DURING our lives our skin becomes exposed to factors which can cause unwanted signs of ageing.

Sunlight, the effects of smoking, diet, lifestyle, hormonal changes and the degeneration of collagen can all resultin changes to the structure of the skin.

The results are fine lines, wrinkles, moles and other irregularities, such as pigmentation (age/liver spots) or thread veins and even excessive hair growth.

With skin laser treatment, different lasers are used to convert electrical energy into different types and colours of laser light, each having a specific effect on the skin and, therefore, a specific use.

At the West of England Laser Centre, situated at Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital, an NHS consultant surgeon uses a variety of skin lasers so the appropriate treatmentis available for each specific skin problem.

Before undertaking treatmentitis important that you are certain that the laser being used is the correct one for your needs and not a single ‘cure all’ laser which appears to solve the problem in the short-term, but which in the longer term proves ineffective.

For further information about the treatment visit www.welc.co.uk or call 01823-331773.