Dr. Darm, Make Sun Damage and Rosacea Disappear

Make Sun Damage Disappear with Dr. Darm
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Story Published: December 1, 2011

With the latest non-invasive treatment there's no really reason not to have perfectly looking skin and here to tell us more from Aesthetic Medicine in Portland, OR, Dr. Jerry Darm along with one of his patients Libby Mahedy Burkle.

What causes sun damage?
"Well, sun damage is obviously the exposure to the sun and excess exposure without protection. Tanning is bad but sun burns are worst and tanning beds can actually cause cancers in young people."

So you have sunburns earlier in you life, when do you see the negative results of sun burns?
"You might see the results 40 or 50 years later. So once the skin has been damaged to some degrees it is damaged forever and you may have to treat it forever."

Is rosacea hereditary?
"Rosacea is a hereditary disorder but it can actually be made worse by sun exposure and over exposure."

Libby, you were treated by Dr. Darm by both sun damaged skin and rosacea. What treatments did you received?
"Initially, I went to Jerry (Dr. Darm) to have the sun damage and rosacea taken care of and the most prominent change was with the sun damage, which is predominantly in both side of my face along with something a kin to pregnancy mask discoloration and it was amazing that the treatments were done in 10 days almost to the day that Jerry (Dr. Darm) said it would happen. Dr. Darm said it will all flaked off from after having the laser treatments done and beautiful skin."

How's the laser treatments work?
"It is an intense pulsed light device (IPL) with the radio frequency (RF) added and so it helps with the rosacea, it helps with the flushing, it helps with the redness, with the spider veins and for the sun damage the little "brownish spots" or "liver spots" are what targeted basically."

Is it painful of you to have these treatments?
"No, not at all. Its just feel like a little zap, the description given before the treatment is that it feels like a rubber band snapping and that's pretty much on target. A gel is placed on and there's a cooling air that keeps the skin at the good temperature. You don't really feel much at all."

What is that laser doing to the skin, is it taking away that skin cell or reversing something?
"The technical term is selective photothermolysis. The light heats up the target so the red vein or the brown spot while sparring the white skin. And we actually have treatments now for darker skin as well."

Will that treatment lasts forever or do you do maintenance?
"You got to do a redo every so often because remember once the skin is damaged it is damaged forever so you've got to come back. You might be three treatments initially and maybe once or twice a year."

What difference you have after you had it done?
"Oh the comments were, people will drop their jaws like when I went to work that week is like "what happen" and ever since I just love having what I called peaches and cream skin. I don't have ever to wear make-up again and that was my goal. I don't wear any make up at all, my skin is just wonderful."

If you would more information visit Dr. Darm or call us at (503) 697 9777 for a free consultation.

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