As we get older, the effects of long-term sun exposure become visible. The skin develops pigmentation, fine blood vessels and wrinkles. Angiomas and seborrhoeic keratoses appear, and skin texture becomes thin and loose.

Sun damage and ageing skin can be treated, leading to clearer, younger-looking skin. Some skin repair treatments reduce the risk of skin cancer or pre-cancer conditions.

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Open for all services, including skin checks, mole mapping, cosmetic mole removal, IPL, rosacea assessment and treatment, microneedling and LED light therapy.

Signs of sun damage and ageing skin

As the skin ages — even without sunburn — the effects of long term sun exposure are more visible. Some of these effects, such as solar keratoses, increase the risk of skin cancer developing in the sun-damaged area. Others are more of a cosmetic concern, making the skin look blotchy or wrinkled.

Solar keratoses

Solar keratoses

Lentigo

Lentigo

Angioma

Angioma

Seborrhoeic keratoses

Seborrhoeic keratoses

Sun damaged skin

Sun damaged skin

Telangiectasia and rosacea

Telangiectasia and rosacea

Skin repair treatments

Skin repair treatments aim to:

  • reduce brown pigmentation due to lentigines ("age spots")
  • remove red spots caused by blood vessels (angiomas, fine capillaries and generalised redness)
  • make the skin smoother and less wrinkled
  • encourage growth of new, healthy skin cells and production of collagen, which makes the skin firmer and stronger
  • eradicate certain pre-cancer skin conditions
  • in some cases, reduce the risk of skin cancer

Best results are achieved by using a combination of treatments, e.g. broadband light plus microneedling, plus a topical cream or creams. Some of the most effective creams are available only with a prescription from our doctor.

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BBL (intense pulsed light)

BBL treatment of a woman's chest

For flat coloured areas and lesions including lentigines, multiple small angiomas, and telangiectasia

Radiofrequency mole removal

Radiofrequency mole removal from a man's cheek

For raised lesions including dermal moles, seborrhoeic keratoses, single/isolated angiomas

Low level light therapy

LED red light phototherapy applied to a woman's face

Assists wound healing and reduces scarring. Accelerates recovery from skin repair and surgical procedures.

Microneedling (collagen induction therapy)

Microneedling treatment of forehead

Increases collagen production to treat scars, wrinkles and loose skin.

Helps skin absorb topical medications.

Photodynamic therapy‍

PDT: microneedling, cream application, LED light

A combination of topical, red LED light and other treatments for skin cancers and areas of severely sun-damaged skin.

Topical treatments

Tretinoin cream

Topical vitamin B3 (niacinamide) cream/serum

Topical vitamin C serum

Fluorouracil/calcipotriol cream

News and blog articles about skin repair

IPL skin rejuvenation clinic Melbourne: facial and skin treatment

4 Mar
 
2023
IPL skin rejuvenation clinic Melbourne: facial and skin treatment
IPL (intense pulsed light) is a treatment for sun-damaged skin and other skin conditions. Spot Check Clinic uses IPL therapy for removal of freckles (“age spots”), facial redness and capillaries (“spider veins”), skin tightening, rosacea, hair removal, scar reduction and some skin cancers and pre-cancer lesions.

Skin rejuvenation clinic

12 Feb
 
2023
Skin rejuvenation clinic
As well as offering skin cancer screening and treatments, we’re also a skin and facial rejuvenation clinic, with treatments for pigmentation, visible vessels, unwanted moles, fine wrinkles and other signs of sun-damaged and ageing skin.

Pigmentation removal

2 Apr
 
2022
Pigmentation removal
Excessive skin pigmentation is often a sign of long-term sun exposure and in itself isn’t harmful (although it can be a sign of sun-damaged skin which is at risk of developing cancer). Many people with skin pigmentation find it unsightly. For these people, multiple pigmentation removal treatments are available. Spot Check Clinic offers BBL intense pulsed light treatment which can be highly effective in treating pigmentation due to sun exposure.

Freckle removal treatment: Options for freckle removal

20 Mar
 
2022
Freckle removal treatment: Options for freckle removal
Freckles are patches of pigmentation on the skin, usually caused by long term sun exposure. They aren’t dangerous and don’t require medical treatment, but some people want freckle removal treatment for cosmetic reasons. The most effective treatment for removing freckles is light-based treatment such as laser or BBL intense pulsed light. Careful skin care and avoiding excessive sun exposure are essential to keep pigmentation to a minimum.

New, quicker treatment for solar keratoses

18 Jan
 
2022
New, quicker treatment for solar keratoses
The most effective topical treatment for solar keratoses ("sun spots") now takes four days instead of four weeks.

Products available at Spot Check Clinic

1 Aug
 
2021
Products available at Spot Check Clinic
Sunscreen, moisturiser that repairs sun damage, advanced wound-healing gel, custom-compounded treatments and more.

Broadband light “rejuvenates” skin cells

26 Jul
 
2021
Broadband light “rejuvenates” skin cells
Intense pulsed light is a convenient and effective way of making the skin look younger to observers. Biopsies of treated skin have shown that the skin also resembles younger skin microscopically, and also expresses genes in a way similar to younger skin.