDO threads and other medical treatments can also contribute.
Your first step is always a consultation with your Dr. Jodie clinician to discover the best selection of skin treatments for your needs.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first review your medical history and assess your face and skin to see if you are a good candidate for treatment. It is important to identify your unique ageing pattern to custom design a treatment plan just for you.
Your plan will likely include a variety of treatments that will be carefully staged over time. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to ensure you understand the benefits and risks pertaining to each treatment, what is involved in the treatment process, and the costs you will financially incur. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we will always obtain informed medical consent, as well as financial consent, before proceeding. We value long term relationships with our clients and want to ensure your decision-making process is non-pressured and stress-free, with the provision of clear information. You will have plenty of opportunity to have all your questions answered before undertaking any recommended skin solution. And we will always document your journey with standardised clinical photography so you can clearly observe your progress.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we never have a ‘one size fits all’ or ‘cookie-cutter’ approach’ when it comes to your skin quality concerns. We believe that everyone is different and deserves a treatment plan tailored to their exact skin needs and aspirations. Many of the treatments we use rely on your body’s innate mechanisms for collagen and elastin stimulation, so you can feel confident of natural looking outcomes. Some treatments, however, rely on the skill and aesthetic eye of your Dr. Jodie clinician. Fortunately, we take a ‘less is more’ approach when it comes to cosmetic solutions. The aim will always be a refreshed look, with restored skin firmness and elasticity, skin luminosity, as well as hydration and smoothness.
With her background in family medicine and more than 15 years of aesthetic industry experience, you can trust that Dr. Jodie will comprehensively address your concerns around ageing and skin rejuvenation. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we have longer appointment times for thorough facial and skin assessment, treatment planning and the treatment process itself. Dr. Jodie is a national clinical trainer of other doctors, specialists and nurses for a global pharmaceutical company, so you know you are in experienced hands. All Dr. Jodie clinicians have been personally hand-selected and trained intensively by Dr. Jodie herself to deliver a high standard of care that will always prioritise your health and safety as much as your outcome. Let your Dr. Jodie clinician help you uncover your fresh, radiant skin glow.
For a consultation to discuss your skin quality concerns at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to book an appointment online.
The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection might be new to Australia in 2022 but has been extensively used throughout Europe and other parts of the world for almost 8 years, with over 5 million treatments worldwide.
As Dr Jodie will explain, the main benefit of this treatment is firmer, less saggy, more hydrated, smoother skin.
An interesting and much understated benefit of this treatment is activation of immature fat cells to slow the loss of facial fat through ageing, something Dr. Jodie believes is quite ground-breaking.
In the cosmetic medical industry, the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection is known as ‘liquid honey’, as it spreads throughout the face from multiple injection sites, unlike Dermal Fillers which are gel like and more solid. Like Dermal Fillers, it is made from the same sugar that is naturally found in your skin, however, it is a unique complex that is most like our own native tissue. Unlike Dermal Fillers that have been made through a chemical process, it has been made through a thermal or heating process and is often referred to as ‘pure’.
The beauty of this treatment is that it offers skin glow without adding volume or bulk to your face. So, it is perfect for anyone who is nervous of looking overdone or puffy with Dermal Fillers. Even so, for best results The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection should be used in conjunction with other rejuvenation treatments and is not a replacement for Dermal Fillers, which can contour, volumise and structure your face, or Anti Wrinkle Injections, which can soften or prevent fine lines. Interestingly, Dr. Jodie notes that the European experience has been that requirements for such treatments are less when using the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection in parallel.
Currently, this treatment has only approved for use on your face in Australia, unlike Europe and elsewhere, where it has also been approved for your neck, décolletage, and your hands. It is likely that this situation will change over time.
Dr. Jodie will assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, which fortunately, most people are. During your assessment, Dr. Jodie will explain the process of treatment and you will have ample time to ask any questions before proceeding. With multiple biostimulating and hydrating treatments on the market, it can be quite confusing, so Dr. Jodie will help you decide if this is your best option. Before and after photos will be taken to document your progress and response to treatment. Dr. Jodie will first thoroughly clean your face, so it is best you come without make-up to your appointment. The treatment is generally very well tolerated and does not usually require numbing prior; however, ice and topical anaesthetic cream are available if your pain threshold is particularly low. Prior to injecting, Dr. Jodie will mark out the 5 bio aesthetic points or BAP sites on each side of your face, which have been specially formulated to maximise the spread for best results. She will use a tiny needle to inject 0.2mls of the 2ml syringe per BAP site superficially into your skin, a technique which tends to minimise bruising. Although a welt will appear at each BAP site, these tend to disappear by the next morning, with some even settling before leaving the Dr. Jodie clinic! This treatment truly has little to no recovery time, which is a huge bonus, so you can get on with your life.
Serial treatments are typically required. Initially, most client require 2 treatments (occasionally 3), separated by at least 4 weeks. After this, a booster treatment is required once every 6 to 12 months.
The hydrating effect tends to subside after 6 months, while the collagen and elastin stimulation and other effects are long lasting.
As the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection stimulates your body’s own collagen and elastin, among other things, your results will always appear natural. The product does not contour, volumise or structure your face, so it is not possible to create an augmented look. It simply hydrates your skin and improves skin laxity by firming your skin, so you will always look just like you only fresher. Dr. Jodie is known for her natural aesthetic and the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection certainly fits well into her armoury of anti-ageing treatments.
Dr. Jodie takes a ‘whole face’ approach to your facial assessment and will tailor a personalised treatment plan to meet your unique needs. Unlike others who may take a ‘cookie cutter’ approach, she is fully aware of the different ways in which people age and can help you formulate the best anti-ageing plan for you. Moreover, she will help you order and prioritise your most beneficial treatments, always keeping in mind your budget and lifestyle. When it comes to skin, let Dr. Jodie guide your choice, whether it is the more traditional Skin Booster or Biostimulator Treatments or the newer Skin Bio Remodelling Injection. Keep in mind that the younger you are, the less skin ageing you have, but you have better ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be preventative. The older you are, the more skin ageing you have, but you have less ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be restorative. The ideal candidate is early 40s to mid 50s, but everyone can benefit. When Dr. Jodie uses the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, she is generally guided by the recommended BAP sites for injection; however, she can ‘tweak’ her approach to ensure you receive maximum benefit for your unique pattern of ageing.
Dr. Jodie’s clients trust her advice implicitly. Many have been with her for more than a decade. She is a leading cosmetic doctor in Melbourne and sought after for her natural aesthetic. Dr. Jodie is also a national clinical trainer for one of the leading pharmaceutical suppliers of cosmetic injectables, regularly presenting at conferences and workshops throughout Australia, and even overseas. Moreover, she currently plays a significant role in mentoring local clinical injectors one-on-one. With her background is in general practice, and with more than 10 years working in a cosmetic dermatology clinic, Dr. Jodie has the knowledge and know how to refresh your natural look, while prioritising your safety, as she is always your doctor first.
For more on The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection click FAQs.
Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422 232 067 or click below to make an appointment online.
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As you age, your skin content of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid declines. This leads to a reduction in skin firmness, elasticity and hydration. Subsequently, your skin appears more lax, rough and dry with a lack of radiance or glow.
Like most things, both your genetics and exposure to environmental factors impact on how your skin ages. Most notably, sun exposure and smoking cause the greatest damage.
Loss of facial volume is a normal consequence of ageing through bone and deep fat resorption. Loss of support from the foundations below can make your skin appear more saggy and textural imperfections more obvious.
Good skin demands sun avoidance. Try to avoid peak UV exposure times, wear protective clothing and eyewear, and regularly apply 50+ SPF sunscreen. Good skin also requires a healthy lifestyle with nourishing food, regular exercise, low stress, low or no alcohol and no smoking.
Yes. Good skin care helps to optimise skin health. Your at-home skin routine should include a gentle cleanser, active moisturiser, derivatives of vitamins A, B, and C, an exfoliant, hyaluronic acid, peptides and regular 50+ SPF sunscreen. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we adore the Aspect Dr. range and the Alastin range following treatment with devices.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, you will have access to a comprehensive range of treatments to improve your skin quality, including medical treatments, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, Laser Genesis, and Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling, among other things.
Treatments that include the use of schedule 4 medications cannot legally be advertised online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first review your medical history and conduct a thorough face and skin assessment to identify and prioritise your concerns. She will then prescribe a treatment plan that best suits your unique skin issues and aspirations. More often than not, a combination approach involving a variety of treatments is preferred to maximise your results.
Planning pregnancy or being pregnant or breast feeding may affect your treatment options. Your Dr. Jodie clinician can discuss this in your consultation appointment with a plan for post pregnancy and breast feeding.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations for concerns about excessive facial fat, such as your double chin or jowls.
Your consultation process will deliver solution-focused advice, but more importantly, it will provide a holistic approach to your concerns about facial ageing in a comprehensive way.
Please know that some cosmetic treatments include the use of schedule 4 medications and cannot legally be advertised or described online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Others do not and can be more freely discussed.
To better understand your solutions to help minimise excessive facial fat, please book a consultation appointment online with your Dr. Jodie clinician.
Key Points
A double chin or heavy jowls are common cosmetic concerns that may be ageing your face. More often than not, there is an underlying genetic component to the presence of excessive facial fat. There is no greater predictor of how you look and how you age than your parents and grandparents. So, look through your family photo album to understand where you are headed! If your mum or dad have a double chin or heavy jowls, there is a strong possibility you will too.
Even so, there are a number of other factors that influence whether or not a double chin or heavy jowls develop.
If you are not at your ideal body weight, this may exacerbate the look of a double chin or heavy jowls.
Sudden weight loss may also exacerbate their appearance due to sagging of skin in your lower face and neck.
Similarly, age-related skin changes may lead to skin laxity and a saggy appearance. Youthful skin is firm and elastic and capable of holding fatty tissue in place. As we mature, our collagen and elastin content declines, leading to lax skin that is less resilient. It can no longer act as an elastic outer envelope that holds facial fat in position.
Facial sag from skin laxity is also compounded by loss of bone and deep fat from your face as you age. Your skin becomes looser, while the deeper foundations of your face shrink. To better understand this concept, imagine a tablecloth that is getting stretchier and a table that is shrinking. With facial ageing, this process leads everything to fall forwards and down, contributing to jowls and making your double chin appear heavier.
Interestingly, not all fat in the face behaves the same way. While deep fat compartments shrink with ageing, some superficial fat compartments may hypertrophy or increase in volume. Unfortunately, superficial fat in your lower face, including your jowl fat and your double chin fat, typically expand. This can lead to unwanted excessive volumisation of your lower face and a heaviness that disrupts your facial balance.
The good news is that multiple options are available to you to help address these changes.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we offer consultations to help you address your concerns about excessive facial fat.
Let’s face it, even if you reach your ideal body weight through diet and exercise, it is impossible to ‘spot train’ away or target fat localised to a particular area of your body, including your double chin and jowls!
Solutions at the Dr. Jodie clinic can help to minimise localised areas of excessive facial fat, improve skin laxity, lift a sagging face and neck, and improve your overall face shape, profile and balance.
A combination approach will always give you your best result. Medical treatments, mono threads, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, and other devices, such as the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling and Laser Genesis, all play a role.
The first step though is always consultation. Following a thorough facial assessment, your Dr. Jodie clinician will help guide you through your choices.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first review your medical history and assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for treatment of your double chin or jowls. Non-surgical options can offer a fantastic alternative to liposuction, which is typically more invasive and more costly.
As with any facial concern, thorough facial assessment is key to identifying your unique aesthetic needs and formulating a treatment plan to meet them.
Your plan will likely include a combination of solutions that will be carefully staged over time. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to explain what is involved with each treatment, including the benefits and risks, and any costs involved. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we believe that you deserve fully informed medical and financial consent before proceeding. We also believe in considered decision making in a stress-free environment, so you will never feel pressure from us to commit to any treatment if you have uncertainty. We want to ensure you feel comfortable with your treatment plan and will encourage your active participation in it's creation. This means you will have plenty of opportunity to have all your questions answered before undertaking any treatment.
And we will be sure to document your journey along the way with standardised clinical photography so you can clearly review your progress.
In the comfort of our boutique clinic in Melbourne, your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully assess your face to determine your best approach. If you have significant fatty deposits and super saggy skin, you may be best served by surgical treatments. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will always give you honest advice, even if that means not providing any treatments in our own clinic. In this instance, we can make recommendations about who you should see and offer a list of our preferred providers for your consideration. We will never waste your time or money. If you have mild to moderate fatty deposits with some skin laxity, you may be best served by less invasive non-surgical treatments. You can feel rest assured that the advice you receive will always be customised to optimise your outcome. There will never be a ‘cookie cutter’ or ‘one size fits all’ approach. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we understand that everyone is different and deserves a tailored treatment plan.
Dr. Jodie is a trusted name in Melbourne, with her background in family medicine and over 15 years in cosmetic medicine. She always takes a holistic approach to your cosmetic care with thorough assessment, considered treatment planning and careful delivery of your treatment itself. All procedures are personally conducted by Dr. Jodie herself or one of her hand-selected, highly trained staff, so you can feel confident of the standard of care you receive. Dr. Jodie is a national clinical trainer for one of the largest pharmaceutical suppliers globally and regularly teaches other doctors, specialists, and nurses in the delivery of cosmetic treatments. With Dr. Jodie’s knowledge and experience, you can feel comfortable that she has the skillset to minimise your unwanted double chin and jowls and subtly refresh your unique face. You can also relax knowing all clinicians at the Dr. Jodie clinic have been carefully trained to operate in just the same way.
For a consultation to discuss your facial fat concerns at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to book an appointment online.
The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection might be new to Australia in 2022 but has been extensively used throughout Europe and other parts of the world for almost 8 years, with over 5 million treatments worldwide.
As Dr Jodie will explain, the main benefit of this treatment is firmer, less saggy, more hydrated, smoother skin.
An interesting and much understated benefit of this treatment is activation of immature fat cells to slow the loss of facial fat through ageing, something Dr. Jodie believes is quite ground-breaking.
In the cosmetic medical industry, the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection is known as ‘liquid honey’, as it spreads throughout the face from multiple injection sites, unlike Dermal Fillers which are gel like and more solid. Like Dermal Fillers, it is made from the same sugar that is naturally found in your skin, however, it is a unique complex that is most like our own native tissue. Unlike Dermal Fillers that have been made through a chemical process, it has been made through a thermal or heating process and is often referred to as ‘pure’.
The beauty of this treatment is that it offers skin glow without adding volume or bulk to your face. So, it is perfect for anyone who is nervous of looking overdone or puffy with Dermal Fillers. Even so, for best results The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection should be used in conjunction with other rejuvenation treatments and is not a replacement for Dermal Fillers, which can contour, volumise and structure your face, or Anti Wrinkle Injections, which can soften or prevent fine lines. Interestingly, Dr. Jodie notes that the European experience has been that requirements for such treatments are less when using the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection in parallel.
Currently, this treatment has only approved for use on your face in Australia, unlike Europe and elsewhere, where it has also been approved for your neck, décolletage, and your hands. It is likely that this situation will change over time.
Dr. Jodie will assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, which fortunately, most people are. During your assessment, Dr. Jodie will explain the process of treatment and you will have ample time to ask any questions before proceeding. With multiple biostimulating and hydrating treatments on the market, it can be quite confusing, so Dr. Jodie will help you decide if this is your best option. Before and after photos will be taken to document your progress and response to treatment. Dr. Jodie will first thoroughly clean your face, so it is best you come without make-up to your appointment. The treatment is generally very well tolerated and does not usually require numbing prior; however, ice and topical anaesthetic cream are available if your pain threshold is particularly low. Prior to injecting, Dr. Jodie will mark out the 5 bio aesthetic points or BAP sites on each side of your face, which have been specially formulated to maximise the spread for best results. She will use a tiny needle to inject 0.2mls of the 2ml syringe per BAP site superficially into your skin, a technique which tends to minimise bruising. Although a welt will appear at each BAP site, these tend to disappear by the next morning, with some even settling before leaving the Dr. Jodie clinic! This treatment truly has little to no recovery time, which is a huge bonus, so you can get on with your life.
Serial treatments are typically required. Initially, most client require 2 treatments (occasionally 3), separated by at least 4 weeks. After this, a booster treatment is required once every 6 to 12 months.
The hydrating effect tends to subside after 6 months, while the collagen and elastin stimulation and other effects are long lasting.
As the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection stimulates your body’s own collagen and elastin, among other things, your results will always appear natural. The product does not contour, volumise or structure your face, so it is not possible to create an augmented look. It simply hydrates your skin and improves skin laxity by firming your skin, so you will always look just like you only fresher. Dr. Jodie is known for her natural aesthetic and the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection certainly fits well into her armoury of anti-ageing treatments.
Dr. Jodie takes a ‘whole face’ approach to your facial assessment and will tailor a personalised treatment plan to meet your unique needs. Unlike others who may take a ‘cookie cutter’ approach, she is fully aware of the different ways in which people age and can help you formulate the best anti-ageing plan for you. Moreover, she will help you order and prioritise your most beneficial treatments, always keeping in mind your budget and lifestyle. When it comes to skin, let Dr. Jodie guide your choice, whether it is the more traditional Skin Booster or Biostimulator Treatments or the newer Skin Bio Remodelling Injection. Keep in mind that the younger you are, the less skin ageing you have, but you have better ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be preventative. The older you are, the more skin ageing you have, but you have less ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be restorative. The ideal candidate is early 40s to mid 50s, but everyone can benefit. When Dr. Jodie uses the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, she is generally guided by the recommended BAP sites for injection; however, she can ‘tweak’ her approach to ensure you receive maximum benefit for your unique pattern of ageing.
Dr. Jodie’s clients trust her advice implicitly. Many have been with her for more than a decade. She is a leading cosmetic doctor in Melbourne and sought after for her natural aesthetic. Dr. Jodie is also a national clinical trainer for one of the leading pharmaceutical suppliers of cosmetic injectables, regularly presenting at conferences and workshops throughout Australia, and even overseas. Moreover, she currently plays a significant role in mentoring local clinical injectors one-on-one. With her background is in general practice, and with more than 10 years working in a cosmetic dermatology clinic, Dr. Jodie has the knowledge and know how to refresh your natural look, while prioritising your safety, as she is always your doctor first.
For more on The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection click FAQs.
Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422 232 067 or click below to make an appointment online.
Make an Appointment
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The presence of excessive facial fat in the form of a double chin or jowls is often genetic but can also occur with weight gain or sudden weight loss.
Skin laxity results from reduced skin firmness and elasticity, so there is less capacity for mature skin to behave like an elastic outer envelope. It is unable to firmly hold everything in place, including fatty tissue, adding to the appearance of your jowls and double chin.
Facial volume loss from bone and deep fat loss will also lead to reduced support from below and subsequently, everything above falls forwards and down, exacerbating the appearance of your jowls and double chin.
Deep fat compartments in your face tend to shrink with ageing, while superficial fat pads vary – some shrink, while others enlarge. Unfortunately, superficial fat of your lower face, including your superficial nasolabial fat, your jowl fat, your submental (double chin) fat hypertrophy. They expand! This can lead to an undesirable heaviness of your lower face that disrupts facial balance, especially of your side profile.
No. Although reaching your ideal body weight is encouraged through diet and exercise, it is not realistic or achievable to ‘spot train’ away localised fat, including your double chin and jowls!
This is a complicated question! Like anything else, if it bothers you, it may be worth seeking professional advice from the Dr. Jodie clinic. Improvements in jowl fat and a double chin can create a more aesthetically pleasing side profile and can restore facial balance. However, we believe you are more than your perceived cosmetic flaws and should feel empowered to do as you please when it comes to decisions about your appearance and how you wish to age.
The Dr. Jodie clinic offers comprehensive consultations and personalised treatment plans to help you address your concerns about excessive facial fat. A combination of solutions will likely be presented, including medical treatments, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, and devices, such Laser Genesis, and the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first review your medical history and assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for treatment of your double chin or jowls. Based on your unique needs, she will formulate a customised treatment plan addressing all factors that contribute to the presence of your double chin and jowls. Except genetics! (You may need to have a word with your parents!)
Treatments that include the use of schedule 4 medications cannot legally be advertised online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Planning pregnancy or being pregnant or breast feeding may affect your treatment options. Your Dr. Jodie clinician can discuss this in your consultation appointment with a plan for post pregnancy and breast feeding.
Active Skin Care is a must to combat the signs of ageing. After all, your skin is your body's largest organ!
Dr. Jodie recommends the professional range from Aspect Dr. for your daily skin care routine, which is formulated with highly active ingredients, including vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, AHAs and BHAs, as well as a host of other anti-oxidant and protective agents that enhance skin health. And don't ever forget SPF50+ sunscreen and sun avoidance as your best preventative steps! Good skin care alone is not enough.
More recently, Dr. Jodie introduced the Alastin range, which is new to Australia, but has long been the leading professional skin care formulation in the U.S. for optimising your skin pre and post procedures. In fact, she was the first clinic in Australia to do so!
The best news? Your Dr. Jodie clinician offers comprehensive consultations to assess your current skin health, address your skin concerns, and tailor a fuss free at-home Skin Care regime that best suits your individual needs. For your best outcome, compliment your at-home Skin Care program with Aspect Dr.'s professional, in-clinic range of Skin Peels and LED Therapy, and other rejuvenation treatments, as outlined in our services menu.
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Skin Peels treat a wide range of skin concerns, including oily and acne prone skin, pigmented skin, dehydrated skin, and aged and photo-damaged skin. Dr. Jodie prefers the professional medical Skin Peel range from Aspect. Dr due to its unique and specialised formulations that address a wide range of conditions.
What Types Of Skin Peels Are Offered At The Dr. Jodie Clinic In Melbourne?
The Skin Peel range from Aspect Dr. includes:
Lactobotanical Peels: These peels are suitable for all skin types, especially those that are dry or dehydrated. Formulated with calming Canadian Willoherb extract and starting at 20% Lactic Acid, peels can be progressively increased to 60% lactic acid for maximal exfoliation and rehydration.
Problem Skin Peel: This peel is suitable for oily or acne prone skin. Formulated with Salicylic Acid and Beracare AAA, this peel minimises excess oil, unblocks blocked pores, clarifies skin, and calms redness associated with breakouts. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels are required prior.
Pigment Peel: This peel is suitable for clients with dark pigmented areas, uneven and dull skin. Formulated with Salicylic acid and Tyrostat-11, this peel exfoliates to smooth texture, minimise pigment and restore radiance or glow. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels are required prior.
Power Peel: This peel is suitable for clients with more significant pigmentation concerns, including melasma, as well as some textural issues. Formulated with Kojic Acid, Mandelic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Retinol and Emblica, this peel improves texture, pigmentation, clarity and visibly brightens skin. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels and a Pigment Peel are required prior. The power peel involves 2 steps in clinic and 1 step at home.
Triple Action Peel: This peel is suitable for clients with more significant resurfacing concerns, including photo-aged skin, deeper wrinkles and lines, and some pigmentation. Formulated with Lanablue (a phytoretinoid), Lactic acid, Niacinamide, and Canadian Willoherb, this peel restores a more youthful appearance by illuminating complexion and minimising the appearance of fine lines and other textural issues. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels are required prior. The triple action peel involves 2 steps in clinic and 1 step at home.
What Is Involved In Having A Skin Peel At The Dr. Jodie Clinic in Melbourne?
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will assess your skin holistically, specifically addressing any concerns you may have, and will formulate a Skin Peel plan to optimise your skin health.
When it comes to Lactobotanical peels, first your face will be thoroughly cleansed, and any dirt, makeup or oil removed with a cleanser and a special pre-peel preparatory solution. Sensitive areas will be protected with vasoline.
The peel will be applied with brush or pad and left on your skin for 3 to 5minutes, whilst your skin is carefully monitored. During this process you may experience a tingling sensation. Frosting (a transient white discolouration) may be apparent, especially with any peel containing salicylic acid.
The peel with then be neutralised with a special neutralising solution. At this stage, no further tingling should be apparent. A nourishing and anti-ageing serum will be applied, followed by a moisturiser with SPF.
Depending on the Skin Peel type applied, you may have no to minimal recovery time, mainly in the form of redness, flaking or short-term frosting. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will ensure your Skin Peel regime is appropriate for your skin type and needs and carefully planned to minimise any downtime. Your clinician will also recommend an at-home skin care regime to compliment your in-clinic treatments and ensure your skin is well prepped for your next appointment.
Tailored Skin Peels In Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie Clinic
It is a common misconception that professional Skin Peels must be aggressive, high concentration solutions that result in excessive visible peeling, scabbing and significant recovery time to obtain results. This is simply not true!
While some skin conditions, such as extremely photo-damaged skin or severe acne scarring, may require a more aggressive approach, this is not required for most clients who are looking for skin rejuvenation.
If your goal is healthy, beautiful skin, then a progressive, low dose approach to professional treatments is usually your best choice. Peels of different strengths and combinations can utilised within your treatment plan to increase your skin’s natural cell turnover rate, while also addressing your specific skin concerns, leaving you with smoother, brighter, more even-looking skin.
You can trust your Dr. Jodie clinician to offer you a comprehensive assessment and Skin Peel regime specific to your unique skin health requirements. She will also optimise your at-home skin care program to get the best results out of your in-clinic treatments.
Why Choose The Dr. Jodie Clinic in Melbourne For Skin Peel Treatments?
Dr. Jodie has a long history of working with skin. In fact, she was a senior doctor in a leading dermatology clinic in Melbourne for over a decade, where she honed her knowledge and skills with skin treatments including advanced medical skin peels, LEDs, skin needling, lasers, radiofrequency devices, targeted ultrasound devices, to name a few. Your Dr. Jodie clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her supervision to deliver all skin treatments with the highest level of care. Your health and safety are paramount at the Dr. Jodie clinic. You can trust that your clinician will always consider your specific needs, your current skin health and avoid overly aggressive treatments. The aim will always be low downtime, high yield rejuvenation treatments, to minimise interference with your day-to-day life.
For rejuvenating Skin Peels at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
What Types Of Skin Peels Are Offered At The Dr. Jodie Clinic In Melbourne?
The Skin Peel range from Aspect Dr. includes:
Lactobotanical Peels: These peels are suitable for all skin types, especially those that are dry or dehydrated. Formulated with calming Canadian Willoherb extract and starting at 20% Lactic Acid, peels can be progressively increased to 60% lactic acid for maximal exfoliation and rehydration.
Problem Skin Peel: This peel is suitable for oily or acne prone skin. Formulated with Salicylic Acid and Beracare AAA, this peel minimises excess oil, unblocks blocked pores, clarifies skin, and calms redness associated with breakouts. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels are required prior.
Pigment Peel: This peel is suitable for clients with dark pigmented areas, uneven and dull skin. Formulated with Salicylic acid and Tyrostat-11, this peel exfoliates to smooth texture, minimise pigment and restore radiance or glow. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels are required prior.
Power Peel: This peel is suitable for clients with more significant pigmentation concerns, including melasma, as well as some textural issues. Formulated with Kojic Acid, Mandelic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Retinol and Emblica, this peel improves texture, pigmentation, clarity and visibly brightens skin. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels and a Pigment Peel are required prior. The power peel involves 2 steps in clinic and 1 step at home.
Triple Action Peel: This peel is suitable for clients with more significant resurfacing concerns, including photo-aged skin, deeper wrinkles and lines, and some pigmentation. Formulated with Lanablue (a phytoretinoid), Lactic acid, Niacinamide, and Canadian Willoherb, this peel restores a more youthful appearance by illuminating complexion and minimising the appearance of fine lines and other textural issues. A minimum of 2 Lactobotanical peels are required prior. The triple action peel involves 2 steps in clinic and 1 step at home.
What Is Involved In Having A Skin Peel At The Dr. Jodie Clinic in Melbourne?
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will assess your skin holistically, specifically addressing any concerns you may have, and will formulate a Skin Peel plan to optimise your skin health.
When it comes to Lactobotanical peels, first your face will be thoroughly cleansed, and any dirt, makeup or oil removed with a cleanser and a special pre-peel preparatory solution. Sensitive areas will be protected with vasoline.
The peel will be applied with brush and left on your skin for 3 to 5minutes, whilst your skin is carefully monitored. During this process you may experience a tingling sensation. Frosting (a transient white discolouration) may be apparent.
The peel with then be neutralised with a special neutralising solution. At this stage, no further tingling should be apparent. A nourishing and anti-ageing serum will be applied, followed by a moisturiser with SPF.
Depending on the Skin Peel type applied, you may have no to minimal recovery time, mainly in the form of redness, flaking or short-term frosting. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will ensure your Skin Peel regime is appropriate for your skin type and needs and carefully planned to minimise any downtime. Your clinician will also recommend an at-home skin care regime to compliment your in-clinic treatments and ensure your skin is well prepped for your next appointment.
Tailored Skin Peels In Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie Clinic
It is a common misconception that professional Skin Peels must be aggressive, high concentration solutions that result in excessive visible peeling, scabbing and significant recovery time to obtain results. This is simply not true!
While some skin conditions, such as extremely photo-damaged skin or severe acne scarring, may require a more aggressive approach, this is not required for most clients who are looking for skin rejuvenation.
If your goal is healthy, beautiful skin, then a progressive, low dose approach to professional treatments is usually your best choice. Peels of different strengths and combinations can utilised within your treatment plan to increase your skin’s natural cell turnover rate, while also addressing your specific skin concerns, leaving you with smoother, brighter, more even-looking skin.
You can trust your Dr. Jodie clinician to offer you a comprehensive assessment and Skin Peel regime specific to your unique skin health requirements. She will also optimise your at-home skin care program to get the best results out of your in-clinic treatments.
Why Choose The Dr. Jodie Clinic in Melbourne For Skin Peel Treatments?
Dr. Jodie has a long history of working with skin. In fact, she was a senior doctor in a leading dermatology clinic in Melbourne for over a decade, where she honed her knowledge and skills with skin treatments including advanced medical skin peels, LEDs, skin needling, lasers, radiofrequency devices, targeted ultrasound devices, to name a few. Your Dr. Jodie clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her supervision to safely deliver all skin treatments with the highest level of care. Your health and safety are paramount at the Dr. Jodie clinic. You can trust that your clinician will always consider your specific needs, your current skin health and avoid overly aggressive treatments. The aim will always be low downtime, high yield rejuvenation treatments, to minimise interference with your day-to-day life.
For more information on Skin Peels, click FAQs.
For rejuvenating Skin Peels at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
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Dr. Jodie recommends the professional Skin Peel range from Aspect Dr.
The range includes unique and specialised peel formulations that treat a wide range of skin concerns. Each utilises AHAs, BHAs and a rich array of clinically proven antioxidants and moisturising agents.
Skin Peels from the Aspect Dr. professional range include:
For more information, please refer to the detailed information outlined in services.
A medical grade Skin Peel can help improve fines lines and wrinkles, diffuse redness, superficial pigmentation, mild scarring, enlarged pores, clogged pores and breakouts, dry and flaking skin.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will:
Skin health is just as important as cosmetic injectable treatments to keep a refreshed, natural look. With so many options on the market, you can rely on your Dr. Jodie clinician to guide your choices for clearer, softer, and smoother skin.
Most clients will start with a Lactobotanical Skin Peel, usually 20% to 30% strength.
Your clinician will first thoroughly cleanse your face, removing any dirt, makeup or oil with a cleanser and then with a special pre-peel preparatory solution. A barrier cream will be applied to protect sensitive areas.
The peel will be gently applied with a soft brush and left on your skin for 3 to 5 minutes, while your skin is carefully monitored by your Dr. Jodie clinician. During this process you may experience a tingling sensation. Frosting (a transient white discolouration) may also become apparent.
The peel with then be neutralised with a special neutralising solution. At this stage, no further tingling should occur. Nourishing and anti-ageing serums will be layered and finally a moisturiser with SPF will be applied.
You will also receive a complimentary LED treatment to assist with recovery and the rejuvenation process.
Some more advanced peel types require both in-clinic and at-home steps, but do not worry – your clinician will educate you every step of the way.
You may feel flushed or appear red immediately following the peel, which may persist for 24 hours. This is sometimes associated with minor swelling, but not always.
Frosting (a transient white discolouration) may persist for 24 hours.
You may experience some skin peeling or mild flaking over the next 2 to 7 days, depending on the type of peel applied.
Generally, the Lactobotanic peels at lower strength (20% to 30%) will involve only minor flaking at worst. Other more powerful peels may involve slightly more shedding for a week or so, however, not everyone will peel significantly. This does not mean the treatment is ineffective. The peel is a vehicle to deliver active ingredients to your skin, as well as light exfoliation – you do not have to shed like a snake! Even so, for more powerful peels, treatment planning is important until you are aware of how you react to your treatment. Prepping your skin pre-peel is very important to minimise your recovery time.
Rarely, following a peel it is possible to experience a blister, scabbing, hyperpigmentation (brown discolouration), hypopigmentation (a white patch), scar, flare your acne, suffer skin infection, or reactivate a cold sore (HSV).
To minimise your risk of significant recovery time, it is important to follow some simple pre-peel instructions. 24 hours prior to your skin peel, all products with AHA/BHA and vitamin A derivatives should be stopped. However, the skin should be prepped for minimum of one to two weeks prior to your peel with the at-home skin care products containing AHA/BHA exfoliants or even Vitamin A products or both. Your Dr. Jodie clinician can advise you how best to prepare for your peel. If you are using skin care stocked by Dr. Jodie, then regular use Aspect Dr. Exfol A Serum or Hydra A Plus Cream is important (until 24 hours before).
All skin care containing significantly active skin care ingredients should be stopped for one week. Again, your Dr. Jodie clinician can advise you how best to care for your skin after your peel. If you are using the Aspect Dr. range, Hyaluronic Serum or Redless Serum and Ultralight moisturiser are highly recommended. Please always layer with SPF 50+. Never actively pick or peel flaking skin as this may lead to scarring.
Skin Peels may be undertaken 2 to 4 weekly, depending on the peel type. Lactobotanical peels can be done fortnightly, while more active peels (advanced treatments) should be done monthly.
Lactobotanical peels are safe in pregnancy (if the pre-peel preparation product is avoided). All other peels are not safe in pregnancy due to Vitamin A derivatives or other products.
The Problem Skin peel, Pigment Peel, Power Peel should be avoided if you have an aspirin allergy.
The Triple Action peel should be avoided if you have a fish allergy due to marine extracts.
The Power peel should be avoided if you have a nut allergy due to Mandelic acid.
Mono Threads are injectable threads that act to stimulate your body’s own collagen to improve skin texture, fine lines and wrinkles, acne or other scarring, skin tightness and sometimes even a sagging face.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully assess your face and decide if you are a suitable candidate for Mono Threads. These are small, suture-like threads, made from a synthetic material which stimulates collagen, that are inserted under your skin superficially using a fine needle. Numbing cream will be applied to the intended treatment area for 1 hour prior so you feel comfortable throughout. She will often perform a local anaesthetic nerve block as well for additional pain relief, but also to help minimise the risk of bruising. It is not uncommon for treatment to involve more than 100 threads, so bruising is somewhat inevitable. Some mild to moderate swelling is also common. So, it is important to time your treatment with events in your social calendar. Results from collagen biostimulation are seen at 12 weeks, although improvements may be noted as early as 6 weeks. Tightening will continue over 6 to 12 months. Yearly maintenance treatments are recommended.
Mono Threads can be used essentially anywhere on your face and body to treat skin laxity, soften lines and wrinkles, and improve skin tightness and texture. Common treatments include forehead lines, frown lines, brow lift, cheeks, lines around your mouth, nasolabial folds, jowls, as well as jawline strengthening and neck lines. Mono Threads can even be used on your body to address your decolletage and tighten loose abdominal skin. Collagen biostimulation is one of the most effective ways to improve skin quality and tautness with natural looking results without creating a ‘bulky’ or overfilled look.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will assess whether you are a good candidate for Mono Threads and guide your treatment plan. She will highlight the most suitable areas of your face for treatment, outline your anticipated benefits and risks, and clarify any costs involved. She will help you decide on the most appropriate combination of solutions based on your unique facial needs, lifestyle, and budget, and integrate the use of Mono Threads into your existing rejuvenation schedule. That way you can better understand and plan the order of your treatments. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will always offer a tailored approach and holistic care when it comes to your cosmetic treatments and does not believe in ‘one size fits all’ measures.
The best thing about Mono Threads is that they rely on your body’s own collagen stimulation to generate your result, so a normal looking outcome is essentially guaranteed. The tell-tale signs of cosmetic intervention will not be apparent, as the improvements that develop over time are reliant on your body’s innate mechanisms of rejuvenation and collagen stimulation. The Dr. Jodie team are strong advocates for a ‘less is more’ approach to cosmetic treatments and will always ensure your outcome is simply refreshed, not augmented.
With her background in family medicine and with more than 15 years of industry experience, you can trust that Dr. Jodie will comprehensively address your concerns around ageing and your rejuvenation treatments. She is a national clinical trainer of other doctors, specialists, and nurses for a major pharmaceutical company,so you know you are always in experienced hands, Dr. Jodie has trained all her hand-selected clinicians very carefully to operate in just the same way. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, you can expect longer appointment times for thorough facial assessment, treatment planning and the treatment process itself. And you can feel confident that your safety and wellness is prioritised by the Dr. Jodie team as highly as your aesthetic outcome.
For Mono Thread Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or book in online.
The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection might be new to Australia in 2022 but has been extensively used throughout Europe and other parts of the world for almost 8 years, with over 5 million treatments worldwide.
As Dr Jodie will explain, the main benefit of this treatment is firmer, less saggy, more hydrated, smoother skin.
An interesting and much understated benefit of this treatment is activation of immature fat cells to slow the loss of facial fat through ageing, something Dr. Jodie believes is quite ground-breaking.
In the cosmetic medical industry, the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection is known as ‘liquid honey’, as it spreads throughout the face from multiple injection sites, unlike Dermal Fillers which are gel like and more solid. Like Dermal Fillers, it is made from the same sugar that is naturally found in your skin, however, it is a unique complex that is most like our own native tissue. Unlike Dermal Fillers that have been made through a chemical process, it has been made through a thermal or heating process and is often referred to as ‘pure’.
The beauty of this treatment is that it offers skin glow without adding volume or bulk to your face. So, it is perfect for anyone who is nervous of looking overdone or puffy with Dermal Fillers. Even so, for best results The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection should be used in conjunction with other rejuvenation treatments and is not a replacement for Dermal Fillers, which can contour, volumise and structure your face, or Anti Wrinkle Injections, which can soften or prevent fine lines. Interestingly, Dr. Jodie notes that the European experience has been that requirements for such treatments are less when using the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection in parallel.
Currently, this treatment has only approved for use on your face in Australia, unlike Europe and elsewhere, where it has also been approved for your neck, décolletage, and your hands. It is likely that this situation will change over time.
Dr. Jodie will assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, which fortunately, most people are. During your assessment, Dr. Jodie will explain the process of treatment and you will have ample time to ask any questions before proceeding. With multiple biostimulating and hydrating treatments on the market, it can be quite confusing, so Dr. Jodie will help you decide if this is your best option. Before and after photos will be taken to document your progress and response to treatment. Dr. Jodie will first thoroughly clean your face, so it is best you come without make-up to your appointment. The treatment is generally very well tolerated and does not usually require numbing prior; however, ice and topical anaesthetic cream are available if your pain threshold is particularly low. Prior to injecting, Dr. Jodie will mark out the 5 bio aesthetic points or BAP sites on each side of your face, which have been specially formulated to maximise the spread for best results. She will use a tiny needle to inject 0.2mls of the 2ml syringe per BAP site superficially into your skin, a technique which tends to minimise bruising. Although a welt will appear at each BAP site, these tend to disappear by the next morning, with some even settling before leaving the Dr. Jodie clinic! This treatment truly has little to no recovery time, which is a huge bonus, so you can get on with your life.
Serial treatments are typically required. Initially, most client require 2 treatments (occasionally 3), separated by at least 4 weeks. After this, a booster treatment is required once every 6 to 12 months.
The hydrating effect tends to subside after 6 months, while the collagen and elastin stimulation and other effects are long lasting.
As the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection stimulates your body’s own collagen and elastin, among other things, your results will always appear natural. The product does not contour, volumise or structure your face, so it is not possible to create an augmented look. It simply hydrates your skin and improves skin laxity by firming your skin, so you will always look just like you only fresher. Dr. Jodie is known for her natural aesthetic and the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection certainly fits well into her armoury of anti-ageing treatments.
Dr. Jodie takes a ‘whole face’ approach to your facial assessment and will tailor a personalised treatment plan to meet your unique needs. Unlike others who may take a ‘cookie cutter’ approach, she is fully aware of the different ways in which people age and can help you formulate the best anti-ageing plan for you. Moreover, she will help you order and prioritise your most beneficial treatments, always keeping in mind your budget and lifestyle. When it comes to skin, let Dr. Jodie guide your choice, whether it is the more traditional Skin Booster or Biostimulator Treatments or the newer Skin Bio Remodelling Injection. Keep in mind that the younger you are, the less skin ageing you have, but you have better ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be preventative. The older you are, the more skin ageing you have, but you have less ability to stimulate collagen – treatments tend to be restorative. The ideal candidate is early 40s to mid 50s, but everyone can benefit. When Dr. Jodie uses the Skin Bio Remodelling Injection, she is generally guided by the recommended BAP sites for injection; however, she can ‘tweak’ her approach to ensure you receive maximum benefit for your unique pattern of ageing.
Dr. Jodie’s clients trust her advice implicitly. Many have been with her for more than a decade. She is a leading cosmetic doctor in Melbourne and sought after for her natural aesthetic. Dr. Jodie is also a national clinical trainer for one of the leading pharmaceutical suppliers of cosmetic injectables, regularly presenting at conferences and workshops throughout Australia, and even overseas. Moreover, she currently plays a significant role in mentoring local clinical injectors one-on-one. With her background is in general practice, and with more than 10 years working in a cosmetic dermatology clinic, Dr. Jodie has the knowledge and know how to refresh your natural look, while prioritising your safety, as she is always your doctor first.
For more on The Skin Bio Remodelling Injection click FAQs.
Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422 232 067 or click below to make an appointment online.
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Mono Threads are designed for skin rejuvenation and aim to tighten and firm your skin over time, so they are a perfect treatment for those of us with concerns about skin texture and lax skin. Mono Threads are made from a flexible, durable synthetic polymer that induces the production of your body’s own collagen. It is this collagen neogenesis that creates a lasting skin tightening effect, for 6 to 12 months after your procedure. In essence, the threads become a support structure for your face, allowing natural collagen production to take place and over time the thread is fully absorbed by your body.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will first assess your face to see if you are a good candidate for treatment. She will use topical numbing cream and injectable local anaesthetic to ensure you are comfortable throughout your procedure, so you may need to arrive 60 minutes prior to your appointment. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will select the right number and type of Mono Threads required to address your areas of concern and gently insert them using a micro needle under the skin in desired treatment area. The treatment is very much customised to your unique face. Mono Threads are inserted into the skin in a mesh like pattern to achieve maximum tightening effects.
Anywhere on the skin: Forehead lines, frown lines, brow lift, nasolabial folds, cheeks, marionette lines, fine lines around your mouth and eyes, smile lines, jawline, neck, decolletage. Mono Threads have even been used to address skin laxity on your abdomen!
Mono Threads can be used to treat most age groups to address skin textural issues, mainly skin laxity. The younger you are, the more collagen you are likely to produce, although the older you are, the more skin laxity you will have to address.
If you have an active autoimmune condition, are prone to thickened or ‘keloid’ scarring, or have experienced your body rejecting internal sutures (stitches) in the past, this treatment is not for you. You cannot undergo treatment with Mono Threads if you are pregnant or breast feeding. Similarly, any known allergy or foreign body sensitivities to plastic biomaterials is a treatment contraindication. If you have darker skin or are prone to post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), be aware that threads may rarely cause pigmentation changes.
You will begin to see results in 6 to 12 weeks which continue to improve over the next 6 months as new collagen is produced. Although the Mono Threads will slowly dissolve, you will see results for up to 12 months. Results will vary depending on lifestyle factors, such as smoking, sipping through straws, etc, and on your individual capacity to generate collagen. An annual treatment may be all you will need, although many opt to maintain their results with 6 monthly treatments.
The time of your procedure will vary based on many factors, such as the size of your treatment area, but typically takes between 30 to 60 mins. Keep in mind you will be required to attend your appointment 30 minutes prior for the application of topical numbing cream.
A Mono Thread treatment may produce minimal to severe bruising and swelling in the treatment area, so treatment timing is key. Bruising typically lasts 5 to 7 days, but in severe cases may last for weeks. You cannot and will not avoid bruising, so do not undertake treatment if you have an important social event within 1 month. You may experience a firm feeling and some tenderness in the area that has been treated for a 1 to 2 days to 1 to 2 weeks after the procedure. Please know that your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to explain all possible risks and complications prior to your treatment.
Mono Threads differ from thread or suture lifts which use long barbed threads or threads with cones to lift tissues, which can leave you feeling pulled tight or with dimpled skin. Mono threads are smooth and made without barbs. They aim to tighten skin rather than lift tissue, which in itself may have a mild lifting effect, but without the associated issues of a barbed or coned thread lift. They will not achieve the same degree of lift as a thread or suture lift. They will also not provide the same amount of lift as a surgical facelift.
What Is The Scarlet S?
The Scarlet S is a minimally invasive, fractional Radio Frequency Microneedling device that offers powerful skin tightening and skin rejuvenation. It combines the benefits of skin microneedling with the rejuvenating power of radio frequency energy to address multiple skin concerns, including loose or sagging skin, crepey skin, wrinkles and lines, enlarged pores, acne scarring, hyperpigmentation and even cellulite. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, it is our 'go-to' device for firmer, tauter skin.
How Does The Scarlet S Rejuvenate and Tighten Skin in Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie Clinic?
The Scarlet S is the first true fractional Radio Frequency Microneedling device. It provides direct radiofrequency energy to the epidermis and dermis with precise depth control (from 0.5mm to 3.5mm) using a microneedle electrode system. This ultimately stimulates collagen and elastin throughout all layers of the skin to provide a potent skin tightening effect and a healthy, radiant glow.
This fractionated system treats multiple columns of skin via its microneedles, leaving adjacent skin between the columns untouched. The untouched, untreated skin surrounding the treated columns facilitates healing of the treatment zone, which means (1) recovery time is less and (2) treatment can actually penetrate more deeply (than if it were a non-fractionated, fully ablative system that ‘blanket’ treats the entire surface area of the skin).
The Scarlet S can tighten saggy or crepey skin, minimise the appearance of fine lines and winkles, enlarged pores and acne scarring, reduce pigmentation, and even improve cellulite. At the Dr. Jodie Clinic, the primary focus of treatment is face, neck and décolletage rejuvenation to promote skin tightening and textural improvements, but the Scarlet S can be used on many parts of the body, including inner arms, inner thighs, and even loose skin on your abdomen.
How Does The Scarlet S Compare To Other Radio Frequency Microneedling Devices For Skin Tightening And Skin Rejuvenation?
You may have already heard of other Radio Frequency Microneedling devices, such as ‘Morpheus 8’ and the ‘Secret’. However, Dr. Jodie believes that the Scarlet S is the most effective treatment system that carries the least recovery time while delivering potent skin tightening.
This is largely due to the patented ‘Na Effect’ technology (which is named after the Korean doctor who pioneered it) - a technology that delivers radiofrequency energy in a unique way, leading to more effective skin tightening skin in fewer treatments and requiring a single pass only over the desired treatment area. It utilises non-insulated tapered needles that release and dissipate energy throughout all layers of the skin evenly.
Competing devices typically use insulated needles that require multiple passes over the treatment area to capture different layers of the skin, so treatments tend to be longer, more painful, and create more bleeding, redness and swelling. Moreover, competing devices, with their need for multiple passes, carry with them a higher risk of burns from overlapping passes. By comparison, treatments with the Scarlet S tend to be is more comfortable and less time consuming, with next to no bleeding and minimal redness and swelling that is short-lived (1-2 days at most). You may also experience a 'barely there' grid-like pattern, but this is typically resolves over 1-2 weeks and is not noticeable to anyone other than yourself. The best part is that you can usually resume your daily activities the day following treatment. Even so, all risks of treatment will be thoroughly discussed with you prior to proceeding.
How Does Scarlet S Compare To Laser for Skin Tightening and Skin Rejuvenation?
The great news is that radio frequency devices like the Scarlet S are suitable for all skin types, even darker skin types, for skin tightening. Unlike laser, energy released from radio frequency devices is not ‘chromophore’ dependent. Chromophores are the molecules responsible for the colour of your skin. This means that energy in the form of heat will not be drawn to more pigmented areas, but, rather, dissipates uniformly throughout the layers of the skin, irrespective of pigmentation. Lasers in darker skin types can create problems like hyperpigmentation (darker skin patches) or hypopigmentation (white skin patches). Although we may reduce the amount of energy delivered, darker skin types can still enjoy the benefits of radio frequency tightening.
What Is Involved In Treatment With Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling For Skin Tightening In Dr. Jodie’s Clinic in Melbourne?
Your Dr. Jodie’s clinician will apply numbing cream 30-45 minutes prior to your treatment. Numbing cream is not always necessary but recommended if you think you have a low pain threshold. Dr. Jodie who, ironically, is the absolute worst with pain, has managed this treatment without requiring any topical anaesthetic (albeit with complaints)!
You will have time to have any questions answered prior to commencement of your treatment.
Once your skin is numb, your Dr. Jodie’s clinician will thoroughly cleanse the desired treatment area to remove any impurities and residual anaesthetic cream.
With a new, sterile, patented microneedling tip attached to the device, your therapist will then treat the desired area by gently ‘stamping’ the entire treatment zone in a single pass. You may still feel a tiny prick and heat during this process, which is completely normal.
Following treatment, a soothing serum will be applied to calm your skin and you will enjoy a complimentary LED treatment to assist your recovery process and further enhance your rejuvenation. This feels like bathing in the warmth of the sun, but instead it is actually good for your skin!
Finally, your Dr. Jodie clinician will explain your after care at length, so you feel comfortable and confident when you leave the Dr. Jodie clinic. You may appear slightly red and swollen but this tends to settle over a few hours. On occasion the redness will last for 24 hours or more, but this is not the norm. As previously mentioned you may become aware of a grid-like pattern across the treated areas of your skin, which is barely noticeable and will settle over the course of a week or two.
Typically, Dr. Jodie suggests that 3 to 4 treatments are required 6 to 8 weeks apart. It takes time for collagen to build. Most collagen stimulating treatments are best assessed 4 to 6 months post treatment.
Tailored Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatments For Skin Tightening And Skin Rejuvenation in Dr. Jodie’s Clinic in Melbourne
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to discuss your skin goals and devise a tailored plan for your skin health needs incorporating the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling device. She understands that you may feel apprehensive prior to treatment and can adjust your treatment parameters to ensure you are comfortable throughout. Everyone is different and your Dr. Jodie clinician has the training and experience to ensure your individualised program suits the requirements of your skin health, your pain threshold, your lifestyle, and your budget. Skin tightening is our ultimate goal, but we will always ensure you are confident in your treatment planing before proceeding.
Why Choose Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatment For Skin Tightening and Skin Rejuvenation Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie’s Clinic?
Dr. Jodie has worked in the cosmetic medicine industry for over a decade and is highly experienced in all skin treatments including advanced medical skin peels, LEDs, skin needling, lasers, radiofrequency devices, targeted ultrasound devices, among other things. Your Dr. Jodie clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her supervision to deliver all skin treatments with the highest level of care, prioritising your health and safety. She will always consider your individual needs and current skin health when tailoring your personal skin health program that incorporates devices, as well as at-home skin care and in clinic skin peels and LED treatments. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, the philosophy is to avoid aggressive treatments and instead focus on low downtime, high reward rejuvenation devices, so you can get on with your day.
For skin tightening and rejuvenating Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
How Does The Scarlet S Rejuvenate and Tighten Skin in Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie Clinic?
The Scarlet S is the first true fractional Radio Frequency Microneedling device. It provides direct radiofrequency energy to the epidermis and dermis with precise depth control (from 0.5mm to 3.5mm) using a microneedle electrode system. This ultimately stimulates collagen and elastin throughout all layers of the skin to provide a potent skin tightening effect and a healthy, radiant glow.
This fractionated system treats multiple columns of skin via its microneedles, leaving adjacent skin between the columns untouched. The untouched, untreated skin surrounding the treated columns facilitates healing of the treatment zone, which means (1) recovery time is less and (2) treatment can actually penetrate more deeply (than if it were a non-fractionated, fully ablative system that ‘blanket’ treats the entire surface area of the skin).
The Scarlet S can tighten saggy or crepey skin, minimise the appearance of fine lines and winkles, enlarged pores and acne scarring, reduce pigmentation, and even improve cellulite. At the Dr. Jodie Clinic, the primary focus of treatment is face, neck and décolletage rejuvenation to promote skin tightening and textural improvements, but the Scarlet S can be used on many parts of the body, including inner arms, inner thighs, and even loose skin on your abdomen.
How Does The Scarlet S Compare To Other Radio Frequency Microneedling Devices For Skin Tightening And Skin Rejuvenation?
You may have already heard of other Radio Frequency Microneedling devices, such as ‘Morpheus 8’ and the ‘Secret’. However, Dr. Jodie believes that the Scarlet S is the safest and most effective treatment system that carries the least recovery time while delivering potent skin tightening.
This is largely due to the patented ‘Na Effect’ technology (which is named after the Korean doctor who pioneered it) – a technology that delivers radiofrequency energy in a unique way, leading to more effective skin tightening skin in fewer treatments and requiring a single pass only over the desired treatment area. It utilises non-insulated tapered needles that release and dissipate energy throughout all layers of the skin evenly.
Competing devices typically use insulated needles that require multiple passes over the treatment area to capture different layers of the skin, so treatments tend to be longer, more painful, and create more bleeding, redness and swelling. Moreover, competing devices, with their need for multiple passes, carry with them a higher risk of burns from overlapping passes. By comparison, treatments with the Scarlet S tend to be is more comfortable and less time consuming, with next to no bleeding and minimal redness and swelling that is short-lived (1-2 days at most). You may also experience a ‘barely there’ grid-like pattern, but this is typically resolves over 1-2 weeks and is not noticeable to anyone other than yourself. The best part is that you can usually resume your daily activities the day following treatment.
How Does Scarlet S Compare To Laser for Skin Tightening and Skin Rejuvenation?
The great news is that radio frequency devices like the Scarlet S are suitable for all skin types, even darker skin types, for skin tightening. Unlike laser, energy released from radio frequency devices is not ‘chromophore’ dependent. Chromophores are the molecules responsible for the colour of your skin. This means that energy in the form of heat will not be drawn to more pigmented areas, but, rather, dissipates uniformly throughout the layers of the skin, irrespective of pigmentation. Lasers in darker skin types can create problems like hyperpigmentation (darker skin patches) or hypopigmentation (white skin patches). Although we may reduce the amount of energy delivered, darker skin types can still enjoy the benefits of radio frequency tightening.
What Is Involved In Treatment With Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling For Skin Tightening In Dr. Jodie’s Clinic in Melbourne?
Your Dr. Jodie’s clinician will apply numbing cream 45-60 minutes prior to your treatment. Numbing cream is not always necessary but recommended if you think you have a low pain threshold. Dr. Jodie who, ironically, is the absolute worst with pain, has managed this treatment without requiring any topical anaesthetic (albeit with complaints)!
You will have time to have any questions answered prior to commencement of your treatment.
Once your skin is numb, your Dr. Jodie’s clinician will thoroughly cleanse the desired treatment area to remove any impurities and residual anaesthetic cream.
With a new, sterile, patented microneedling tip attached to the device, your therapist will then treat the desired area by gently ‘stamping’ the entire treatment zone in a single pass. You may still feel a tiny prick and heat during this process, which is completely normal.
Following treatment, a soothing serum will be applied to calm your skin and you will enjoy a complimentary LED treatment to assist your recovery process and further enhance your rejuvenation. This feels like bathing in the warmth of the sun, but instead it is actually good for your skin!
Finally, your Dr. Jodie clinician will explain your after care at length, so you feel comfortable and confident when you leave the Dr. Jodie clinic. You may appear slightly red and swollen but this tends to settle over a few hours. On occasion the redness will last for 24 hours or more, but this is not the norm. As previously mentioned you may become aware of a grid-like pattern across the treated areas of your skin, which is barely noticeable and will settle over the course of a week or two.
Typically, Dr. Jodie suggests that 3 to 4 treatments are required 6 to 8 weeks apart. It takes time for collagen to build. Most collagen stimulating treatments are best assessed 4 to 6 months post treatment.
Tailored Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatments For Skin Tightening And Skin Rejuvenation in Dr. Jodie’s Clinic in Melbourne
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take the time to discuss your skin goals and devise a tailored plan for your skin health needs incorporating the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling device. She understands that you may feel apprehensive prior to treatment and can adjust your treatment parameters to ensure you are comfortable throughout. Everyone is different and your Dr. Jodie clinician has the training and experience to ensure your individualised program suits the requirements of your skin health, your pain threshold, your lifestyle, and your budget. Skin tightening is our ultimate goal, but we will always ensure you are confident in your treatment planing before proceeding.
Why Choose Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatment For Skin Tightening and Skin Rejuvenation Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie’s Clinic?
Dr. Jodie has worked in the cosmetic medicine industry for over a decade and is highly experienced in all skin treatments including advanced medical skin peels, LEDs, skin needling, lasers, radiofrequency devices, targeted ultrasound devices, among other things. Dr. Jodie’s clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her supervision to safely deliver all skin treatments with the highest level of care, prioritising your health and safety. She will always consider your individual needs and current skin health when tailoring your personal skin health program that incorporates devices, as well as at-home skin care and in clinic skin peels and LED treatments. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, the philosophy is to avoid aggressive treatments and instead focus on low downtime, high reward rejuvenation devices, so you can get on with your day.
For more information on the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatment, click FAQs.
For skin tightening and rejuvenating Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
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The Scarlet S is a minimally invasive, fractional Radio Frequency Microneedling device that offers skin tightening and skin rejuvenation by combining the benefits of skin microneedling with the rejuvenating power of radio frequency energy.
The Scarlet S aims to treat lax or saggy skin, crepey skin, wrinkles and fine lines, enlarged pores, acne scarring, hyperpigmentation and even cellulite. Although it can be used anywhere on the body, Dr. Jodie believes the Scarlet S is most beneficial for skin tightening and rejuvenation of your face, neck, and decolletage. However, a number of our clients have enjoyed treatments on their abdomen and even their knees with great results.
The Scarlet S provides direct radiofrequency energy to the epidermis and dermis with precise depth control (from 0.5mm to 3.5mm) using a microneedle electrode system. This ultimately stimulates collagen and elastin throughout all layers of the skin to provide powerful skin tightening and a healthy, radiant glow.
Yes. The microneedle electrode system sends radiofrequency energy as columns into your skin. The untouched skin surrounding each column allows for deeper penetration of energy as it facilitates faster healing of the treated zones and minimises recovery time (as compared to fully ablative treatments that ‘blanket’ treat the entire surface area of your skin). However, fractionated treatments generally require a series of treatments to ensure the entire skin area is comprehensively addressed. This is your best way to achieve optimal skin tightening results.
Fortunately, Radio Frequency Microneedling devices like the Scarlet S are suitable for all skin types, even darker skin types. Radio frequency energy in the form of heat dissipates uniformly throughout the treated area. By contrast, energy from laser is more attracted to pigmented areas, which may cause complications in darker skin types, such as hyperpigmentation (darker skin patches) or hypopigmentation (white skin patches). Even so, care must be taken when treating those who experience post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) or melasma, as any form of heat may drive a flare. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we simple modify the amount of energy we deliver to darker skin types.
Dr. Jodie believes that the Scarlet S is the safest and most effective Radio Frequency Microneedling Device that also happens to have the least downtime. This is largely due to the patented ‘Na Effect’ technology, which is named after the Korean doctor who pioneered it. This ‘Na Effect’ technology delivers radiofrequency energy in a unique way, creating more effective skin tightening skin in fewer treatments and requiring only a single pass over the desired treatment area. It utilises non-insulated tapered needles that release and dissipate energy throughout all layers of the skin, with minimal thermal damage to the epidermis. This means that treatments with the Scarlet S tend to be is more comfortable and less time consuming than other devices, with next to no bleeding and minimal redness and swelling that is short-lived. You can typically resume your daily activities the day following treatment.
On the other hand, competing devices, such as ‘Morpheus 8’ or the ‘Secret’, typically use insulated needles that require multiple passes over the treatment area to capture the different layers of the skin. As a result, treatments tend to be longer, more painful, and lead to more bleeding, redness and swelling. Because multiple passes are required, other devices tend to carry a higher risk of burns from overlapping passes.
So although similar levels skin tightening may be seen with different devices, the Scarlet S is the clear winner when it comes to comfort and recovery time.
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will apply numbing cream 30-45 minutes prior to your treatment. Numbing cream is not always necessary but recommended if you have a low pain threshold. Once numb, your Dr. Jodie clinician will thoroughly cleanse your skin to remove any impurities and residual anaesthetic cream.
With a new, sterile, patented tip, your Dr. Jodie clinician will then use the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling system to gently ‘stamp’ the entire treatment area in a single pass. It is normal to feel a tiny prick and heat during this process.
Following treatment, a soothing serum will be applied to calm your skin and you will then undergo a complimentary LED treatment to assist your recovery process.
Finally, after care will be explained at length, so you feel comfortable and confident when you leave the Dr. Jodie Clinic.
Your treated skin will appear slightly red and minimally swollen (if at all). This often this settles over a few hours. Occasionally your redness will last up to 24 hours, but redness is generally concealable with makeup (although it is preferable to avoid makeup after any cosmetic treatment for at least 24 hours).
Over the days that follow you may experience some light flaking. You may also notice increased skin texturing in the form of a grid like pattern from stamping. This is normal and will settle over days to weeks (typically no longer than 1-2 weeks). Remember it may take 4 to 6 weeks for your body to renew your skin and serial treatments for you to experience skin tightening effects.
It is generally recommended that you have 3 to 4 treatments separated by 6 to 8 weeks. Remember, it takes time to build collagen, so do not expect immediate results. Assess your results at 4 to 6 months after treatment.
Absolutely! The Scarlet S parameters can be adjusted to provide a treatment that is less deep. However, you may not develop the anticipated treatment result or your best skin tightening effect this way. The cost for treatment will remain the same, as a ‘lighter’ treatment requires the same amount of consumables and time with your Dr. Jodie clinician. Ultimately, your clinician will adjust your treatment settings depending on how your skin is responding throughout the duration of your treatment, so you need not worry about over treatment.
Yes. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will address your skin goals and create a tailored plan for your skin health needs incorporating at-home skin care, in-clinic skin peels and LED treatments, and the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling device. She may recommend treatment with other devices as well. Often a combination approach will give you your best skin tightening and skin rejuvenation result. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, the philosophy is to avoid aggressive treatments and instead focus on low downtime, high reward rejuvenation treatments, so you can get on with your day with the ultimate skin glow.
7 days prior to your treatment, it is recommended that you stop all active products containing AHA/BHA and vitamin A derivatives.
If you are particularly concerned about bruising, stop fish oil, aspirin, anti-inflammatories, and blood thinners for one week prior to your treatment (if your specialist approves). However, bruising is unlikely given that heat from radiofrequency energy tends to coagulate bleeding.
This treatment is not recommended in pregnancy or breast feeding.
Yes. Those who experience the following should not undergo treatment with the Scarlet S:
What Is The Excel V+ Laser?
The Excel V+ laser is an innovative device that uses advanced laser technology to treat an array of vascular conditions (primarily), but also pigmentation and skin photo-ageing. It aims to improve uniformity of skin colour by addressing unwanted reds (broken blood vessels) and browns (pigment), as well as offering some skin rejuvenation benefits.
The Excel V+ laser is a fast becoming the gold standard treatment in dermatology for vascular conditions, including broken facial capillaries, generalised redness, facial flushing, and rosacea, to name a few. It can also be used to treat brown spots, such as age spots and sunspots, and generalised skin pigmentation, and help undo the signs of photo-ageing.
It is essentially like having multiple lasers in one, due to the option of multiple wavelengths and multiple different patented handpieces.
Wavelengths
The Excel V+ laser delivers light energy at one of two specific wavelengths, 532nm or 1064nm, to target chromophores within your skin that lie either superficially or deep. Chromophores are the molecules responsible for the colour of your skin and are often more concentrated within your skin complaints. These include melanin (responsible for skin pigmentation or brown spots), oxyhaemoglobin (responsible for red spots and facial redness), and water, among others. Light energy is absorbed as heat preferentially by your chromophores, which are consequently selectively damaged. This leads to the breakdown of pigment and the spasming down of blood vessels. Your body instinctively removes damaged tissue and regenerates new skin with more collagen and elastin but without the unwanted colour.
Handpieces
The interchangeable handpieces make the Excel V+ laser incredibly versatile.
The CoolView™ handpiece emits either long pulse 532nm or 1064nm energy via a sizeable cooling glass interface to treat both small and large target areas of red (blood vessel related) or brown (pigment related) hues on your face, neck, décolletage or body, for a variety of skin conditions, in a variety of skin types. The Coolview™ handpiece is the mainstay of treatment for the Excel V+ laser, but treatment may entail some recovery time, in the form of transient mild to moderate redness, bruising, skin darkening, or swelling, depending on the size of the treatment area and individual factors.
The Dermastat is a fine, pen-like tracing device that can be used to treat the tiniest lesions, whether red or brown in colour, with incredible precision. This add-on feature means that no skin concern is ever too small to treat or too difficult to reach. A great example is the use of the Dermastat in the treatment of broken facial capillaries that form at the corners of your nose and other tricky places.
The GenesisV™ handpiece should be thought of as a completely different laser within the Excel V+ device. It uniquely delivers much shorter micropulses of light energy to the skin for high level skin rejuvenation, with next to no recovery time. It includes both:
Information pertaining to Laser Genesis has been outlined separately under 'Services'.
The Excel V+ can treat a wide range of skin complaints on the face, neck, décolletage and body, including:
Although the Excel V+ Laser can be used to treat both vascular and pigmentation issues, it's primary function in the Dr. Jodie clinic is the treatment of vascular conditions, with a subsidiary role in pigmentation treatments. Even so, the difference the Excel V+ laser can make in the treatment of brown spots and generalised pigmentation is quite remarkable.
Consultation
Your first step is consultation with your Dr. Jodie clinician , who will carefully assess your skin to ensure you are a good candidate for treatment. She will explore your main skin concerns and help you decide if your skin goals are best met with an Excel V+ Spot Treatment or an Excel V+ Global Treatment, (or even Laser Genesis in a combination approach). Clinical photos will be taken using advanced filters that clearly define the extent of your vascular and pigmentation issues. In darker skin types, a test patch may also be undertaken in this session, as this treatment may not be suitable for darker skin types, depending on the wavelength being utilised. Most importantly, your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully explain what is involved in your treatment, your expected recovery, the number of sessions you might require and your costs.
Treatment - Spot Treatments and Global Treatments
Your Dr. Jodie therapist will cleanse your skin thoroughly and apply a cooling gel (unless the aim is a spot pigmentation treatment, which doesn’t require gel). She will also apply goggles to protect your eyes from the laser light.
When the laser is discharged, whether it is 532nm or 1064nm long pulse energy, you will experience a rubber band like snap against your skin. It will cause a little discomfort but is extremely manageable. The cooling interface with the CoolView™ handpiece offers significant relief and no numbing is required. Regardless, numbing gels are not recommended as they may cause vasoconstriction of blood vessels and interfere with treatment results.
Your clinician will use a combination of the Coolview™ handpiece and the Dermastat handpiece to conduct a ‘spot treatment’ of red spots (such as an isolated broken facial blood vessel) or brown spots (such as an isolated age spot) or a ‘global treatment’ that involves treating a larger target area such as your face, neck, décolletage or body, focusing on larger networks broken facial capillaries, generalised redness or more diffuse skin pigmentation.
As mentioned previously, this type of treatment may involve some recovery time, as it is possible to experience some redness, swelling, bruising, darkening of pigmentation, crusting, and so on.
It is important to understand that serial treatments of the Excel V+ laser are required for your best results. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we recommend a minimum of 1-2 treatments initially, but sometimes as many as 4-6, spaced 1 month apart. Maintenance treatments will also be required, as those who are prone to the development of broken blood vessels or facial redness or skin pigmentation will continue to develop these issues over time. It can be advantageous to combine a couple of Excel V+ laser treatments with a series of Laser Genesis treatments to keep such issues at bay, especially when you consider the no-downtime nature of Laser Genesis (again, please refer to its dedicated section under 'Services').
The great news is that your Dr. Jodie clinician can modify your Excel V+ laser settings to tailor your treatment to your exact needs, based on your skin type, the skin concern being treated, and your unique ‘real time’ response to laser therapy. At the Dr. Jodie Clinic, there is never a ‘one size fits all’ approach, whether it be cosmetic injectables, skin care, or devices. Less sophisticated, inexpensive lasers do not have the same capacity for adjustment of settings as the Excel V+ laser. As with most things in aesthetic medicine, you get what you pay for, and it is important to understand that not all lasers are built equally. The Excel V+ laser is an exceptional, state-of-the-art device that enables your clinician to adjust the handpiece, wavelength, spot size, fluence (energy), pulse duration, and even the temperature, to maximise your clinical results and safety. Although the Excel V+ laser is primarily a vascular treatment, your clinician can devise a treatment plan that also addresses pigmentation in the same session. All treatments with the Excel V+ laser will involve some degree of skin rejuvenation, whether the focus is on broken facial capillaries or brown spots, making it an extremely well rounded device.
Dr. Jodie has worked in the aesthetic medicine industry for nearly 15 years and is highly experienced in all skin treatments, including devices. Her prior experience working in a leading dermatology practice has afforded her the knowledge and ability to identify the best lasers available on the market. All the guesswork has been removed for you. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, there is a focus on high-reward, low-downtime, rejuvenation devices that actually deliver results. Moreover, your Dr. Jodie clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her personal supervision to deliver all your skin treatments with the highest level of care, with your health and safety being of paramount importance. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take a holistic approach and tailor a personalised skin health program that incorporates a range of devices, including the Excel V+ laser (if appropriate), at-home skin care and in-clinic skin peels and LED therapy, among other treatments. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, you can trust that the advice you receive is well considered and accommodating of your unique skin health needs.
For Excel V+ Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
The Excel V+ laser is a fast becoming the gold standard treatment in dermatology for vascular conditions, including broken facial capillaries, generalised redness, facial flushing, and rosacea, to name a few. It can also be used to treat brown spots, such as age spots and sunspots, and generalised skin pigmentation, and help undo the signs of photo-ageing.
It is essentially like having multiple lasers in one, due to the option of multiple wavelengths and multiple different patented handpieces.
Wavelengths
The Excel V+ laser delivers light energy at one of two specific wavelengths, 532nm or 1064nm, to target chromophores within your skin that lie either superficially or deep. Chromophores are the molecules responsible for the colour of your skin and are often more concentrated within your skin complaints. These include melanin (responsible for skin pigmentation or brown spots), oxyhaemoglobin (responsible for red spots and facial redness), and water, among others. Light energy is absorbed as heat preferentially by your chromophores, which are consequently selectively damaged. This leads to the breakdown of pigment and the spasming down of blood vessels. Your body instinctively removes damaged tissue and regenerates new skin with more collagen and elastin but without the unwanted colour.
Handpieces
The interchangeable handpieces make the Excel V+ laser incredibly versatile.
The CoolView™ handpiece emits either long pulse 532nm or 1064nm energy via a sizeable cooling glass interface to treat both small and large target areas of red (blood vessel related) or brown (pigment related) hues on your face, neck, décolletage or body, for a variety of skin conditions, in a variety of skin types. The Coolview™ handpiece is the mainstay of treatment for the Excel V+ laser, but treatment may entail some recovery time, in the form of transient mild to moderate redness, bruising, skin darkening, or swelling, depending on the size of the treatment area and individual factors.
The Dermastat is a fine, pen-like tracing device that can be used to treat the tiniest lesions, whether red or brown in colour, with incredible precision. This add-on feature means that no skin concern is ever too small to treat or too difficult to reach. A great example is the use of the Dermastat in the treatment of broken facial capillaries that form at the corners of your nose and other tricky places.
The GenesisV™ handpiece should be thought of as a completely different laser within the Excel V+ device. It uniquely delivers much shorter micropulses of light energy to the skin for high level skin rejuvenation, with next to no recovery time. It includes both:
Information pertaining to Laser Genesis has been outlined separately under ‘Services’.
The Excel V+ can treat a wide range of skin complaints on the face, neck, décolletage and body, including:
Although the Excel V+ Laser can be used to treat both vascular and pigmentation issues, it’s primary function in the Dr. Jodie clinic is the treatment of vascular conditions, with a subsidiary role in pigmentation treatments. Even so, the difference the Excel V+ laser can make in the treatment of brown spots and generalised pigmentation is quite remarkable.
Consultation
Your first step is consultation with your Dr. Jodie clinician , who will carefully assess your skin to ensure you are a good candidate for treatment. She will explore your main skin concerns and help you decide if your skin goals are best met with an Excel V+ Spot Treatment or an Excel V+ Global Treatment, (or even Laser Genesis in a combination approach). Clinical photos will be taken using advanced filters that clearly define the extent of your vascular and pigmentation issues. In darker skin types, a test patch may also be undertaken in this session, as this treatment may not be suitable for darker skin types, depending on the wavelength being utilised. Most importantly, your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully explain what is involved in your treatment, your expected recovery, the number of sessions you might require and your costs.
Treatment
Spot Treatment and Global Treatments
Your Dr. Jodie therapist will cleanse your skin thoroughly and apply a cooling gel (unless the aim is a spot pigmentation treatment, which doesn’t require gel). She will also apply goggles to protect your eyes from the laser light.
When the laser is discharged, whether it is 532nm or 1064nm long pulse energy, you will experience a rubber band like snap against your skin. It will cause a little discomfort but is extremely manageable. The cooling interface with the CoolView™ handpiece offers significant relief and no numbing is required. Regardless, numbing gels are not recommended as they may cause vasoconstriction of blood vessels and interfere with treatment results.
Your clinician will use a combination of the Coolview™ handpiece and the Dermastat handpiece to conduct a ‘spot treatment’ of red spots (such as an isolated broken facial blood vessel) or brown spots (such as an isolated age spot) or a ‘global treatment’ that involves treating a larger target area such as your face, neck, décolletage or body, focusing on larger networks broken facial capillaries, generalised redness or more diffuse skin pigmentation.
As mentioned previously, this type of treatment may involve some recovery time, as it is possible to experience some redness, swelling, bruising, darkening of pigmentation, crusting, and so on.
It is important to understand that serial treatments of the Excel V+ laser are required for your best results. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we recommend a minimum of 1-2 treatments initially, but sometimes as many as 4-6, spaced 1 month apart. Maintenance treatments will also be required, as those who are prone to the development of broken blood vessels or facial redness or skin pigmentation will continue to develop these issues over time. It can be advantageous to combine a couple of Excel V+ laser treatments with a series of Laser Genesis treatments to keep such issues at bay, especially when you consider the no-downtime nature of Laser Genesis (again, please refer to its dedicated section under ‘Services’).
The great news is that your Dr. Jodie clinician can modify your Excel V+ laser settings to tailor your treatment to your exact needs, based on your skin type, the skin concern being treated, and your unique ‘real time’ response to laser therapy. At the Dr. Jodie Clinic, there is never a ‘one size fits all’ approach, whether it be cosmetic injectables, skin care, or devices. Less sophisticated, inexpensive lasers do not have the same capacity for adjustment of settings as the Excel V+ laser. As with most things in aesthetic medicine, you get what you pay for, and it is important to understand that not all lasers are built equally. The Excel V+ laser is an exceptional, state-of-the-art device that enables your clinician to adjust the handpiece, wavelength, spot size, fluence (energy), pulse duration, and even the temperature, to maximise your clinical results and safety. Although the Excel V+ laser is primarily a vascular treatment, your clinician can devise a treatment plan that also addresses pigmentation in the same session. All treatments with the Excel V+ laser will involve some degree of skin rejuvenation, whether the focus is on broken facial capillaries or brown spots, making it an extremely well rounded device.
Dr. Jodie has worked in the aesthetic medicine industry for nearly 15 years and is highly experienced in all skin treatments, including devices. Her prior experience working in a leading dermatology practice has afforded her the knowledge and ability to identify the best lasers available on the market. All the guesswork has been removed for you. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, there is a focus on high-reward, low-downtime, rejuvenation devices that actually deliver results. Moreover, Dr. Jodie’s clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her personal supervision to safely deliver all your skin treatments with the highest level of care, with your health and safety being of paramount importance. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will take a holistic approach and tailor a personalised skin health program that incorporates a range of devices, including the Excel V+ laser (if appropriate), at-home skin care and in-clinic skin peels and LED therapy, among other treatments. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, you can trust that he advice you receive is well considered and accommodating of your unique skin health needs.
For more information on the Excel V+ Laser, click FAQs.
For Excel V+ Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
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The Excel V+ is an innovative, high-end, high-tech laser that uses advanced aesthetic technology to address a multitude of different skin complaints.
It primarily functions as a vascular laser, which means it can treat problematic broken blood vessels and other vascular conditions on the face, neck, décolletage, and body. Treatments may be localised, targeting an isolated red spot, such as a single prominent broken facial capillary, or more diffuse, involving larger areas, such as a network of broken facial capillaries or generalised redness affecting the whole face, as with rosacea. The Excel V+ is fast becoming the gold standard treatment for vascular conditions in more recent years within the specialist dermatology community.
The Excel V+ laser can also be used to treat unwanted pigmentation. Again, treatments may be localised for isolated brown spots, such as age spots, or involve larger areas, such as generalised pigmentation affecting the entire face, as with red/brown dyschromias.
All treatments, whether focused on blood vessels issues or pigmented skin, will result in the turnover of fresh skin with new collagen and elastin, meaning that the Excel V+ laser has a skin rejuvenation function.
The Excel V+ can treat a range of skin complaints, including, but not limited to:
The great news is that all areas of the face, neck, décolletage, and body can be treated. The Excel V+ laser is one of the best vascular lasers available on the market and is highly versatile in that it can treat skin pigmentation as well.
Firstly, it is worth mentioning that the Excel V+ is essentially like having multiple lasers in one. It sends light at two specific wavelengths, 532nm or 1064nm, to target chromophores within your skin that exist either superficially or deep. Chromophores are the molecules responsible for the colour of your skin and are often more concentrated within your unwanted skin lesions or concerns. These chromophores include melanin (responsible for skin pigmentation or brown spots), oxyhaemoglobin (responsible for red spots and blood vessels), and water, among others. Light energy from laser is converted to heat energy and selectively damages these targets because they preferentially absorb the heat energy. This leads to the breakdown of pigment and triggers blood vessels to spasm and shut down. Your very clever body then replaces any damaged tissue with new healthy tissue and new collagen without unwanted colour.
Secondly, the Excel V+ is incredibly versatile with three interchangeable handpieces to allow for more effective treatment of your skin complaints, including:
CoolView™: Combining long pulse 532nm/1064nm with a large cooling interface, CoolView™ can treat both small and large areas affecting the face, neck, décolletage and body for a wide range of vascular and pigment issues in a variety of skin types.
Dermastat: Utilising a fine, pen-like tracing device, the Dermastat can facilitate treatment of the tiniest vascular or pigmented lesions with unmatched precision.
GenesisV™: Delivering short micropulses of light energy to the skin, GenesisV™ provides high level skin rejuvenation with next to no recovery time. Traditional Laser Genesis targets skin textural changes (such as fine lines, pores, scars) as well as the deep fine microvasculature (often responsible for flushing) and some deep pigmentation utilising a 1064 wavelength, whereas the new Green Genesis really focuses on superficial pigmentation and superficial microvasculature utilising the 532nm wavelength, where colour changes tend to be more concentrated. For more information on Laser Genesis, please refer to its dedicated section under the ‘Services’.
Thirdly, the advanced technology of the Excel V+ allows your Dr. Jodie clinician to modify your laser settings to precisely tailor how energy is delivered to your skin, based on your skin type, the skin concern being treated, and your ‘real time’ response to treatment. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach, which you may find with less sophisticated, inexpensive lasers that do not have this capacity for adjustment. As with most things in aesthetic medicine, you get what you pay for, and it is important to recognise that not all lasers are built equally. The Excel V+ is an exceptional, high-end device that enables your clinician to adjust the handpiece, wavelength, spot size, fluence (energy), pulse duration, and even the temperature, to maximise your results and your safety.
Excel V+ is best suited to Fitzpatrick skin types I – III, like most laser or light therapies, when using the 532nm wavelength, which targets the skin more superficially. However, all skin types can be treated using the 1064nm wavelength, which targets the skin at a deeper level.
To properly assess the type of treatment you are best suited to using the Excel V+ laser, it is critical to have a pre-treatment consultation with your Dr. Jodie clinician, who has been trained to the highest standard to identify your treatment priorities and plan your most effective approach to better skin.
Caution must always be exercised when treating darker skin, notably Fitzpatrick skin types IV – V+, as there is a greater risk of worsening pigmentation by causing post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH). This occurs when your body responds to treatment-related heat and inflammation by making more, not less, pigment – exactly the opposite of what we are wanting!
Fitzpatrick skin types are described as follows:
Consultation
Your first step is always consultation. You Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully assess your skin to ensure you are a good candidate for treatment before proceeding. During this consultation, she will explore your main skin concerns and help you decide what treatment is best – with so many options, even within the one device, it can be confusing without expert advice. Part of this process will involve clinical photography with specialised filters to highlight any vascular and pigmentation issues within your skin, which is a little confronting! She can use these filters to monitor your progress over time, too, which is super helpful. A test patch is not necessary prior to treatment but may be recommended for certain skin types.
Treatment
Once your initial consultation has been conducted, you are welcome to book your treatment appointment. In most cases, this can follow your consultation appointment on the same day, unless otherwise indicated during your assessment and, of course, pending availability.
Effective treatment always starts with clean skin. Please avoid wearing makeup or tinted skin products to your treatment appointment. Prior recent sun exposure and fake tan is an absolute contraindication, as it can significantly increase your risk of a burn. Prior to treatment, your Dr. Jodie clinician will gently cleanse your skin. To protect your eyes from the laser light, she will also cover your eyes with protective googles. You will still experience some flashing, but your retinas are protected!
When undergoing Excel V+ treatment with the CoolViewTM or Dermastat handpiece, your clinician will then apply a cooling gel which helps your skin better absorb the laser light energy. When the laser is discharged, you will experience a rubber band like snap against your skin. It will cause a little discomfort but is extremely manageable. The cooling interface with the CoolViewTM handpiece offers significant relief and no numbing is required. Regardless, numbing gels are not recommended as they may cause vasoconstriction of blood vessels and interfere with treatment results. Your clinician will use these handpieces to conduct a spot treatment or treatment of a larger target surface area or both, with a focus on either your vascular or pigmentation skin complaints, or sometimes a combination.
After your treatment, your therapist will again cleanse your skin, apply a recovery lotion, and ensure you are covered in 50+ SPF sunscreen. Sun avoidance is a must!
Always start with a consultation appointment with the Dr. Jodie therapist, as explained above.
If you are hoping to get ahead and book treatment on the same day, then here are some guidelines to help you:
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we tend to recommend IPL for treatment of pigmentation or for rejuvenation if you are more prone to pigmentation, and the Excel V+ for vascular issues or its related Genesis function for rejuvenation if you are more prone to blood vessels. But this may not always be the case.
There is obviously overlap between the Excel V+ and the IPL, with both machines able to treat blood vessels, pigment, and photo-aged skin, which means you will need to rely on our guidance for your best outcome.
After treatment with the Excel V+ CoolViewTM or Dermastat handpiece, it is likely you will experience:
Skin redness: Skin redness is completely normal after the absorption of heat energy and will likely settle within 1-2 days. With more intense treatments, redness may take longer to resolve.
Swelling: Swelling is typically mild and localised for isolated spot treatments, and mild to moderate for larger treatment areas, like the full face. Mostly, swelling will improve over the course of 2-7 days. Very rarely, full face treatments can result in severe ‘football face’ swelling (< 1%). In the event of significant swelling, we can use LED light and medication, like steroids, to help settle your symptoms.
Bruising: Bruising is common in the treatment of unwanted blood vessels. Bruising tends to be small, but may be multiple, and can last 2-7 days, occasionally longer.
Darkening of pigment: It is normal to see darkening or greying of pigmentation immediately post or in the days following treatment. Pigmentation will then either flake off or fade out over time, usually over the course of 7-10d on the face, but a bit longer on the body.
Crusting: Crusting or scabbing can occasionally occur. It is imperative for good healing to avoid picking at any crusting prematurely, which may increase your risk of scarring.
Skin Sensitivity: Following any laser treatment, it is normal for your skin to feel a little sensitive, even ‘sunburnt’, whether it appears red or not.
Please notify the Dr. Jodie Clinic by phoning 0422232067 or by emailing info@dr-jodie.com.au if you experience any of the following:
All medical treatments, including cosmetic medical treatments, carry risk.
Fortunately, significant risks are rare. These include burns, scarring, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (pigmentation from heat that may be worse or more diffuse than the original), hypopigmentation (white patches due to the destruction of the pigment making factory within the target cells), infection (bacterial or herpes reactivation), severe bruising and severe swelling, among other concerns. Of note, the treatment of blood vessels around the edge of your nostrils can carry a higher risk of ice-pick scarring. It is important not to ‘chase’ these too hard in one session.
Consequently, at the Dr. Jodie clinic we take care to keep your treatment conservative and not push beyond what is considered safe.
However, it is important to be aware that despite adequate treatment, as with all cosmetic laser treatments, your skin concern may not be completely resolved. Sometimes partial treatment is all that is achievable.
It is likely that the skin concerns you are experiencing will continue over time with normal ageing. Blood vessels and pigmentation, lines and wrinkles, lax skin will always be recurrent issues. This is a good thing. It means you are alive and breathing!
Apply a cold compress or chilled gel pack post treatment (wrapped in a clean cover, never directly).
Avoid touching or recleaning skin for the remainder of the day or at least 6 hours.
Use a clean pillowcase to minimise infection risk.
Avoid facial contact with pets and children where possible.
Apply Aspect Dr. hyaluronic acid serum or an Aspect Dr. moisturiser (resveratrol or ultra light hydration) twice daily for 1 week and use a gentle cleanser. Avoid the application of oils which may intensify with facial heat.
Apply SPF 50+, preferably La Roche Posay, multiple times daily and avoid UV exposure at all costs (especially in the first 6 weeks following treatment).
Active skin care can be restarted after 1 week for most treatments.
Do not apply makeup for 24 hours – a mineral makeup or Lycogel is preferential if absolutely necessary but be aware of increased risk of infection.
Avoid exercise for 24 hours, avoid swimming/ saunas/ spas for 1 week.
Avoid alcohol for 24 hours.
Avoid anti wrinkle injections for 1 week and dermal filler injections for 2 week.
Avoid peels or facials for 4 weeks and consult with the Dr. Jodie clinic before undertaking any more intensive treatments first.
Avoid smoking, always! It will only make your skin worse.
If you are prone to cold sores, take over-the-counter medication from the chemist (if no contra-indications), preferably before or immediately after treatment.
For Excel V+ spot treatments, 1-2 sessions are typically required, but occasionally more will be needed (up to 4-6). For global treatments, 4-6 sessions are recommended. All treatment sessions should be spaced a minimum of 4 weeks apart. Often these treatments will lead on to Laser Genesis for maintenance.
Again, it is important to be aware that despite adequate treatment, your skin concerns may not be completely resolved, even with serial treatments, and that, sometimes, partial resolution is all that is achievable.
Try to remember that you will continue to age over time, so it is likely that you will experience a reoccurrence of your skin concerns over time. This is normal and to be expected. Blood vessels and pigmentation will inevitably return.
Absolute contraindications include:
If you are prone to cold sores, please consider antiviral prophylaxis (which you can obtain from your local pharmacist without a script) prior to or immediately post treatment.
Excel is not recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding or in those trying to conceive.
What Is Laser Genesis?
Laser Genesis is a non-invasive, minimal or no downtime laser that forms part of the Excel V+ laser system, but is so unique that it must be considered a stand-alone device. It offers powerful skin rejuvenation by reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, pore size, and acne scarring. It also addresses the small blood vessels within your skin, minimising facial redness and facial flushing. It further enables gentle fading of skin pigmentation over time with its cutting-edge Green Genesis option.
Laser genesis is a fantastic device to help you achieve a range of skin goals without the need for recovery time. It is primarily considered a skin rejuvenation device that focuses on improving skin textural irregularities, including wrinkles and fine lines, open pores and acne scars. However, it also affects the fine blood vessels of your skin, minimising facial redness and flushing, and is capable of gradually fading superficial skin pigmentation. What an all-rounder!
Although it forms part of the Excel V+ laser system, it works quite differently. Unlike the Excel V+ laser, which delivers long pulses of light energy, Laser Genesis uniquely delivers much shorter micropulses of light energy, which ever so slightly changes the targets within your skin and subsequently your skin results.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, Laser Genesis includes both:
Ultimately Laser Genesis works by heating the upper layers of your skin, stimulating your body's own tissue renewal systems, allowing for collagen and elastin production, whilst minimising blood vessels and pigmentation.
A powerful part of Laser Genesis that is often overlooked is its ability to minimise inflammation. This makes it highly suitable for inflammatory skin conditions, such as rosacea. It can even help to calm active acne through this function.
Laser Genesis can treat a wide range of skin complaints on the face, neck, décolletage and body, including:
It is important to understand that Laser Genesis is not a one-off treatment. Results are best visualised following a series of 4-6 treatments spaced 2-4 weeks apart. However, this is truly your closest equivalent to the 'lunchtime facial', as treatments require next to no downtime so you can get on with your day. The best part is that Laser Genesis technology is suitable for all skin types, so you won't miss out!
Consultation
Your first step is consultation with your Dr. Jodie clinician, who will carefully assess your skin concerns and help you decide if your skin goals are best met with Laser Genesis or a another device. The good news is that all skin types are suitable for Laser Genesis and treatment can be undertaken on the same day. Clinical photos will be taken using advanced filters to clearly define the extent of your vascular and pigmentation issues. Most importantly, your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully explain what is involved in your treatment, how many sessions are recommended, maintenance, and your costs.
Treatment
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will gently cleanse your skin to remove any makeup and other impurities. She will also apply goggles to protect your eyes from the laser light. Unlike the Excel V+ laser, no gel is required. She will use a liner to section your face into smaller, well demarcated treatment zones.
Using the GenesisV™ handpiece, your clinician will deliver shorter micropulses of light energy to each zone at a time, allowing heat to build up in one treatment area. This is important as we don't want the heat to dissipate too quickly or we lose the stimulus for skin rejuvenation.
Both traditional Laser Genesis and Green Laser Genesis feel like warm wax being dripped onto your skin or a warm prickly sensation, which is extremely tolerable and arguably enjoyable. Others describe the feeling of sitting too close to a campfire. Either way, it is typically more comfortable than most laser devices.
Immediately following treatment, you can get on with your day, without any significant evidence of treatment or impediment to your social calendar.
When considering Laser Genesis treatment, your Dr. Jodie clinician needs to be sure it is the most suitable device for your skin concerns. If minimising redness is your main priority, then you may need to undergo pre-treatment with the Excel V+ Laser depending on the size of your broken facial capillaries and the severity of your facial redness. However, if you are completely averse to recovery time, then Laser Genesis will still offer significant benefit. Many of our clients combine the Excel V+ laser with Laser Genesis for their best results. By teaming the two devices together, you can make the most of blood vessel minimisation and skin rejuvenation, as Laser Genesis really hones in on fine lines and wrinkles, open pores and acne scarring. Laser Genesis treatments can also be combined with the Scarlet S Radio Frequency device to maximise your skin tightening and skin firming effects and overall improvements in textural irregularities. Similarly Green Laser Genesis can alternate with your Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL customised treatments to address with skin pigmentation. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we will guide you as to your best choice and tailor your treatment planning to your personal skin needs and aspirations.
Dr. Jodie boasts nearly 15 years of experience in the aesthetic medicine field, proficient in a wide array of skin treatments, including laser technologies. Her time spent in a leading dermatology practice in Melbourne has afforded her the ability to discern the most effective, evidence-based lasers available, sparing you the uncertainty. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, emphasis is placed on rejuvenation devices that yield significant results with minimal downtime. Additionally, your Dr. Jodie clinician undergoes rigorous training under her direct supervision to maximise your safety with delivery of treatments, prioritising your health above all else. Taking a holistic approach, your Dr. Jodie clinician will devise a personalised skin health program tailored to your exact needs, incorporating various devices such as Laser Genesis, alongside at-home skincare and in-clinic procedures like skin peels and LED therapy and other technologies. Rest assured, at the Dr. Jodie clinic, you'll receive comprehensive and considered advice that caters to your individual skin health requirements.
For rejuvenating Laser Genesis Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
Laser genesis is a fantastic device to help you achieve a range of skin goals without the need for recovery time. It is primarily considered a skin rejuvenation device that focuses on improving skin textural irregularities, including wrinkles and fine lines, open pores and acne scars. However, it also affects the fine blood vessels of your skin, minimising facial redness and flushing, and is capable of gradually fading superficial skin pigmentation. What an all-rounder!
Although it forms part of the Excel V+ laser system, it works quite differently. Unlike the Excel V+ laser, which delivers long pulses of light energy, Laser Genesis uniquely delivers much shorter micropulses of light energy, which ever so slightly changes the targets within your skin and subsequently your skin results.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, Laser Genesis includes both:
Ultimately Laser Genesis works by heating the upper layers of our skin, stimulating your body’s own tissue renewal systems, allowing for collagen and elastin production, whilst minimising blood vessels and pigmentation.
A powerful part of Laser Genesis that is often overlooked is its ability to minimise inflammation. This makes it highly suitable for inflammatory skin conditions, such as rosacea. It can even help to calm active acne through this function.
Laser Genesis can treat a wide range of skin complaints on the face, neck, décolletage and body, including:
It is important to understand that Laser Genesis is not a one-off treatment. Results are best visualised following a series of 4-6 treatments spaced 2-4 weeks apart. However, this is truly your closest equivalent to the ‘lunchtime facial’, as treatments do not require any downtime so you can get on with your day. The best part is that Laser Genesis technology is suitable for all skin types, so you won’t miss out!
Consultation
Your first step is consultation with your Dr. Jodie clinician, who will carefully assess your skin concerns and help you decide if your skin goals are best met with Laser Genesis or a another device. The good news is that all skin types are suitable for Laser Genesis and treatment can be undertaken on the same day . Clinical photos will be taken using advanced filters to clearly define the extent of your vascular and pigmentation issues. Most importantly, your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully explain what is involved in your treatment, how many sessions are recommended, maintenance, and your costs.
Treatment
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will gently cleanse your skin to remove any makeup and other impurities. She will also apply goggles to protect your eyes from the laser light. Unlike the Excel V+ laser, no gel is required. She will use a liner to section your face into smaller, well demarcated treatment zones.
Using the GenesisV™ handpiece, your clinician will deliver shorter micropulses of light energy to each zone at a time, allowing heat to build up in one treatment area. This is important as we don’t want the heat to dissipate too quickly or we lose the stimulus for skin rejuvenation.
Both traditional Laser Genesis and Green Laser Genesis feel like warm wax being dripped onto your skin or a warm prickly sensation, which is extremely tolerable and arguably enjoyable. Others describe the feeling of sitting too close to a campfire. Either way, it is typically more comfortable than most laser devices.
Immediately following treatment, you can get on with your day, without any significant evidence of treatment or impediment to your social calendar.
When considering Laser Genesis treatment, your Dr. Jodie clinician needs to be sure it is the most suitable device for your skin concerns. If minimising redness is your main priority, then you may need to undergo pre-treatment with the Excel V+ Laser depending on the size of your broken facial capillaries and the severity of your facial redness. However, if you are completely averse to recovery time, then Laser Genesis will still offer significant benefit. Many of our clients combine the Excel V+ laser with Laser Genesis for their best results. By teaming the two devices together, you can make the most of blood vessel minimisation and skin rejuvenation, as Laser Genesis really hones in on fine lines and wrinkles, open pores and acne scarring. Laser Genesis treatments can also be combined with the Scarlet S Radio Frequency device to maximise your skin tightening and skin firming effects and overall improvements in textural irregularities. Similarly Green Laser Genesis can alternate with your Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL customised treatments to address with skin pigmentation. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we will guide you as to your best choice and tailor your treatment planning to your personal skin needs and aspirations.
Dr. Jodie boasts nearly 15 years of experience in the aesthetic medicine field, mastering a wide array of skin treatments, including laser technologies. Her time spent in a leading dermatology practice in Melbourne has afforded her the ability to discern the most effective, evidence-based lasers available, sparing you the uncertainty. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, emphasis is placed on rejuvenation devices that yield significant results with minimal downtime. Additionally, Dr. Jodie’s clinicians undergo rigorous training under her direct supervision to maximise safety with delivery of treatments, prioritising your health above all else. Taking a holistic approach, your Dr. Jodie clinician will devise a personalised skin health program tailored to your exact needs, incorporating various devices such as Laser Genesis, alongside at-home skincare and in-clinic procedures like skin peels and LED therapy and other technologies. Rest assured, at the Dr. Jodie clinic, you’ll receive comprehensive and considered advice that caters to your individual skin health requirements.
For more information on the Laser Genesis, click FAQs.
For rejuvenating Laser Genesis Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
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Laser Genesis is a non-invasive laser treatment that uses micro-pulses of laser energy to heat the upper layers of the skin. This stimulates collagen and elastin production and minimises the fine vasculature (the small facial capillaries) affecting your skin. The end result is improvements in skin texture, namely fine lines and wrinkles, open pores and acne scarring, as well as facial redness and flushing. It also helps to minimise skin inflammation, making the perfect adjunct for Rosacea treatments. A specialised form of Laser Genesis called Green Genesis can also help to minimise skin pigmentation.
Laser Genesis can effectively treat a variety of skin concerns, including:
Your Dr. Jodie clinician will thoroughly clean your skin, apply googles to protect your eyes, and section out areas of your face and neck to treat in smaller zones.
During your treatment session, you will feel a warming sensation on your skin as the laser release small micropulses of light energy which is absorbed by different skin targets as heat. The procedure is comfortable and typically does not require any numbing cream or anaesthesia. In fact, you will likely find it quite relaxing. It feels like warm wax being dripped on the skin or like sitting a little close to a camp fire.
After your treatment session, your clinician will apply a soothing serum and 50+ SPF sunscreen for protection and you will leave the Dr. Jodie clinic with dewy looking, glowing skin!
Yes, traditional Laser Genesis is safe and effective for all skin types, including darker skin tones. It can be used to address a wide range of skin concerns with minimal risk of adverse pigmentation changes or other side effects due to the depth of the 1064nm wavelength.
Most patients require multiple treatment sessions to achieve optimal results with Laser Genesis. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we tend to recommend 4-6 treatments spaced 4 weeks apart.
No. There is typically no downtime or recovery period after Laser Genesis treatment. You may experience some mild redness or warmth in the treated area immediately following the procedure, but this usually subsides within a few hours. It is common to leave the Dr. Jodie clinic with an obvious and desirable skin glow following your Laser Genesis treatment. It is literally your ‘lunchtime facial’ equivalent.
Laser Genesis is a very safe procedure with minimal risk of side effects. Some patients may experience temporary redness or swelling, but these effects are usually mild and resolve quickly.
Yes, Laser Genesis can be combined with other cosmetic treatments to enhance results.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, if you are wanting to address red spots, broken facial capillaries, facial redness, flushing, and rosacea, consider teaming your Laser Genesis with the Excel V+ laser for your best results.
If you are chasing textural improvements in your skin, such as the reduction of fine lines and wrinkles, open pores and acne scarring, it is great to combine Laser Genesis with the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Device. This will also maximise your skin firming and skin tightening effects.
Green Laser Genesis and the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL can both work together to treat pigmentation changes.
Finally, Laser Genesis is often used in conjunction with our other services, such as our Lactobotanical Skin Peels or injectable treatments for a comprehensive rejuvenation approach.
For some extra pampering, consider our Laser Genesis Power Facial treatment, when we combine our signature Genesis treatment with a Lactobotanical peel, LED therapy, and a hydrating facemask – the ultimate in luxurious skin rejuvenation.
The results of Laser Genesis are long-lasting, but maintenance treatments may be needed to sustain optimal results. Your Dr. Jodie clinician will recommend a personalised treatment plan based on your individual needs and goals.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we recommend you delay all skin treatments until after your pregnancy.
What Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Treatment?
Intense pulsed light, commonly referred to as IPL, is a non-invasive skin therapy which utilises high-intensity light pulses for skin rejuvenation and to treat a variety of skin concerns. Intense pulsed light is used selectively to target skin pigmentation and vascular lesions resulting in noticeable clearer, brighter skin with a more even complexion. It may also enhance collagen and elastin production to reduce skin laxity, erase fine lines and fade the appearance of wrinkles.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we only use the latest, state of-the-art technology. The Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL system is a non-invasive and non-ablative device which delivers intense pulses of light energy to the skin. The light energy is absorbed by molecules known as chromophores within our target skin cells. Chromophores are responsible for the colour that you see in your skin and the skin lesions you wish to treat. They include melanin (in pigment), haemoglobin (in blood vessels), and water, amongst others. The chromophores absorb the light energy as heat and the target cells are damaged. Your body then naturally removes the damaged tissue and generates new tissue in its place, without excess skin colour and with improvements in skin texture.
The Medi Pulse Pro XL is a particularly sophisticated IPL which also doubles as a BBL-like device. BBL technology allows for energy to be delivered using a gliding motion rather than a stamping motion, which allows heat energy to build more slowly and dissipate more easily. As a result, the surrounding ‘bystander’ tissue is not heated or ‘damaged’ as much when targeting chromophores, which means the treatment is more comfortable and less likely to cause complications from thermal injury. It also enables larger areas to be treated more quickly, so you can get on with your day.
IPL is effective at treating brown spots, such as sunspots, age spots, freckles, and other forms of skin pigmentation, such as red-brown dyschromias (patchy or diffuse red-brown hues).
IPL can also treat photo-aged skin to help minimise the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and improve the quality of your skin texture.
It is can even treat vascular conditions, including broken facial capillaries, spider veins, and other red spots, as well as generalised facial redness and rosacea.
However, at the Dr. Jodie clinic we tend to recommend the IPL for treatment of pigmentation or for rejuvenation if you are generally more prone to developing pigmentation. We like to reserve the Excel V+ laser for vascular issues and its Genesis function for rejuvenation if you are generally more prone to developing blood vessels.
Consultation
Your first step at the Dr. Jodie clinic is always a consultation. During your appointment, your Dr. Jodie clinician can explore your skin concerns and assess whether you are a good candidate for IPL. She will determine if your treatment should involve a skin pigmentation or vascular focus or a general rejuvenation focus. Clinical photography using various filters to highlight your skin changes will be undertaken to help identify your main skin issues. A test patch will also be performed to further assess suitability and help determine your treatment settings.
Treatment
Once your treatment plan is formulated and your test patch is completed, your first treatment appointment can be undertaken.
At your treatment appointment, your clinician will gently cleanse and prepare your skin, including the application of a cool, conductive gel. You will be required to wear protective goggles throughout your treatment, but your clinician will talk to you, so you always feel in control and informed.
Depending on the focus of your treatment, you may undergo a ‘spot treatment’ of a localised area or isolated skin lesion, a ‘global treatment’ of your entire face or neck or décolletage, or a ‘rejuvenation treatment’, which is typically a lower energy treatment with a whole face approach.
During a spot treatment, your Dr. Jodie clinician will target a handful of brown spots or occasionally red spots and you can expect to feel a rubber band like flick and mild to moderate discomfort and heat. This type of treatment will entail some recovery time, as your pigment will initially darken and then eventually lift off or fade out. Similarly, a vascular lesion may bruise up, however, most vascular lesions with be treated with the Excel V+ laser at the Dr. Jodie clinic as this is considered the gold standard laser for blood vessel disorders.
During a global treatment, your clinician will treat a larger area of skin, including your whole face, neck or décolletage, for generalised pigmentation or occasionally generalised redness. Mostly this treatment will be conducted using the device’s BBL-like gliding mode and you can expect to feel a more gradual build-up of heat in the treated tissue. Sometimes, a stamping mode will be necessary, which will feel more like a spot treatment, with more intense heat and a rubber band snap. A global treatment, like a spot treatment, will entail some recovery time.
Rejuvenation Treatment
During a rejuvenation treatment, your clinician will again treat a larger target area for collagen and elastin stimulation, smoother skin texture and more uniformity of skin colour. This treatment will only ever be conducted using the device’s BBL like gliding mode, but at much lower energy than a global treatment. Again, you can expect to feel a gentle build-up of low heat in the treated tissue. Unlike a spot treatment or global treatment, a rejuvenation treatment is a minimal or no downtime event.
Regardless of the type of treatment you undertake, following your session your clinician will outline your expected recovery and carefully explain your aftercare.
It is important to understand that all IPL treatments require multiple sessions for your best results. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, 4 to 6 treatment sessions are generally recommended 4 weeks apart, although spot treatments may yield results after 1 to 2 sessions, but there is no guarantee.
Your Dr. Jodie therapist will take the time to understand your personal skin goals and create a tailored plan for your unique skin health needs. Your individualised treatment plan will consider your skin concerns in the context of your general health, your skin type, your lifestyle, your capacity for downtime, and your budget. If you are prone to pigmentation, it is likely that your personalised plan will incorporate the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL system. Unlike other less sophisticated IPL systems, the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL has been custom built specifically for the Dr. Jodie clinic to focus solely on skin quality, (not hair removal or tattoo removal), with multiple specialised filters dedicated to the treatment of pigmentation, rejuvenation, and even vascular issues. Moreover, there is significant capacity to fine tune your treatment to your exact requirements as the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL has highly adjustable settings, which is not always the case with other less advanced systems. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we understand that every face is different – there is never a ‘cookie cutter’ or ‘one size fits all’ approach.
Dr. Jodie has worked in the cosmetic medicine industry for 15 years, with significant training and experience in advanced medical skin peels, LED therapy, skin needling, lasers, radio frequency devices, targeted ultrasound, among many other things. Your Dr. Jodie clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her supervision to deliver all skin treatments with the highest level of care, prioritising your health and safety. Your clinician will always ensure that your skin concerns are addressed in a holistic manner and tailored to your personal skin health needs. Your individualised treatment plan will consider the benefits of the full range of devices offered at the Dr. Jodie clinic, including the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL (if appropriate), as well as an at-home skin care regime, and in-clinic program incorporating skin peels and LED therapy. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we understand that beautification and anti-ageing requires a multi-layered approach to achieve your best results.
For rejuvenating IPL Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we only use the latest, state of-the-art technology. The Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL system is a non-invasive and non-ablative device which delivers intense pulses of light energy to the skin. The light energy is absorbed by molecules known as chromophores within our target skin cells. Chromophores are responsible for the colour that you see in your skin and the skin lesions you wish to treat. They include melanin (in pigment), haemoglobin (in blood vessels), and water, amongst others. The chromophores absorb the light energy as heat and the target cells are damaged. Your body then naturally removes the damaged tissue and generates new tissue in its place, without excess skin colour and with improvements in skin texture.
The Medi Pulse Pro XL is a particularly sophisticated IPL which also doubles as a BBL-like device. BBL technology allows for energy to be delivered using a gliding motion rather than a stamping motion, which allows heat energy to build more slowly and dissipate more easily. As a result, the surrounding ‘bystander’ tissue is not heated or ‘damaged’ as much when targeting chromophores, which means the treatment is more comfortable and less likely to cause complications from thermal injury. It also enables larger areas to be treated more quickly, so you can get on with your day.
IPL is effective at treating brown spots, such as sunspots, age spots, freckles, and other forms of skin pigmentation, such as red-brown dyschromias (patchy or diffuse red-brown hues).
IPL can also treat photo-aged skin to help minimise the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and improve the quality of your skin texture.
It is can even treat vascular conditions, including broken facial capillaries, spider veins, and other red spots, as well as generalised facial redness and rosacea.
However, at the Dr. Jodie clinic we tend to recommend the IPL for treatment of pigmentation or for rejuvenation if you are generally more prone to developing pigmentation. We like to reserve the Excel V+ laser for vascular issues and its Genesis function for rejuvenation if you are generally more prone to developing blood vessels.
Consultation
Your first step at the Dr. Jodie clinic is always a consultation. During your appointment, your Dr. Jodie clinician can explore your skin concerns and assess whether you are a good candidate for IPL. She will determine if your treatment should involve a skin pigmentation or vascular focus or a general rejuvenation focus. Clinical photography using various filters to highlight your skin changes will be undertaken to help identify your main skin issues. A test patch will also be performed to further assess suitability and help determine your treatment settings.
Treatment
Once your treatment plan is formulated and your test patch is completed, your first treatment appointment can be undertaken.
At your treatment appointment, your clinician will gently cleanse and prepare your skin, including the application of a cool, conductive gel. You will be required to wear protective goggles throughout your treatment, but your clinician will talk to you, so you always feel in control and informed.
Depending on the focus of your treatment, you may undergo a ‘spot treatment’ of a localised area or isolated skin lesion, a ‘global treatment’ of your entire face or neck or décolletage, or a ‘rejuvenation treatment’, which is typically a lower energy treatment with a whole face approach.
Spot Treatment
During a spot treatment, your Dr. Jodie clinician will target a handful of brown spots or occasionally red spots and you can expect to feel a rubber band like flick and mild to moderate discomfort and heat. This type of treatment will entail some recovery time, as your pigment will initially darken and then eventually lift off or fade out. Similarly, a vascular lesion may bruise up, however, most vascular lesions with be treated with the Excel V+ laser at the Dr. Jodie clinic as this is considered the gold standard laser for blood vessel disorders.
Global Treatment
During a global treatment, your clinician will treat a larger area of skin, including your whole face, neck or décolletage, for generalised pigmentation or occasionally generalised redness. Mostly this treatment will be conducted using the device’s BBL-like gliding mode and you can expect to feel a more gradual build-up of heat in the treated tissue. Sometimes, a stamping mode will be necessary, which will feel more like a spot treatment, with more intense heat and a rubber band snap. A global treatment, like a spot treatment, will entail some recovery time.
Rejuvenation Treatment
During a rejuvenation treatment, your clinician will again treat a larger target area for collagen and elastin stimulation, smoother skin texture and more uniformity of skin colour. This treatment will only ever be conducted using the device’s BBL like gliding mode, but at much lower energy than a global treatment. Again, you can expect to feel a gentle build-up of low heat in the treated tissue. Unlike a spot treatment or global treatment, a rejuvenation treatment is a minimal or no downtime event.
Regardless of the type of treatment you undertake, following your session your clinician will outline your expected recovery and carefully explain your aftercare.
It is important to understand that all IPL treatments require multiple sessions for your best results. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, 4 to 6 treatment sessions are generally recommended 4 weeks apart, although spot treatments may yield results after 1 to 2 sessions, but there is no guarantee.
Your Dr. Jodie therapist will take the time to understand your personal skin goals and create a tailored plan for your unique skin health needs. Your individualised treatment plan will consider your skin concerns in the context of your general health, your skin type, your lifestyle, your capacity for downtime, and your budget. If you are prone to pigmentation, it is likely that your personalised plan will incorporate the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL system. Unlike other less sophisticated IPL systems, the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL has been custom built specifically for the Dr. Jodie clinic to focus solely on skin quality, (not hair removal or tattoo removal), with multiple specialised filters dedicated to the treatment of pigmentation, rejuvenation, and even vascular issues. Moreover, there is significant capacity to fine tune your treatment to your exact requirements as the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL has highly adjustable settings, which is not always the case with other less advanced systems. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we understand that every face is different – there is never a ‘cookie cutter’ or ‘one size fits all’ approach.
Dr. Jodie has worked in the cosmetic medicine industry for over a decade, with significant training and experience in advanced medical skin peels, LED therapy, skin needling, lasers, radiofrequency devices, targeted ultrasound, among many other things. Your Dr. Jodie clinician has been carefully selected and trained under her supervision to deliver all skin treatments with the highest level of care, prioritising your health and safety. Your clinician will always ensure that your skin concerns are addressed in a holistic manner and tailored to your personal skin health needs. Your individualised treatment plan will consider the benefits of the full range of devices offered at the Dr. Jodie clinic, including the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL (if appropriate), as well as an at-home skin care regime, and in-clinic program incorporating skin peels and LED therapy. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we understand that beautification and anti-ageing requires a multi-layered approach to achieve your best results.
For more information on the Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL system, click FAQs.
For rejuvenating IPL Treatments at the Dr. Jodie clinic in Melbourne, including Ashwood, Balwyn, Blackburn, Box Hill, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Forest Hill, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, and more, call 0422232067 or click below to make an appointment online.
Make an Appointment
30-60 MINUTE APPOINTMENT
Visit Dr. Jodie’s Treatment Guide
TREATMENT GUIDE
Intense pulsed light, otherwise known as IPL, is a non-invasive skin treatment that delivers high intensity pulses of light to the skin for rejuvenation and to treat a variety of skin concerns, including pigmentation (isolated brown spots or generalised pigmentation) and vascular lesions (isolated red spots or generalised redness).
IPL emits a range of light energy which is absorbed by molecules known as chromophores within our target skin cells. Chromophores are responsible for the colour that you see in your skin and the skin lesions you wish to treat. The chromophore absorbs the light energy as heat and the target cells are damaged. Your body then naturally removes the damaged tissue and generates new tissue in its place.
IPL vascular treatments target red colours, our haemoglobin. IPL pigmentation treatments target brown colours, our melanin. IPL skin rejuvenation treatments target water molecules, old collagen, and other age-related skin changes to stimulate skin turnover. Rejuvenation treatments tend to have a broader range of wavelengths to treat a little bit of everything, including some redness, some pigmentation, and some textural skin issues, with minimal downtime.
The Medi Pulse Pro XL is a particularly sophisticated IPL which also doubles as a BBL-like device. BBL technology allows for energy to be delivered in a different way, using a gliding motion with the handpiece rather than a stamping motion. This means that heat energy builds up more slowly and dissipates more easily. As a result, the surrounding ‘bystander’ tissue is not heated or ‘damaged’ as much when treating target chromophores. Consequently, treatment is more comfortable and safer, especially for those with darker skin types, who are more prone to complications from thermal injury. It also means that larger areas can be treated more quickly, so you can get on with your day.
Skin changes that may benefit from IPL treatment include:
Depending on your concern, your therapist at the Dr. Jodie clinic may suggest referral to a dermatologist if we believe treatment is more appropriate at a specialist centre.
IPL is considered a non-ablative treatment, which means there is technically no disruption to the surface layer of your skin. In other words, IPL delivers light energy that is converted to heat energy to the lower layers of your skin without harming your skin surface. This allows for faster recovery times. However, it is important to understand that you will still experience some downtime with IPL treatments, especially with isolated pigmented spot treatments or global pigmentation treatments that tend to be more intense (as opposed to rejuvenation treatments).
IPL uses filters to deliver light pulses within a range of wavelengths (or colours) to target a variety of skin concerns. Laser, on the other hand, delivers light pulses in one specific wavelength to target a particular skin concern. IPL is more like a lightbulb emitting an array of light, whereas a laser is more like a directed single beam of light.
The choice between IPL and other treatments depends on individual factors like skin type, your specific skin concern, and personal preferences. In many ways, IPL is more versatile, allowing you to treat a broader range of skin concerns in one treatment session than most lasers, however it may require more sessions to achieve the desired results.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, we tend to recommend IPL for treatment of pigmentation or for rejuvenation if you are more prone to pigmentation, and the Excel V+ for vascular issues or its Genesis function for rejuvenation if you are more prone to blood vessels. But this may not always be the case.
There is obviously overlap between IPL & the Excel V+, with both machines able to treat blood vessels, pigment, and photo-aged skin, which means you will need to rely on our guidance for your best outcome.
No! When it comes to IPL machines, just like anti-wrinkle injections and dermal filler treatments, you get what you pay for. A high quality (often more expensive) machine is better able to be tailored to your unique skin type and skin concerns – there is greater capacity to individualise the IPL settings for your treatment. Furthermore, a clinician who is skilled at skin assessment, with a good understanding of the range of wavelengths that best target your skin concerns, is critical. In that sense, your results are very ‘user dependent’. At the Dr. Jodie clinic, you can feel assured that your clinician has undergone high level IPL training in-house and with the device company, that includes theory, practical and safety.
IPL is recommended for clients with Fitzpatrick skin types I-III.
As a general rule, IPL treatments are not considered advisable for patients with skin types V – V+. In those with darker skin types, their natural skin pigmentation may absorb too much energy and cause significant blistering that runs a higher risk of scarring. Skin types V – V+ are also at a higher risk of post-inflammatory pigmentation, meaning their pigmentation may get worse in response to the inflammation created by treatment, not better.
Consultation, Skin Assessment & Test Patch
Your first step is a consultation appointment with your clinician at the Dr. Jodie clinic. In this session, your clinician will explore your skin concerns and assess whether you are a good candidate for IPL or whether referral to a dermatology clinic is more appropriate. Your clinician will also determine if your treatment will involve a pigmentation (or vascular) focus or a general rejuvenation focus or a combination approach. Clinical photography using various filters to highlight skin changes will be undertaken to help determine your main skin issues. It is also recommended in this session that you undertake a patch test to further assess suitability and help determine your treatment settings.
Treatment
Once your treatment plan is formulated and your test patch is completed, your first treatment appointment can be undertaken. This can be completed on the same day as your consultation, but make sure that you book in both appointments (consultation & then treatment) when making your appointments. For some clients, your clinician may ask for a 24 hour window between your test patch and treatment, but this will be the exception rather than the rule.
At your treatment appointment, your clinician will gently cleanse and prepare your skin, including the application of a cool, conductive gel. You will be required to wear protective goggles throughout your treatment, but your clinician will talk to you, so you always feel in control and informed. Depending on the focus of your treatment, your clinician may (1) undertake a series of ‘spot treatments’ targeting mainly brown (pigmented) spots (or occasionally red spots), OR (2) undertake a ‘global treatment’ of your face, neck or decolletage for generalised pigmentation (or occasionally generalised redness), OR (3) undertake a lower energy, no or minimal downtime, rejuvenation treatment for collagen stimulation and better uniformity of skin colour.
During a spot treatment, you can expect to feel a rubber band like flick and mild to moderate discomfort and heat. During a global or rejuvenation treatment, you can expect a build-up of heat in the treated tissue.
After all treatments, your skin will feel as it would after a moderate sunburn. Following treatment, your therapist will outline your expected recovery and carefully explain your aftercare. Please remember that spot and global treatments are likely to entail some recovery time, whereas rejuvenation treatments may not.
At the Dr. Jodie clinic, you can target a handful of brown (pigmented) spots or red (vascular) spots or both. The Medi-Pulse Pro XL IPL is generally favoured for pigmentation treatment, while the Excel V+ is recommended more commonly for vascular issues. Your clinician will always help guide your choice.
Following treatment, it is normal to anticipate some:
Please notify the Dr. Jodie Clinic by phoning 0422232067 or by emailing info@dr-jodie.com.au if you experience any of the following:
It is important to be aware that all medical treatments, even those performed for cosmetic reasons, carry risks.
Significant risks are rare and include burns, scarring, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (which may be worse or more diffuse than the original), hypopigmentation (white patches due to the destruction of the pigment making factory within the target cells) and infection (bacterial or herpes reactivation) among other concerns.
Consequently, at the Dr. Jodie clinic we do not ‘push’ for results at all costs.
Conversely, it is important to be aware that despite adequate treatment, as with all cosmetic IPL and laser treatments, your skin concern may not be completely resolved. Sometimes partial treatment is all that is achievable.
Furthermore, it is likely that the skin concerns you are experiencing will continue over time with normal ageing. Blood vessels and pigmentation, lines and wrinkles, lax skin will always be recurrent issues.
To maximise the benefits of IPL treatment, at the Dr. Jodie clinic we recommend a course of 4-6 treatments, conducted at 4 week intervals. Spot treatments of localised pigmented lesions often leads to resolution of your unwanted skin concerns with fewer treatments sessions, say 1-2, but this cannot be guaranteed. Global treatments or rejuvenation treatments involving larger areas such as the whole face, neck or decolletage typically require the full 4-6 sessions for best results.
Again, it is important to be aware that despite adequate treatment, as with all cosmetic IPL and laser treatments, your skin concern may not be completely resolved, even with serial treatments. Sometimes partial resolution is all that is achievable.
Furthermore, it is likely that the skin concerns you are experiencing will continue over time with normal ageing. Blood vessels and pigmentation, lines and wrinkles, lax skin will always be recurrent issues.
This is why it is really important to take care of your skin with good skin care, sun avoidance and 50+ SPF sunscreen.
IPL treatment is not recommended in pregnancy or breastfeeding. Women who are trying to conceive are not advised to have IPL treatment.
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