By: The Women of Nouveau Medispa

A Your skin can be one of your greatest assets.  It can improve your self confidence.  Or it can diminish it.  Our goal at Nouveau Medispa is to help you achieve healthy, beautiful skin without undergoing long, painful procedures with downtime.  Our aim is to make you proud of your skin and provide overall radiance to your complexion.

Another area of improvement that Nouveau Medispa focuses on is eliminating unwanted hair growth.  In one of life’s many injustices, we can grow hair where we want it the least on our chin, underarms and bikini for women and the back and shoulders for men.   There are methods of safely getting rid of this hair not to mention eliminate the countless hours you spend waxing, shaving, tweezing or simply accepting it as a lost cause.

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is a remarkably efficient procedure that effectively treats sun damage, age spots (sun-induced freckles), and broken capillaries as well as improves signs of rosacea while stimulating collagen production.  IPL has also been used to effectively treat scars both new and old.   The same technology, Intense Pulsed Light, with some modification can also be used to treat unwanted hair.  It is one technology with many amazing applications.

How is Intense Pulsed Light performed?
Our highly trained licensed nurse or aestheticians will ascertain your concerns and give you specific details about your treatment.  Before treatment a soothing gel will be applied to the treatment area.  During the treatment, precise pulses of light are applied to the area of concern.  Cold air may be used at this time to make you comfortable.

What can I expect after treatment?
If you are having treatment for pigmented lesions (freckles and age spots), the spots will darken slightly and then fade away after 7 – 10 days.   Most people will experience mild temporary redness, similar to sunburn, in the treated area shortly after treatment.  This will not interfere with normal activities and will subside quickly.  If hair removal, broken capillaries or a scar is treated, you can expect a sunburn feeling as well as mild pinkness in the area that resolves within a few hours.

What areas can I have treated?
Any area of the body can be treated for removal of age spots and broken capillaries as well as hair removal concerns.   You may not have treatment on any area that has a real or artificial tan.

How many treatments will I need for age spots and broken capillaries?
Depending on the area of treatment, most people need 2 – 3 treatments spaced 3 – 4 weeks apart.  At Nouveau Medispa, we will also guide you on optimizing your treatment results as well as maintaining clear, radiant skin.   You must protect your treatment area from UV light, be it natural sunlight or tanning beds.

How many treatments for hair removal?
Hair removal treatment is only effective on hairs that are in a growth phase.  Because your hair grows in cycles, 6 treatments spaced 6 – 8 weeks apart are average to achieve full results.  Often, hair removal significantly improves bumps associated with hair growth (folliculitis) as well as suppressing hair growth between sessions.

How many treatments for scars?
Scar management and treatment depends on the area of treatment and the severity of the scar.  Scars usually require 4 – 5 treatments spaced 4 weeks apart with very impressive results vastly improving the reds and brown colors associated with a scar.

Intense Pulsed Light for the improvement of excess pigment, sun and age spots is often combined with the ViPeel for accelerated results.  A ViPeel is a medical grade peel that contains a synergistic blend of gentle yet powerful ingredients suitable to improve the tone and texture of the skin, decrease pore size, as well as soften lines and wrinkles.  The IPL improves the imperfect colors of the skin (reds and browns) and the ViPeel addresses the texture, pores, lines and wrinkles of the skin.  Truly a wow result!

In addition to the above services, we offer customized facials, waxings, microdermabrasions, fillers, Botox, Thermage, spider vein treatment, spray tans, laser resurfacing as well as prescriptive skin care management.   At Nouveau Medispa, we individually customized a treatment plan based on your specific wants, needs and desired results.  We offer complimentary consultations and skin analysis.  Nouveau Medispa has two locations in Christiana and Hockessin and has three board certified plastic surgeons Dr. Lawrence Chang, Dr. Kyo Kim, and Dr. Joseph Thorton.   We offer daytime, evening and Saturday hours.

Testimonial:
“ I found a group of people that really care which is hard to find in this world today.  After my body detox, I feel like I can live again.  The staff is gracious and kind.”
- Mary Beth Adelman