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Replied on 12/12/2009

By: About Face Aesthetic Centers, LLC  |  Dr. Leslie Pickens
Alexandria, VA

Skin rejuvenation is a general term that could mean many things. It refers to reducing signs of sun damage and aging. This can be done through products or light-based treatments. Light-based treatments give longer lasting results and are more expensive. You can achieve improvements in the skin texture and pore size, correction of discolorations, broken capillaries and rosacea, tightening of sagging areas and wrinkle reduction through consecutive light-based treatments with little to no down-time in the time
it takes for a lunch break.

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