Looking to enhance your appearance without cosmetic surgery? Hamilton’s Dr. Peter Vignjevic can help. With years of experience performing dermatology services, Dr. V can treat a variety of skin conditions, including sun-damaged skin.

Over many years, sun exposure leads to skin damage such as fine lines and wrinkles, liver spots and broken blood vessels, as well as thinning of the skin and a leathery texture. There are several ways to help the skin rejuvenate itself.

General Measures to Prevent Sun Damage

  1. Wear a hat with a broad brim and protective clothing (e.g. long sleeves)
  2. Avoid the outdoors when the sun is strongest between 10 am and 3 pm.
  3. Use a sunscreen year round with an SPF of at least 30
  4. Wear a sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB.
  5. Reapply sunscreen every hour if you are in water or sweating heavily.
  6. Wear sunscreen even if you are in the shade, it is still possible to burn.
  7. Avoid tanning beds. They cause skin cancer and wrinkling.
  8. Protect your lips with a good quality lip balm such as Antherpos 50.

Sun Damage Treatments

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  1. Electrocautery (an electric needle) or lasers may be used to treat broken blood vessels.
  2. These creams produce a very gradual improvement that improves over months and years of use.
  3. Liver spots can be removed with liquid nitrogen( a cold freezing spray).
  4. A series of physician strength glycolic acid peels or microdermabrasion treatments performed in the office, can also help improve the skin?s texture, tone, colour and smoothness.
  5. Botox can be used to eliminate or improve crow's feet, forehead wrinkles or frown lines.
  6. A new treatment called IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) - Fotofacials is now available. IPL treats and removes broken facial blood vessels (telangiectasia), background red skin tones, decreases brown freckling, shrinks pores, improves sun damage and increases collagen in the skin. All of these lead to smoother, younger looking skin and reduced redness at the same time.
  7. Levulan IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) - Fotofacials for treatment of severe sun damage, intense skin rejuvenation and precancerous sun spots (Actinic Keratoses)
  8. Levulan Blue Light - Blu U Photodynamic Therapy for the treatment of acne, severe sun damage and precancerous sun spots (Actinic Keratoses)

What Other Cosmetic Procedures does Dr. Vignjevic perform?

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Our aestheticians provide free consultations regarding:

  • Botox
  • Microdermbrasion
  • Blue Light, Levulan therapy
  • Laser Hair Removal
  • Photofacials, IPL (Intense Pulsed Light)
  • Lactic Peels
  • Vitalize Peels
  • Skin Care Including:
    • Moisturizers
    • Sunscreen
    • Make-Up
    • Cleansers and more.

What if you are interested to learn more?

For your convenience, the services above are available in my office.


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