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PRO restore - An Industry First
ACCELERATE YOUR PATIENTS’ HEALING TIME AND TAKE RESULTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Predicted to become the gold standard in micro-injury wound healing, Dermalogica’s new PRO Restore drastically reduces downtime for micro-injury treatments while enhancing advanced procedure results.
A recovery and firming concentrate leading the way in innovation as a product used in the treatment room, but also taken home to assist further with treatment recovery. Designed to work with advanced skin treatments, this concentrate prepares the skin’s barrier, restores its condition, helps increase firmness and brightens skin.
• FIRST product in the industry to address the micro-injury cycle to: 1. Reduce downtime 2. Improve skin recovery
Post-fibroblast skin tightening treatment reduced downtime Day 5 post treatment Subject received one fibroblast skin tightening treatment on the crow’s feet area. On one side. Pro Restore was applied from the second day post-treatment morning and evening. On the other side, nothing was used (conventional method).
Post-microneedling treatment decrease of side effects. Straight after microneedling treatment all over face. On one side of the face, Pro Restore was applied prior to microneedling, was used during microneedling, and applied post microneedling. On the other side of the face, a control conventional Hyaluronic Acid system for microneedling was used.
STRENGTHEN, RESTORE, & AMPLIFY WITH PRO RESTORE
The skin’s moisture barrier defends the body against environmental threats while simultaneously protecting skin’s critical water balance. It’s made up of corneocytes, which are skin cells with keratin and natural moisturisers held together by lipids that contain ceramides and fatty acids. When this barrier is compromised, either by genetics or exposome-related factors like UV exposure or over-exfoliation, irritants can enter the skin and hydration can escape – leaving skin dehydrated, red, uncomfortable, and vulnerable. When performing an advanced treatment that leverages skin’s wound healing process, it’s best practice to start with skin that has a healthy barrier so you’re not causing uncontrolled inflammation and overloading the skin’s healing system. In other words: the skin needs to be strong to efficiently work on healing the micro-injuries from advanced treatments, with pretreatment and post-treatment care playing a crucial role.
Active ingredients can optimise the results of micro-injury treatments in three phases:
1. Strengthen Panthenol (Pro-Vitamin B5) improves hydration and helps to decrease skin damage Mushroom Extract helps to soothe skin. Hyaluronic Acid helps hydrate the skin.
2. Restore Omega-3 from Algae helps to calm the skin to address posttreatment redness and irritation. Bacillus Ferment helps balance skin’s microbiome. Beta Glucan forms a protective film that prevents skin from dehydration and and helps restore skin back to normal.
3. Amplify Oligopeptide-1 Epidermal Growth Factor (plant derived) to improve skin’s texture and resilience. Phospholipids from Olive Stem Cells improve vitality for visibly firm and smooth skin and improves skin firmness. Niacinamide helps fade the appearance of dark spots for a more even skin tone.
It is suitable for all skin conditions undergoing advanced treatments such as microneedling, RF microneedling, fibroblast skin tightening, lasers and chemical peels. PRO Restore is one product with multiple benefits and a complex of active ingredients to work with micro-injury skin treatments.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND MICRO-INJURY TREATMENTS
During the wound healing process, epithelial, endothelial, and inflammatory cells, along with platelets and fibroblasts, work overtime to restore the tissue’s usual structure and function. The following advanced, minimally invasive treatments all take advantage of the wound healing process to help improve hyperpigmentation, lines, wrinkles and visible pores.
MICRONEEDLING
As we know, microneedling uses a device with ultra-fine needles to create micro-injuries to the skin, microneedling stimulates the healthy tissue surrounding the new wounds to repair the damage. This also triggers the production of collagen and elastin – rebuilding the skin’s dermal structure and helping to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and texture irregularities such as acne pitting or stretch marks.
RF MICRONEEDLING
By adding radiofrequency waves - releasing radiofrequency into the channels of micro-injuries - we cause additional controlled damage to the skin for enhanced end results.
LASER RESURFACING
A skin rejuvenation procedure that aims short, concentrated, pulsating beams of light to the skin to reduce the appearance of skin damage such as wrinkles, acne scars and hyperpigmentation. An ablative laser uses carbon dioxide or erbium to precisely remove outside layers of skin tissue. Non-ablative lasers including pulsed light, pulsed-dye and fractional lasers don’t remove skin tissue, but do create micro-injuries in the skin that can help minimise the appearance of rosacea, spider veins and acne pitting or scars.
FIBROBLAST SKIN TIGHTENING
With this procedure we use a pen-like device that discharges a highfrequency electric current to small areas of the skin. The plasma tip doesn’t directly touch the skin, but releases a targeted hot current just above the skin’s surface to create minuscule channels, or microinjuries, in the skin. Plasma fibroblast therapy helps to slough off dead skin cells, encourage tissue regeneration, stimulate fibroblast activity to enhance skin’s elasticity, and help tighten the skin.
CHEMICAL PEELS
We use chemical peels as an accelerated form of exfoliation that involves a chemical cauterant agent, ranging from very light to create faster sloughing of stratum corneum, to deeper peeling causing cell necrosis and inflammation in the epidermis, papillary or reticular dermis.
A leader in the skincare sector for decades, Dermalogica is making it known they are key players in the medi-clinic arena with the launch of PRO Restore. Dermalogica is the #1 Professionals Brand training over 100,000 professional skin therapists globally with an extensive professional only product range and full back bar for advanced skin treatments. Their Mediclinic programme only further excels in the professional space - proving Dermalogica not only belongs in mediclinics - but is leading its innovations.
To learn more or to become a PRO Restore only stockist, go to dermalogica.com.au/prorestore
