Candy and roses may be a classic, but wouldn’t you rather receive a gift that reflected your true beauty?

Flowers die and chocolates cause acne, but an Afterglow Skin Centre gift card can be used over and over to show the world your true self.

What better gift to give (or receive!) than the confidence that comes from knowing you look your best?

Afterglow gift cards may be redeemed for any aesthetic procedure, in whole or in part.

To purchase an Afterglow gift card, or ask your beloved to gift one to you, please click here to contact us.

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatment isn’t just a way to quickly remove unwanted hair - it’s now become an essential beauty fix to get ready for warm weather clothes.

With IPL therapy, skin stays silky smooth for months, so you’ll always be ready to go anywhere and do anything without worrying about razor cuts, stubble, or frequent waxing sessions.

Because IPL hair removal takes several treatments to fully remove the hair in a particular area, now is the time to start for best results by spring.

During treatment, light energy is delivered to the targeted area and absorbed by the pigment in the hair follicles. This absorbed energy creates a short burst of heat, which disables the hair’s growth cells. However, while this procedure permanently removes treated hairs, it is only effective on hairs that are actively growing (anagen stage). Hairs that are temporarily resting (telogen stage) or transitioning between these two states (catagen stage) don’t respond to laser treatment. So followup treatments must be performed to target telogen and catagen hairs as they cycle back into the active growth stage.

Another good reason to begin IPL treatment in winter is skin protection. Tanned skin can absorb laser energy, resulting in burns. By February, though, most people’s tans have faded and skin is in perfect condition for treatment.

To learn more about IPL hair removal, please click here.

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In the past, the only way to achieve dramatic results was with a facelift. This surgical procedure can still take years off the appearance, but at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of recovery time.

Now there’s a much easier – and more affordable – way to turn back the clock.

The Liquid Facelift combines Botox and dermal filler injections with a prescription-strength chemical peel and prescription skin care products to use at home.

There are no stitches, no anesthesia and no downtime. Results appear immediately – just in time for spring!

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.

Dermal fillers are used to smooth away static wrinkles. These wrinkles are already etched into the skin, without any muscle action. Fillers like Restylane and Juvederm augment the body’s own collagen, plumping the wrinkle so it disappears. Both are FDA approved for the treatment of facial wrinkling. They can also be used to enhance the smile, making thin lips appear fuller and more sensuous.

A chemical peel produces a controlled injury to the skin. This initiates a wound healing process that regenerates the epidermis. The result is skin that is smoother and more even in tone and texture as pigmentation irregularities and superficial scarring disappear.

Prescription skin care products are then used at home to enhance and maintain results. Available exclusively from Afterglow Skin Care, these contain medical grade ingredients that help nourish the skin while gently cleansing, toning and moisturizing.

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The next generation of skin rejuvenation is here!  It’s called ProFractional, and it provides faster and better results than ever before. Introduced in early 2007, this procedure repairs damaged skin by softening fine lines & wrinkles, minimizing pore size, smoothing skin tone & texture and fading acne scars. It can also help rebuild collagen to firm the skin.

ProFractional represents an improvement over fractional skin rejuvenation, which debuted in 2004.  While non-fractional lasers deliver energy uniformly to both healthy and unhealthy tissue, fractional devices direct energy exclusively to a “fraction” of the area – the damaged sections - while leaving healthy, surrounding tissue untouched. These untreated zones help dissipate energy so that treated areas heal faster; they also make it possible to use greater energy on targeted areas, for better results.

However, the heating effects from older fractional systems could be difficult to control. This often caused discomfort during treatment. It also more required treatments and longer healing times for patients to achieve the results they desired.  ProFractional, however, contains proprietary technology that enables more precise energy delivery to targeted areas. This means fewer treatments, very little discomfort and results that appear more rapidly in a shorter recovery time.

To learn more about ProFractional and view before and after photos of actual patients, please click here.

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