There are different types of light therapies, the most well known in the aesthetic world being IPL, or intense pulsed light. But at Creative Image Laser Solutions we also use blue light with Levulan treatments to address acne, along with a host of other skin conditions. What is Blue Light with Levulan? Levulan (aminolevulinic acid)… Read More »
While Alpha Bits may be what you start every day out with, putting together letter combinations in that sugary bowl of cereal won’t help protect you against skin cancer. For that, five letters hold the key — A, B, C, D, and E — to identifying growths that could be skin cancer. With the number… Read More »
If you’re old enough, you may remember the movie Broadcast News. In the film one of the TV station’s reporters, played by Albert Brooks, finally got the chance to anchor the evening newscast. All was going well until he started sweating…everywhere…a lot. Obviously, the gig was a one-time event and he wasn’t going to get… Read More »
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disorder where the patient feels enduring fatigue, not the kind that passes with a cup of coffee or a walk around the block. CFS is chronic and it gets in the way of the sufferer’s daily activities. At Creative Image Laser Solutions, we test for and treat CFS with… Read More »
If you’re concerned about your weight you’ve probably come across three letters, HCG. They stand for “human chorionic gonadotropin,” which is best known as a pregnancy hormone that is produced by the embryo soon after conception. HCG is the hormone that is used to test for pregnancy and it directs the bodies of pregnant women… Read More »
Spider veins are annoying. The little red, purple, and blue threadlike veins that are so close to the skin surface that they are easily visible can develop anywhere on the body, but usually show themselves on the legs and face. At Creative Image Laser Solutions, we put our lasers to use zapping your spider veins… Read More »
There are some things with your health that you should simply know. If you are a woman over the age of 50, you should know about osteoporosis. This bone disease occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. As a result, bones become weak and may break from… Read More »
In Texas there is no shortage of sunny days. And, while that’s good for our vitamin D levels (sunshine provides the human body with vitamin D), it’s no bueno for our skin. Skin cancer begins in the skin’s outermost layer, the epidermis. This thin layer provides a protective cover of skin cells that your body… Read More »
Unwanted hair is like that uncle who keeps visiting during the holidays. No matter what you do, it just keeps coming back. You shave, pluck, wax, and use napalm-like creams to remove the stuff but then two or three weeks later there it is again. Why don’t you get rid of the hair for good… Read More »
Botox wins the popularity contest in the aesthetic world. Since its debut when approved by the FDA for the treatment of wrinkles in 2002, Botox has taken the world by storm. Every year since it hit the aesthetic market, it has led the world in procedures, surgical or non-surgical. If it could handle a phone,… Read More »