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MicroRoller Anti-Age Regimen to Amp Up Your Skin Care
December 3, 2011 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
At Bella Fontana Spa the parade of skin care products and opportunities is endless. We can source from compounding pharmacies, spa and salon distributors and the best in medical grade skin care manufacturers. Our goal is to make it easy for you and we have found a skin care line that you can learn about, share and order and refill from home!
This product line comes from Rodan + Fields the creators of Proactiv Solution. Now we have products for our skin that are easy and available when we need them!
Rodan + Fields
Rodan + Fields® Dermatologists
At Rodan + Fields® Dermatologists we are committed to connecting you with the products, the knowledge, the resources and the opportunities to change your skin and to change your life.
Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields, the creators of Proactiv® Solution, launched Rodan + Fields Dermatologists to extend their vision of bringing dermatology based skincare solutions to everyone. To support this vision, Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields have teamed up with Independent Consultants like me around the country to market these prestigious products.
With Rodan + Fields, looking good and feeling confident has never been easier and it’s all possible without a trip to the dermatologist’s office. Our products are clinically proven to deliver on their promises and this has lead to a large and loyal customer base.
Amp it Up!
The particular product offering that interested me was the MicroRoller and the anti-aging and reverse product lines. These products produce results! We have skin lightening gel from DermaCulture, and if you want a hydroquinone product at a great price point I hope you will try it. The DermaCulture product line works well when you are having the IDERM facials on a regular basis and will keep your skin in tip top shape. The MicroRoller can be used in addition to our in Spa services, and will help you deeply infuse treatments and stimulate collagen and the tightening anti-aging effect on your skin.
Here is the Rodan + Fields information on the Amp It Up Special that includes the microroller:
We will be having in Spa introductions to this product line, or you can contact Ruth Cox directly through the Spa at 903.893.6222 for more information on the product line. Special offers at the Spa available to subscribing clients. Contact us today for your appointment with Ruth Cox to learn more about anti-aging skin care.
Product Highlight – Skin Lightening Gel from DermaCulture
December 2, 2011 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
Skin Lightening Gel
DermaCulture Skin Lightening Gel
Treat pigmentation while combating and preventing aging! Our advanced formula Skin Lightening Gel uses the perfect blend of ingredients to combat many conditions of the skin. The combination of glycolic acid, hydroquinone and ascorbic acid, will rejuvenate your skin, giving you a more youthful, brighter complexion.
Suffering from discoloration and uneven skin tone from acne scarring or sun damage is a common issue. Our Skin Lightening Gel uses 2% hydroquinone which causes the skin to inhibit the melanin production that leads to pigmentation. Further, our formula includes glycolic exfoliating agents, which dissolve and slough off dead skin cells, encouraging the generation of new, healthy skin. Additionally, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is included in the formula to counteract any skin irritation and provides antioxidants to reduce damaging free radicals, that are responsible for the start of the chain of events that damage skin.
This wonderful cocktail of ingredients is essential for everyone’s daily skin care regimen. It is great for all skin types and ages, for skin repair, maintenance and damage prevention.
TIP: Because some skin types are more sensitive to the sun with hydroquinone, it is recommended to use this product at bedtime before application of your night moisturizer. Also, don’t forget to use your sunscreen daily to maximize your results!
Media Highlights Video for the IDERM Galvanic Facial
December 2, 2011 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
Since 1937, Dermaculture’s iDerm™ treatment has been one of skin care’s best kept secrets. Now is the time to make it known and for you to come in and see the results!
Skin Care – More Than Aging and Acne Treatments for You and Your Daughter
August 28, 2011 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
Bella Fontana Spa provides many maintenance and advanced skin care options through our estheticians and product lines in the spa and at home. When your skin improves, you begin thinking about teaching your daughter and grand-daughter about taking care of their skin from the start to avoid the problems we have encountered, particularly sun damage and maintaining a youthful texture. We are serious about skin care at Bella Fontana Spa and offer young through mature women solutions to maintain beautiful skin and corrective skin care.
Facials for youth ages 11-14 are more focused on cleansing, hydrating and educating teens about their skin. At 15 – 17 the facial is more like the monthly maintenance facial and there is an additional option if extractions are required. If the young woman requires a full facial, it is the same price as our maintenance or advanced facials that begin at $65 and $80. Good maintenance skin care and the results you can achieve from using the right products for your skin type can depend on getting good information from your esthetician and is part of the process at Bella Fontana Spa. We expect our estheticians to examine your skin, provide their analysis and inform you during the treatment what they are doing to benefit your skin. We can allow extra time to discuss your daughter or grand-daughter’s skin as part of the appointment, just ask the Concierge Desk for additional complimentary skin care consultation time. Since young women often don’t listen to their parents, one of our estheticians may serve as a coach for better skin care.
Signature Facial the 45 Minute IDerm Treatment – The Iderm® treatment is the most comprehensive approach to treating the skin. This treatment uses a direct galvanic current which effectively introduces water soluble solutions into the skin by a process called iontophoresis. Skin naturally rejects whatever we put on it, so the only way we can truly affect the lower layers of the skin, is to draw vitamin rich solutions into the dermal tissue by means of electricity. The Iderm® Treatment utilizes two ionization processes: Cataphoresis (positive ion) and Anaphoresis (negative ion). A positive treatment causes an acidic reaction and helps to firm the skin and promote new cell growth. A negative treatment creates an alkaline reaction and is used to soften the skin and stimulate circulation. Negative treatments are commonly used to loosen impacted cystic acne for deep cleansing of the skin. Your trained professional will determine which treatment is best for your skin.
Extended Iderm® Treatment Process - This version is One hour and thirty minutes to allow additional processing and treatment time.
Iderm® Treatment Process Facial and Back – This version is One hour and 45 minutes to allow for complete treatment of the face and upper back.
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Bellissima Signature Facial Custom or Iderm® Treatment - Our Signature Facial is customized for your skin type using a variety of professional skin care products from SkinCeuticals, DermaCulture, Laboratoire Dr. Renaud and Babor. The aesthetician or cosmetologist will cleanse, exfoliate, treat and may perform extractions or facial massage or other treatments as necessary. When appropriate the technican may use the IDERM heat dome and treatment process in this facial. This treatment is included in many of our Spa Packages. Prepaid Series for Facials are available. Click here to review our Prepaid Series Options. Specialty Facials to address specific skin care needs.
Bellissima Restore - Customized facial for superficially dehydrated skin. Cleanse, hydrate, soften and soothe the skin. Normalizes keratinization. Restores the hydro-lipidic film. Protective. Facial Massage and Extractions are included.
Bellissima Rejuvenate – Customized facial for Facial for deeply dehydrated, ageing skin. Cleanse, oxygenate, revitalize, nourish, tone, hydrate and smoothe the skin. Protective. Facial massage and extractions are included.
Bellissima Reinforce - Customized facial for blotchy, couperose, erythrosis type skin. Cleanse, soothe, decongest, normalize microcirculation and reinforce capillary walls. Protective. Facial Massage and extractions are included.
Bellissima Purify – Customized facial for young, thick and oily skin with or without noticeable blemishes. Cleanse, refine, oxygenate, reduce sebaceous secretions, purify and brighten the complexion. Protective. Facial Massage and extractions are included.
Bellissima Deep Cleanse – Customized facial for hyperkeratinized, oily, comedonal, acne-prone skin. Cleanse, normalize keratinization, oxygenate, purify, reduce sebaceous secretions, soothe and protect. Protective. Facial Massage and Extractions are included.
Bellissima Desensitize – Customized facial for dry, sensitive and fragile skin. Cleanse, soothe, desensitize, nourish, soften and restore the hydrolipic film for the skin. Protective. Facial Massage and extractions are included.
Clay Mask Add On – Add a purifying clay mask for additional toning, purification and relaxation.
Spot Microdermabrasion Treatment – Add-On to any Facial our Medical Grade (Crystal) Microdermabrasion service.
Microdermabrasion and Gel Peel for Face, Neck and Decollete – This is a professional exfoliating process that utilizes state-of-the-art equipment to polish the skin’s surface. Medical Grade Microdermabrasion leaves the skin feeling silky and new. Long-lasting results are obtained with microdermabrasion after 5 – 10 treatments over 8-10 months. Multiple treatments will stimulate the production of collagen reducing the appearance of fine lines and acne scars. These treatments minimize large pores, even skin tone, and clears the complexion. Includes a light peel and mask.
Microdermabrasion and Gel Peel for Face
Microdermabrasion and Gel Peel for Face and Neck
Are Pedicures Really Safe? We put our hands in there too!
July 20, 2010 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
There are risks inherent in every activity, and for generally healthy clients, the risks associated with a pedicure are very small indeed. By generally healthy, I am including anyone who’s immune system is functioning normally and your Doctor is the best person to help you assess the status of your health.
At Bella Fontana Spa, we help protect your health by using a special foot soak that is anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. It contains urea, salicylic acid and aloe vera, among other ingredients that cleanse and help soften calluses. According to the manufacturer, some of the retail products, especially the Anti-Fungal Formula 7, contains 1% Clotrimazole. an anti-fungal agent that relieves itching, scaling, cracking, burning, redness and irritation associated with fungus, including ringworm and athlete’s foot and protects the feet from picking it up in the first place. The moisturizing and anti-fungal formulas use a dermal integration technology, DIT, that allows the product to penetrate easier and faster into the skin. The mousse mimics the skins own composition closely and contains CoEnzyme Q10 and urea making it the most effective moisturizer available. Read more about Footlogix.
Recently, SpaBoom put an entry on their blog about Pedicures, and I commented:
Think about the fungal and bacterial load at the gym, department store carpet in the shoe department, and the parasites in the lake or your own front yard. Our first line of defense, as wonderful as many of the smell and feel good products out there, is a specialty anti-bacterial and anti-fungal foot soak. We also use EPA rated anti-bacterial, anti-tuberculoidal and anti-fungal sanitizer in our pipeless pedicure stations. We have an autoclave, disposable tools and more all to keep our clients safe. Unless a client has a compromised immune system, our pedicures are as safe as any other activity. Sure, there are risks like a nick or cut for both the client and the technician. Take care of the customer and reassure them you are using the best products to protect them. Clients, please ask about the sanitation protocols and take good care of your feet everywhere you go!
It is important to me that you feel safe and know that I am doing everything I can to take care of your health and well being. In my judgment, pedicures are safe in an environment that is conscientious about cleaning their equipment and implements, or uses disposables, and uses products that facilitate protecting and caring for your skin. There are risks, but the risks under these conditions are typically a nick or cut that can become infected without care, abrasions or infection or other injury that is no greater than what you might expect at your local gym, on the beach, in your backyard or medical office. Remember, we put our hands on your feet and in those bowls too!
Dermaplaning rejuvenates skin while removing hair.
July 20, 2010 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
A superior form of manual exofoliation, this treatment removes the outermost layers of dead skin cells leaving the skin immediately smooth, supple and vibrant. Derma planing is another non-traumatic, non-invasive method of skin rejuvenation with the benefit of hair removal. Your skin will be renewed and your topical treatments will be more effective as they will penetrate more deeply since the layers of dead skin cells will be removed.
For more information call us at 903.893.6222 or book online.
How does the Technician perform this treatment?
Our certified technician will use a #10 blade, a type of scalpel. The blade is held against the skin at a 45 degree angle and stroked along the skin just like shaving. However, the practitioner is doing the stroking while holding the area of skin taut. At Bella Fontana Spa, your skin will be cleansed and prepared in advance and a treatment cream will follow so your skin will be smooth and moisturized.
Is this Derma Planing Treatment Safe?
This treatment is performed by a professionally trained technician with extensive skin type knowledge. It is very safe and there is no more risk to the skin than when a barber shaves a face the old fashioned way. However, we will prepare the skin in advance and will not be using shaving cream.
Doesn’t Hair grow back thicker and/or darker when shaved?
This is a common myth. What actually happens with terminal hair (that that grows under and on the arms, legs, beards, etc.) is that when cut it has a blunt edge. The blunt edge starts just at the skin level and feels sharp and can be seen through the skin if there is enough contrast between the skin color and hair color. At Bella Fontana Spa, we recommend laser hair reduction or waxing for this type of hair. Vellous hair, or the fine blonde hairs often found on the face will not be physiologically affected by cutting. It will remain soft because the structure of the hair, and its root is undamaged and unaltered. Terminal hair is coarse, and vellous hair is soft and each will retain the original structure after cutting.
Why do dark, or Terminal Hairs, suddenly appear?
Typically the sudden change in the thickness, texture of hair or the appearance of dark and/or coarse hair appearing where it has never been before is the result of hormonal changes, puberty, menopause or chemotherapy, thyroid disease or other hormonal changes. Consult your physician if you are concerned about the changes in your hair.
What about Waxing?
We are waxing or depilatory experts at Bella Fontana Spa. Waxing makes the hair appear thinner for one of two reasons. First, waxing pulls the hair from its roots effectively restarting the dormancy and growth cycle. The new hair will grow in with the small pointed tip making it appear thinner and feel softer. But the structure of the hair remains the same, and if grown long enough or cut will conform to the description above about terminal vs. vellous hair. Secondly, if you interrupt the hair growth cycle enough, there is a chance that the hair regrowth cycle will slow, or the root becomes damaged and the hair will not grow back, or finally, aging, hypothyroidism or some other factor will affect the growth cycle.
Will I bleed?
Probably not, but I must say this is one of the risks of using an open blade on the skin. This can happen with waxing or laser hair removal as well. Or, if you are on blood thinners, or have used certain medications, your propensity to bleed will be increased. We do not recommend waxing, for example, for those actively using Accutane, Retinols or other treatments that thin the skin and increase the occurrence of peeling or bleeding. The incidence of an accidental cut is slim, but about the same as shaving even with safety blades. We have all nicked our knees and ankles, chin or other places with shaving.
What areas can be treated?
Blading the skin is performed on the face only at Bella Fontana Spa. We recommend body waxing for arms, legs, underarms for temporary hair removal, and laser hair reduction for permanent hair removal.
Can I combine a chemical peel?
We recommend combining the derma planing procedure with our gel peel, a light salicylic or glycolic acid peel. This peel requires no preparation and you can expect good results and a peel over a three or four day period.
Please contact us if you have any questions at 903.893.6222 or for more information about Bella Fontana Spa or book online.
Detoxifying treatments cater to guests that want to shape up body and mind
July 2, 2010 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
I find that our guests are becoming increasingly aware of what goes into and onto their bodies. In response, I have begun requiring our product lines to be more earth and body friendly and many are organic, vegan, gluten and paraben free and do not test on animals. Medical grade skin care lines such as SkinCeuticals are primarily botanical while utilizing the best and most effective medical grade components available on the market at a price point suitable for our market.
Detoxifying wraps and body treatments cater to this trend by allowing guests to shed toxins while firming and toning the skin in the areas that need it the most. Special products are applied that increase circulation and are steam infused to accelerate the detoxifying effect through the largest organ in the body. What a facial does for facial skin, and a pedicure does for the skin on the feet and lower legs, a body treatment is the most effective skin care treatment for the entire body. With the additional benefit of the Hydro3 vichy shower and steam infusion, the treatments are intensified and more effective while reducing claustrophobia and increasing the detoxification effect in a more comfortable setting. There is less mess too!
European spa-goers begin body treatments at a young age, and guests in our areas are taking increased advantage of the services and equipment offered here at Bella Fontana Spa. Benefits include stress relief, increased tone and firmness to the skin, temporary inch loss and stimulation of the metabolism. To reach your goals while dieting and exercise try two or three sauna sessions and body treatments each week for inch loss and a better appearance in those critical body areas. Add on a Lift and Tone Facial Massage or 45 Minute Therapeutic Massage and you will truly feel renewed and energized by the results you can see.
Questions about Hair Removal and Hair Reduction?
June 19, 2010 by Ruth Nuckols Cox
We are the experts in hair removal and reduction in North Central Texas and South Central Oklahoma. Our employees have been waxing and using lasers to reduce hair growth and visibility for years. Both waxing and laser hair reduction treatments require a 4 to 6 week interval between treatments. I get a lot of questions about hair removal, so to make it easier for you to decide what to do where, here are some of those more frequently asked questions:
What happens when Waxing?
At Bella Fontana Spa we use warm soft wax with strips or hard wax depending on the area to be treated. The wax will feel warm, but is not typically described as hot, even though the term hot wax may be used. The wax locks onto the hair shaft and the hair is pulled from the skin interrupting the growth pattern and often putting the root of the hair removed into a dormant stage. Hair must begin a new growth cycle.
What happens with the Laser?
The laser is a light that operates at a wavelength designed to be absorbed only by dark pigment or melanin. Therefore, it is the hair that absorbs the laser energy. The laser energy then travels down the hair shaft to the follicle (root) where it heats and destroys the hair follicle. This is why the hair must be there and be actively growing to be treated. The laser energy is not absorbed by the skin.
Does it hurt?
The perception of pain is unique to each individual. Laser hair reduction feels similar to a rubber band snap, sometimes you feel a little heat. Once we have used the laser in the area to be treated, ice can be used to both numb and cool during or immediately after the service. Most people tolerate the sensation easily and we can work at their pace during the scheduled time of the service. Waxing pulls the hair and it may break at the skin, below the skin or optimally by the root. The more hairs pulled by the root the longer it takes to grow back, but it does produce a little more discomfort over a larger area. We can adjust the size of the area to be waxed in order to adjust to your comfort level. Many people prefer it to be completed quickly, rather than more times however.
Is is permanent?
Laser is permanent, but only the hair in the active growth cycle will be killed. Once the laser kills the root of the hair, it will not grow back. You have 500-1000 hair follicles for both terminal and vellus hair per square ince of your body and only a fraction of those hairs are actively growing. The rest are dormant/inactive follicles. Changes in your body due to stress, diet, normal aging processes, hormonal changes in pregnancy or menopause, etc. can cause dormant follicles to become active follicles. Waxing is not permanent, but the hair may go through a dormant phase and new growth cycle prolonging the time before the new hair appears.
Shaving makes hair grow thicker, and waxing makes it thin out, right?
Not exactly! The reason shaved hair appears to be coarser and more dense is because the hairs are being cut at the skin level and are in an active growth phase. As hairs grow, they start out with a slimmer tip and widen toward the base. Hairs grow every day, so the longer the hair remains the thicker it seems and cutting it produces a sharp edge. Waxing and other hair removal processes interrupt the growth cycle, causing the hair to go dormant, and the new hair has a slipper tip as it emerges and thickens as it grows to its preprogrammed full length. Then it is shed and goes dormant again. Over time waxing may damage the root and cause the hair to become more like vellus hair, those thin and lighter colored hairs that cover our body. Alternatively vellus hair can become terminal or the thicker hairs on our heads, beards and other parts of the body.
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