Looking for Aesthera pain free laser hair removal in Katy? Kelliwood Family Practice is one of the only Aesthera providers in the Houston area.
Laser hair removal works by sending a beam of laser light to a group of hair follicles with enough power to disable or destroy the root, but not enough power to harm the surrounding skin. This process is called selective photothermolysis, because it targets only the hair and not the skin. The surrounding skin is usually cooled with a gel, a spray, or a cooling tip.
The laser beam finds the hair follicles by targeting the substance that gives skin and hair dark color - melanin. Therefore, the ideal candidate for laser hair removal has dark hair and light skin. The laser will not work on people with red, white, gray or true blond hair. The hot laser light will also be attracted to the melanin in the skin, so people with suntans, or dark skin types are at more of a risk for discoloration of pigment and other side effects.
Laser only destroys hair in its active growth phase, the anagen phase. This phase lasts several years, and up to 85% of our hair is in that phase at any given time. The good thing is that during this phase, the hair has an abundance of melanin and the hair follicle is easily targeted.
There are four different kinds of laser light that are commonly used for hair removal:
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Laser Hair Removal in Houston Texas
Steven C. Spencer, MD
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About Face & Body offers a variety of treatments to achieve your goal of beautiful, radiant skin. Our skin care treatments cover a variety of common skin care problems including acne, rosacea, aging, spider veins, hyperpigmentation problems, varicose veins, scarring, and stretch marks.
About Face & Body also offers skin care treatments to prevent aging such as medical-grade facial peels, medical-grade cosmeceuticals and cosmetics, youth restoring injections and laser anti-aging and wrinkle reduction.
The purpose of About Face & Body is to bring the latest skin care technology to the Katy/West Houston area. We are committed to offering our clients quality, effective skin care technology.
Steven C. Spencer, MD is a Family Practice physician who brings his years of experience to provide extremely safe and effective aesthetic procedures. Dr. Spencer was born in Boulder, Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado in 1983 with a degree in biology. Dr. Spencer graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston in 1987 and completed his family practice residency at University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwest Memorial in 1990.
From 1990 until 1999, Dr. Spencer practiced at Memorial City in Houston, Texas, serving many years as a family physician in the West Houston area. In 1999, Dr. Spencer established Kelliwood Family Practice in Katy, TX along with his wife, Michelle-Osborne-Spencer, PA.
In 2005, Dr. Spencer added esthetic medicine to his practice with the creation of About Face & Body. Dr. Spencer has advanced training in Sclerotherapy (spider vein treatment) by Empire Medical Training, Inc. Along with Dr. Spencer, Michelle Osborne-Spencer, PA and Amanda Smith, PA-C have extensive training in IPL and Laser treatments, BOTOX, Juvederm, and Blu Light, as well as Smartxide Dot Fractional Resurfacing.
About Face & Body is proud to be the first practice in the Katy/Houston area to offer Smartxide DOT Fractional Resurfacing.
We believe our background in Family Medicine gives us the ability to care for your specific needs both inside and out. Michelle & Amanda received extensive training in advanced cosmeceuticals by Obagi and SkinMedica. About Face & Body staff members have received training and certification by Colorescience for their medical-grade mineral cosmetics line.
Michelle Osborne-Spencer and Amanda Smith are available for free consultations for all treatments and procedures.
Starting today…..Feel confident, look radiant!
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Steven C. Spencer, MD also performs:
Acne Treatment Katy
Anti Aging Medicine Katy
BOTOX Katy
Chemical Peel Katy
DOT Therapy Katy
Facial Fillers Katy
FotoFacial Katy
Fractional Resurfacing Katy
Hand Rejuvenation Katy
IPL Katy
Juvederm Katy
Laser Hair Removal Katy
Laser Skin Resurfacing Katy
Latisse Katy
Levulan Katy
Lip Augmentation Katy
Massage Therapy Katy
Medical Spa Katy
Microdermabrasion Katy
Photo Rejuvenation Katy
Restylane Katy
Rosacea Treatment Katy
Sclerotherapy Katy
Spider Veins Katy
Varicose Veins Katy
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