Visia Complexion Analysis

The Visia Complexion Analysis booth has a camera unit which sends high quality photographs of the forehead and each cheek to a high speed computer with analysis software.   It then evaluates eight different features.  It will highlight and count the feature and in some categories it will compare to 100 individuals your age, with your skin type, and calculate a percentile.  It has the ability to zoom in to evaluate an area if desired.  The results are saved in the computer for a progress check at a later date and can be printed out for you to take home  

1.    SPOTS – Brown or red skin lesions including freckles, acne scars, hyper-pigmentation and vascular lesions.  Spots are distinguishable by their distinct color and contrast from the background skin tone.  Spots very in size and generally have a circular shape.

2.    UV SPOTS – UV spots occur when melanin coagulates below the skin surface as a result of sun damage.  UV spots are generally invisible under normal lighting conditions.  The selective absorption of the UV light by the epidermal melanin enhances its display and detection by VISIA.

3.    BROWN SPOTS – Brown spots signal melanin concentrations on or beneath the skin.  They represent various forms of hyper-pigmentation such as sun damage or melasma.

4.    RED AREAS – Red Areas represent blood, or hemoglobin.  The display shows where there are sub-surface vascular conditions such as spider veins, rosacea or acne.

5.    WRINKLES – Wrinkles are furrows, folds or creases in the skin that increase in occurrence as a result of sun exposure, and are associated with decreasing skin elasticity.  This skin feature has the greatest variability from image to image as it is highly dependent upon the facial expression of the client.  Wrinkles are identified by their characteristic long, narrow shape.

6.    TEXTURE – Texture is primarily an analysis of skin smoothness.  Texture measures skin color and smoothness by identifying gradiations in color from the surrounding skin tone, as well as peaks (shown in yellow) and valleys (shown in blue) on the skin surface that indicate variations in the surface.

7.    PORES – Pores are the circular surface openings of sweat gland ducts.  Due to shadowing, pores appear darker than the surrounding skin tone and are identified by their darker color and circular shape.  The Visia distinguishes pores from spots based on size; by definition the area of a pore is much smaller than a spot.

8.    PORPHYRINS – Porphyrins are bacterial excretions that can become lodged in pores and lead to acne.  Porphyrins fluoresce in UV light and exhibit circular white spot characteristics.

9.    AGING SIMULATION – This graphically represents the effect that time will have on your skin in approximately 5-7 years without treatment.

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