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DID YOU KNOW THAT BEAU VISAGE™ CAN SEE 2MM BELOW THE SKIN?

Beau VisageTM is a medically proven skin imaging and consultation system. Beau VisageTM is the only technology which can actually see up to 2mm below the surface of your skin to generate images of the blood supply, melanin (pigmentation) and sun damage to your face. This is called chromophore mapping.

What is chromophore mapping?
A youthful appearance is influenced by the amount and distribution of chromophores in the skin. Everyone’s skin is made up of chromophores, which are light absorbing molecules. Beau Visage™ is unique in that it enables you to look at three of the skin’s chromophores: blood, melanin and collagen. Blood is the chromophore that directly influences redness in your skin. When your skin is irritated it gets red. Weather, the sun and alcohol consumption can also affect blood distribution in your face, and of course the genetic makeup of your skin will have impact on how you look.

The second chromophore to affect the way you look is melanin or pigment. Melanin is produced to help your skin protect itself from photo-damage caused by sunlight. That’s why you tan after a spell in the sun. As you age, and depending on your lifestyle, you may get freckles and age spots resulting from exposure to the sun. Uneven distribution of blood and melanin means you have uneven distribution of chromophores, which in turn makes your skin tone uneven or blotchy.

The third chromophore that affects the way you look is collagen. Collagen is the scaffolding in your skin. It also gives the elasticity — like a rubber band. When you are young, your collagen is strong and dense which also means that light reflects from the surface of your skin giving skin the luminous quality associated with a youthful appearance. As we age, the scaffolding breaks down meaning light is not so well reflected and our skin takes on a dull appearance.

For a long time, the beauty industry has focussed on wrinkles as the indicator of age and, therefore, on procedures to remove them to bring back a youthful appearance. Scientists have shown that facial skin colour distribution, or tone, can affect estimates of a person’s age by as much as 20 years. Tone variances can be caused by several factors including cumulative UV damage (freckles, moles, age spots) natural aging (yellowing, dullness) and skin vascularisation (redness). Not surprisingly, the study hinted at a positive correlation between the amount of accumulated photo-damage and the amount of uneven skin tone. So one way to make yourself look younger is to even out your complexion. Beau Visage™ can help you plan to do that

Beau Visage™ really does let you see more of your skin. 
A Beau Visage™ consultation means you can benefit from an accurate analysis of the true health of your skin, understand why your skin appears the way it does, and allow your Medical Aesthetician to target treatments even more effectively. In addition, Beau VisageTM allows you to compare and monitor your progress over time, giving you confidence that your treatment is working. At Assure Medispa, we design a customized Medi-Plan unique to you which could include a course of treatments or a combination of treatments. It also includes a skincare regime for you to use at home to maintain your results.

Why does the depth matter? 
Beau Visage™ is based on the science of SIAscopy, the only medically proven technology able to see up to 2mm beneath the surface of your skin. At 2mm beneath the surface, you are able to see the important components of the skin that affect skin tone-blood and melanin. By looking at the depth with Beau VisageTM, your Medical Aesthetician can identify underlying problems in your facial skin health that may not be visible to the naked eye. Early treatment may then prevent these from appearing on the skin’s surface resulting in a fresher more youthful skin.

What will actually happen when I have my Beau Visage™ consultation? 
Your Medical Aesthetician will simply take 3 images of your face – left profile, full face, right profile – using a specifically configured camera system linked to the unique Beau Visage™ software. The patented intelligent software analyses the images to produce your blood, melanin and sun damage views.

What can the Medical Aesthetician see? 
Beau Visage is the only system which lets you see separate images of blood and melanin. This means you can confidently and accurately identify any imbalances in either of these. In addition, your Medical Aesthetician will be able to see a view of overall sun damage to your face. Based on these images and any other analysis your Medical Aesthetician does using Beau VisageTM , a customized Medi-Plan can then be recommended.

How does this help? 
When analyzing the blood supply to your face, your Medical Aesthetician can easily target problems like broken veins, rosacea and acne scars. By being able to see the melanin separately from this, they can also identify and treat problem areas such as excessive pigmentation, age spots etc. This means your treatment can be targeted to your specific requirements so that you can achieve the results you want.

Can my Medical Aesthetician show this to me?
Absolutely! You are able to see your own face on the screen, which really helps you to understand the reasons for treatment and skincare product recommendations.

What is my skin age score? 
Once your initial sub-surface images have been captured, your Medical Aesthetician may perform a Skin Age score. The Skin Age score has been developed to show how healthy your skin is compared to your chronological age. It is particularly important in illustrating how areas of your face age due to environmental and lifestyle factors.

Will my Medical Aesthetician show me the changes to my face after the treatments?
Of course. Using the Beau Visage™ Beauty Timeline, your Medical Aesthetician can provide you with objective proof that your treatment is working. By capturing new images at stages during your treatment program, the Beauty Timeline stores these in your personal record and they can then be compared in a “before and after” format on screen.

What if I forget what my Medical Aesthetician recommends?
With such a detailed and customised analysis of your facial skin health, it is difficult to remember everything! At the end of your consultation, your Medical Aesthetician will give you your own report to take home – it will detail everything you have discussed, including your unique Medi-Plan

Is Beau Visage™ safe for everyone to use?
Beau Visage™ is a completely painless and harmless procedure. SIAscopy is not harmful and has been used by skin experts and GPs for a number of years for the detection and analysis of skin cancer, or malignant melanoma. You may have come across SIAscopy before if you have had your moles scanned by a doctor using a SIAscope.

The light used by SIAscopy is normal light produced by the flash of the non-contact camera plus infrared light which is less intense than that of a TV remote control; it is therefore completely safe. No other aesthetic device uses SIAscopy. SIAscopy is the only technology that can measure blood, melanin and collagen “in-situ”, which means NOT taking a biopsy.