Restore Skin's Youthful Look with Painless PPx Therapy
Safer, Faster, Pain-Free Therapy for the Treatment of Spider Veins, Age Spots and Unwanted Hair Now Available Locally

Sterling Heights, MI - May 3, 2006 - For anyone who has suffered through painful waxing session to remove unwanted hair, relief is available. Men and women across the country no longer need to suffer through another painful laser hair removal treatment either.

Hair removal has become incredibly popular - an industry studies suggest will grow from 14 million to 45.4 million between 2004 and 2009. Studies also indicate a need to remove unwanted hair quickly, without pain… and that is just what we offer at Accents Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Spa.

According to a study, called PPx Hair Reduction with Long Term Follow Up, presented this summer at the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery:

• The average hair reduction following 5-6 PPx treatments at 9 months was 88%
• 92.6% of patients demonstrated significant permanent hair reduction
• 37% had previously experienced other laser treatments for hair removal
• 100% of these patients were extremely satisfied with the treatment!

PPx treatments use photopneumatic technology. Photo meaning light and pneumatic meaning vacuum. During treatment, a handpiece is placed on the area being treated. A vacuum gently draws the skin toward the treatment tip, bringing the targets (such as hair follicles, broken facial veins, or dark spot) closer to the skin’s surface. A pulse of light is then released, which sends highly efficient photons to the target. Because the target is closer to the light source, less energy is used… thus, providing a safer, quicker and more comfortable procedure.

Dr. Berkowitz further explains, “PPx reduces the possibility of adverse effects, such as redness, burning or scarring while it offers a more hygienic treatment because of the single-use disposable tip used only on a single patient."

Treatment Highlights:

• A handpiece touches the skin and a gentle suction is felt as the treatment area’s skin is stretched
• This suction brings the target (such as the unwanted hairs) closer to the skin’s surface
• A flash of light is then seen - and a mild warmth may be felt
• The light’s energy reaches the target - destroying it 4-5 times faster than other treatments but at lower energies - to ensure greater treatment comfort.

About Aesthera Corporation
Aesthera (www.Aesthera.com) develops, manufactures and markets light-based aesthetic treatment systems based on proprietary Photopneumatic Technology. PPx more effectively delivers energy to dermal targets than currently available methods for painless hair removal, and the treatment of vascular and pigmented lesions. Clinically proven to be pain-free and up to seven times faster, Aesthera’s revolutionary aesthetic system combines the proven properties of therapeutic light with gentle pneumatic energy that creates an unprecedented efficiency of photons delivered to the target. Now Aesthera allows physicians to provide powerfully painless aesthetic treatments in a system with very low cost-to-own and near-immediate profitability - finally freeing the practice from dependence upon high patient volume to achieve a favorable return on investment.

About Accents Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Spa
Accents Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Spa provides advanced skin care rejuvenation treatments under the direction of Dr. Mark Berkowitz. Additionally, non-surgical skin tightening and cellulite reduction treatments are available - as are cosmetic injections, permanent make-up, and painless hair reduction. All treatments are performed by licensed medical aestheticians.

Dr. Mark Berkowitz is a fellowship trained cosmetic surgeon. For more than 10 years, he has offered surgical options for renewing facial contours to men and women of all ages. Dr. Berkowitz is best known for his advanced technique used to sculpt excess tissue from sagging upper eye lids and puffy lower lids. By using a laser, he is able to precisely contour the eyelids to reveal more youthful, alert and attractive eyes. Dr. Berkowitz is available for interview and welcomes still and video photography.

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