Ok, so we’re in the final stretch of a long, cold winter. If you’re feeling anything like me, you are in desperate need of a complexion pick-me-up!!! The dull, drab days of winter have no business dulling down our complexions. It’s time for us to fight back and reclaim our glow! Are you with me?!
My favorite way to brighten up and refresh my complexion and spirit is combination treatment with Halo™ laser skin renewal and BBL™ photofacial. Halo and BBL literally renew your skin from the inside out, spurring vibrant new collagen and elastin growth for brighter, more even skin tone, smaller pore size, reduced lines and wrinkles, and much more. This potent rejuvenating combo does involve some social downtime, however, so you should plan for about a week of laying low to give your skin a chance to breathe and refresh itself without the hassles of makeup application.
If you are looking for a skin rejuvenation treatment with less downtime, we also offer Microtherapy, MicroLaserPeel®, HydraFacial®, and medical-grade chemical peels. Don’t worry if you have no idea which treatment best suits your needs. That’s our job! During your personal consultation, we will explore your options and help you devise the perfect regimen to meet your unique goals and scheduling needs.
One last note about winter skin treatments: There’s still time to schedule laser hair removal treatments. We know summer is still months away, and that’s exactly why now is the ideal time to undergo your treatment! Laser hair removal typically takes months of repeated treatments to achieve your desired look. I usually recommend a series of five treatments spaced 4 to 6 weeks apart, depending on the area being treated.
While the weather is still frightful, why not treat yourself to something delightful!? Discover your perfect skin pampering treatment today by calling 703.870.3844 or scheduling your free consultation!
—Kim
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‘Tis the Season to be Brighter and Tighter! Leesburg, VA
Can you feel it? The holiday season is here, and I’m loving it! From sparkly lights to cozy cups of cocoa by the fire, there are so many special reasons to feel merry and bright this time of year.
And speaking of “bright,” one of my favorite ways to get my holiday glow on is a combination treatment for brightening and tightening skin with the BBL™ photofacial and SkinTyte™ II. This popular pairing spells complexion perfection in two ways. BBL photofacial is a non-invasive light treatment that works wonders at reducing uneven pigmentation like freckles, age spots, brown spots, and redness. SkinTyte II is another non-invasive laser treatment that helps to tighten skin by heating the dermis and triggering new collagen and elastin growth. Combined, these two treatments pack a synergistic punch, revealing brighter, tighter skin without downtime. That’s right—there’s no downtime with BBL and SkinTyte, which makes this combo an ideal party-prepping treatment or complexion helper any time of year.
Another skin-saver to add to your Santa list is Halo™ laser skin renewal. The first of its kind, this hybrid laser skin treatment features two powerful types of energy to stimulate the skin at multiple levels. Halo is also a fractional laser, which means it creates treatment channels in your skin while leaving some of your skin untouched to speed healing time. Halo is the best in its class for spurring new collagen and elastin growth and revealing an overall improvement to your skin’s tone and texture for younger-looking radiance and more even tone. Halo can also be paired with BBL photofacials for even better results.
‘Tis the season to be jolly—and brighter and tighter! To learn more about the best skin-prepping treatments for you, call 703.870.3844 or schedule your free personal consultation today!
—Kim
The Beauty Secret You Need to Know Leesburg, VA
There’s a treatment that can make your skin look incredibly smooth and radiant, erasing years of sun damage, from fine lines and wrinkles to age spots, sun spots, and redness.
Have you heard of Halo™ laser skin renewal?
As the days are getting shorter and the sun’s rays are calming down, it’s an ideal time to start scheduling your laser skin treatments. (You’ve heard me say it before — lasers and the sun are not a good mix!) Halo is a terrific treatment because it offers awesome improvements to your skin’s tone and texture with only a few days of social downtime, which is a lot faster than comparable skin resurfacing treatments.
Here are a few more things to know about Halo:
The Halo glow is real!
After your treatment, your skin will take on a healthy-looking, age-defying radiance, thanks to Halo’s advanced hybrid technology, which stimulates multiple layers of the skin. I know what I’m talking about here. I’ve had the treatment myself, and I LOVE my results!
Halo renews your skin. Literally.
Technically speaking, Halo stimulates your skin’s natural healing response by creating a controlled injury. As your skin recovers, healthy new collagen and elastin grow, revealing an overall better-looking complexion with diminished signs of aging and sun damage. What this means to you is smoother, brighter, more luminous skin with softened lines, diminished pigmentation concerns, more even tone, and so much more.
Downtime is relative.
When we say you should plan for a few days of social downtime, you will still be able to go to the grocery store or drive your kids to baseball practice. Your face will be pink or red for a few days, depending on the intensity of your treatment, but will gradually fade into a light, sandpaper texture, which sloughs off within a few days to reveal baby-fresh new skin. So if you don’t mind heading out with what looks like a bit of a sunburn or some flaking, then you’ll be good to go!
Best of all, the benefits of Halo will keep coming as your skin continues its renewal process in the weeks and months following your Halo session. Just be sure to apply SPF daily to protect your results!
To learn how Halo can help you, call 703.870.3844 or request your personal consultation today.
—Kim
Laser Skin Treatment Season Is Here! Leesburg, VA
We love fall because it means crisp air, vibrant red, orange, and yellow leaves, and laser skin rejuvenation! Did I surprise you there?
Don’t get me wrong, laser skin treatments can be safely performed all year long. But as the weather turns cooler and the days grow shorter, we start spending more time indoors, making it an ideal time to partake in laser skin treatments that can make skin vulnerable.
Here are two reasons why I love cooler-season skin renewal:
Bye-bye, summer sun damage!
We all dream of a magic eraser that can reverse lines, wrinkles, freckles, and sun spots, but why dream when you can actually do it? The technology exists to reverse sun damage with a wide range of treatments, from Forever Young™ BBL photofacials to Halo™ laser skin renewal. I offer these top-of-the-line treatments at AVIE! because I’m obsessed with your skin. I want you look amazing at every age, and why shouldn’t you? You deserve it.
Our clinically-proven laser treatments stimulate your skin’s natural healing response, spurring new collagen and elastin growth to ultimately reveal vibrant new skin with a bevy of improvements, from more evenly-toned skin to softened lines and wrinkles, and much more.
Easier-to-manage downtime
In the summer, when you’re outside gardening or eating dinner outside on restaurant patios, avoiding the sun can be extremely challenging, if not impossible. Exposing your skin to the sun either before or after your laser treatment will increase your risk of adverse side effects, such as hyperpigmentation. What’s even more upsetting is the idea of undoing all the healthy benefits of your treatment by exposing vulnerable skin to the sun. Why would you ever want to do that? For this simple reason, the cooler months are the perfect time to undergo laser skin treatments because you’re indoors more often, wearing long sleeves and pants instead of tank tops and shorts, and staying away from direct sunlight.
For more awesome skin care advice, treatments, and tips—and your most gorgeous complexion ever, call 703.870.3844 or request a free personal skin care consultation today!
—Kim
Yes, There IS a Laser Resurfacing Treatment with Less Downtime! Halo in Leesburg, VA
If you’re shopping for a laser skin resurfacing treatment because you’ve heard about the amazing benefits, way to go! It means you’re one step closer to doing something marvelous for your skin. Lengthy downtime is not an option for most of our clients, which is why we offer Halo™ laser skin renewal.
Our newest and most advanced laser skin treatment, Halo is a powerful skin enhancer that provides dramatic improvements to the tone and texture of your skin with less downtime than comparable skin resurfacing treatments.
Here’s the science behind the Halo glow:
Hybrid technology
Hybrid means a combination of two things, and Halo’s claim to fame is that it’s the first hybrid laser, providing two types laser energy—ablative and non-ablative—to treat your skin at every level for dramatic results, including smoother skin texture, diminished lines and wrinkles, tighter pores, brighter and more even skin tone, and much more.
Fractionated energy
Halo is also a fractional laser, which means it treats a fraction of your skin rather than the entire surface, leaving a portion of your skin untouched. This “undamaged” portion of skin helps to speed the healing process without sacrificing the benefits of skin renewal.
Combined, hybrid and fractional laser energy result in amazing improvements to your skin with about a week or less of downtime. Older, less advanced laser skin resurfacing treatments require weeks of downtime for the same benefits. The other incredible thing about Halo is that it not only affords countless cosmetic improvements, but also reverses years of sun damage to leave your skin healthier in the process. What’s not to love about that?
To enhance your results, we recommend adding a BBL photofacial to your Halo treatment. A non-invasive light treatment, BBL (broadband light) is the gold standard for improving pigmentation irregularities such as freckles, rosacea, redness, age spots, sunspots, and more. Combined with Halo, your skin is stimulated from the inside out to renew itself and reveal a luminous, more evenly-toned complexion with no added downtime.
This spring is a perfect time to reinvigorate your skin! Are you ready for healthier, younger-looking skin? Learn more about Halo today by calling 703.870.3844 or completing our online consultation request form for a free consultation.
—Kim
Check Out Our Award-Winning Treatments at AVIE! Leesburg, VA
We’re thrilled to report that 8 of our services and products were recently acknowledged for their outstanding benefits by NewBeauty magazine, a leading authority and quality purveyor in the aesthetic industry.
Our mission at AVIE! is to bring you the best products and services on the market. Check out just a few of our cream-of-the-crop offerings:
Ultherapy® (“Tried-and-True Skin Tightener”) can help stave off surgery or prolong the results of other skin rejuvenation treatments by stimulating the skin with powerful, non-invasive ultrasound energy. With no downtime, Ultherapy can help lift and tighten skin on the face, neck, and chest for long-lasting rejuvenation. Christie Brinkley is the national spokesperson, and we can see why! For your comfort, we offer PRO-NOX™ nitrous oxide sedation so you can relax while turning back the clock on your skin.
CoolSculpting® (“Fight Fat in a Flash”) is the world’s most popular non-invasive fat reduction treatment. Awarded by NewBeauty for the fifth consecutive year, CoolSculpting freezes away unwanted pockets of fat almost anywhere on the body with little to no downtime.
HydraFacial® (“Go-to Facial for a Healthy Glow”) offers a head-turning complexion with no downtime by combining deep-cleaning exfoliation and extraction with an infusion of revitalizing nutrients for a wide range of improvements, from smaller pore size to more even skin tone and diminished wrinkles.
Halo™ (“Powerhouse Skin Resurfacer”) is the one-and-only skin resurfacing treatment to feature hybrid technology (ablative and non-ablative), which thoroughly revitalizes the skin at every level for a smoother, clearer, and more radiant complexion with less downtime than comparable laser skin resurfacing treatments.
Botox® (“All-Star Wrinkle Eraser”) is the world’s most popular non-surgical aesthetic treatment, smoothing lines and wrinkles on the forehead, between the brows, and around the eyes for up to 4 months of younger-looking skin.
Vollure™ (“Industry Breakthroughs That Have the Power to Change Lives”) is a longer-lasting dermal filler, offering up to two years of smoother, younger-looking skin by restoring volume and reducing deep lines around the nose and mouth (nasolabial folds).
SkinMedica® TNS Essential Serum (“Youth in a Bottle”) is everything you want in a skin product, diminishing lines, smoothing skin, and evening out skin tone with a proprietary blend of peptides, vitamins, antioxidants, and other powerful skin replenishers.
CareCredit (“Beauty Made Easy”) helps you enjoy your favorite beauty services now by allowing you to pay off your treatments in convenient monthly installments.
We are so excited all our hard work continues to pay off! Our goal is to provide the best cosmetic treatments and services possible, and our award-winning treatments are a testament to that!
We can’t wait for you discover these amazing treatments and products for yourself! Call 703.870.3844 or complete your online consultation request form today!
—Kim