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Process for enhancing aesthetic or medical skin procedure

Process for enhancing aesthetic or medical skin procedure description/claims

This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 10/409,843, filed Apr. 09, 2003, entitled “PROCESS FOR MEASURING THE SKIN SURFACE OF AN EXAMINED PERSON,” allowed, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention relates to a method that uses diagnostic imaging combined with biometric analysis to determine the conditions of the skin prior to a medical or cosmetic treatment and provide recommendations and information to enhance efficiency of the provision of medical or cosmetic skin aesthetic procedures.

Dermal biometrics techniques (bioengineering techniques) have significantly improved over the last decade. Measurement of skin properties and function became critical in supporting representations for products placed in the mass retail trade. The type of skin conditions that are tested include moisture, firmness, elasticity, sebum amount, skin thickness, skin profile, trans-epidermal water loss (barrier function), and photographic analysis (visible and UV to determine photo damage).

Currently, in the field of esthetics (both medical and non-medical) the skin care professional relies on a variety of factors to prescribe specific skin treatments for the skin of an individual. These include personal clinical evaluation of the skin with such tools as a diopter magnifier, wood's lamp, specialized lighting and manual techniques manipulating the skin for various assessments.

The esthetic anti-aging market has grown dramatically with respect to new introductions of equipment, such as many new esthetic lasers (wavelengths ablation techniques, cooling techniques, and fractional devices), plasma devices, radio frequency devices (both mono and bipolar), LED technology, new mechanical abrasion technology, ultrasound penetration, photodynamic therapy and new lipolysis techniques, both laser and injectable.

Some of these new techniques utilized high energy, heat and radio frequency techniques, as well as aggressive chemicals. All of these devices in one way or another come in contact with the stratum corneum, epidermis, dermis and/or adipose layer of the skin. Often, these new pieces of equipment and procedures produce unpredictable effects on the skin.

Most of these techniques and/or products will affect the skin dramatically, therefore the condition of the skin's structure and function should be known as completely as possible to mitigate the potential for side effects.

It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method of recommending a skin aesthetic procedure, along with the factors to be used in the skin aesthetic procedure based on the conditions of the skin of the individual.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide a method that combines the use of specific diagnostic imaging with biometric testing to better understand skin structure and function before initiating procedures on skin to improve skin procedure outcomes.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide a method that provides recommendations for the selection of the best factors on skin care treatments that enhance efficiency of the skin care treatment.

The present invention is directed to a method for determining the conditions of a skin of an individual and providing recommendations on the optimal factors that need to be used during the procedure to optimize the skin care treatment, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving information from the individual regarding the skin aesthetic procedure the individual desires to have performed; b) determining at least one skin condition of the individual prior to the administration of the skin aesthetic procedure; c) optionally comparing the determined skin conditions with a predetermined baseline skin conditions list; d) optionally pre-treating the skin of the individual by conditioning the skin prior to the skin aesthetic procedure; e) selecting the most efficacious factors for the desired skin aesthetic procedure based on the skin condition;

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