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Eyelid and facial lumps and bumps, and skin lesions, are very common. Have these removed quickly, safely and in comfortable surroundings at my clinic Face & Eye in Northenden, Manchester. Visit www.faceandeye.co.uk/face/minorsurgery.html for further information. We can also remove skin lesions for all areas e.g. sebaceous cysts from the scalp and back with the minimum of discomfort.

For those clients who are needle phobic or very anxious, safe conscious sedation can be provided by our consultant anaesthetists (”twilight anaesthesia”).

Facial thread veins are very commonly and can cause significant cosmetic problems which can be difficult to disguise with make up. Intense pulsed light treatment can improve on the appearance of facial thread veins making it much easier to rely on light mineral make up only. The treatment takes approximately 15-20 mins each session and requires 3-4 sessions depending on the severity of the thread veins. The Palomar machines at my clinic Face & Eye have patented cooling which helps to reduce the discomfort associated with the treatment.

Visit www.faceandeye.co.uk/face/threadveins.html for further information.

This fractional technology produces thousands of tiny but deep columns of treatment in the skin. This rejuvenates the skin but without the downtime associated with more aggressive skin ablative lasers. The best results are seen when this is combined with intense pulsed light treatment and microdermabrasion. Visit www.faceandeye.co.uk for more information. Our consultant dermatologist, Corinna Mendonca, can treat skin complaints including acne scarring using this technology. For clients with sun and age related skin changes only, our specialist aesthetics nurse practioner, Amanda Baker, can offer advice and undertake treatment sessions.

Restylane Vital offers an excellent way to complement a variety of surgical and non-surgical aesthetic treatments e.g microdermabrasion, intense pulsed light treatment and fractional laser treatment, as well as other Restylane products, and can be combined with skin care creams to achieve a rejuvenated skin appearance.

Restylane Vital can be used to hydrate, revitalise and restore the skins hydration where needed. The areas of the skin where the Restylane Vital range is ideal are:

1. The crows feet area (combined if necessary with anti-wrinkle injections)

2. The area between the nose and the upper lip

3. The neck and upper chest areas (the decolletage)

4. The back of the hands

Call my clinic Face & Eye on 08458 332233 and speak to Amanda Baker, our specialist aesthetics nurse practitioner, who can provide more information. Amanda herself has undergone this treatment and speak from first hand experience. Visit the clinic website at www.faceandeye.co.uk

Visit www.restylane.co.uk for more information about the whole Restylane range

My clinic Face & Eye has a highly qualified and very experienced nurse practitioner, Gaynor Ritchie, who puts clients very much at their ease. Gaynor is extremely enthusiastic but also very discrete about her treatments which are very successful. She is attracting a lot of male as well as female clients for hair reduction treatment. Although most clients expect hair reduction to be undertaken using a laser, hair reduction is actually undertaken using intense pulsed light (IPL). The use of intense pulsed light in the permanent reduction or removal of unwanted hair, together with advances in computer technology have meant that individual treatments can be designed specifically to suit the skin type, colour and variety of hair of each client (including asian clients). New technology allows the selection of the most appropriate and effective wavelength and pulse characteristics to remove hair, unlike lasers which can only use one wavelength and therefore only treat some skin types successfully. IPL is able to deliver much higher levels of energy safely to the hair follicle than a laser. Nevertheless, in spite of this better technology, most clients still enquire about “laser” hair removal”).

Go to www.faceandeye.co.uk for more information about this and other non-surgical treatments available.