ABOUT
IV SEASONS SKIN CARE
IV
Seasons Skin Care Clinic is a medically oriented skin care facility
under the guidance of the Boulder, Colorado, cosmetic plastic surgeons
Dr. Hans R. Kuisle and Dr. Winfield Hartley. Dr. Kuisle and Dr. Hartley
have made the goal of the IV Seasons Skin Care Clinic to provide patients
with
a
comprehensive
and
individually
designed medical skin care program. Programs are tailored to skin type,
lifestyle and degree of sun damage. They also compliment and enhance
each patients surgical choices. The paramedical estheticians at IV
Seasons, under Dr. Kuisle's and Dr. Hartley ’s supervision,
offer a broad selection of BioMedic chemical peels and topical skin
care products, Obagi Blue
Peels and Nuderm products, Dr. Perricone’s line of High Potency
Alpha Lipoic acid based products, other topical antioxidents, and the
most effective sunblocks available. IV Seasons provides prescription
pharmaceutical skin care formulations, as well as pre and post operative
care for laser, deep chemical peels and dermabrasion skin resurfacing.
PARAMEDICAL
AESTHETICIAN
General aestheticians are trained in skin care and are licensed by the State
of Colorado. Paramedical aestheticians, an invaluable part of Dr. Kuisle’s and
Dr. Hartley's practice,
have significantly more advanced training and experience in the medical aspects
of skin and skin treatments. Paramedical aestheticians evaluate skin
conditions and perform superficial and medium depth chemical peels for sun
damaged and aging skin. They are involved in the pre-operative preparation
for laser facial resurfacing, as well as immediate and long term post operative
care. Prescription drugs are frequently added to individualize skin care regimes
to maximize the skin’s health and outward appearance.
MISSION
STATEMENT
To provide our patients with the most effective, medically directed skin rejuvenation
given by highly trained, experienced, committed, and empathetic skin care professionals.
GOAL
At IV Seasons Skin Care Clinic, our goal is to restore skin health. Young healthy
skin has a very high cell turnover. Progressive, cumulative exposure to
damaging UVA/UVB rays of the sun causes a slowing of cell turnover, loss
of skin elasticity, roughness, fine and deep lines, as well as blotchy,
irregular brown pigment. Sun exposure, stress and hormonal fluctuations
all affect skin adversely. Our goal is to help you manage these variables
to maximize skin health.
PRINCIPLES
OF SKIN CARE
Adherence to basic principles of skin care, taking into account the many variables,
individual desires, and tolerances, allows IV Seasons Skin Care Clinic to meet
the needs of a wide spectrum of patients. Those principles include cleansing,
moisturizing, protecting and rejuvenating the skin.
The key to skin rejuvenation is to stimulate exfoliation. Unhealthy, photodamaged
skin is sluggish with poor cell turnover. Stimulating cell turnover physically
with particle resurfacing, dermaplaning, or enzymes; or chemically with alpha
hydroxy acids, and Retin-A, are synergistic in re-establishing skin health.
Beauty and a positive self image begin with a program of comprehensive health
care and wellness. It is the responsibility of the individual as well as professionals
involved in any area of beauty management to assure good general health before
concentrating on aesthetics. Nutrition, regular exercise, vitamin supplements
and holistic health principles are important concepts in maintaining general
health as well as skin health. Healthy skin is beautiful skin.
Specific tissues or structures sometimes produce a visual form which is less
than optimal and cannot be adequately improved by the methods above. Plastic
surgical improvement in tissue form and structure is an important component
of a comprehensive health and beauty management plan. Creation of a sculpture
or work of art requires high quality raw material. Visualization and molding
of the structure or form create a subtle yet striking finish giving it life
and beauty. In living beauty, healthy skin is the raw material, plastic surgery
the molding form, and hair design, cosmetics, and wardrobe the finish.
THE
TRUTH ABOUT SUN EXPOSURE
- Sun
exposure is the number one cause of premature aging and skin cancer.
The best way to prevent sun damage is to stay out of the sun.
- Sunscreen
should be worn everyday, not just when sunbathing. Hour for hour
most people receive more sun damage going to work, walking outside,
and sitting by the window than basking in the sun.
- It
is best not to go in the sun between 10:00am and 3:00pm.
- Sunscreen
should be applied 30 minutes before sun exposure.
- Reapply
sunscreen often if you are in direct sunlight. Although sunscreen
applications are not cumulative (two applications of SPF-15 does
not make an SPF-30), reapply protection to the areas that may have
rinsed off due to sweating or water exposure.
- Consider
using a self-tanner instead of sun tanning. Remember that a “tan” produced
by a self tanning product provides no additional resistance to sun
burning!
- A
tanning booth is not a safe alternative! They use UVA rays that promote
long-term damage, skin cancer, and cause premature aging.
THE
SUN IS THE NUMBER ONE ENEMY OF THE SKIN!
PREVENT AGING AND SKIN CANCER, WEAR YOUR SUNSCREEN!
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