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Dermatology and corrective cosmetic treatments
The Cosmetic and Corrective Dermatology Centre at the Grand Hotel Terme provides a wide range of treatments so that guests can combine a stay in a spa with top-quality medical support that includes freelance specialists and avant-garde equipment able to revitalise both the body and face.In the past, cosmetic skin changes (such as wrinkles, stains and scars) were considered as inevitable signs of ageing. Although these are not disorders as such, they are of crucial importance for the psychical equilibrium of those affected.
It is not possible to treat such blemishes in an ordinary beauty centre, because they require an accurate diagnosis on the part of a dermatologist, as well as the use of cutting-edge equipment such as lasers.
There is no need to resort to surgery: our cosmetic medicine treatments employ non-invasive methods so that patients can soon resume their normal daily routine.
LASER TREATMENTS
In recent years, new technologies have been developed, featuring lasers of different wavelengths, each one suitable for a specific substratum of the epidermis and skin. These lasers can reach the three main targets of the skin that cause the most common blemishes:
1. melanin, which causes the brown and black colour typical of stains and hairs;
2. haemoglobin, which is responsible for the red and bluish colour of the dilated blood vessels, i.e. couperose, micro-varicose veins, angiomas, etc.;
3. water, which is contained in the cells of the infective skin lesions: warts, acrochordon, seborrheic keratosis, papilloma, xanthelasma, etc.
LASER SYSTEMS EMPLOYED
Alexandrite laser system
Long-pulse 755 nm Alexandrite laser for long-term or permanent epilation. It also works on pigmented stains. It features a dynamic cooling system that makes it more effective without damaging the skin, reducing pain at the same time. The Alexandrite laser with a 755 nm wavelength is ideal for permanent epilation. The basic principle used is selective photo-thermolisis, which goes to work on the melanin in the hair without damaging the surrounding tissues. It is recommended for all kinds of skin and is employed in combination with a skin cooling system to prevent any side effects due to heat and to render the treatment more easily tolerable. This laser is also ideal to treat hyperpigmentation, such as stains (due to sun or age) on the face or on the back of the hands.
Long-pulse ND Yag laser device
The 1604-nm ND Yag laser is recommended for vascular lesions, couperose, telangiectasis, angiomas, etc., as well as for non-ablative photo-rejuvenation. The ND Yag laser (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet) with a 1064 nm wavelength can penetrate deeply without damaging the surrounding tissue. There is no pain or bleeding, and the energy transmitted can effectively reduce blood vessels to a diameter of 2/3 mm, thanks to high-intensity pulses with short duration.
CO2 laser device
CO2 laser for significant papulose lesions: it replaces the use of a scalpel, thus reducing pain and bleeding. This laser has a 10,600-nm wavelength and basically goes to work on the water in the tissues by atomising and coagulating it. This method is able to destroy localised lesions in critical areas, such as xanthelasma around the eye or hydro-adenomas, as well as minor lesions such as warts, papilloma, etc. Thus, it is employed as a precision surgical tool.
MAIN USES
Angiomas: these are vascular lesions that look like red stains of various shapes and sizes, due to a hyperplasia of the blood vessels (vein anomalies). They develop on the skin surface or in the subcutaneous tissue. They can be congenital or can develop later in life.
Telangiectasis (on the face and lower limbs): this is a web of varying shape and size of dilated venous capillaries, tiny varicose veins called micro-varices or telangiectasis. These extremely slender veins are generally around 0.1-1 mm in diameter, although they can occasionally be bigger. Couperose - the vascular rosacea
It mainly develops in women and consists of an intense, chronic reddening of the skin on the cheeks and/or at the sides of the nose.
Hyperpigmentations and pigmented lesions
They are defined as a localised darkening of the skin, aggravated by exposure to the sun. In particular, they comprise ephelis, senile freckles and post-inflammatory pigmentations.
Long-lasting laser epilation
The laser targets the melanin in the hair bulb with a high-intensity light that is selectively absorbed by the melanin. Through a process known as selective photo-thermolisis, the light turns into thermal energy, causing an authentic explosion of the cells in the hair bulb, rendering them inactive. Thus, the hair will not grow for a long time.
Non-ablative laser rejuvenation
This method allows for collagen to be remodelled by stimulating its production on the part of the fibroblasts - the cells in the dermis- without damaging the epidermis. This results in a reduction of small wrinkles and scars due to acne, as well as in a general improvement of the skin.
