Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty Magazine #67

hair removal
Vein
treatments
with
Synchro
Replay
As well as delivering effective
results in permanent hair
reduction, The Synchro Replay
uses the Nd:Yag wavelength
to target visible veins on the
face, legs and body. Because
this wavelength involves less
absorption by melanin in
the skin, it is able to reduce
the appearance of visually
prominent veins with little
downtime.
‘The ND:Yag wavelength
works really well to reduce
the appearance of the little
veins around the corners of
the nose,’ says Dr Williamson.
‘Also, I often treat blue veins
under the eyes with the
Synchro Replay – particularly
if these veins have been made
more prominent following
treatment with dermal fillers.’
‘The Synchro Replay can be
used to treat vascular lesions
on the face and body. It is
especially effective on the
very small blue spider veins
on the upper thighs,’ says
Dr Williamson.
The Synchro Replay helps boost treatment
efficiency, because it can pick up the
smaller, finer and lighter hairs that other
lasers cannot target
Williamson. ‘The Synchro Replay can also be used as an Intense Pulsed Light
device (IPL) to treat pigmentation and visible blood vessels.’
The Synchro Replay exhibits the largest spot size of any hair removal laser on
the market. This is combined with high power (or fluence), which is necessary for
treating lighter coloured hairs.
‘If you picture a cylinder placed on the skin’s surface, this delivers an inverted
cone of energy into the skin – the larger the cylinder, the deeper the cone. This
is what the Synchro Replay’s large spot size achieves, a deeper treatment to
combat those more resilient hairs,’ Dr Williamson explains. ‘Importantly, this is
delivered through a narrow pulse width – two pulses, twice a second – and with
high fluence, which are beneficial in treating finer hair.’
The Synchro Replay succeeds in prohibiting hair growth by targeting the stem
cells attached to the hair bulbs. The laser lights heat the hair strand, and this heat
is conducted down the strand and into the bulb where it destroys the stem cells
and prevents further growth.
As with any laser hair removal, the treatment is only effective on those hairs in
the anagen phase of hair growth – or when the strand is still attached to the hair
bulb. After this phase, the strand detaches from the bulb and the heat cannot be
delivered directly to the stem cells.
‘Anywhere between 10 and 40 percent of hairs might be in the anagen phase
during one treatment. This means it might take between six and 10 treatments
to achieve optimal results in permanent hair reduction,’ Dr Williamson explains.
‘The Synchro Replay helps boost treatment efficiency, because it can pick up the
smaller, finer and lighter hairs that other lasers cannot target.’
Before treatment with the Synchro Replay, an in-depth consultation is required
to ensure the patient is suitable for the procedure. Skin type, and the level of
melanin (pigment) near the surface of the skin, is examined to protect against
post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) following treatment.
‘Laser treatment can sometimes activate underlying melanin, which makes
the procedure more uncomfortable and increases the chances of PIH,’ says
Dr Williamson. ‘In the consultation, I look at the skin type (using the Fitzpatrick
scale of I–VI), examine the type of hair, and gauge the differentiation between hair
colour and skin tone. Usually, the greater the differentiation, the more effective
the treatment.’
‘Using the Synchro Replay, we often treat the legs, bikini line, under the arms
and on the face for post-menopausal women. There is typically no downtime
following Synchro Replay treatment for hair removal, and this device achieves
thorough, consistent results, very efficiently,’ Dr Williamson adds. csbm
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