Fractora

When it comes to skin rejuvenation treatments, you want the biggest bang for your buck as well as the quickest and most painless option possible. Fractora is a skin rejuvenation treatment that tightens and lifts the face while treating fine lines, wrinkles, and even photo damage. This painless procedure requires no downtime or anesthesia, and is best completed in one treatment per week for six weeks. Here are some frequently asked questions and answers about Fractora.

How does it work?

Fractora delivers targeted bipolar radiofrequency energy to various selectable depths in the skin. Fractora meets and exceeds the results of fractional CO2 without the associated downtime, prolonged redness, and pigmentation drawbacks. Fractora achieves full-scale treatment depths with customizable fractional energy to improve superficial skin tone problems (photo damage) to deep textural concerns (rhytids and tightening). Clinicians can select between variable depths, densities and energy levels for results that were previously unattainable without excisional surgery.

What are the benefits?

Patients experience a significant reduction of wrinkles and fine lines. Other benefits include improved skin tone, a reduction of blood vessels, and even reduction in acne scarring. Fractora also provides the best ratio of power of results to recovery period and potential for adverse effects compared to other skin resurfacing treatments.

How will I look following treatment?

For the first 24 to 48 hours the skin will be red and irritated, and small black dots will be visible. During this time you will frequently apply a moisturizer. Within 2 to 3 days most patients can begin wearing their makeup again as usual.

How soon will I see results?

Most patients see an improvement in the quality of their skin as soon as the initial redness and swelling subside. The full effect takes about 6 months, due to the continuous production of collagen.

If you’re ready for the softer, smoother, and clearer skin that Fractora brings, come to Blue Sky Med Spa! We offer Fractora skin rejuvenation and resurfacing treatments along with many other spa services. See what we can do to make you not only feel better, but look better, too! Contact us today.

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is known as the holiday of love. It is punctuated by flowers, chocolates, poetic greeting cards and paper hearts. About 150 million cards are exchanged for Valentine’s Day each year, making it the second most popular card-sending holiday next to Christmas. But do you know the history behind why we celebrate February 14th and how it came to be the holiday it is today? Read on to find out!

The history of Valentine’s Day and the holiday’s namesake, Saint Valentine, is not entirely known. The holiday is thought to have began as a Christian celebration of the martyr Saint Valentine of Rome. It is believed that Valentine’s Day was created many centuries ago to be celebrated at the same time the three-day Roman pagan fertility festival, Lupercalia, was observed. Thus, Valentine’s Day fell on February 14th, right smack in the middle of Lupercalia.

According to history.com, the legend of Saint Valentine contends that he was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Legend claims an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is said that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a heroic and romantic figure.

Today, Valentine’s Day is still a holiday of romance, albeit much more commercialized. A trip to most stores during this time will show you aisles upon aisles of red – roses, heart-shaped things, boxes of chocolates, teddy bears and much more! But what about blue? If you’re looking to get your significant other a unique token of love, consider a gift card to Blue Sky Med Spa! Blue Sky Med Spa offers a variety of spa services like massage, facials, as well as cosmetic and medical treatments. Give your significant other a gift he or she will truly cherish – the gift of good health! Stop by our office to pick up your gift card or visit Blue Sky Med Spa for more information on the services offered. 

Have a Happy Valentine’s Day!