Find The Right Procedure

Sometimes it is difficult to work out what the best treatment options are for a particular cosmetic problem. How do you decide what is best for you? This page may be able to help you out.

There are a couple of things which you should think about when considering just what you may benefit from.

When you look at your face, body or skin, try and think what concerns you most and write it down.
Decide just how much time you can spend away from work and normal activities. This could range from no time to a week or more.
If you have more than one problem develop a priority list. Remember, not everything has to be done at the one time.
Here are some of the many problems that the Alia clinic can help you with. If you wish, consult online and get an accurate cost or make a time for an appointment by calling or emailing the clinic.

Problems and solutions

• When I frown there is is a deep furrow between my eyes?
• In summer my legs ache and my veins appear worse
• My face seems heavier than years ago
• My eyebrows look heavy
• My facial skin appears blotchy
• I have lots of veins over my face and nose
• The lines from the nose to my mouth are heavier
• My top lip is thinning
• I seem to have lost volume over my cheeks
• My hands look old
• My crow's feet don't give me character
• In summer my clothes are stained by sweaty patches
  

When I frown there is a deep furrow between my eyes?

Wrinkling, especially around the eyes, can benefit from specific injections into the muscles, to reduce their function. These injections last for 3-4 months and take about 5-10 minutes to perform. Cost ranges from $350-$720 depending on the number of areas treated. More information

In summer my legs ache and my veins appear worse.

Small varicose veins often cause heaviness dragging and aching and injections can relieve symptoms as well as make legs appear better. The cost depends on the number of treatments. More information

My face seems heavier than years ago.

As people age the effect of gravity and increasing looseness of tissue combine to make the face appear heavier. Many of the treatments available at the ALIA clinic can help reduce this ageing process. Much can be done without extensive surgery or the need for much or any time off work and normal activities. These include wrinkle injections, suture lifts, APTOS threads and the three day facelift.

My eyebrows look heavy

Eyebrows can be lifted with either a thread lift or APTOS threads.

The skin of my face appears blotchy.

Australians spend lots of time in the sun and many have skin which is not at all suited to this exposure. Tell tale signs of skin ageing include blotchiness, redness and broken capillaries. Skin looseness is also a problem for many. Intense pulsed light treatment can help with the former two problems and suture lifts and laser re-surfacing can be of benefit for the skin looseness. For mild problems, a series of diamond peels will make the skin more uniform and also thicker.

I have lots of veins over my face and nose.

These are very common and increase with age. Broad Band Light (BBL) can improve these between 50 and 80% in a single treatment, depending on the extent of the problem. Cost $350-$500 per session.

The lines from the nose to my mouth are heavier.

Naso-labial folds, as they are called, often increase as people age, and in some people they can be quite prominent, a major feature of the face. A range of treatments can soften these including use of dermal fillers, suture lifts and a special technique known as a wire scalpel. Sometimes a fat transfer can also benefit. Consult online to discuss your particular problem.

My top lip is thinning.

Loss of volume to the top lip is the most common lip problem in women and men. This is often accompanied by a decrease in the firmness of the margin between the lip and the skin, loss of the the valley at the centre of the lip and a downturn of the corner of the mouth. All of these problems can be reduced by using a variety of filling agents, some temporary, some permanent or semi permanent depending on need.

I seem to have lost volume over my cheeks.

Flattening of the midface can be improved by some dermal fillers, APTOS threads and fat transfer, all procedures can be done with local anaesthetic and minimal downtime.

My hands look old.

Ageing hands are due to three things, discolouration of the skin, prominent veins over the hands and loss of fat volume between the tendons. raod Band Light (BBL) can treat some of the discolouration and the veins over the back of the hands can be injected and so made to disappear. A fat transfer is a simple way to fill in the gaps between the tendons, and is a very successful local anaestheic procedure.

My crows feet don’t give me character.

Crows feet may often be reduced by 60% with wrinkle injections. At Alia Clinic these injections are given under the skin and not the muscle to minimise the chances of bruising.

In summer my clothes are stained by sweaty patches.

The same medication used for wrinkle injections can be used to reduce sweating by 90% or more. These have been used with great success for a decade or more and the effect lasts for 6-9 months, ideal for spring to give relief during the hot Sydney summer. The cost is usually $1100 to $1500. More information

These are only a small number of problems with which the ALIA clinic can help you. If you have any queries, please consult online to have an individual reply to your concerns.