Welcome to Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, Elgin, where your journey to radiant and youthful skin begins. We're excited to introduce you to ALLSKIN MED, a range of Treatment Enhancement Plans that complement our aesthetic treatments, ensuring your skin looks its absolute best. Let's delve into these three exceptional skin plans: Complexion Perfector Plan, Moisture Firm Plan, and Collagen Activation Plan.
This 28-day regime is designed to work wonders for your skin, awakening your complexion and brightening it in as little as 15 days. The secret lies in the blend of 15% stabilised Vitamin C and 20% SCA Pro. Together, they create significant improvements not only in skin radiance but also in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The gradual release of AHA complex technology encourages exfoliation and promotes healthy renewal, leading to a fresh, polished, and radiant complexion.
Advanced facials, Skin Peels, Microneedling, Microdermabrasion, WOW Fusion, IPL, Laser, Skin Boosters/Profhilo, HydraFacial, FSR and mesotherapy.
The Moisture Firm Plan is powered by SCA® PRO, a regenerating technology that increases firmness, and elasticity, and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This plan brightens, tightens, and hydrates your complexion. The Moisture Complex with immediate and slow-release technology delivers intense hydration, leaving your skin soft and glowing.
Skin boosters/Profhilo, Oxygen Infusion, Hydrafacial, PRP, IPL, Polynucleotides, LED, RF, Laser, Microneedling & Skin Peels.
The Collagen Activation Plan is your home-use skincare regime, specifically designed for skin undergoing professional advanced skin rejuvenation treatments. Powered by SCA® PRO growth factor technology, this plan stimulates collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid production, leaving your skin smoother and plumper. It reduces downtime post-procedure, accelerates skin recovery, and enhances treatment results.
Fillers, Collagen-inducing injectables, Threads, Ablative Lasers, RF, Microneedling, HIFU, Ultrasound, LED, IPL, Polynucleotides, PRP, Hydrafacial.
At Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic in Elgin, we're dedicated to enhancing your natural beauty and helping you achieve your skincare goals. The ALLSKIN MED Enhancement Plans are designed to harmonise with our aesthetic treatments, ensuring that your skin receives the care and nourishment it deserves. Whether you're aiming for a radiant complexion, intense hydration, or ultimate rejuvenation, we're here to guide you on your path to luminous and youthful skin. Contact us today to learn more and begin your journey to skin perfection.
Hello from Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic in Elgin, Moray, Scotland! As the seasons change, so do the needs of your skin. Autumn and winter bring cooler temperatures and lower humidity, which can challenge your skin's natural defences. But fret not; we're here to guide you through the best aesthetic and skincare treatments to keep your skin glowing and healthy throughout the colder months.
When it comes to facial aesthetics, Botox is a timeless classic that's suitable year-round. Botox works by temporarily relaxing the muscles responsible for fine lines and wrinkles, creating a smoother appearance. This treatment is a fantastic choice for autumn and winter, as it helps combat the effects of indoor heating and the dry air outside. Plus, with less sun exposure, the results can last longer.
Hydrafacial is a rejuvenating treatment that deeply cleanses, exfoliates, and hydrates the skin. It's particularly beneficial during autumn and winter when the skin tends to become dry and dull. Hydrafacial provides an instant boost of hydration, leaving your skin radiant and more resilient to the harsh weather conditions.
The drop in temperature can lead to a loss of skin elasticity, resulting in sagging skin. Endymed 3D DEEP Skin Tightening is an advanced treatment that uses radiofrequency technology to stimulate collagen production, restoring your skin's firmness and tone. This therapy is ideal for tackling the effects of the colder months and keeping your skin looking vibrant.
Microneedling is a versatile treatment that can address a range of skin concerns, including fine lines, scars, and uneven texture. Xcellaris Pro Skin Microneedling takes this approach to the next level by combining it with powerful exosomes. This combination works exceptionally well in autumn and winter, as it stimulates collagen production, providing your skin with the necessary boost to look its best.
Colder weather can often lead to more time spent indoors and potential changes in your routine. The Emerald Laser for fat reduction offers a non-invasive solution to help you stay in shape. This treatment effectively targets areas of stubborn fat, providing a sculpted appearance.
Dark circles and puffiness around the eyes can be more noticeable during the colder months. Endybleph Skin Resurfacing and Eye Bag Tightening treatments offer precise solutions to rejuvenate the delicate skin around your eyes, making you look more refreshed and youthful.
While sun exposure decreases in autumn and winter, you might still be dealing with the aftermath of the summer months. Formatk Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is an excellent option for treating sunspots, redness, and uneven skin tone. IPL can help you achieve a more even complexion and reverse the effects of sun damage.
At Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, our focus is on a holistic approach to skincare and aesthetics. Whether you're interested in Botox, Hydrafacial, Endymed 3D DEEP Skin Tightening, Xcellaris Pro Skin Microneedling, the Emerald Laser for fat reduction, Endybleph treatments, or Formatk IPL, we're here to provide personalised care to address your unique needs.
Autumn and winter are perfect times to revitalise your skin, undo the effects of summer, and prepare for the holiday season. Let us help you achieve your best skin during this time of the year.
The change of seasons doesn't have to mean a change in your skin's health. With the right treatments and care, you can maintain your skin's radiance, health, and beauty throughout autumn and winter. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn more about the treatments that are best for you. At Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic, we're dedicated to helping you look and feel your best, no matter the weather.
If you’ve ever experienced any of these, then you’ll know that the skin and brain talk to each other. I have previously written about the gut-skin connection, similarly, there is a brain-skin axis. You only have to think about when you’ve felt stressed and felt the sweat running down your back, to know the impact our feelings can have on our skin.
All of the above are temporary responses to stress or emotions, but what if feelings like being sad, overwhelmed and being out of control, take over your daily life?
The pituitary gland is about the size of a pea and rests in the anterior chamber of your skull. It acts like a switchboard for your stress hormones, the primary signal coming from the hypothalamus gland, just above it. When it’s activated, like when you’re stressed, it sends a signal to another gland just above your kidney, called the adrenal gland.
When your adrenal gland receives its message, it releases a powerful hormone called Cortisol, and other stress hormones called Catecholamines. Both of these hormone types are beneficial and vital in maintaining a healthy body. However, if you’re high for too long, they can turn against you. High levels of cortisol and catecholamines can weaken our immunity, damage organs (including the skin), and increase blood sugar levels.
This is why chronic stress has been linked to a host of conditions like diabetes, food allergies, weight gain, increased susceptibility to colds and flu-like illnesses, cancer, heart disease and many more…..
As noted previously, high levels of stress hormones weaken your immunity, which means that it can’t keep itself in tip-top condition, which means it’s more susceptible to bacteria, virus’s and fungi; sun damage and pollution.
This can worsen chronic skin conditions like eczema, acne, rosacea and psoriasis. Apart from this, the reduced ability of the skin to repair itself, means that you will experience more lines and wrinkles as elastic tissue depletes, loss of plumpness as collagen levels dive and your skin could become dry as the skin loses its ability to produce the lipid layer that seals moisture in.
While reducing stress levels should theoretically help to alleviate damaging effects on the skin, there’s only limited data regarding the effectiveness of stress-reducing interventions. There is some evidence that meditation may lower stress hormone levels in people who do it regularly. Research shows these techniques to be helpful in controlling psoriasis, however, more proof is needed to show the benefit of these techniques in other skin conditions. Healthy lifestyle habits, including a well-balanced diet and exercise, may also help to regulate stress hormones in the body, which should in turn have positive effects on skin and hair.
If you are experiencing a skin condition related to stress, see a dermatologist for your condition, and try some stress-reducing techniques at home. In addition, No4 can offer advice and treatments aimed at reducing adult acne, rosacea and ageing skin.
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‘Good skin doesn’t happen by chance, it happens by appointment.’ I’m not sure who came up with this phrase but I can honestly say that it’s true! I have found that many of my clients who seek injectables to fix their fine lines and wrinkles don’t recognise that their skin is in crisis! Read on to discover whether your skin is in need of my help.
Early intervention is critical if you're going to avoid premature ageing. Although some might say that premature ageing is inevitable, I believe this isn’t necessarily true. Recent findings show that the environment plays a huge role in how our skin ages. Epigenetics - the study of how our genes react with our environment - means that, if you look after your skin, you might not look like you’re long in the tooth when you’re over 50!
So how do you know if your skin is in trouble and showing the early signs of damage and disease? Here are five signs to help you recognise that you’re in trouble.
Sun damage can cause some cells in the skin to go rogue. Melanocytes are the cells that colour your skin and are easily damaged by UVA, UVB and visible light. When they ‘go rogue’, excessive pigment is released into the skin, causing dark spots and uneven skin tone.
So if you’re starting to see dark spots, BEWARE - you may have caused damage and it’s starting to show!
Using harsh, damaging detergents or double cleansing will dry the skin and make it susceptible to pollution. Stripping it of its protective layer is not what you want to do if you want healthy skin. The surface is covered by a fatty layer, called the lipid barrier. This layer functions to protect your skin from environmental onslaughts, like pollution, whilst simultaneously preventing moisture from being sapped by dry air. If you disrupt this barrier, you will experience skin problems, like dehydration and premature ageing, and your cells won't function normally, leaving you vulnerable to skin damage.
Fine lines and wrinkles are a sign that your skin is losing elasticity. Elasticity is the ability of the skin to rebound after a mechanical force is applied to it. A good test to do on yourself is to lightly pinch the skin under the eye and see how quickly it returns to shape. This is commonly known as the ‘snap test’ by us clinicians. If the skin doesn’t rebound within a few seconds, it means you’re already losing elastic properties.
These usually first appear around the nose and cheeks, and are a sure sign that your skin is deficient in elastin, the fibre that keeps our skin in shape. As mentioned before, elasticity gives our skin the ability to rebound. It’s the same with our blood vessels - if they lose elasticity, they can’t return to shape and become dilated and visible on the surface of the skin. This means that, if you’re seeing broken vessels on your face, then you need to take action if you don’t want to look like a beet in your old age!
Large, open pores are more common than you think. Many women ignore them and plaster over the top with makeup. However, enlarged pores are a warning sign that the skin is suffering. Excess sebum and bacteria irritate the pores and cause inflammation, which damages the surrounding area, depleting elastin and collagen, allowing the opening of the pore to dilate. Makeup further inflames the situation, so simply covering pores isn’t a good option. What you need to do is pay attention to what your skin is telling you and come to its rescue!
So, now you know the signs, what can you do? My recommendation is to see someone like myself or Su to give you good, honest advice on how to manage it. Yes, you’re going to see changes happening to the skin as the years pass by, but some can be avoided, or at least minimised! Our wide range of treatments at No4 Clinic can help you to age positively and look your best!
If you’re ready to take the first step towards beautiful skin, simply book your online consultation! For more tips, tricks and advice, make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. My live streams on Facebook are not to be missed!
