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The cost of running the Dermalux Flex for a half-hour session is about 10p, says Dermalux, so a 20-minute session would be slightly less.
Yes absolutely - your practitioner will suggest that you wait for two weeks after treatment, as that is the standard recommendation.
Yes you can (I checked with Dermalux) and it will help with the healing. And yes, it will also help with other sun damage on your face.
In a word: yes. The benefits of LED treatment are cumulative, so the more you do it, the more benefit you derive.
Nnngh, is that just when the guarantee ran out? That's bad luck, my original Trinity lasted for years and years until I dropped it onto a tiled bathroom floor. I'd suggest replacing it with the NuFace Mini which delivers the same power as the Trinity (unless you are fond of the different attachments you can use with the Trinity). The FaceGym Pro does the same job but it is much more expensive.
Hello, yes it's a lot of money but yes in my view it is totally worth the investment. It's a medically certified treatment, it works and the device is robust and will last for a long time.
Yes, it's fab, yes I recommend it and yes I'm using it – I lent it to Georgia (TTG editor) earlier in the year but have now nicked it back and I'm not the only one in the family who uses it!
The Dr Harris mask, yes totally, I am totally hooked on it and wear it every single night (for it's calming benefits, rather than wrinkle-relaxing). Lyma, no. I have tried it but I'm not a fan – I used it every night for months on end in spring 2021 (on one side of one wrinkle on my neck, and on the knuckles of my left hand, as advised by the brand founder), without getting any results. My laser-manufacturer acquaintances laugh at it when I ask them what they think of its supposed powers of rejuvenation. Why? 'Look, this isn't competition to us,' said one. 'Laser?' laughed another. 'That's more of a laser pointer.' It is not a...
Hi Anya, the one I love is the Dermalux Flex because – as you can see from the video on the page – it worked wonders for my skin during lockdown. Unlike the cheaper portable-mask type of LED devices, this is medical-grade LED, i.e. the device is medically certified for treating specific skin conditions, which puts it into a different league to the cheaper devices. The other brand of home-use LED to look at is Celluma, which is also medically certified and one of the originators in this field.
Hi, yes, your practitioner should advise you that you should leave off using the NuFace for a couple of weeks after any procedure, including Profhilo.
No, I don't know the Nira so can't recommend it. I see it has a 60-day money-back guarantee on it so I guess if you use it consistently and don't see results with it, your money is fairly safe.
It's the lovely Liz Earle's daughter who has brought the Cellreturn mask into the UK, and Liz tells me it's very good. If you're considering spending that kind of money on an LED mask though, we love the Dermalux Flex – it’s 3 times more powerful than any other portable LED device and has been proven to make real improvements to all manner of skin concerns. Read more about it at that link, and there are also a couple of videos.
We’ll have info on cellulite tweakments on the site soon but for the time being, the one treatment I've found that consistently makes the most difference to the appearance of my cellulite is the
Body Ballancer which is a lymphatic drainage treatment that can be done in a salon or clinic, or if you have the budget you can buy the device for home use. There are videos on that link with more information about it.
Hiya, TTG editor Georgia here. You could try a home-use device like the NuFACE Mini Facial Toning Device. Alice has personally found it to give a great (albeit temporary) lifting effect to the facial muscles, and it’s safe and small enough for use around the eyes and on the brow bone. It uses low-level electrical microcurrent, and with continued use it may start to ‘retrain’ those muscles to hold a more permanent lift. If you did at some point decide to go down the tweakments route, I had some toxin carefully placed to ‘lift’ one of my eyes (one of my brows sits slightly lower than the other and I have more hooding on that eyelid)...
I have tried the Lyma 'laser' but I'm not a fan – I used it every night for months on end in spring 2021 (on one side of one wrinkle on my neck, and on the knuckles of my left hand, as advised by the brand founder), without getting any results. My laser-manufacturer acquaintances laugh at it when I ask them what they think of its supposed powers of rejuvenation. Why? 'Look, this isn't competition to us,' said one. 'Laser?' laughed another. 'That's more of a laser pointer.' It is not a medical-grade phototherapy device. The Lyma makes enormous claims, claiming the sort of results that it normally takes several rounds of in-clinic...
Hiya, TTG editor Georgia here. There aren't really any devices as such for treating texture at home. Aside from DIY microneedling with a roller – which Alice and I rarely advise – your best bet will be a home peel and active skincare, something with smoothing AHAs (alpha-hydroxy acids) to regulate textural issues. This will also help address wrinkles at the same time, as will a retinol product – which you should absolutely be using in your daily routine. If you did want to invest in a device for your wrinkles alone, you could try the NuFace Line Fix Smoothing Device, which is particularly good around the eyes and mouth, but it's not...
I think the Orlaya Dermadeep looks fab, and practitioners speak well of it (unusual for a home-use device!) as it's strong enough to be effective. I don't know the home-use Oxyjet device but the in-clinic version is a nice, gentle skin-rejuvenation treatment. Re using your own serums, it might work ok with your own water-based serums, though if the brand has a product which is specially formulated to enhance the results of its device, I reckon it's worth using to see what results you get, before downgrading to another product that may or may not do the job.
I know a lot of people enjoy using these masks but I really don't think they're strong enough to make a noticeable difference to crepey skin – you need a clinic-strength LED light for that. You'd be better off with a skin-reconditioning treatment like injectable moisturisers, or in-clinic LED light sessions.
Hi the Sensica ought to give results if you use it enough, but as with all home-use devices you will need to be very consistent with it, follow the instructions to the letter and use it as much as they tell you to, in order for it to get a chance to work like it's meant to.
How devices compare to clinic/ salon equipment rather depends on the device in question. The NEWA is not very powerful but it ought to give some results if you use it enough (don't worry, you won't be damaging your skin). The home-RF device that I'm most curious about at the moment is the Orlaya Dermadeep Pro, as that is many times more powerful than the NEA/ Tripollar/ Sensica home-use RF devices, so that is very likely to give results.
I hate to say it but none of those will give you noticeable lift and tightening. The Lyma is highly unlikely to achieve anything, it doesn't have the power. I don't know the Wellbox. I love the Dermalux – it's a medically-certified device – and while this will help a lot with the condition of your skin, helping it regenerate from the inside and become stronger and better hydrated, reducing redness and helping pigmentation a little, your skin will look younger and smoother, but it doesn't make any claims for tightening and lifting. In-clinic treatment with something like radiofrequency microneedling is a better bet – find a great...
I would double check all these things with the surgeon who did your cataract surgery and follow their advice on that and wait until the healing is complete.
Hi, oddly enough, microcurrent devices work really well on faces treated with toxin - because the microcurrent helps keep muscle tone in the muscles while they aren't being worked by the usual facial expressions (toxin doesn't do anything to the muscles; it disables the neurotransmitters that send messages to the muscles to contract. So, microcurrent is not directly counteracting the treatment). All the device manufacturers suggest you wait for two weeks before using microcurrent after toxin injections, and the same after filler injections (after two weeks, the filler will be properly settled).
Hi, yes the NuFACE is a great device, as long as you commit to using it enough. It helps to tone the muscles in the skin and improve circulation but it won't give you a facelift, nor will it get rid of deep upper lip lines. For those, I would suggest having a read of my factsheet all about barcode lip lines – which you can download on the associated tweakments page here. Recently, I have seen good results from both Belotero Revive (which is a type of injectable moisturiser) and the Halo laser. The deeper your practitioner is prepared to go with a laser like this, the better the improvements that you can see, but there's a period of...
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