Bye, bye wrinkles

By Patricia Nugent

Dr. Nigel Brayer, at the Living Tree Center for Healing, specializes in facial acupuncture, a natural alternative for smoothing lines and wrinkles—and the results are amazing.

Through facial acupuncture, Dr. Brayer recreates the plumpness and glow our skin often loses with aging.

“My first patient for facial rejuvenation was actually my wife,” he says. “Within just two sessions, her crow’s feet virtually disappeared and her smile lines were greatly lessened.”

Comparing skin cells to raisins versus grapes, he says that by gently stimulating collagen, the flexible “rubber band-like” cells that increase circulation and firm the skin, he can effectively take years off your face. He does this with a two-fold approach, first using tiny acupuncture needles, about the width of a human hair, on specific points on the face. Then he uses a low-level photobiomodulation laser emitting near-infrared light to increase cell’s mitochondrial energy, so they replicate faster.

There is no downtime after a service, just a little redness on the day of the treatment, and very little pain, as the needles feel like a tiny pin prick going in.

“Depending on how severe a patient’s wrinkles are, there is a noticeable smoothing and firming after the first treatment,” he says.

In addition to wrinkles and firmness, the treatment also shrinks pore size and smooths acne scarring.

Since there is an immediate effect, he reports that many of his patients schedule a treatment before an important event such as holiday parties, high school reunions or weddings, so they look their very best.

Living Tree Center for Healing is located at 11443 State Road in North Royalton. Call 440-877-9440 or visit LivingTreeCenterforHealing.com for more information.