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How Screen Time Is Secretly Ageing Your Skin

Alison Bladh

This light can lead to oxidative stress, collagen breakdown, and hyperpigmentation, making your skin appear older. Hyperpigmentation HEV light can stimulate melanin production, causing uneven pigmentation, especially in darker skin tones. Blue light contributes to hyperpigmentation in darker skin tones. Zastrow, L.,

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Machines for the 4 Major MedSpa Targets

Aesthetics Exposed

Common chromophores for esthetic laser treatments are melanin for hyperpigmentation and hair reduction, oxyhemoglobin for vascular lesions, ink for tattoo removal and water for resurfacing. The use of micro-focused ultrasound was introduced in 2009 to deliver heat to deep, subdermal connective tissue in focused zones.