The
Miracle Ten
Non-Surgical Skin Rejuvenation
More and more people are looking for a non-surgical way of
making their skin look fresher and younger. Some patients
are just not yet ready for surgery. Others have not yet reached
a point where they need surgery but they’re still looking
for a way to reverse some of the signs of aging. Dr Lista
has introduced to the patients of The Plastic Surgery Clinic
a new, proven technique of making skin look younger and tighter
without surgery and without downtime. We call this revolutionary
program The Miracle Ten.
The Miracle Ten
The Miracle Ten is a remarkable program to make skin look
younger. It’s a miracle because there’s no other
word to describe the results that it achieves. We call it
the Miracle Ten because in ten weeks we can make the average
patient’s skin look ten years younger. Simply one visit
per week for ten weeks will result in visibly younger skin.
There is no down time, no time off.
Signs of Aging Corrected
TThe Miracle Ten makes the skin look younger by correcting
the 5 major signs of skin aging:
- Improves fine lines and wrinkle
- Lightens blotchy dark spots
- Eliminates broken blood vessels, veins and red marks
- Reduces pore size
- Tightens loose skin
The skin looks younger and fresher. The pigmentation is
made to look more even and homogenous. Discolorations are
reduced including the improvement of red and brown spots and
blotches. Fine lines are reduced and pore size is made smaller.
The skin looks smoother and clearer. Breakouts and pimples
are reduced. In the average patient the result is skin the
way it used to look 10 years ago.
How The Miracle Ten Works
The Miracle Ten is simple but the process used to achieve
these remarkable results involves the scientific application
of known proven medical techniques. There is not one single
factor which causes aging of the skin, there are many: sun,
dryness, hormonal changes, thinning of collagen, overactive
facial muscles. The reversal of the aging process therefore
requires more than one kind of treatment. The principle is
revolutionary. By applying multiple different effective but
gentle treatments to the skin, the Miracle Ten is able to
reverse the multiple causes of skin aging and visibly role
back the aging appearance of the skin; on average ten years
in ten weeks.
Medically the results are achieved by increasing collagen
production, promoting alterations in the skin’s basal
and keratin layers, augmentation of skin ground substance,
diminishing melanocyte production and laser ablation of vessel
irregularities. Practically, all this means is skin the way
it used to look 10 years ago.
We achieve these results through a three step medical process.
- Step One: The patient is given a home
program of skin care products which are specially individualized
by Dr Lista and his nursing staff to meet each individual
patient’s specific skin care needs. This program involves
the use of several home products incorporating glycolics,
fruit acids, or enymatic agents. Not everyone gets the same
program. Each patient’s needs are different and each
receives an individualized program. Often prescription creams,
such as Retin A or skin lightening agents, are added to
the skin care program to further enhance the effects of
the home program. The purpose of the home program is to
encourage cell turnover and increase new collagen production.
These techniques have been proven to produce thicker, smoother
and clearer skin.
- Step Two: The patient is treated with
Botox if required. Botox is a commonly used minor injection
which weakens overactive small muscles under the skin. In
some people these small muscles thicken and become overactive.
This results in constant creasing of the skin which leads
to wrinkles. Botox relaxes these muscles, puts the skin
at rest and leaves the skin looking smooth and rested. Thousands
of patients have experienced Botox injections with excellent
results. For patients reluctant to undergo Botox injections,
there are new skin crèmes which have been proven
to weaken underlying muscles giving similar results. These
crèmes can give comparable results to Botox without
the need to undergo an injection. These treatmentsar are
added to the Miracle 10 program, if required, to relax the
muscles which are the cause of some of the wrinkles on the
face.
- Step Three: Weekly skin rejuvenation
treatments. The patient in the Miracle Ten program comes
to the clinic once a week for ten weeks for a series of
skin treatments which are at the heart of the rejuvenation
program. These weekly treatments alternate between skin
micropeels one week and Instense Pulsed Light/Radio-Frequency/Diode-Laser
treatments on the alternate weeks.
In one week the patient is treated with the Biomedic
skin care micro-peel or the Actifirm enzymatic peel.
Like a facial but more intensive, the Biomedic micro-peel
is performed by a registered nurse who is a skin care
specialist. Derma-planing of the skin removes the dead
keratin layer and then fruit acids are applied to the
skin in a carefully controlled fashion to stimulate
new collagen production. The skin becomes softer, smoother,
thicker and tighter. Other patients undergo the Actifirm
enzymatic mask which thickens and tightens overly thin
skin. The type of treatment on these weeks is carefully
individualized to the specific needs of the patient.
Not all patients receive the same treatment. Dr Lista
and his staff customize the treatment to the individual
requirements and skin type of the patient. These treatments
are effective but gentle. There is no redness or down-time
following these procedures. Some of the results are
immediate giving the skin an immediately softer, smoother
feel. The more significant results take longer as new
skin collagen slowly begins to be laid down providing
permanent, long lasting improvement in the quality of
the skin.
On the alternate weeks the patient will undergo the
revolutionary Intense Pulsed Light/Radio-Frequency/Diode
Laser treatments. These treatments are at the heart
of the Miracle Ten. On opposite weeks from the skin
peels, patients will undergo the Sciton Elos skin rejuvenation
treatment. This exclusive treatment program involves
multiple modalities administered to the skin involving
three modalities which are administered simultaneously
by Dr Lista’s nursing staff using the patented
Sciton technology. Intense Pulsed Light eliminates brown
blotchy discolourations, red-marks, broken blood vessels
and reduces pore size. Radio-Frequency (which is a technology
similar to that used in Thermage) tightens loose saggy
skin. Diode Laser improves fine wrinkles found on the
skin. All of these modalities are administered to the
skin at a single treatment visit. These treatments are
gentle and by using a multi-pass technique, the effects
are additive. The patient has smoother, tighter, clearer
skin with fewer wrinkles after just 10 weeks.
Risks
Risks are rare but are important to understand. It is very
rare to experience complications from this program. The vast
majority of patients experience a problem-free improvement
of their skin. One factor that significantly decreases the
risk of complications is that each patient’s skin type
is carefully evaluated and the treatment program is individually
tailored to their specific requirements. There is nothing
in medicine that is completely risk-free however and risks,
while rare, may occur. Such risks include: lack of improvement,
muscle weakness, skin irregularities, infection, allergic
reaction, scarring, pigmentation changes. The overall risk
of these complications is less than 1%.
It’s simple. The Miracle Ten really works. The average
person’s skin will look ten years younger in ten weeks.
If you had to pick to have only one thing done or had to
choose one way of taking care of your skin it should be The
Miracle Ten.
These are unretouched before and after photographs
showing the results with the Miracle 10 skin rejuvenation
program. These patients are not wearing any makeup. Click
on the thumbnail photos to see an enlarged image.
Notice an improvement in the lines around the eyes and
mouth. Notice the improvement in colour, clarity and eveness
of the skin. The skin looks clearer, plumper and younger.
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