Excessive hair growth can have a real impact on your confidence – especially when you’re coping with it as a result of a medical condition. If it’s something you’ve developed over time, getting used to the routine of hair removal isn’t easy and can be very expensive, not to mention that self-conscious feeling when you go out.

It’s likely you’ve already considered procedures such as laser hair removal, but were put off by their painful reputation. However, with a new pain free system used by the experts at Riverbanks Clinic, you don’t have to live with excess hair any longer.

The advanced Super Soprano XL Laser Hair Removal System technology kills hair at the root, meaning it won’t regrow – and it doesn’t harm your skin. It works on most skin types – even on Asian skin types known to be sensitive to old laser treatments. So you can forget the symptoms of excess hair – you can have hair-free skin long-term.

You’ll be surprised at how comfortable and quick this laser treatment is and with no recovery time, you could show off the new you in just a few sessions.

There’s no need to cope with excessive hair growth – book your free consultation with an expert medical aesthetician now on 0844 704 7792.

Sun damage clearly visible (c) Wikipedia

It is incredible to look back over the centuries and find out how all the different attitudes that people had towards sun and tanning have changed.

At one point being tanned was only for the lower class who worked outside on the land and the more wealthy people would prefer to remain pale, as an indication of the status. This is still the case in some Far Eastern countries too.

Then we started to see the ‘healthy glow’ of a tan as a positive thing – although some people took it too far and did irreparable damage to themselves through excessive sun exposure.

It doesn’t just take lying for hours in the sunshine or visiting sunbeds regularly to cause skin damage. In fact, every single day your skin is exposed to UV (Ultra-Violet) light and causes some kind of damage – even when you can’t see the sun itself. You can’t even feel the UV rays so it is difficult to understand exactly what is happening.

Most people are aware that sun damage increases the chance of skin cancer but how many also think about:

• premature aging
• wrinkles
• sun spots, pigmentation, uneven skin tone
• skin dryness
• yellowish skin

But how does this happen?

The UV light from the sun penetrates deep into the skin. It damages the fibre called elastin which keeps your skin flexible, healthy and strong. The more it breaks down the more (and deeper) wrinkles and sagging you will see.

To protect itself from rays, the skin will also produce melanocytes which produce the brown coloured melanin – which gives the tanned effect. However, this is often produced unevenly leaving sun spots or brown marks and patches over the skin.

Collagen which is also essential for healthy skin reproduction is also damaged by exposure to the sun, again increasing the appearance and growth of wrinkles and preventing regeneration from occurring.

There is a common misconception that there is a ‘good’ UV light and a ‘bad’ UV light. You may have heard of them named as UVA and UVB rays. The truth is they are both damaging to you! There is no good UV rays at all! Any sunlight (or daylight as we call it in the UK!) is damaging your skin on a daily basis.

Your best defense against the unsightly signs of skin damage is to maintain healthy skin, keeping young and fresh and reducing your risk of skin cancer and other serious conditions is to protect yourself with a high factor SPF sun cream.

There are plenty of these available for cosmetic use (and built into foundations and other skincare products) which are not the same as your regular gloopy sun cream. If you would like any advice on protecting your skin then please get in touch. We would be happy to talk you through the importance of coverage and find the right products to suit your skin type. At the same time, if you already have been marked by the signs of sun damage, we have a range of cosmetic treatments to reduce these and help you regain your confidence.

We are all aware that women come in all manner of shapes and sizes, which means that although most women are not completely satisfied with their body, they can at least learn to love the body they’ve been given. In fact, for many women, when it comes to looking healthier or younger, it’s the condition of their skin they try to improve, and not their overall body shape or size.

So this Mother’s Day, give your mum something they will really love you for; a course of rejuvenating skincare treatments.

At Riverbanks Clinic, we offer a wide range of effective skincare treatments to tackle various problematic skin conditions, leaving yummy mummy looking skin. For many of us, our mums would have grown up in an age when the exact damaging effects of the sun were unknown, leaving many women with sun-damaged skin. A course of IPL (intense pulsed light) can dramatically improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin using medical strength IPL light which targets the dark patches of sun-damaged skin, causing them to absorb the light, flake, and fall off, reducing the patchy pigmentation of the skin.

Medical microdemabrasion using the new DiamondTome Technology can also help to give your mum smoother and younger looking skin this Mother’s Day. Using a technique which stimulates the production of collagen, medical microdemabrasion also polishes the skin to remove dead cells, leaving the skin luminous and plumped up and therefore fresher and younger looking.

To treat more severe cases of aging or sun-damaged skin, then a course of laser skin resurfacing may be a more effective treatment. This treatment works by removing the top layer of skin, helping to dramatically reduce the appearance of lines, wrinkles and age spots, and improve the skin’s firmness, complexion and the skin’s overall tone.

So this Mother’s Day, get your mum something she will really appreciate; the gift of younger looking skin.

Want to know more? Contact us now!

Facial sagging is one of the biggest signs of aging, with one of the most problematic areas being the cheeks and jaw line. As the skin ages, it looses collagen, which is the most important ingredient to keep the skin plump and tight and wrinkle free. For many mature women, however, this loss of collagen also causes the development of jowls, a sagging of the skin around the bottom of the face.

Where many women either try to either ignore it or opt for extreme face lifts, they perhaps have not considered Vaser Lipo or Dermal Fillers to get rid of jowls. But both of these treatments can help give women the youthful look they want without having to resort to invasive cosmetic surgery.

Vaser Lipo is an almost invasive-free treatment. The treatment simply involves the use of ultrasound on the problem area which breaks down the fat reducing it to a liquid, which is then drained using a type of needle called a cannula. The skin receives no trauma such as bruising or swelling, and the recovery time is hours, not weeks. Although Vaser Lipo does not necessarily prevent jowls from returning, the effects are immediate.

Dermal Fillers are also a popular non-invasive alternative to get rid of jowls. Restylane SubQ and Radiesse are two innovative dermal fillers used by cosmetic professionals to help reduce sagging jowls and restore youth to the face. Giving immediate, painless results, dermal fillers give the patient reduced jowls for around a year.

All cosmetic professionals will help talk you though the best way to get rid of your jowls. Depending of the extremity of the jowls, they will make sure the right jowl reducing treatment is chosen. Whichever treatment is chosen, both of these two treatments offer women an invasive-free way to junk the jowls.

Talk to us now about junking your jowls!

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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Dermaroller treatments use micro-medical skin-needling to roll away the imperfections and stimulate your own collagen to regenerate and repair your skin naturally.

Imagine what it will be like to remove those little imperfections and to smooth away the signs of an aging skin, those little wrinkles and the ‘papery’ look on your neck and décolletage.  Radiant, resilient skin will shed the years and your friends and family will only notice that you’re looking really fabulous!

We’d like to share the following recent reviews / testimonials we’ve had for the Dermaroller treatment:

Dermaroller for acne scars

In a recent blog post, Banu Roe told us about her experience with Dermaroller Microneedling, and how it has helped her acne scars. You can read her experience here. She told us:

I absolutely loved the treatment, can’t believe I am actually saying this but I can’t wait for my second treatment which will be 6 weeks apart from the first one.

I am actually looking forward to be needled!

I would recommend Dermaroller Microneedling from Riverbanks Clinic to anyone with acne scarring or blemishes as it really does work!

With another patient, we analysed her skin before and after the Dermaroller treatment and the VISIA Complexion analysis scored a 25% reduction in spots after the Dermaroller treatments:

Before Dermaroller

After Dermaroller

This patient reached a:

25% reduction in spots

51% reduction in redness

21% reduction in brown spots

All with absolutely no downtime!

She told us:

“Six months after my first dermaroller treatment, I noticed the initial results. I was putting on my makeup and it just glided on like a foundation advert! I looked younger, healthier, smoother I could go on! So many people have said wow, you look fantastic, what have you been doing. Iam so pleased I had this done, six months is no time at all to wait for such fabulous results, thanks Dr J!”

These are just two of the Dermaroller Reviews / Testimonials we have – if you would like to know more, please ask!

All you need to do is to make an appointment with our team and you’ll be on the way to a smoother, brighter and clearer skin.

Call 01582 762 877 or Request an Appointment

It’s a sad fact that even once acne has disappeared for good, the scars can remain, and no amount of make-up will cover them all. They lead to you feeling self conscious, and in some cases have been cited as a cause of depression!

It’s easy to spend a fortune on creams and potions that just don’t work, leaving you feeling dejected and like you’re wasting your time.

But there IS an answer – and you can find it at Riverbanks Clinic.

The most effective treatment for acne scarring is laser skin resurfacing, utilising SmartXide DOT therapy. Laser resurfacing works by penetrating the skin beneath each scar to stimulate collagen remodelling and levelling out of the skin as well as improving the overall quality of the skin. When combined with a bespoke skin care regimen as well as some phototherapeutic exposure such as with Omnilux, results are even better.

My patients have been extremely happy with the improvements seen with laser resurfacing. Baby smooth skin is not a realistic goal, but good improvements are common and as a result, my patients report a boost in their confidence. And as long as no more scarring occurs, these results can be permanent!

So when you find yourself asking “How can I get rid of my acne scars?”, think Riverbanks Clinic!

So what do I do now?

All you need to do is to make an appointment with Dr Jain and you’ll be on the way to a smoother, brighter and clearer skin.

We all dream of having beautiful, glowing, wrinkle free skin. Both men and women spend a lot of time looking after their skin and following strict beauty regimes, but sometimes even that is not enough to get the effect we are really looking for.

Our fresh-faced celebrity idols always have the most radiant skin and effortless glow – and now you can too! Dermaroller Microneedling will reduce spots, redness and brown spots (marks) as well banishing scars, stretch marks and other marks.

Sound too good to be true? Well it’s not! And even better, it is incredibly simple and actually it’s your body that does most of the work!

The Dermaroller, rather than covering or stripping skin cells from the surface, makes tiny (less than 0.1mm width) columns in the skin and encourages your body to repair itself from deep below the surface. New collagen is formed, new skin cells develop and rejuvenated blood capillaries carry fresh new oxygen and life into your skin. This fresh skin looks healthier, fuller and refreshed. Obviously this takes a little while to happen but you should start to see positive results within around 6 weeks of your first procedure, with final results at about 6 months.

And the best part is…there is no need for extensive recovery time as your skin will be back to normal in only a day. In fact, immediately after treatment you will have what looks like mild sunburn that fades within only a few hours. After that you will only see a slight redness that will most likely disappear completely within 24 hours. As the days and weeks pass your skin will look healthier and more radiant.

At Riverbanks we are really excited to be able to offer Genuine Dermaroller Therapy. Only certified clinics and practitioners can carry the Dermaroller brand and administer treatments. You can now find us listed on www.genuinedermaroller.co.uk where you can read much more about the treatment and read personal experiences and testimonials.

I think that many men and women will feel the benefits of such a simple and natural way to getting the skin that they want. Whether it is getting rid of old acne scars, relieving yourself of pesky marks or just revitalizing your skin, Dermaroller Microneedling offers you a quick and long lasting treatment.

Averagely we would recommend 3 treatments in six-week intervals, but obviously we consult with you personally to tailor treatments to suit your needs or results. Using a VISIA Skin Complexion Analysis we can customize your treatment and show you exactly how your treatments are progressing. Even the smallest changes can be picked up so you can see what a real difference it is making to your skin.

So what do I do now?

All you need to do is to make an appointment with Dr Jain and you’ll be on the way to a smoother, brighter and clearer skin.

The largest organ in the human body is the skin — and it’s the most visible too. If it’s not functioning properly it looks dull, drab and lifeless.

All sorts of things affect how it looks from what you eat, the environment around you and what you put on it. Now Christmas and New Year are on the horizon it’s the perfect opportunity to do something spectacular for yourself.

Firstly, you need to get your skin into a state of glowing health so people don’t spend Christmas sympathising with you — the ‘You poor dear, you look exhausted, you’ve done really well though, I expect it was worth it,’ sort of comment. Wouldn’t you much prefer ‘Wow, you look amazing. I don’t know how you do it — and look years younger than you have any right to!’

You can have visibly more youthful skin by Christmas with a range of options including skin peels, microdermabrasion, laser resurfacing, dermal fillers or botulinum toxin — but you need to start NOW!

Secondly, instead of letting your nearest and dearest buy you very expensive cosmetics that have a 1200% markup — drop your hints in the right places and get them to buy you something that really makes a difference — Cosmeceuticals, where all that money is spent on research and development to create products that really make a visible difference to your skin at base level and don’t just sit there and shine, as many over the counter products do.

You know what to do — make an appointment and find out how to make your skin glow with Christmas sparkle, and make sure that your family know what you really want for Christmas!

Call 01582 762 877

This is one of our busiest times of the year so if you are planning to treat yourself to a pre-Christmas make-over please book well ahead of time. We hate disappointing people, but there are only so many appointment times available!

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