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Imagine not having to shave, shave with wax or tweezers, ever again. The solution? Photoepilation with pulsed light. Here we leave some frequent questions that our patients ask us.

How does IPL energy eliminate hair?

A highly controlled light (IPL) is selectively absorbed by the hair follicles that are located below the surface of the skin. The absorbed light heats the hair and destroys the potential growth capacity of the follicle. All without damaging the surrounding tissue.

How is the treatment?

A transparent gel is spread in the treatment area, previously depilated (it is recommended to pass the blade about 24 hours before the session). Then, with a handpiece, the light pulses that begin to remove the hairs are applied to the skin. The rest of the hair in the treated area will fall in a few days.

What do you feel during the treatment?

Each pulse of light is perceived as a slight peck or pinch. Local anesthesia is not necessary and most people tolerate treatment well. Can all hair be treated? The unique design of the IPL offers a treatment adapted according to the hair color, texture, and body area. Any hair with at least some pigment (black, brown and red) can be treated effectively. White and blond hairs do not leave with any type of laser.

Is the IPL safe for all skin types?

The IPL is the first approved photodepilation procedure to effectively treat unwanted hair in most skin types, but the main indication is in white-skinned people.

Is there any possible side effect?

Some redness may appear, but it disappears in a few hours. Occasionally, the skin may darken (if exposed to the sun) or lighten after treatment (when the skin is more pigmented than usual) but will return to normal within a few weeks. Sun exposure should be limited before and after each treatment, to minimize the risk of complications. After treatment, you can return to work and your usual activities immediately.

What results can I expect?

IPL technology has proven very effective in achieving permanent hair reduction in all skin types, the number of treatments needed depends on several factors related to your specific type of hair and skin. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology offers a refined non-invasive solution to unwanted hair on the face, back, legs, English or any other part of the body. IPL photoepilation has been carried out safely for many years, effectively removing unwanted hair.

Is it appropriate for you?

More advanced than even lasers, IPL systems are the first proven photoepilation technology to treat unwanted hair safely. To ensure the best performance in CIME Clinic, a medical history will be performed prior to treatment, in addition, the treatment will be performed by our medical professionals which guarantees the safety and effectiveness of the treatment.

Dr. Manuel Rubio

Aesthetic Doctor

Col. 45659

I am Marta Echegoyen Fernández, director of the Medical SPA of CIME. I am in charge of the organization of the Medical SPA area, management of the Clinic, in addition to being Dr. Rubio's assistant, both at a medical and bureaucratic level.

Thermosudation is a treatment that helps us improve the silhouette through sweating. It is a completely painless procedure, with which we will be able to relax during the time that the treatment lasts.

It has always been considered that aesthetic treatments are more for women than for men. Over the years, men have also begun to take care of their physical appearance.

We have talked about cavitation several times, but here you will find a list of 5 reasons why you should choose this revolutionary technique and 5 tips to make it more effective.

Cavitation offers a series of benefits that will improve your quality of life.

1. It is painless, so we will not need any type of anesthesia, and we can perform it on all types of skin.
2. It is not necessary to undergo surgery since it is a liposuction without surgery.
3. With Cavitation we directly attack the localized fat in the specific area that you want to lose volume without leaving marks or scars.
4. It helps improve blood circulation and helps lymphatic drainage, so we will not have as much retention. It also helps eliminate toxins and activates the skin's collagen production.
5. From the first session we began to notice its effects. From the progressive elimination of cellulite or the toning of the muscles to an improvement of the elasticity and the appearance of the skin.

We will also help you by giving you some tips so that once you decide to do it, you can get the best possible result.

1. Drink lots of water both before and after. Do not forget that later we will eliminate the fat in the urine so drink at least 1.5-2L a day.
2. Combine cavitation with a Lymphatic Drainage or Pressotherapy, with these treatments you will help the body eliminate diluted fat.
3. Avoid very fatty or spicy foods for a couple of days before, as these foods overload the kidneys and make it difficult for fat to drain.
4. Do not forget that exercise and healthy eating are important, in the case of cavitation, these guidelines will help you maintain your weight and your figure, but do not leave them, once the treatment is finished continue practicing it to make it as long-lasting as possible.
5. Avoid drinking alcohol both before and after, drinking alcohol will dehydrate the body making cavitation treatment less effective.

Marta Echegoyen

Medical Spa Director

There is a type of fat in the body that is not eliminated through diet or exercise. To help eliminate it, CIME offers an alternative treatment to surgery: cavitation.

Cavitation is a non-invasive technique that offers results in a short time, its action is based on the application of ultrasound directly in the area to be treated, in this way the membrane of the fat cell is broken, which is eliminated by the lymphatic system and urine helping to reduce the effects of cellulite.

Process:

Using a special manipulation, ultrasound waves are applied directly to the skin, these waves penetrate the adipose cells and generate vacuum microbubbles in a controlled way.

The microbubbles have a suction effect, destroying the adipose cell membrane, releasing fat for elimination through the lymphatic system and urine.

Sessions usually last 40 minutes and do not usually cause any discomfort to patients.

At CIME we recommend that, after 24 to 48 hours, some other complementary technique is performed to improve drainage, such as massage or pressotherapy.

Before and after cavitation, it is recommended to drink plenty of water and eat a low-calorie diet as well as exercise.

Cavitation Considerations:

Being a non-invasive and painless procedure, its application is not uncomfortable for patients and the effects can be observed quickly.

Other properties of cavitation treatments are that they help increase the tone and elasticity of the tissues, improve circulation and help eliminate toxins from the Body.

Despite all these advantages, a prior evaluation by the doctor is always recommended to make a personalized assessment of the patient and evaluate the pros and cons in each case.

Dr. Jorge Garcia

COMB: 44487

Now that the summer has passed, we begin to lose that tan that suits us so well and to notice that the skin remains dull and rough and to restore luminosity. Thanks to the body peeling, we will not only hydrate the skin in depth but we will also notice it softer and more radiant. Also thanks to the increase in collagen production we will provide you with more elasticity and firmness.

Everyone recommends peels before summer to have a more even tan and afterwards to hydrate the skin once the excesses of the sun have passed, but don't we like to have soft skin all year round?

First of all, we have to know what a body peeling consists of, it is a totally natural treatment, made with Dead Sea salts and oils, with which we manage to eliminate dead skin cells, leaving it cleaner in depth, purify, oxygenate and bring more freshness and softness.

It is a harmless treatment that acts directly on the skin and can be performed by people of all ages as it works very well to stimulate cell renewal, helps close pores and improves the tone and level of skin color.

It would not be recommended for people who have undergone surgery in the last 4 months and it should be considered that they are 100% natural products and will not cause allergies, but they may contain nuts and if you are allergic it is important to notify it.

This treatment is recommended to be done between 2 and 4 times a year to always maintain a smooth and radiant skin, the results being noticeable from the first session.

In order to maintain this hydration and softness in the skin, it is advisable at home to continue hydrating the skin with the product that your specialist recommends and Naturally Pure Body Scrub, which is a gentle exfoliating gel for the home, totally natural to renew the skin and the rejuvenate, applying it 1 or 2 times a week in the shower starting with the feet and rinsing with plenty of warm water.

Ainhoa ​​Lopez

Medical Spa CIME

At CIME, we keep you informed and that is why we want to guarantee you and be your best guide before your first decision to wax, especially if you are young.

Beware of false information

Laser hair removal is in fashion, and many teenagers are eager to start a treatment to remove hair from legs, groin, armpits, etc. In some aesthetic clinics they take advantage of the fact that at this age they tend to report everything on the Internet and publish on their websites that being a treatment without side effects it can be done very soon. We have come to see pages where they say that you can start at 10 years old. These ages to start with this type of treatment are crazy, and not only in regard to the physical part of the child, but also in its psychological development. A 7-year-old or 10-year-old should be playing, and not worried about his hair (which on the other hand should be almost nonexistent unless he has a hormonal or other problem). And the best we can teach you at those ages is not to worry about your physique to that point.

Development must be complete

However, there are times when parents have doubts when their daughter, 13 or 14 years old and well developed, asks them that she wants to do laser hair removal because she has more hair than any of her friends and this causes her a complex.

what to do in that case?

The best option: consult a specialist.

Only in a serious and specialized center can a doctor tell us whether or not the adolescent is ready for laser hair removal. This will depend on its degree of development, since if you wax before finishing it, it is very common for your hormones to take care of the hair coming out again, and the treatment is useless. Or even that it suffers a rebound effect and ends up with more hair than when it started, which at those ages can be a real tragedy.

There is no set age, although the ideal would be to wait until the age of majority. But what is necessary is to always consult with a doctor who studies each case in particular, since there may be a person who at 17 has no problem doing it and another who is 18 who is suggested to wait a few months or even one year.

If you have any questions, ask for a visit to our clinic with our specialized doctor Dr. Rubio along with our best team; who will guide you and advise you what is best for you and this important decision.

Facial care is very important, every day we must: wash, tone and hydrate our skin. But do we know how to do it right? In this article we will explain how to maintain healthy and cared for skin.

The main thing to maintain a nourished and cared for skin is to drink plenty of water, maintain a balanced diet, exercise and rest.

Knowing this, we will see what care we need on a daily basis, and which we will do less frequently to have a perfect complexion.

Daily care

These are divided into two times: in the morning and in the afternoon.

In the morning we will clean the skin with plenty of water to remove all impurities, think that both day and night, even if you have not left the house, the skin gets dirty, either with the fat that the skin produces, or with dust. the environment. Then we will apply the tonic to balance the pH of the skin. This step is of great help, since it allows us to revitalize the face and make us have great skin. Next, we can apply our day cream, depending on the type of skin we have.

At night the cleaning of the skin will be more thorough, since not only do we leave the house, but it may also be that we put on makeup and the skin is more dirty. That is why we must rub well, and even if necessary, apply the cleansing milk twice. After cleansing the skin, as in the morning, we will tone up and then put on our night cream, if we use it, otherwise we will let the skin breathe.

We must not forget these simple steps for our day to day.

Extra care

It is advisable that once a week we apply a nourishing mask to the skin, with which we will be able to give it that extra nutrition it needs.

Let's not forget that for a deeper cleaning, it is necessary to do a facial cleaning every 3 months, in which we will exfoliate the skin and remove all the dead cells, leaving our face much softer and prepared for a greater penetration of the products. . Then we will put the steam and the extraction, with which we will be able to open the pores and easily remove the dirt from them. Finally we will apply a mask and hydrate our skin, depending on the needs of each skin.

We hope that with all this it has become clearer to you how to take care of your skin. If you have any questions or want advice with the products that best suit your needs, do not hesitate to stop by the clinic, where one of our professionals can advise you.

We invite you to discover our entire line of products designed to improve, repair, nourish and enhance the characteristics of your skin:

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At Clínica CIME we started a new type of treatment: cryolipolysis.

What is cryolipolysis?

Cryolipolysis is a technique for removing fat through cold. Its own name indicates it: "cryo" means cold and "lipolysis" is what the destruction of fat is called. In this new technique we will use controlled cooling technology to eliminate localized soft fat.

A treatment for localized soft fat

As we mentioned, cryolipolysis is indicated only to treat areas with localized soft fat.

In our body there are different types of fat:

- Hard fat:

Hard fat is more common in men, it is the most difficult type of fat to remove since it is concentrated mainly in the deeper fat areas of the abdomen and between the organs.

- Soft fat:

Soft fat is more common among women, it penetrates especially in the thighs and hips and is found in the area immediately after the skin, it is an outer layer than hard fat.

Apart from the type of fat, it is very possible that patients also have fluid retention. When we start treatment with cryolipolysis, it is important to work these retentions first through drainage, pressotherapy or radiofrequency to eliminate the retentions and that the cold treatment acts directly on the soft fat, in this way we will obtain an optimal result of the treatment.

How does cryolipolysis remove fat?
Cryolipolysis makes use of freezing to eliminate fat cells, adipocytes.

It is a technique developed in the USA. Medical studies have shown that when we apply low temperatures to subcutaneous fat, adipocytes become vulnerable and stop working. A natural cell death occurs and the body begins a process of elimination of fat cells through the lymphatic system, without causing damage to the skin or other tissues.

Adipocytes are limited cells in the body, once they die they are not generated again, therefore as we perform sessions we will see a remarkable result in the fat areas that we are treating.

Quick results without surgery

Cryolipolysis is a non-invasive treatment, therefore it is a simple and effective alternative to liposuction or lipolaser that allows us to avoid the discomfort of surgery and a postoperative period.

In addition, it is a technique with very fast results. The improvements begin to be visible 15 days after the session and 6 weeks later we will be able to see the real result of the session, it is necessary to wait for the body to make the process of eliminating the destroyed adipocytes in a definitive way. Once these 6 weeks have passed we can perform a new session achieving definitive results with only 3 or 4 sessions due to its high effectiveness. Fat cells are organized in layers, therefore as we perform sessions we will eliminate deeper layers and we will achieve greater elimination.

The treatment can be performed on both men and women to eliminate unwanted fat from the abdomen, outer thighs, flanks or even the fat that forms on the back at the height of the arms.

What does the treatment consist of?

The cryolipolysis session consists of placing a suction plate on the area to be treated and then applying cold.

The first thing we will do is put an antifreeze membrane over the area to protect the patient's skin from the low temperatures that we are going to apply, and on top of this we place the suction and cold plate. The plate creates a strong suction cup effect on the body that causes adipocytes to rise and separate from muscles and organs. Once we have done the suction, we begin to apply cold to the area. Cryolipolysis can be worked in an interval between 2ºC and -8ºC, only medical centers such as CIME Clinic can work from -2ºC. The freezing effect is localized, therefore we will only affect the cells in one area without affecting the rest.

Before starting the cryotherapy treatment, a medical visit is made in which we evaluate the type of fat of each patient, we must make sure that it is soft fat to guarantee a successful result with the application of cold. If the area has retentions or another type of fat, we will carry out complementary treatments before cryolipolysis.

Discomfort and post-treatment

The cryolipolisis session is painless, the only sensation we notice is the discomfort produced by the suction of the plaque, which is no longer noticeable immediately due to the sedative effect of the cold.

After the session we can continue with the usual rhythm of life without noticing discomfort, the only side effects that can occur after a Cryotherapy session are redness of the skin due to suction and small bruises that disappear in a very short time. Although it is advisable to accompany it with a balanced diet and physical exercise.

Remember that in the first medical visit you can come to find out about the cryolipolysis treatment and we will analyze the areas you want to treat to confirm that it is suitable for you.

CIME team

Pressotherapy is a compression system that works by means of inflating pumps. It is a controlled compression that is performed by introducing the extremities covering the legs and buttocks in a kind of boots that contain five separate chambers in which a compressor blows air under pressure in a metered manner. Simulates a deep massage that uses enough pressure to reach below the surface of the skin.

This pressure is positive and in an upward direction, in this way the pressotherapy stimulates the circulatory system generating lymphatic drainage and thus contributing to the elimination of liquids, fats and toxins that generate cellulite, edema, lymphoedema and venous disorders such as varicose veins.

This technique can be complemented with seaweed to detoxify, firm, tone, improve circulation and increase lymphatic drainage.

It is recommended for slimming and detoxification, it is recommended to shape and reshape the body, it relieves pain and inflammation, providing immediate comfort, it also redefines the legs and stomach while improving skin tone.

Pressotherapy is frequently used for the elimination of cellulite, which is an accumulation of fat under the skin that results in small lumps, especially concentrated on the legs and buttocks. It is capable of eliminating it through deep physical stimulation with two types of pressures. The first, an active pressure that breaks the accumulations of fat, and the second that is responsible for making the fat circulate for disposal.

Contraindications to pressotherapy are established above all in people with circulatory and cardiac problems, cancer patients or with pacemakers.

It is also not allowed if the person suffers from deep vein thrombosis, superficial thrombophlebitis or severe peripheral arterial insufficiency.

Treatments based on pressotherapy are not recommended for those suffering from hypo or hypertension, skin infections or leg infections.

Unlike other treatments, it is not always contraindicated in pregnant women, but it should be advised and followed by the gynecologist.

The pressotherapy treatment lasts approximately 30 minutes and one session is recommended every week for at least eight consecutive weeks.

Marta Echegoyen

Medical Spa Director

At Clínica CIME we want to show you different ways to improve flaccidity, while maintaining firm and smooth skin.

Sagging is one of the problems that most concern our patients. This loss of firmness is due to the decrease or weakness of the tissues that support our skin, collagen and elastin.

The areas where we usually find the most flaccidity are: neck, décolleté, jaw angle and eyelids. At the body level, the most problematic areas are: thighs, abdomen, buttocks and arms.

First of all, we must understand the reason for its appearance, it is due to various causes, the most common being the passage of time, the proteins that keep the skin firm lose strength and end up sagging, creating this flaccidity. Other possible causes are: sedentary lifestyle, overexposure to the sun and sudden weight change, either due to pregnancy or repeated weight changes.

To combat flaccidity, at Clínica CIME we have a great ally, multipolar radiofrequency, achieving an internal heating that oxygenates the skin and subcutaneous fatty tissue. This cellular oxygenation favors lymphatic drainage and helps the formation of new collagen and fibroblasts even in aging areas.

The radiofrequency treatment can be applied to both facial areas and neck, décolleté or body areas such as the inner thigh or knees.

Radiofrequency is a treatment that varies from 4 to 12 sessions depending on the area and the flaccidity that the patient has, performing 1 to 2 sessions per week.

In the case of radiofrequency, an external complement to the treatment by the patient is necessary, it is necessary to exercise and maintain a balanced diet, drink two liters of water a day and avoid unnecessary toxins, such as tobacco, in addition to continuing the treatment at home with firming cosmetics, which will keep the area activated. In the application of firming creams we will always do a deep and upward massage.

Marta Echegoyen

Medical Spa Director

We usually characterize sensitive skin by those that have a tendency to irritation or allergies, either by internal or external factors, which cause them to redden accompanied by itching and discomfort.

Pressotherapy helps mechanically perform lymphatic drainage through air pressure.

Today we want to talk to you about our treatments with Hyaluronic Acid, below you will find some details of what you can expect on the way to a wonderful, hydrated skin.

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Do you dare to give it away? The CIME Clinic team of doctors and their entire staff will assist you from day one, giving you the security and confidence you are looking for. Go ahead and rejuvenate the skin of who you want and give it the best care!

Ask for your informative medical appointment.

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If you don't know what you can give to someone you love the most for that special day, a good idea is to give Health and Beauty thanks to the CIME Clinic Gift Card.

Do you dare to give it away? The CIME Clinic team of doctors and their entire staff will assist you from day one, giving you the security and confidence you are looking for. Go ahead and rejuvenate the skin of whoever you want and give it the best care!

Ask for your informative medical appointment.
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