Skin Rejuvenation & Resurfacing

Get a smoother, healthier, more even complexion with skin rejuvenation or resurfacing at Olmsted Medical Center (OMC). Choose one of these nonsurgical options as a stand-alone treatment, or use it before or after cosmetic surgery to enhance your results. Count on our specialists to help you design a skin care program that’s right for you.

Microdermabrasion

When you want younger-looking skin, consider microdermabrasion—one of today’s most popular noninvasive cosmetic procedures. We use DiamondTome™ Wands to gently and cleanly remove your skin’s dead, damaged outermost layer to reveal new, healthy cells. This can help improve the appearance of:

• Acne and acne scars
• Age spots and hyperpigmentation
• Fine lines and superficial wrinkles
• Large pores
• Superficial scars

Watch a short animated video to learn more about microdermabrasion.

Laser Skin Resurfacing

If your skin is affected by scars, fine lines and wrinkles, or uneven tone, laser resurfacing can make your skin appear smoother, firmer and more youthful. At OMC, you can choose from two types of lasers.

• An ablative laser selectively vaporizes the outer layer of skin, triggering deep healing and restructuring for fresh, smooth, glowing skin. This method requires only a single treatment with a week or two of recovery time.
• A non-ablative laser heats (but doesn’t destroy) your skin to stimulate a quick-healing process that forms new, healthy tissue. This method usually requires a series of treatments at three- to six-week intervals but involves minimal recovery time.

Before (top) and after (bottom) fractional non-ablative skin resurfacing.

Watch a short animated video to learn more about laser skin resurfacing.

Intense Pulsed Light

During an intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment, your doctor uses short, high-intensity bursts of light—not lasers—to enhance your skin’s appearance. IPL may be used in combination with other rejuvenation techniques.

Ask how an IPL photofacial can treat skin conditions such as:

• Acne
• Brown spots (age spots or sun spots)
• Rosacea
• Vascular lesions, such as birthmarks.

Dermaplane Facial

Remove dead skin cells and fine “peach fuzz” facial hair with professional dermaplaning at Olmsted Medical Center. Your provider uses a specially designed surgical blade to gently and painlessly “shave” and exfoliate your face. Then, you’ll receive a customized chemical peel to enhance the procedure’s effects.

Seasonal treatments can help your skin stay smooth and glowing, especially if you’re affected by:

• Fine lines and wrinkles
• Rough or dry skin
• Superficial acne scarring
• Uneven skin tone

SkinPen^® Microneedling

Help stimulate production of elastin and collagen—proteins that give your skin strength and elasticity—with a microneedling treatment. Your provider uses the SkinPen to safely and precisely penetrate your skin with very fine needles. This stimulates natural tissue growth and repair.

You’ll receive a topical anesthetic before the procedure to lessen discomfort. You may experience redness and pinpoint bleeding immediately afterward.

SkinPen is the first FDA-approved microneedling device.

You may benefit from microneedling if you want to minimize the appearance of:

• Fine lines and wrinkles
• Pores
• Stretch marks
• Scars, including surgical scars and acne scars

Your provider will recommend a treatment schedule based on your concerns. We usually recommend three to five treatments spaced about four weeks apart.

Chemical Peels

Administered by skincare professionals, chemical peels come in many different strengths and acidic formulations ranging from superficial to deeper penetrating peels. They are most effective at enhancing cell turnover and improving appearance of the surface of the skin. Chemical peels work by exfoliating the skin's surface to reduce the appearance of blemishes, smooth skin tone and texture, improve radiance, fine lines, wrinkles, and restore skin health. 

Permanent Makeup Tattooing (Micropigmentation)

Micropigmentation, also known as permanent makeup, permanent cosmetics, or cosmetic tattooing, is a procedure used to improve or replace lost coloring on your skin. Micropigmentation is most often used on your face to enhance eyebrows, eyelids (as eyeliner), or lips. It is also used to camouflage or improve scars, even out skin coloring, or restore color to areas of skin that have lost it.

Micropigmentation may also be a treatment or solution to some medical conditions including reconstructive surgery to the face, replace eyebrows that are thinning due to age or underlying medical conditions, or as a permanent solution if you have allergies to traditional, temporary makeup. Some medical conditions make applying or using makeup challenging. In these situations, permanent makeup can be a solution.