Skin Care Guide

Creating a healthy, vibrant glow is the goal of skin rejuvenation with KaramMD.

Youthful skin is bright, clear, and vibrant looking. It has a glow we call luminosity. With age, the skin begins to thin and become discolored. Aging skin looks dull, feels coarse, and shows fine lines and wrinkles. Eventually, we lose our youthful luminosity and we appear older than we feel.

Our comprehensive KaramMD skin rejuvenation program in San Diego is designed to restore and revitalize aged skin and help reestablish that beautiful healthy glow. For our younger patients or those we aim to preserve your vibrant look. A good skin care program incorporates both an at-home skincare routine with the KaramMD TRIFECTA and safe, effective office-based skin treatments. Maintaining an organized skin rejuvenation routine is essential to slowing down the rate of aging of the skin. But beautiful skin doesn’t end there.

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It’s all about consistency

Beautiful skin is achieved with consistency. As the largest organ in your body, your skin must be cared for in similar ways to any essential part of your body. To achieve the radiant, youthful luminosity you want, it’s important to stay out of the sun and use proper sunscreen, follow a healthy diet, get adequate sleep, and follow an overall healthy lifestyle.

Even more importantly, you must put the right active ingredients on your skin. Potent, effective ingredients for skin revitalization, hydration, collagen production, and more, must be applied to the skin every day. The KaramMD skincare line includes all the ingredients you need for healthy skin. Just use it every day, and your skin will have what it needs to thrive.

Your personalized skin care rejuvenation program

The journey to true skin rejuvenation is unique for each person. To begin, we will assess your skin and understand your concerns and problem areas. From there, we will craft a skin rejuvenation program. This will include the KaramMD skincare products, the TRIFECTA + POLISH.

Additionally, your skin rejuvenation program will include some or all of the following:

Scientifically-formulated sunscreen and sun protection
BBL Photofacial Therapy
Chemical Peels
Laser Resurfacing
Profractional Therapy
BOTOX

Through a one-on-one skin consultation, we help our patients get informed and empowered so that they can get the most out of their treatments. We believe strongly that treatments need to be effective as well as cost-effective. That is the standard we use when recommending skin care treatments.

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Skin rejuvenation basics with Dr. Amir Karam

The basic components of a good skin care and skin treatment regimen include proper skincare, and that includes more than skincare products and treatments. Dr. Karam educates his patients in a conversational way with his expert advise and knowledge about the science of skin aging and how to reverse it on his youtube channel and in his KaramMD Journal on his skincare website.

Two of the most vital components of healthy, beautiful skin include protecting your skin from the sun and applying the correct active ingredients to your skin on a consistent basis.

Sunscreen And Sun Protection

Excessive sun exposure is one of the top accelerators of facial aging. The combination of regular sunscreen use and physical sun protection will not only significantly reduce the rate of aging and preserve the youthful tone and texture of the skin, but it will also significantly reduce your risk of skin cancer. This is perhaps one of the most important lifestyle changes you can make for yourself.

A simple rule when searching for a good sunscreen is to find one that contains an SPF of 30 or greater but–and this is important–also has a physical blocker such as zinc or titanium oxide. The percentage of zinc or titanium oxide should be greater than 8 or 9%. When it comes to sun protection, while it’s good to get some vitamin D at times, be careful to avoid any excessive sun exposure. Wear a hat and protect your skin.

Proper Skin Care with the TRIFECTA + POLISH

We know how confusing and complicated the topic of skin care products can be. To simplify the subject and help his patients easily and simply achieve the beautiful skin they desire, Dr. Karam spent years researching and formulating the KaramMD skincare line, TRIFECTA.

There is a fundamental combination of skin care ingredients that every person needs to apply to their skin to effectively reverse the aging process. The right active ingredients in the three KaramMD TRIFECTA products & our POLISH exfoliator were created with Dr. Karam’s extensive knowledge of skin and skin structure. The KaramMD skincare line is based on solid science and clinically-proven outcomes.

What are some of the vital ingredients in the KaramMD skincare line?

Of the many key ingredients Dr. Karam chose to include in his groundbreaking TRIFECTA, the following are some of the most important:

Growth factors: Growth factors stimulate the skin cells to produce new collagen and elastin, achieving stronger, healthier, renewed skin.
Retinols & Retin-A: Retin-A and retinols stimulate the cells to produce collagen and elastin while exfoliating the upper layer of the skin, achieving better skin tone, skin texture, and brightness.
Antioxidants: Vitamin C and E are potent antioxidants used to minimize free radical damage, resulting in lighter, brighter skin.

Hyaluronic acid serum and lipids: These ingredients are two vital hydration components that lock in moisture, help achieve supple, soft skin, improve skin texture, and manage and balance oily or dry skin
Niacinamide: Helps achieve skin surface immunity, protects skin cells from environmental stressors, minimizes fine lines & wrinkles Improves the firmness of the skin.
Peptides: Peptides decrease the loss of elastin and stimulate the production of collagen, strengthening the skin matrix and helping achieve firm, fresh skin.
Non-hydroquinone lighteners: This ingredient lightens and brightens the skin, effectively reducing pigmentation concerns.

Skin Treatments to Augment Your Daily Skincare Routine

Aside from consistent use of the products in the KaramMD skincare line, having skin treatments every few months helps give a more dramatic boost to your skin. We provide the following treatments, performed alone or in combination with each other to suit your needs.

BBL (Broad Band Light) Photofacials

The Sciton BroadBand Light (BBL) at Carmel Valley Facial Plastic Surgery is the most advanced intense pulse light treatment on the market today. The Sciton BBL (BroadBand Light) procedure revitalizes the skin enhancing its luminosity. It targets brown and red pigments. The result is the skin appears more even-colored and bright. In addition, BBL has been shown to stimulate the production of collagen & elastin, helping to maintain a youthful skin structure.

What it Treats

Age spots
Spider veins
Rosacea
Freckles
Brown/Red Lesions
Acne
Hair removal

Chemical Peels

Chemical peels are an excellent approach to treating sun-damaged and wrinkled skin. There are a variety of different chemical peel agents available. These can be customized to treat a specific skin condition and skin type. Regardless of the type of peel, a well-done chemical peel leaves the skin glowing. The improvement in texture and improvement of pigment discoloration (brown spots) can be dramatic. Peels can also eliminate fine lines and wrinkles.

We offer a range of chemical peel treatments ranging from light micro peels to medium-depth TCA peels. The downtime ranges from no downtime for the light peels and between 5-10 days for medium-depth peels. These procedures are well tolerated without anesthesia. Chemical peels can be done in combination with botox and filler treatments as well as with facelifts, eyelid surgery, or fat transfer.

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Laser Resurfacing (Erbium:Yag)

Micro Laser Peel

We are proud to introduce the latest technology in superficial skin resurfacing using the Sciton Micro Laser Peel. This state of the art Laser Peel provides dramatic long lasting results with minimal discomfort and downtime.

Laser Skin resurfacing treatments are intended to reverse the negative effects caused by environmental and aging factors to restore a healthy youthful appearance. The laser peel precisely ablates and removes the thin top layer of the skin in order to eliminate damaged skin cells. The removal of damaged skin cells improves the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, pigmentation, tone, and texture.

What it Treats

Fine Line and Wrinkles
Scars
Keratosis
Sun damage (e.g., freckles)
Pigment irregularities

Profractional Therapy

The Sciton Profractional Therapy is a solution to treat the after-effects of aging and environmental factors that contribute to the breakdown of collagen and elasticity in the skin. This fast and easy treatment aerates targeted areas of the skin to thicken the tissue and help to stimulate the body’s natural production of collagen. In as little as one treatment the body will develop rich new collagen, and you will experience tighter rejuvenated skin. Unlike full field resurfacing which removes the entire surface area of a treatment site, the Profractional Laser pinpoints narrow-diameter channels into the deep layer of the skin called the dermis. This triggers the body’s collagen-generating process. This new collagen results in added thickness and resilience to the skin.

What it Treats

Fines lines and wrinkles
Elasticity (collagen depletion)
Scars

TRL (Deep Laser Resurfacing)

For deeper lines and wrinkles, TRL is the treatment of choice. Having the ability to tune the laser to deeper levels required to tackle deep lines and wrinkles allows us the versatility needed to address even the most sun damaged and aged skin.

Successful treatment of those stubborn vertical lines around the lips makes this procedure very popular. It can be done alone or in addition to our other non-surgical skin rejuvenation procedures for the face.

Botox

BOTOX not only improves wrinkles, but it can also prevent them. Wrinkles form as a result of facial muscle contraction leaving creases on the skin. During youth, the skin is elastic and will rebound. However, as one ages, the elastic quality of the skin diminishes resulting in wrinkle formation. BOTOX relaxes the muscles that cause wrinkles on the face, thereby preventing their formation. Additionally, well-done BOTOX can have a very positive impact on the expression of the face. It is used primarily in the upper face. The results last between 3-4 months.

Nano Peel

In circumstances in which no downtime is required, our Nano Peel offers a quick refreshed skin appearance by removing a very superficial layer of dull skin. This is perfect to reestablish your glow before a weekend or an event. This procedure is done in about 15 minutes with no anesthesia.

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Reviews

Francine M.

"I had a vertical restore at age 65 with Dr Amir Karam. It has been a little over a year and I am delighted with the results. Some of my friends have not even noticed - I just look rested. Dr Karam will provide you with all the information and supplements that you need to make the procedure and the recovery time as comfortable as possible. I usually bruise very easily but with the supplements that were given to me prior to my procedure and afterwards, my bruises were gone within a week."

"I highly recommend Dr. Karam and would go back to him for anything I might want done in the future. I totally trust his approach and recommendations. You won't be disappointed!"

Kris R.

"I'm one month out from a Vertical Restore with Dr Karam. Dr Karam is an incredibly talented Surgeon. I can barely see my scars already. I also did a laser peel, within 8 days I was wearing makeup and admiring my new jawline and neck. I'm 65 this month and so happy I chose him. He is the best there is. His staff are fun, caring and kind. They made my entire experience so easy. I would not hesitate or even think about going anywhere else. Check out his Instagram account. He does all his content himself. Extremely informative, with many before and after photos. I decided on Dr Karam after researching his Instagram and had made my decision before we had even met."

Janice S.

"Dr Karam is a great surgeon, a true artist and a wonderful human being. He has done 2 procedures on me over the last 3 years. Both with excellent results. His fat transfer and his lip lift technique are extraordinary. I wouldn't think of going to anyone else and I would highly recommend him to anyone who is looking for the best."