How an Observ skin analysis reveals skin concerns to create better skincare routines.

Skincare expert, Mhairi demonstrates how the Observ520X skin analysis machine can show you your skin health, and explains how this can help you understand what skincare routine you need. The Observ520X skin analysis is available at the DRVICTORIA Clinic in Edinburgh.
Mhaira explains:
Hi this is our new Observ skin analysis machine and I took this image to test it out for myself today. Just to see what's going on with my skin. It has lots of different modes on it and I'm just going to talk a little bit about all of them. So, this is the daylight mode so this just shows the sort of obvious concerns of my skin which are maybe some sunspots, some congestion here and some thread veins on the nose.
So, the next mode shows texture which actually I think is a bit of an issue for me because I've got quite large pores. I do have quite oily skin, so that's definitely something that I would want to try and address.
And the next mode is pigmentation, so when you get this Observ it's totally normal to see a layer of pigment. Other modes will show how deep rooted that pigmentation is, as you can see most of my pigmentation is around my eyes but we'll have a look at other modes to see how deep that pigmentation is.
This next mode is vascularity, so I did just cleanse my face when I did an Observ, so it does look a bit more flushed than what I thought it would be. Obviously there is some thread veins that I definitely need to address around the nose, but overall with this mode you can see if someone has like a slightly damaged skin barrier or you can see more like inflammatory conditions such as rosacea.
So this is the UV mode which can show um acne, bacteria, clogged pores. I don't actually have too much of an issue with like active congestion. I do have, as you can see from the white bits, I do have some little perforins on my face which is just basically bacteria.
And this last one shows us like how deep rooted pigment is, so actually up here these sunspots that have got they are a bit deeper. So, I would probably need to use a good vitamin E - if I wanted to address them. And round the eyes is deep rooted hyperpigmentation, but I've had dark circles for all my life it's not something that really concerns me. But if someone did come in and wanted to address dark circles then we could cross-refer to one of our medical practitioners who could offer a more rejuvenating treatment for around the eye area.
So, after seeing the results from my Observ I would definitely see that the thing that bothered me most was texture I really want to try and reduce their appearance of these pores and just get an overall more plump and even texture so I think the best things for me would be a really good vitamin E and some light microneedling treatments.
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