Skin Analysis
and Consultations

Spots: A number of different skin lesions are identified as spots. These typically include brown or red skin lesions such as freckles, acne and acne scars, hyper-pigmentation and vascular lesions. The machine is able to differentiate spots and highlight them in reports by the identification of certain colours and their contrast from the background skin tone. Spots can vary in size and shape but are generally circular.

Pores: Pores are the tiny circular surface openings in the skin. Pores appear darker than the surrounding skin due to the shadows that are created when light falls naturally on the face. This feature of pores in addition to their circular shape, allows the machine to identify pores.

Wrinkles: Wrinkles are furrows, folds or creases in the skin, which increase in occurrence as a result of sun exposure. They are associated with decreasing skin elasticity and aging. Depending on your facial expression, the identification of wrinkles on the machine varies and is a useful tool to show where you are experiencing the most wrinkles. The appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is closely associated with aging. Many patients have analysis before commencing facial rejuvenation treatments.

Texture: the texture of skin is analysed by looking closely at the changes in colours and shadows in the surrounding skin. It is an analysis of the smoothness of the skin. Peaks and valleys in the skin can be isolated and the machine will highlight these in yellow (peaks) and blue (valleys) to allow you to see the extent of different textures in the skin.

Porphyrins: Propionibacterium acnes is the name of the bacteria associated with acne. The bacteria is known to produce a substance called porphyrin. Porphyrins are bacterial excretions that can become lodged in pores and lead to acne. Porphyrins can be identified with UV light and can be helpful in deciding on the best treatments for acne.

UV Spots: In normal light UV spots are not usually visible to the naked eye. The presence of UV spots are a good indicator of skin damage. These spots occur when melanin (a pigment in the skin) collects beneath the skin surface due to sun damage. The machine is able to detect these spots and you will be able to see areas of sun damage.

Red Areas: There are many causes of redness on the face. This includes conditions such as acne, rosacea and spider neavi. Red areas are caused by blood vessels and haemoglobin (a component of blood) that circulates in the papillary dermis (a deeper layer of the skin). The machine is able to detect these areas using RBX Technology.

Brown spots: Brown spots are areas of hyperpigmentation (skin that has become darker than the normal surrounding skin). Brown spots include freckles, moles, and melasma. Brown Spots occur from an excess of melanin. Melanin is produced by melanocytes, skin cells in the bottom layer of the skin.

Our skin analysis machine can also report skin age. Using the criteria above the analysis compares your skin results to that of others of the same age and ethnicity to provide additional information about your skin age and complexion results. We can provide you with a copy of this report.