Traditional skincare meets the latest laser skincare technologies at Afterglow Skin & Laser Centre.
Drawing on a local background in family medicine and herbal medicine degree, Dr. Shehla Ebrahim merges long-established Western and Eastern approaches to skincare with some of the newest laser skincare technologies available. Dr. Ebrahim is a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and is a member of many professional societies including the BC College of Family Physicians, Canadian Association of Aesthetic Medicine, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery and the Medical Spa Society.
Dr. Ebrahim has been quoted extensively in the press. To read some of the articles in which she is featured, please click here.
We are conveniently located in
Westview Centre
104-2609 Westview Drive North Vancouver, BC
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday 9-6
Saturdays by appointment
To schedule a consultation, please click here to email our office or call us at:
(604) 980-3993
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Juvederm Erases Wrinkles Naturally
Juvederm does more than quickly smooth away lines and wrinkles around the nose and mouth. It also offers a natural way to turn back time, gently reversing some of the most significant affects of age.
The new dermal filler is able to accomplish this because it is composed of hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance in the skin that helps to add volume and hydration. Although other fillers also contain hyaluronic acid, Juvederm incorporates a novel cross-linking technology that provides a smoother look and feel.
Cross-linking also helps Juvederm last longer. While hyaluronic acid normally occurs in liquid form, which the body metabolizes and eliminates in less than a day, cross-linked Juvederm is a gel that lasts one year or more. This means that after Juvederm is injected, its wrinkle-reducing effects last 12 months or longer. No other dermal filler is approved by Health Canada to last as long.
In addition to its superior results, Juvederm is also the first approved hyaluronic acid dermal filler that is proven to be safe and effective for persons with darker skin tones.
To learn more about Juvederm, and see before and after photos of actual patients, please click here.
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 Botox Restores a Youthful Look
 Wrinkling near the eyes and in the forehead is one of the earliest signs of aging.
Even relatively young people can develop lines in these areas as a result of stress or excess sun exposure, making them look older than they actually are.
Fortunately, this problem is one of the easiest to correct. Approved by Health Canada for the treatment of lines and wrinkles, Botox can quickly restore a natural, youthful look to the face.
Injection with Botox takes about 15 minutes. Shortly thereafter, Botox begins blocking nerve transmission to specific muscles, putting those muscles to rest for the next few months. That causes wrinkles in the affected muscles to virtually disappear. The full effects of Botox appear within 2 to 10 days after injection and results last from 3 to 4 months.
One of the greatest benefits of Botox is no downtime. Patients can go back to their normal routine immediately.
To read more about Botox, please click here. To view before and after photos, click here.
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New Way to Freshen Skin: Intense Pulsed Light
 In the past, the only way to rejuvenate damaged skin was through highly invasive procedures like deep chemical peels and skin resurfacing. Although they produced excellent results, healing often took many weeks and side effects were common.
But technology has now evolved so that skin rejuvenation can be performed quickly, easily and with minimal downtime.
Using an intense pulsed light (IPL) system that stimulates the regeneration of collagen and elastin, many effects of sun damage and aging can be eliminated. Within a week or two of treatment, as skin structures begin to repair, sunspots, discolorations and many fine lines and wrinkles will fade or disappear entirely.
This can take years off the appearance, with many patients saying they look and feel up to ten years younger!
To learn more about how IPL therapy can help reverse the effects of sun damage, and to see before and after photos, please click here.
To ask us a question about IPL treatment, or to schedule a consultation, click here. |
Painless Light-Based Hair Removal is Now Available!
 In the thirteen years since light-based hair removal was first introduced, the technology has evolved so that treatment is now more effective – and more comfortable – than ever before.
All light-based hair removal devices kill hair by heating the pigment in the follicle to destroy the hair’s growth mechanism. This heat creates discomfort and because the best results tend to be obtained when more heat is used, the most efficacious treatments are often the most painful.
Persons with all but the fairest skin tend to experience the most pain, since the pigment in the skin can also absorb the device’s light energy.
Intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment, however, offers benefits over many older laser systems because the wavelength, frequency and pulse duration of the light energy is designed to more closely match that required to disable the hair follicle. Many people say they barely feel treatment, even on very sensitive areas like the bikini line and the face.
With light-based hair removal, large areas like the back and legs can be treated in less than an hour, and small areas can be hair free in minutes. Approved as a method of permanent hair reduction, few hairs – if any – tend to regrow after a series of two to four treatments.
For more details about hair removal with IPL, and to view before and after photos, please click here.
To ask us a question about treatment, or to schedule a consultation, click here. |
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