A Glimpse Into The Future!

Wouldn’t it be great to know what you will look like in 10 years? Or would it?

At Seasons, we think information is the key to wellness. The more you know, the more you can prevent. And we all know that “an ounce of prevention is worth much more than a pound of cure” according to Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest inventors and thinkers in U.S. history.

We have a great invention to share with you called the Visia Complexion Analysis System. While we didn’t invent this technology, we think it’s important to the future of your skin. By taking a glimpse at your skin up close, we can give you a good idea of the progression of your skin without intervention over the next 10 years.

The Visia Complexion Analysis system is a camera unit that sends high-quality photographs to a computer which then analyzes the results. Our clients can see their complexion in relation to other clients of the same age and skin type. The Visia’s analysis of skin helps determine a treatment process for anti-aging, cosmetic face treatment and medical therapy.

Visia evaluates:

• Depth of your pores
• Individual analysis of the skin condition
• Measures wrinkles
• Analyzes pigment difficulties
• Detects UV damage
• Detects porphyrine and bacteria

The Visia Complexion Analysis takes about 15 minutes and is complimentary anytime you visit Seasons in Ruston.

Don’t be afraid to know the truth about your skin. It’s only when we see reality that we can make a good plan to prevent unwanted signs of aging through a Seasons skin treatment plan developed by one of our trained aestheticians. For an appointment, call 318-255-3223.

We Want You To Look Your Best

At Seasons, we love helping people look their best. We want every patient to be beautiful.

Our aestheticians are trained in microdermabrasion, chemical peels, electrolysis, permanent makeup, and Intense Photo Light therapy or IPL. (IPL is a way to use very strong flashes of light in place of lasers—for hair removal, acne, skin rejuvenation, hyper pigmentation, and very small spider veins.)

I have to stop there for a moment.

Most of this stuff wasn’t around when I was a kid suffering from acne. My brother and I just dealt with our zits. I think we had some medicated wipes for our faces or something. Even though we weren’t “greasers,” we were terrified by commercials like this one…

…but we had to wait until after acne before we found our miracle girls. (And we’ve both been married to our original sweethearts now for many years.) But back to medicine and skin care.

Over-the-counter skin care isn’t enough for many people. Seasons uses treatment like microdermabrasion, chemical peels, facials, electrolysis, and IPL to address all aspects of a patient’s skin care.

Take acne. Forget the commercial. At Seasons, we might first do a chemical peel to get down to that healthiest layer of skin. There are three layers to your skin—the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. A chemical peel takes off the top layer of skin—the old dead layer. This leaves you with a more youthful layer of skin, so you look more youthful. (Obagi Blue Peel is one of the brands that we use.)

Then we look for a skin product line that best fits the patient’s skin type—like deep cleansing facial products that gets into those pores and clean things out. IPL will actually kill the bacteria in those pores with acne.

We’re just looking at a multi-prong approach to acne—or any skin disorder.

There’s so many different skin types, you have to be careful what kind of product you use on your face. This is why I am cautious about over-the-counter cleansers for acne. You may be getting something that dries your skin out. If that’s not what your skin type needs, you could be making your acne even worse. The professionals at Seasons are able to evaluate each patient’s skin type and work through our protocol of skin care and product lines and treatment options.

Skin treatments are hardly the only thing we do, though. I am a doctor after all! If my patients need medicine, I can prescribe what they need.

On the other hand, if people just need an old fashioned pore extraction, we give them that, too.

Let me tell you about Botox

First of all, I don’t give Botox injections myself, and I don’t plan to. It’s not that I have anything against Botox.

When it comes to giving injections, you want the nurses and nurse practitioners. They are the hands on people. In fact, one of my nurse practitioners went to Austin recently for Botox training. At Seasons, our nurses and nurse practitioners are the ones who give injections—and they do it well.

Of course, no one leaves our office thinking about how good an injection was.

Botox is for wrinkles. On your forehead, wrinkles between your eyebrows just above the bridge of your nose. On the outside of your eyes, the crow’s feet. And underneath the eyes. Those are the places that Botox will have an effect.

Why use Botox at all? It is simple. Botox gives some confidence to individuals who place a high value on their physical appearance. If she looks in the mirror and sees wrinkles, she may not feel as confident. That means something as simple as wrinkles can have ramifications in a person’s relationships at work, at home, even in the bedroom.

Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s a simple fact. For some women, something as simple as Botox can make a difference in giving them confidence.

That’s what we do. We’re here to help people feel confident about who they are.