Aesthetic medicine a safe, painless alternative to surgery

For years those looking to regain their youthful appearance, and boost their self-confidence in the process, have turned to surgical procedures such as face lifts or plastic surgery.

Thankfully, advancements in aesthetic medicine mean patients can now get similar results without having to undergo invasive surgeries.

Tsawwassens Dr. Martin Ray of the View Laser Skin Rejuvenation Clinic specializes in non-surgical procedures that offer many advantages to surgery.

After a face lift, a patient can spend days or weeks recovering at home with bandages on their face. Thankfully, the modern techniques Ray employs mean a patient can be in and out in under an hour, pain-free.

Theres significant things we can do now to improve appearance, without surgery, he says.

Ray has been operating a family practice in Tsawwassen since 1986, and in 2006 founded the View Laser Skin Rejuvenation Clinic with his wife, Dr. Judith Fletcher.

The clinic offers dermal fillers, laser therapy, microdermabrasion, intense pulse light photofacials, Botox, and much more. The treatments can rejuvenate the skin, reduce acne scarring and the appearance of blood vessels, smooth out wrinkles, and get rid of age spots.

Over time we can develop lines on our face that make us look angry when were not, says Ray. We can treat that, and the results are fabulous.

For many patients, those results help their self esteem and improve their quality of life. Many of Rays clients are recent divorces and widows, who are looking to get out and be social again.

Thats a big step for them, so they want to feel more confident, and look healthier, he says. Its very exciting for me as a physician to be able to do that for someone.

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Aesthetic medicine a safe, painless alternative to surgery