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‘Tis the season to treat yourself! Did you know the ultimate beauty stocking stuffer is luminous, age-defying skin? At AVIE!, you’ll find the most effective, results-driven skin care products available to help boost the results of your professional treatments while also replenishing your complexion for the long-term. From correcting signs of aging and restoring hydration to achieving optimal skin health and radiance, gift yourself the look and feel of vibrant, younger-looking skin!

Take a look at a few of our favorite medical-grade products from SkinMedica® for making this holiday season merry and bright:

TNS^® Advanced+ Serum

This next-generation, skin rejuvenating formula improves the appearance of coarse wrinkles, fine lines, skin tone and texture. It’s the only growth factor product proven to address sagging skin.

Key benefits include:

• Smooths visible coarse wrinkles and fine lines
• Clinically proven to address sagging skin
• Results starting in just two weeks
• Progressive results measured over 24 weeks

HA⁵^® Rejuvenating Hydrator

This hydrator provides immediate smoothing in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and supports the skin’s natural ability to retain moisture resulting in radiant, rejuvenated tone and texture.

Key benefits include:

• Delivers both immediate and long-term benefits
• Instantly smooths the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• Immediate hydration
• Improves the appearance of skin texture and roughness

LUMIVIVE^® System

This two-step system, which includes Day Damage Defense Serum and Night Revitalize Repair Complex, gives your skin more power to resist the environment’s attack during the day and recover itself overnight.

Key benefits include:

• Recharges skin overnight: Improves the skin’s ability to actually repair itself at night
• Defends all day long: Against pollution and blue light aggressors during the day
• Amplifies any skin care regimen: Complements new and existing skin care regimens

Firm & Tone Lotion for Body

This powerfully effective, targeted treatment is dermatologist-tested and formulated to prevent and address visible signs of body skin aging for a youthful, toned look.

Key benefits include:

• Diminishes the look of crepey skin
• Addresses uneven skin texture
• Improves the appearance of body skin firmness and tone
• Improves the look of sagging skin

But wait, there’s more! AVIE! wants you to achieve an eye-opening lift with the only FDA-approved prescription eye drop for low-lying lids:

Upneeq^®

This FDA-approved prescription eye drop for acquired ptosis (low-lying lids) lifts your upper eyelids to open your eyes. You may be a candidate for Upneeq if your eyesight is impaired, you look tired all the time, your eyes appear asymmetrical, you have trouble reading, driving or using your computer, or you are bothered by your appearance.

Key benefits include:

• Lifts your eyelids without surgery
• Shown in clinical trials to lift upper eyelids and open eyes within two hours after the first dose

Last, but not least, all of us at AVIE! are feeling especially thankful for you, our amazing clients. We’re also thankful for your health and ours! We hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving this year!

Get all the skin care you need, underneath the tree! To learn more about our clinical skin care options, please call (703) 870-3844 or request a consultation online today. Happy Holidays!

It’s that time of year again to talk about all things turkey — oh, and thankfulness because Thanksgiving Day is upon us! Yes, it’s officially the season for gratitude! Are you feeling it? Gratitude is a fascinating emotion because it happens to be super good for our mood, our health AND our looks!

This year, we’re thankful that FEELING thankful helps boost:

Our immune system

By counteracting stress, which lowers your immunity, gratitude can help strengthen your body’s ability to fend off illness. One study in 2017 even showed that having an attitude of gratitude helped reduce the risks associated with heart failure.

Our complexion

Feeling more gratitude also helps lower stress, which in turn lowers your body’s inflammatory response. As you probably know, inflammation is a key player in the formation of acne and excess sebum/oil, so lowering it helps keep your skin in the clear. What’s more, feeling gratitude also helps improve your happiness by lowering levels of anxiety and depression, and when you’re feeling happy, your body releases endorphins, or happy chemicals, which help spur healing and blood flow throughout your body. Could happy chemicals be the reason your cheeks are a rosy hue today? It’s certainly possible!

Our love life!

We’re serious! There’s actual research on this. Studies confirm that practicing an attitude of gratitude can help improve your ability to form relationships or strengthen existing ones!
In romantic relationships, gratitude can help partners feel more satisfied with each other. In fact, in a 2010 study, partners who demonstrated gratitude with each other reported increased relationship satisfaction and happiness the next day.

Is gratitude not your jam?

No worries! You can improve your attitude of gratitude, even if it doesn’t come naturally to you, by practicing little gratitude exercises. Jotting down things you are thankful for and regularly thanking people who help you throughout your day are two simple ways to boost your gratitude quotient in a jiffy.

Last, but not least, all of us at AVIE! are feeling especially thankful for you, our amazing clients. We’re also thankful for your health and ours! We hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving this year!

To learn more about our services, please call (703) 870-3844 or request a consultation online today. We can’t wait to hear from you!

While Black Friday specials and holiday gift shopping may be top of your mind right now, the clock is ticking on your own holiday preparations — i.e., your personal aesthetic treatment schedule for looking and feeling your absolute best this coming holiday season. Advance planning is key when you want to look your glowing best, whether it’s at the office holiday party or your bestie’s New Year’s bash.

Here’s a look at two essential holiday prepping treatments that involve no downtime but afford mega benefits:

EMSCULPT NEO® non-invasive body sculpting

How’s your core? Your core muscles are an integral part of your total body health for a variety of reasons, helping you to stay balanced and strong. Did you know that EMSCULPT NEO is a clinically proven core-strengthening technology at AVIE! that helps professional athletes perform their best? In addition to strengthening your core, EMSCULPT NEO also helps reduce harmful visceral fat and is clinically proven to help repair rectus diastasis, a condition where abdominal muscles separate after childbirth.

Best of all, EMSCULPT NEO is also a breakthrough aesthetic treatment! So, if you’re looking to trim and tone your contours for the holidays, here are the amazing stats:

• EMSCULPT NEO is clinically proven to simultaneously reduce pinchable fat by 30% and build muscle by 25% in targeted areas without exercise, invasive measures or downtime.
• EMSCULPT NEO can provide dramatic body contouring improvements to the belly/abdomen, buttocks and thighs.
• For your best results, it takes four 30-minute treatments spaced one week apart (so you still have time to see results before the holidays if you schedule your sessions now!).

BBL® HERO™ photofacial

There’s no downtime with photofacials because they don’t break the skin, but BBL HERO is a powerful antiaging skin treatment, nonetheless, helping to clear away dark spots, redness, small veins and dullness and reveal a glowing complexion that looks younger and more resilient. In addition to BBL HERO photofacials for dark spots and other skin tone concerns, we proudly administer Forever Young BBL™ photofacials, which are clinically proven to reverse your skin’s cellular aging process! Best of all, there’s no way to overdo this treatment, regardless of which type of photofacial you do. In fact, the more photofacials you do the better your skin looks. This is because BBL uses intense light to stimulate your skin’s natural healing process, so every time you undergo a photofacial, you are stimulating vibrant new collagen and elastin, which are the building blocks for youthful, supple skin. For your best results, we recommend scheduling an initial series of at least three treatments (for darks spots and other discoloration). Or, for overall luminosity and skin health, we recommend scheduling a photofacial every three months. If you want glowing, evenly toned skin for the holidays, we recommend starting your series of BBL photofacials ASAP!

Glow on and call us to get started today: (703) 870-3844. You can also request a consultation online. We can’t wait to help you!

BOO! Did we get your attention?! We don’t mean to SCARE you, but time is running out! If you’re hoping to look and feel your best in time for the holiday party circuit, the time is NOW to get cracking on scheduling your favorite treatments! Here are scheduling tips for seeing your best results in time for the holidays, organized by the type of treatment:

NON-INVASIVE BODY CONTOURING

• EMSCULPT NEO^® reduces fat and tones muscle and works quickly! You can achieve dramatic body sculpting improvements in your abdomen, thighs or buttocks with just four 30-minute treatments spaced one week apart (while continuing to make healthy life choices in between treatments).
  Treatment timing: Plan on doing treatments at least three months in advance in preparation for the holidays or special event.
• CoolSculpting^® fat freezing helps trim away pinchable pockets of fat gradually, providing optimal improvements up to four months following your session. For your best results, combine CoolSculpting with Alastin^® TransFORM Body Treatment with TriHex^™ Technology to speed up the elimination of dead fat cells and keep your skin firm.

Treatment timing: We are proud to offer the most effective, advanced and efficient CoolSculpting treatments with CoolAdvantage^™ and CoolAdvantage Petite^™ applicators! We can cut your treatment time in half! But because CoolSculpting triggers a gradual fat reduction in the weeks and months following your treatments, we recommend getting your appointments on the books NOW!

GLOWING SKIN

There are so many wonderful technologies for imbuing your complexion with radiance! Where do we start? The question we like to ask is which improvements would you like to make ASAP? Don’t get us wrong, we can help you improve ALL your skin care concerns, but if you’re prepping for an event, we like to tackle your most pressing concerns first! Does that make sense?

• VirtueRF microneedling
  If you need tighter, smoother, younger-looking skin (targeting lines, wrinkles, laxity), we recommend a series of three VirtueRF microneedling treatments with PRFM to boost your results/glow. For smoother texture and tightening, RF microneedling is a proven winner, capable of providing dramatic improvements without the recovery or risks of surgery.
  Treatment timing: There’s no question you’ll love your results. The key is advance planning because RF microneedling involves a bit of social downtime as your skin heals (about 24-48 hours). Also, it works best as a series of treatments, as it provides buildable benefits that improve with each subsequent treatment. This means you need to start your series NOW. We recommend allowing three months to see optimal results with RF microneedling.

OTHER PROVEN GLOW-GETTERS

• Signature HydraFacial MD^® is a zero-downtime skin resurfacing treatment that affords intense pore cleansing with replenishing hydration, peptides and antioxidants for a smoother, brighter, clearer-looking complexion.

Treatment timing: If you are pressed for time, the Signature HydraFacial MD is a great way to get your glow on before an event. You can easily add on other body areas. HydraFacial takes about 30 minutes to do, so you can easily fit a treatment in on your lunch hour before an event. We will tailor your HydraFacial MD to your skin’s exact needs, so we can help you strategize your timing perfectly when you call to schedule.

• MOXI^® “Prejuvenation”
  This fractional laser rolls across your skin effortlessly, creating a sparking sensation and tiny treatment channels that spur skin renewal! For a radiant glow with little to no downtime, our lightest treatment setting will get the job done. For optimal results, we recommend a series of three spaced four to six weeks apart.

Treatment timing: With Moxi, minimal to no downtime makes this a great treatment for the holidays for all skin types. You can wear makeup the day after even as your skin is healing.

• Halo^®/BBL^® combination treatment
  This synergistic pairing of laser skin resurfacing spurs intense revitalization and complexion benefits, including smoother texture, brighter, more even skin tone, smaller pores, softened lines and wrinkles and much more!

Treatment timing: Schedule your combination treatment a good month before your event, as Halo can involve a week or so of social downtime. The great thing about Halo and BBL and our other skin treatments is that they spur collagen growth, which is a continuous process, so your improvements will continue to appear months after your treatment!

SO MUCH MORE!

We are extremely proud of our extensive and unrivaled selection of advanced aesthetic treatments at AVIE!, and we want the world to know it! Whether you’re in the market for erasing dark spots (BBL/BBL HERO^™), a gradual uplift (Ultherapy^®), tightening lax skin (SkinTyte II^™/VirtueRF), or any of our other treatments, we can help you achieve the results you want! Your skin is our passion at AVIE!, and we won’t rest until you are glowing strong!

To learn more about our technologies or to schedule an appointment, please call us at (703) 870-3844 or request a consultation online today.

It’s time to FALL for radiant skin! We love the fall and the crisp air and colorful leaves that come with it! Even though fall is the beginning of winter, when nature hibernates, it feels more like renewal to us. Maybe this is because in the aesthetic world, the colder seasons are prime time to undergo skin rejuvenation treatments!

Now that the sun and outdoor activities are winding down, it makes perfect sense to turn your attention to results-driven aesthetic treatments that need your undivided and sun-free attention. As you know, skin treatments and the sun are a horrible mix! But timing is also a key factor; if you’re interested in achieving glowing skin for the holidays, now is the time to start planning and undergoing your skin treatments! Truly, the sooner the better! It takes time to build up new collagen!

To give an idea of how to achieve your most radiant complexion ever, we designed a proposed skin treatment schedule for the fall:

September

It’s time to determine which skin treatment(s) and medical-grade skin care products you need. Schedule your consultation with us and we will carefully assess your complexion concerns and goals. Once we determine together which treatment(s) is best for you, we will likely recommend a series of treatments to achieve your best results.

• This month, you should undergo your first treatment of the series.
• We will send you home with medical-grade skin care products that are formulated to enhance your results and maintain them by improving the function of your skin internally.

October-November

By this point, after having had your first skin treatment, you will have already noticed significant complexion improvements, depending on the concerns you are targeting. For example, if you are working to correct dark spots and other signs of sun damage, you will have already noticed that your dark spots are much lighter and your skin appears more even and brighter. At some point between these months, depending on when you received your first treatment and the type of treatment, it will be time to undergo your second treatment.

• Undergo your second treatment. Be vigilant about applying medical-grade skin care products to boost your results. Also stay vigilant about keeping out of the sun and wearing sunscreen daily.

For Botox^® and dermal fillers, be sure to schedule your session at least two weeks before any event (like Thanksgiving or holiday parties!). We will also be careful to avoid scheduling your injectables session close to any laser or microneedling treatment to avoid speeding your body’s metabolizing of the filler. Also, be sure to pair your injectables with Alastin^®’s INhance Post-Injection Serum to help speed healing, reduce swelling and optimize your results.

November-December

At this point, your benefits will continue to build as your skin responds to the treatments and products and is generating vibrant new collagen and elastin growth. You’ll be ready to schedule your third treatment to maximize your skin renewal.

• Schedule your third treatment, staying vigilant about applying skin care products and sunscreen.
• Continue enjoying your complexion improvements as they build and build.
• Purchase more skin care products as needed to keep your results going.

Have you noticed? If you follow this schedule, you’ll be able to experience optimal results right around the holidays! This is why we always recommend starting your treatments early in the fall! You need a few months to get your best results going strong!

Are you eager to get started? We sure are, and we can’t wait to help! Call us at (703) 870-3844 or request a consultation online today.