Monday, March 22, 2010

Did you know....

Did you know that Vitamin C in general is thought an antioxidant that can help refresh skin and reduce the look of aging by promoting new skin growth and destroying free radicals? It's also the main ingredient in the Iderm Treatment process and is Ionized directly through the dermal layer of the skin via a low level of Galvanic electrical current.To learn more - visit www.dermaspace.com.

What is Iontophoresis?

It's the process of introducing water-soluble products into the skin with an electric current. This process allows me to penetrate ions of an applied solution of Vitamin C & Zinc into the deeper layers of the skin with galvanic current.
Ions are atoms or molecules that carry an electrical charge. Current flows through conductive solutions from the positive and negative polarities. This is known as ionization, the separating of a substance into ions. To learn more about how I use this scientific method to give you awesome & flawless skin, visit my website at www.dermaspace.com.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

About Jody Leon, "Skin Wizard" & Dermaspace

Galvanize your skin!

Welcome to the press kit for Dermaspace.

Owner, Jody Leon, created Dermaspace to bring Hollywood’s best-kept skincare secret to the Northwest. Also known as the “skin gym,” the Iderm® Facial Treatment uses galvanic current, a natural, low-level form of electricity, to infuse skin with restorative vitamins and minerals. The result? Radiant, clear, younger-looking skin that’s plump with moisture and smooth to the touch. Are you ready for your close-up?

Finally Available in Seattle

Dermaculture, the parent company who created the Iderm process, only licenses its trade name and proprietary skincare technology throughout the United States to select skincare establishments. Dermaspace is currently the only skincare studio in the Pacific Northwest certified in the Iderm Deep Ionization Technique.

Fun Fact: On the entire West Coast, only 12 salons provide the Iderm treatment.

Enter Jody Leon, Skin Wizard

In 1995 Jody was trained and certified on the Iderm Treatment in West Hollywood at The Face Place (now known as Sally Hershberger’s Face Place), one of Hollywood's best skincare centers. Face Place clients included Cindy Crawford, Bette Midler, and Sophia Coppola, to name a few.

After a few years at The Face Place, Jody moved on to build a successful private practice in Los Angeles. In 2002 he decided it was time to trade L.A.’s sunny smog for Seattle’s rainy fog and moved to the Pacific Northwest, where he continued to build an exclusive, private skincare clientele. And in 2009, he made the Iderm Treatment available to the general public.

Fun Fact: The Iderm® Treatment isn’t just for women. Celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, and funny man, Mike Myers, have all enjoyed the benefits of this amazing skincare process.

Don’t Expect Cucumbers: Or, Why’s it Different

The Iderm Treatment is serious skincare for the serious client who’s looking to take their regimen to the next level. The average “spa facial” focuses on pampering the client through the addition of masks and creams.

Conversely, the Iderm Treatment is all about subtraction; removing impurities, extracting blemish-causing bacteria, and infusing the skin with healthy, water-soluble solutions of vitamins and minerals.

What Results Can You Expect?

The Iderm Treatment is skin detox at its best: You will notice immediately after the first treatment how utterly clean your skin feels. The absence of dirt, oil, and dead skin cells allows light to reflect, giving your skin a younger appearance. Increased circulation provides a radiant glow without makeup. Your skin also holds more moisture, so it feels softer and plumper. For rosacea sufferers, the galvanic current constricts blood vessels and soothes inflammation, thereby reducing redness. For those with acne, it helps unclog pores so that sebum (excess oil) can easily be removed.

Further treatments diminish fine lines, even skin tone, and provide a clearer complexion. Jody recommends beginning your anti-aging program with a treatment once a week for the first four weeks, followed by bimonthly or monthly treatments.

“Just like the gym,” Jody says, “the more you go the better the results — that’s why this treatment is often referred to as ‘The Skin Gym.’ ”

Are you ready for your workout?

Galvani-wha?: Or, Here’s How It Works

The Iderm Facial Treatment is a 4-step process.

  • Preparation: As you lie on a comfy massage table in Jody’s peaceful, ocean-blue studio, he gently cleanses and exfoliates your skin. As he works, he evaluates your skin type, explains the Iderm Process, and answers your questions and concerns.
  • Moisture Pack: Jody places cotton fabric on the skin, which has been soaked in a yucca root solution. Yucca contains saponins, often called “nature’s detergents” due to their combination of water-soluble and fat-soluble components. An infrared heat dome is then placed over the face to prepare the skin for detoxification. While you bask in the relaxing warmth, he massages your arms and hands.
  • Deep Cleaning: Now comes the fun part: Jody begins with a small vacuum, which oxygenates the skin and removes surface debris. He then performs a thorough, manual extraction of the facial tissue, dislodging impurities, attacking blemishes, and unclogging your pores.
  • Ionization: Finally, he wraps your face and neck with cotton that’s been soaked with an anti-aging solution containing, among other nourishment, Vitamin C and zinc. Vitamin C helps regenerate tissue, stimulate collagen production, and acts as an antioxidant. Zinc is an anti-inflammatory, which calms the facial tissues.

He then applies a galvanic current to ionize the solution. The current helps firm skin, tighten pores, decrease inflammation, increase collagen production, and promote new cell growth, in addition to reducing bacterial growth.

Fun Fact: Your skin actually wants to reject what you put on it, so the only way to truly affect the lower layers of the skin is to draw vitamin-rich solutions into the dermal tissue by means of electricity.

Extractions and Electrical Current?!: Or, Does the Treatment Hurt?

Generally, no. As with a workout regimen, clients new to the manual extraction process may experience minimal discomfort for a brief period.

As for the ionization process, most people find the galvanic current actually kind of tickles. It’s a low-intensity, adjustable current that is so safe you could use it every day. And because the body itself is electric, some clients find it so relaxing, they fall asleep during this step, while others find it perks them up.

Fun Fact: Galvanic current is also used in the medical arena; the Iderm Treatment is recommended for pre- and post- laser and surgical procedures to boost the healing process.


The Iderm Facial Treatment $85 - ($50 for 1st time clients)

The Iderm Back Treatment $95

For More Info and Convenient Online Booking - visit www.dermaspace.com

Dermaspace Product Profile: "Retinol Resurfacing Complex"

Anti-aging resurfacer For Crow’s Feet, Laugh Lines & Uneven Skin Tone

SKIN CONDITIONS

Rough, dry, flaky skin

Surface lines

Rough, dry, aging lips

Deeper wrinkles

Age spots, sun spots and discoloration from inflammation

Whistle lines & crow’s feet

DESCRIPTION Retinol – the purest form of anti-aging Vitamin A – is blended with two scientifically-proven age-fighting complexes in an instant retexturizing, line-diffusing base to gently smooth surface wrinkles, even skin tone and restore skin’s youthful texture within days.

  • Pure, bioactive Vitamin A is time-released inside skin’s surface – where rough skin and wrinkles develop.

  • MatrixylTM Peptides an amino acid chain based on a skin-repair peptide discovered at the National Institutes of Health – reduces as much as 68% of visible wrinkling within 2 to 6 months.

  • A revolutionary non-acid Sugar Complex gently reveals younger, fresher skin cells in days – for clients who can’t tolerate AHAs.

  • Time-released Vitamin A delivery and soothing plant extracts of Licorice, Mugwort and Algae Amino Acids counteract the stinging and redness commonly experienced with Vitamin A treatments.

Most clients will find this lightweight lotion is gentle enough to be used around the eyes

to smooth the aging effects of “crow’s feet”, and around the mouth to smooth laugh and

“whistle” lines and make lips softer, smoother and slightly plumper.

Unlike lasers, peels and injections, the results from Retinol ReSurfacing Complex continue to build overtime, helping skin regain visible smoothness and clarity with continued use.

Dermatologist-tested on sensitive skin. Ophthalmologist-approved for use around the eyes.

Does not contain fragrance, colorants or AHAs.

FRAGRANCE None

pH 5.5

ACTIONS

  • Rough, dry, flaky skin becomes noticeably smoother overnight*
  • Surface lines visibly soften within one week*
  • Whistle lines, crow’s feet and deeper wrinkles become less noticeable within one month*
  • Age spots, sun spots and discolorations from inflammation seem to fade within days to weeks*
  • Lips feel softer, smoother and slightly plumper within minutes to days

(*Results based on a six week study of consumers, age 30 to 68, showing visible aging

due do a variety of causes, including sun damage, stress, diet and chronological age.)

ACTION Retinol: pure bioactive vitamin A works inside skin’s surface, where dryness and wrinkles develop

INGREDIENTS

  • Matrixyl Peptides (Palmitoyl pentapeptide-3): bioactive peptides reduce appearance of wrinkles as much as 68% within 2-6 months
  • Glucosamine HCL: non-acid sugar complex gently exfoliates to deliver the same results as AHAs
  • Dipotassium glycyrrhizate: soothing agent from licorice
  • Mugwort & algae amino acids: soothe stinging, redness or other inflammation often seen with Vitamin A
  • Retinyl palmitate: storage form of vitamin A; visibly improves surface signs of surface aging
  • Beta carotene: pro-vitamin A; most active antioxidant form; protects DNA from free radical damage
  • Cholecalciferol: vitamin D; boosts anti-aging effects of vitamin A

SOLUBILITY Oil, water and silicone emulsion.

DIRECTIONS Home Care: Apply small amount to clean skin before bedtime. May be applied to outer eye area and

on lips.

Warning: If irritation develops, discontinue use.

CONTRAINDICATIONS: Do not recommend to pregnant women or women who plan on becoming pregnant while using this skin treatment.

COMPLETE INGREDIENT DISCLOSURE: Purified water (base), cyclopentasiloxane (evaporative silicone), dimethicone/vinyldimethicone crosspolymer (light diffusing), retinol (pure vitamin A), lecithin (liposome), glucosamine HCL (non-acid exfoliant), algae (laminaria digitata) extract (soothing), urea (hydrating), polysorbate 20 (mild emulsifier), palmitoyl-pentapeptide 3 (firming, line-smoothing), PPG-12/SMDI copolymer (delivery vehicle), octyldodecanol (softening), mica (lightdiffusing), mugwort (artemisia vulgaris) extract (soothing), retinyl palmitate (stabilized vitamin A), cholecalciferol (vitamin D), dipotassium glycyrrhizate (soothing), beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A), acrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer (emulsion stabilizer), glycerin (hydrating), butylene glycol (hydrating), corn oil (lipid-rich lubricant), carbomer (emulsion stabilizer), triethanolamine (pH adjustor), laureth-4 (mild emulsifier), tocopherol (freshness preservative), ascorbyl palmitate (freshness preservative), ascorbic acid (freshness preservative), isohexadecane (emollient), polysorbate 80 (mild emulsifier), yeast extract (firming, line-smoothing), soybean oil (lipid-rich lubricant), carrot extract (vitamin-A rich plant oil), PEG-8 (mild emulsifier), chlorphenesin (antimicrobial preservative), potassium sorbate (antimicrobial preservative), citric acid (freshness preservative).

Available at Dermaspace $63 (206)227-1971