This machine reveals it all.
One a few minutes in pHformula’s Skin Scanner will provide all the information needed to successfully analyse the skin. From sun damage, dehydration, photo-ageing and sensitivity. Every concern you have ever had, currently have and will potentially have – even those the naked eye can’t see will become easy to see. Has this pioneering skincare brand revolutionised how to treat skincare concerns?
What’s the Process?
Firstly, place the chin on the support and close your eyes. A cover is pulled over the back of your head to reduce the natural lighting and three flashes of light go off. Mere seconds later, we can see your dermis scans in multiple variations.
Few of us want to get up close and personal with every pore, bump and wrinkle, but for the information this provides and how it impacts the treatment plan – it’s worth it. This tabletop machine is a skin analysis tool that identifies and quantifies various skin conditions through exposing your skin to different spectrums of light.
pHformula’s skin scanner is part of a bigger movement of technology making it’s way into the skincare industry. We’re seeing more devices than ever before, each with a claim they can fix or cover whatever you don’t like about your skin. Skincare experts are past the point of asking if technology belongs in the skincare industry – they are at the point of asking “what next.”Let’s embrace the technological advances in the industry and explore how it can expand our knowledge and help us treat our skin more effectively.
Here’s what you can expect to learn from just one scan:
RGB pores, RGB spots, RGB wrinkles, PL texture, UV Porphyrin, UV damage, UV pigmentation, UV moisture, Sensitive area and Brown Area.
Looking at all of these factors, you can then recommend treatments and products that can improve the look of your client’s skin and protect against progression of any concerns uncovered.
How Does It Work?
The pHformula scanner takes three photos of your face — one with daylight lighting conditions, one with cross polarisation (which reduces glare) and one with UV light — to evaluate and quantify various conditions both on the surface of your skin and hidden in your dermis’ layers.
These patient skin scans are stored and available only on each devices memory. From these scans, it is also possible to estimate your “TruSkin age,” which tells you if the amount of wrinkles, UV damage and discolouration is typical for your age. It does so by comparing your skin conditions to a large database of other patients!
The other new feature is the age simulation. Based on the condition of your skin when you get the scan, and assuming you don’t make any changes to your current skincare regime, it shows you what you’ll look like by the time you’re 80 (and all of the years in between).
What Can pHformula Teach You?
Most patients go into the scan hoping to figure out what to do about scars, uneven skin texture and visible pores, but most commonly, it reveals the sobering truth of UV damage.
Just by looking at your face, you might not see much – especially anything you would consider to be signs of sun exposure, such as freckles or dark spots. But with the UV photo, it can help you assess any widespread damage and formulate a treatment plan.
You may see hundreds of black spots and blotches in the UV photo – these are UV spots, or areas beneath the skin’s surface where melanin coagulates after being exposed to UV rays. Your body produces melanin when exposed to the sun in an effort to protect it. It’s also responsible for giving you a tan, but it’s not always visible to the naked eye.
UV rays do more than stimulate melanin production – they also damage collagen in your skin, which ultimately causes premature ageing. While we can’t actually see the collagen damage, those black spots in the UV photo are proof that you’ve accrued enough UV rays to cause it.
Next Steps:
At the end of the scan and analysis, it is possible to offer advice on what you recommend the client should be doing to protect against any further damage and reverse some of the damage that’s already been done.
Above all else, it is always recommend to wear sunscreen every day, without exception. No matter where you go and who you talk to, skincare specialists all over the world will give you the same advice because it’s the best line of defence against UV rays.
In order to help reverse some of the existing UV damage, plus help improve skin texture, it is recommended to use products with antioxidants, specifically vitamin A and vitamin C. Various formulations of vitamin A improve cell turnover and are available in many skin products, from over-the-counter retinol creams and serums, to prescription-strength retinoid ointments and oral medication. Vitamin C has become a popular skincare ingredient in the last several years because studies suggest that it can also reverse sun damage.
pHformula have formulated revolutionary VITA A and C products which can increase cell turnover, help reduce signs of sun damage and increase overall health.
Any skincare specialist can look at your skin and tell you what kind of issues you’re dealing with — whether that’s acne, scarring, rosacea or wrinkles. But pHformula’s Skin Scanner allows us to uncover what the naked eye can’t see.
pHformula Products:
The products listed below are revolutionising how practitioners are helping clients visibly reduce signs of sun damage and hyperpigmentation. They’re rich in anti-oxidants which help combat free-radicals in our environment which cause damage to our skin and they also help retain moisture which gives that radiant glow.
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