Dr Tracey Bell April 08

One of my main aims at Age Perfecting Treatments^TM is not just to provide treatments which deliver results but also to provide education, knowledge and choices. Working within the Medical Spa industry takes me all over the World. I am a member of the World Anti-aging congress and in December my team and I visited the congress in Las Vegas to see what new technology and products might benefit my business and my clients.

I discovered lots of diagnostic equipment that meant me placing my hand in scanners to measure my immune system and wearing special diagnostic headsets which gave a report on the efficiency of the major organs in the body, we found a hi-tech digital visor which made you follow colour patterns and rhythms in a therapy which helps cure panic attacks. There really was a machine for everything. The diagnostic machines I have invested in for my APt Spa are the Beau Visage, a facial diagnostic skin analysis computer, and the MoleMate^TM.

Your skin is a blueprint of your life; it reflects photo damage caused by the sun, dehydration, stress, general health and aging. Scientific research has shown that an even skin tone can reduce the appearance of age by as much as twenty years

The Beau Visage is an advanced skin imaging system that allows us to take a special photo up to 2mm below the skin's surface which measures the health and age of your skin. This helps us to prescribe treatments and therapies to bring the luminosity and health back to you skin. Treatments like non-surgical and laser treatments to highly advanced and effective skincare programs. Having a complete understanding of your skin using this kind of analysing tool is an excellent start to turning back the clock by finding out what age your skin is and allows you to take positive action to correct any areas of concern.

MoleMate^TM is a non-invasive, rapid and painless melanoma screening device, which measures sun damage and pre-cancerous moles, freckles or skin changes when they are visible and before they are visible to the naked eye.

Sun awareness and sun safety are matters very close to my heart, some people still don't realise the dangers of the UV from the sun and sunbeds. Small skin cancers (melanomas) can be removed successfully when they are dealt with quickly; if however they are left untreated they can spread until it really is too late. Some young people can become obsessed with looking tanned all year round and I feel it's really important to educate from a very early age about sun damage and especially to offer skin analysis and mole diagnosis. Self tanning and spray tanning is most definitely the smart, safe option for a healthy glow and of course if you are going out in the sun, which is our only natural source of Vitamin D, then enjoy it safely by ensuring that you and your family wear total sun block and moisturizers with SPF, after all we only get one skin, let's take care of it.

Age Perfecting Treatments is based in Hanover Street, Liverpool.

Beau Visage & MoleMate^TM consultations are available 6 days a week.

Tan & Glow a sunless roll on tan is available to buy at £29.95

SkinScription Dermatox and InfraStructure are both available at £60