It won’t come as much of a surprise that skin damage is a huge issue for British men and women, with summer holidays, sun beds and general ageing leaving many with sun damaged skin. If you start to find that your face is showing the obvious signs of sun damage such as uneven skin pigmentation, red thread veins and looser skin, then an Intense Pulsed Light (or IPL) treatment could give you back healthier, younger looking skin.

Sun damage does not only occur after a 2 week intensive summer holiday, or one too many trips to the local tanning booth, but also over time. Sun damaged skin and general signs of ageing can even be caused by our own feeble British sun where UV light is still able to break through the clouds and reach our exposed skin. This everyday exposure to harmful UV rays makes our skin become damaged and weaker as the levels of collagen are reduced, leaving us with sagging, as well as discoloured and unhealthy looking skin.

Intense Pulsed Light treatment is an innovative, non-invasive procedure which can turn sun damaged skin into healthy, youthful looking skin. This simple, non-invasive treatment involves medical strength IPL light being used to target areas of sun damaged skin, which absorb the light, dry, and then peel and fall away, leaving the skin restored.

Of course it is important to make sure sun protection is practised everyday, with it recommended that a high SPF is worn on the face and exposed skin throughout the year. But where skin has started to show serious signs of aging, IPL can be used to eliminate signs of sun damage to restore skin to a fresher appearance. Not just for use on the face, IPL can treat sun damaged skin all over the body, leaving your body looking as smooth as undamaged as ever before.

To find out more about IPL, contact us now!

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No matter how much we take care of the rest of our body, wrinkly hands are the bane of any woman as she gets older, and often a source of embarrassment and worry.

But no longer! Help is at ‘hand’! (Sorry!)

Dr Ravi Jain swears by Radiesse for wrinkly hands, and July’s special offer means you can sooon have great hands AND a great complexion to match!

Radiesse – One treatment, INSTANT RESULTS.

Radiesse, which works by stimulating the skin to encourage collagen to re-grow, can also be used for instant hand wrinkle-reducing results. Some local anaesthetic is mixed into the Radiesse and then injected into the back of the hands. Between 1 to 4 injections may be required per hand, and the procedure is very comfortable. Massage is then applied by the doctor afterwards and then you have instant hand rejuvenation.

Results are FANTASTIC, and patients report back high rates of satisfaction. The effects last about 1 year so an annual top up is required.

But let’s be honest – if your hands are looking better and less wrinkled, they may still have age spots or sun damage, and that’s going to spoil the look completely. So, along with your Radiesse, you can look forward to 2 IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) treatments on yourhands!!

Get perfect hands!

With the medical level of IPL used at Riverbanks Clinic you can achieve results not possible in salons. Reduce and remove age and sunspots to restore your hands to their former glory! Find out more about IPL on our main website.

The cost for these two great treatments?

For July only we’re offering a Radiesse treatment and 2 IPL treatments at the reduced cost of just £1200 – a massive saving of £500!

A new survey has revealed that 90% of women fail to protect their body from the effects of sun damage despite taking precautions for their face, increasing the risk of developing an embarrassing face/body mis-match as they get older.

Many people are aware of the common wrinkling of the neck and upper chest of older women often called ‘Turkey Neck’ but most don’t realise that other areas of the body such as the arms can also become loose, saggy and dimply with age.

In a recent survey of patients and enquiries carried out by award-winning cosmetic clinic Riverbanks, 9/10 of those questioned admitted that they didn’t pay as much attention to their body as they did to their faces and over three quarters admitted that they had experienced severe sun burn on more than one occasion to their body.

Without regular preventative care such as SPF and hydrating moisturisers, Cosmetic Dermatological Surgeon Dr Jain at Riverbanks Clinic is concerned that many women could be wasting thousands of pounds keeping their face looking youthful only to be let down in later years by an ageing, sagging body.

“I can’t emphasis enough how important sun protection and good skincare is in maintaining health and supple skin, not just on the face but on the body too. So much focus in the beauty world is placed on reducing fine lines and wrinkles on the face, which in younger years is fine, but as these women age, their body will start to show tell tale signs of ageing which can’t be covered up and this can affect how they feel about their appearance in later years,” says Dr Jain.

Those women who are already showing signs of sun damage need not despair though. Going under the knife for a facelift isn’t the only answer says Dr Jain, who says there are a number of non-invasive treatments available that can help turn back the clock.

“I find that a combination of treatments work best with mature skin. Accent Skin Tightening, Vaser Liposelection and Diamondtome Microdermabrasion can help to reduce loose skin and restore radiance. IPL is also very effective for treating pigmentation caused by sun overexposure which tends to become more prominent as the skin matures,” says Dr Jain.