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Avid readers of this blog, and I know there are lots of you, will no doubt remember a story we reported a little while ago about a new breakthrough which could drastically reduce the amount of post-op bruising which plastic and cosmetic surgery patients have to endure.  Well more news has reached us which we feel we have to share with you or, really, we just wouldn’t be doing our jobs right would we? 

Well the Vbeam laser has now undergone a second medical test and, excitingly, it has been declared that it could help to reduce bruising by an average of 63%. This news will be widely welcomed by the cosmetic surgery industry as it will mean that, if faced with shorter recovery times, more and more people may decide to go under the knife.

The new study, wonderfully titled ‘A Simple Solution to a Common Problem’, has concluded that if the treatment is done for 24 hours after a surgical procedure, then the prior-mentioned reduction of 62% is achievable.  Dr. Edwin F Williams, one of the leaders of the study, has spoken out saying that:
“[With] just one treatment with the VBeam, our patients experience dramatic clearance of the injured blood vessels. We are excited to finally be able to offer our patients a safe and easy treatment of bruising that works.” This is a huge breakthrough as, after a surgery, many of us want to get straight out there and start showing off our new look or, more importantly in this current climate, need to get back to work in order to ensure that our employment is safe and secure. Lots of bruising, whilst not being aesthetically pleasing, can also be incredibly painful and debilitating and thus it will be hoped that this Vbeam will hopefully be rolled out soon and become available to the wider public.

The company behind the innovation, the Candela Corporation, was founded in Boston (the American one) in the 1970’s and is a manufacturer of a lot of technology used by surgeons and physicians.  This latest innovation will no-doubt bring them in lots of money but, more important than this, it will also help out patients and this is clearly the most important thing for the cosmetic surgery industry. If more people can have quicker recovery times then more people may well decide to go under the knife and thus the cosmetic surgery industry will keep on growing.

One of the main downsides to having cosmetic surgery is the bruising which one has to endure afterwards. Here we are with the perfect stomach, or nose, or hairline and all we want to do is get out there and show ourselves off to people.

However, we can’t until the bruising has gone down.  Well, this may well be a thing of the past as surgeons have announced that they may have found a way to reduce bruising and swelling after operations have been performed! 

The new invention behind all this excitement is the Candela Vbeam laser which can apparently be used to treat facial bruising after rhinoplasty, eye lifts or even complete face lifts.  A study was carried out and the results have just been published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery journal. These results show that, on average, there was a 63% improvement in the amount of bruising which patients had to endure between 48 and 72 hours after surgery. Dr. Edwin Williams, from the Williams Centre for Plastic Surgery has added further weight to the claims by saying:

“After just one treatment with the Vbeam, our patients experienced dramatic clearance of the injured blood vessels”.

The use of laser treatment within the cosmetic industry is not, in itself, a new development. Laser treatments have long been used to get rid of the blemishes of acne, or unwanted redness of cheeks or even scars and now another advancement has meant that we, one more, have another use for lasers. Face lifts and rhinoplasty are amongst the most popular procedures performed in the U.K and, if those undergoing them can have quicker recovery times and get back out into the world faster, then this can surely only be a good thing.  Indeed the introduction of the ‘Pulsed-Dye Laser for Treating ecchymoses after Facial Cosmetic Procedures’” (or so the article was entitled) should be greeted as a revolution in the cosmetic and plastic surgery industries.

One of the things which often puts people off complicated surgeries and makes them opt for less invasive treatments , is the severe bruising which the former treatments can often induce. Such a life-changing event as a facelift is often traumatic enough, without having to contend with unsightly bruising as well. This latest innovation will hopefully change all that. With precision may well come perfection and, after that, increased confidence.

Cosmetic surgery specialists have launched a new healing gel, a revolutionary beauty product that could transform the treatment of infections and scars.

HEAL was developed by a skincare group called the Firm that is comprised of London Plastic Surgery Associates surgeons. The gel is designed to reduce inflammation of skin after plastic surgery. It is also said to be useful in treating sprains, sunburn, bruises and scars. The product contains arnica, haloxyl and glistin and repairs damage to the skin tissue, accelerates the healing process and reduces discomfort.

“HEAL was created because no single product existed that combines all the elements of reducing bruising and inflammation as well as accelerating the healing process,“ said Peter Butler, a skincare expert and is in charge of the UK facial transplantation team.

“The difference with HEAL is that the key ingredients are present in the right formulations to ensure they penetrate the skin’s surface and actually have a dramatic effect on the end result.”

94 per cent of cosmetic surgery patients claimed HEAL had a soothing effect when used on bruised parts of the skin; 82 per cent reported that it reduced swelling that occured after surgery; 85 per cent believed it was an effective way to reduce post-surgery bruising, according to a research by London Plastic Surgery Associates.