Bangalore, Karnataka -- (SBWire) -- 10/03/2011 --When Anita* hit her fortieth birthday, besides the usual party with friends and family, she took some time looking at herself in the mirror. She felt that her skin looked dull, there were a few deep lines on the forehead and she wondered what had happened to her hair. One friend suggested a skin clinic, one asked her to get hair therapy and someone advised her to go for facials at a beauty saloon.
That's when she heard about Reviva (The Appearance Clinic), Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital's state-of-the-art comprehensive medical aesthetic centre. Anita decided to take the first big step of rejuvenating her looks under the care of experienced dermatologists. "Narayana Hrudayalaya, Reviva has a panel of highly qualified dermatologists, endocrinologists and plastic surgeons with over a decade of experience" says Dr Ashwini Sreekar, MD, DNB, senior dermatologist at Reviva.
The first step at Reviva was to determine if the skin and hair changes were due to any internal causes like hormonal changes. A blood test was run to rule out the probable cause at the in-house lab. Next, Anita's skin and hair were analysed using advanced diagnostic equipment. "We put her on a healthy skin and hair routine that included in clinic treatment, homecare products and dietary changes," says Dr Amee Daxini, MD, DNB and senior dermatologist at Reviva.
Hair
Since Anita's hair had just started thinning and it was early days of hair loss, Stem Cell Therapy was done to get effective results. In this form of treatment stem cells are used to grow new hair cells. Initially, the therapy was once a week and later it was just minimal maintenance. According to the team at Reviva, they have had very good success rates in both men and women. Patients come in for maintenance once in three months.
Skin
Facial skin has three layers: the superficial layer epidermis, which gets dull and rough with pigmentation and tanning, the middle layer dermis where the lines and wrinkles get prominent, and lastly, the deep third layer of muscle and fat or the volume, which sags and sinks with ageing. At Reviva, the three layers are analysed in depth and treatment is targeted for each.
In the case of Anita, the texture of the first layer was rejuvenated with peels and microdermabrasion. The dermis or the second layer was treated with Fractional Laser Therapy, which works on all aspects of age-related skin ageing by inducing collagen production and dispersing the pigment, making the skin look fresher and more youthful. Alternate procedures like botox are usually used for this layer to get instant results. The impact of ageing hits the third layer when the shape of the face alters due to sunken cheeks, sagging skin, thinner lips and less defined jaw line. Mid face, lip augmentation and jaw line definition results in regaining the youthful face.
After being treated holistically at Reviva and changing her diet as advised by their team, Anita is now completely transformed and back to her youthful confident self.
Rediscover Yourself by Narayana Hrudayalaya Health City