VISIA® Complexion Analysis - Protect Your Skin with VISIA® Complexion Analysis
VISIA® Complexion Analysis provides us with the deepest possible understanding of your skin and the ability to show you just how it will respond to a full range of treatments. In the quest for a more radiant complexion, knowledge is an invaluable tool.
The Six Key Factors: Better Diagnosis Means Better Care
Among the many variables that contribute to the total condition of your complexion, six are critical to choosing the right skin care treatments. VISIA® Complexion Analysis evaluates these factors:
- wrinkle
- spots
- pore size
- skin tone variations
- bacterial content
- UV spots that indicate sun damage
VISIA® starts with a digital photograph of your face which your doctor can use to document the condition of your skin and evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment options available to you. The system generates comprehensive reports to add to your record and with which to track your progress to a healthier, more youthful looking complexion. |
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Canfield’s exclusive RBX Technology for subsurface red/brown analysis provides detection of melanin and vascular conditions. |
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How Does Your Skin Compare? Find out today with VISIA
VISIA's in-depth analysis of your individual facial characteristics helps us design rejuvenation and skin care programs for your specific complexion.
VISIA system's multi-spectral imaging and analysis provides a clear, multi-dimensional portrait of your complexion which contribute to your overall appearance.
With VISIA's precise imaging of all areas affecting your complexion, your skin care professional can present the optimal rejuvenation options for your unique combination of facial characteristics.
Initially developed by Procter & Gamble as a skin care research tool, VISIA Complexion Analysis has been enhanced and made available to the worldwide health and skin care markets by Canfield Imaging Systems, the worldwide leader in imaging products for healthcare and wellness.
Facial rejuvenation based on your unique complexion profile
What are the definitions of the various skin features and how are the features detected?
Spots: Spots are typically 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 vary in size and generally have a circular shape.
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 system distinguishes pores from spots based on size; by definition, the area of a pore is much smaller than a spot.
Wrinkles: Wrinkles are furrows, folds or creases in the skin, which 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.
Texture: Texture is primarily an analysis of skin smoothness. Texture measures skin color and smoothness by identifying gradations 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 texture.
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.
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.
Red Areas: Red Areas represent a potential variety of conditions, such as acne, inflammation, Rosacea or spider veins. Blood vessels and hemoglobin contained in the papillary dermis, a sub-layer of skin, give these structures their red color, which is detected by the RBX Technology in VISIA. Acne spots and inflammation vary in size but are generally round in shape. Rosacea is usually larger and diffuse compared to acne, and spider veins usually are short, thin and can be interconnected in a dense network.
Brown spots: Brown Spots are lesions on the skin such as hyper-pigmentation, freckles, lentigines, and melasma. Brown Spots occur from an excess of Melanin. Melanin is produced by melanocytes in the bottom layer of the epidermis. Brown Spots produce an uneven appearance to the skin, and are detected in VISIA by RBX |
