Your Unique Complexion Profile-
The First Step to Optimal Skin Health and Vitality
At Advanced Aesthetics. Owensboro Dermatology's Medical Spa, we recommend that a Visia® Digital Complexion Analysis be performed during your initial one-on-one skin evaluation, as the results of the analysis provide the framework for creating a personalized facial rejuvenation program that is designed to obtain optimal improvement in your skin. In some cases, an additional analysis may be performed following a recommended treatment program.
Once your VISIA® imaging session is complete, one of our certified and licensed medical aestheticians will provide you a detailed complexion report that focuses on specific problem areas, compares your results with others your age and gender, and includes treatment and product recommendations specifically for your complexion. At Advanced Aesthetics, we offer the most comprehensive assortment of clinically proven and safe products and treatments. You can feel comfortable knowing that the most appropriate combination will be recommended for your unique skin condition.
Visia® Digital Complexion Analysis
VISIA® is an exciting technological innovation that uses a multi-spectral imaging system to identify problem areas of your complexion, allowing for a customized skin treatment program that specifically targets these areas.
The VISIA® Digital Complexion Analysis is the first diagnostic tool to provide clinical measurement of surface and subsurface epidermal irregularities and pigment conditions. VISIA’s photographic technology captures a clear, multi-dimensional image of select facial areas, while examining the severity of various age-related conditions.
The Six Key Factors: Better Diagnosis Means Better Care
Among the many variables that contribute to the total condition of your complexion, six are critical to choosing the right skin care treatments and products. VISIA® Complexion Analysis evaluates these factors:
 Wrinkles
- UV Spots (indicate sun damage)
- Brown Spots
- Redness
- Pores
- Skin Tone Variations (Texture)
- Bacterial Content (Porphyrins)
Initially developed by Procter & Gamble as a skin care research tool, VISIA Complexion Analysis has been enhanced and made available to the worldwide health and skin care markets by Canfield Imaging Systems
Visia's exclusive RBX Technology for subsurface red/brown analysis provides detection of melanin and vascular conditions.
What and how are the various skin features evaluated and detected?
 Spots: Spots are typically brown or red skin lesions including freckles, acne scars, hyper-pigmentation and vascular lesions. Spots are distinguishable by their distinct color and contrast from the background skin tone. Spots vary in size and generally have a circular shape.
Pores: Pores are the circular surface openings of sweat gland ducts. Due to shadowing, pores appear darker than the surrounding skin tone and are identified by their darker color and circular shape. The VISIA system distinguishes pores from spots based on size; by definition, the area of a pore is much smaller than a spot.
Wrinkles: Wrinkles are furrows, folds or creases in the skin, which increase in occurrence as a result of sun exposure, and are associated with decreasing skin elasticity. This skin feature has the greatest variability from image to image as it is highly dependent upon the facial expression of the client. Wrinkles are identified by their characteristic long, narrow shape.
Texture: Texture is primarily an analysis of skin smoothness. Texture measures skin color and smoothness by identifying gradations in color from the surrounding skin tone, as well as peaks (shown in yellow) and valleys (shown in blue) on the skin surface that indicate variations in the surface texture.
Porphyrins: Porphyrins are bacterial excretions that can become lodged in pores and lead to acne. Porphyrins fluoresce in UV light and exhibit circular white spot characteristics.
UV Spots: UV spots occur when melanin coagulates below the skin surface as a result of sun damage. UV spots are generally invisible under normal lighting conditions. The selective absorption of the UV light by the epidermal melanin enhances its display and detection by VISIA.
Red Areas: Red Areas represent a potential variety of conditions, such as acne, inflammation, Rosacea or spider veins. Blood vessels and hemoglobin contained in the papillary dermis, a sub-layer of skin, give these structures their red color, which is detected by the RBX Technology in VISIA. Acne spots and inflammation vary in size but are generally round in shape. Rosacea is usually larger and diffuse compared to acne, and spider veins usually are short, thin and can be interconnected in a dense network.
Brown spots: Brown Spots are lesions on the skin such as hyper-pigmentation, freckles, lentigines, and melasma. Brown Spots occur from an excess of Melanin. Melanin is produced by melanocytes in the bottom layer of the epidermis. Brown Spots produce an uneven appearance to the skin, and are detected in VISIA by RBX.
How can the Visia® measurements help provide better skin care?
Your computer-generated portraits of your surface and subsurface skin conditions are compared by the internal database of those of the same age, gender, and skin type. This evaluation along with the product and treatment recommendations are quickly displayed on the screen so that our staff can help educate you about the proposed treatment plan. The Visia also has an Age-Simulator so that your protrait can be computer-aged from 5-7 years older or younger. The Loupe tool instantly zooms in and magnifies areas for close examination of specific areas that are of concern. This data is then a part of your personal medical records for future use to track your results and outcomes of the recommended and individualized plan--great for before and after evaluations. You will also receive a 4-color printout of your results for you to keep.
But remember, your health and your skin health are up to you!
So call today for your Aesthetic Consultation and Visia® Complexion Analysis!
(270) 852-4785
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