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The Santa Clarita laser skincare center DermaCure is the first and only center in California to offer a new type of light sedation that allows patients to resume their normal activities immediately after treatment.

Unlike other forms of sedation, nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas,” does not require patients to arrive early to their appointments and wears off only minutes after treatment, according to Dermacure officials.

“At DermaCure, we have utilized numbing cream, oral sedatives and narcotic pain killers– this is the industry standard,” said Dr. Craig Ingber, DermaCure’s owner and board certified facial plastic surgeon. “Though effective, these methods have problems.”

 “The patient needs to come in one full hour before their treatment to apply the cream or let the pills take effect. They also must have a friend drive them home. Most people lose the entire day of the treatment… At DermaCure, we have come to believe there is a better way.”

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To address these common issues, DermaCure officials introduced nitrous oxide to medical aesthetics for the first time in the state of California.

Nitrous oxide is a safe and effective form of light sedation that is commonly used in dental offices on both adults and children, Ingber said.

“Nitrous does not require arriving early to your appointment, and wears off minutes after your treatment,” he said. “Unlike oral sedation, patients can resume their normal activities immediately. The advantages are obvious.”

Safe, painless and injection-free, nitrous oxide is also inexpensive and has few side effects, making it ideal for most procedures, including but not limited to fraxel, ultherapy, liposonix and laser hair and vein removal, officials said.

The last 10 years have brought about a shift in the way people are “maintaining their youthful appearance,” according to Ingber, and facelifts, CO2 lasers and harsh phenol peels are no longer the forefront of treatment.

“The reasons are obvious: expense, extreme down time, pain and complications such as infection and nerve damage,” he said. “The last decade has seen advancement in laser, intense pulsed light and ultrasound therapies. These newer treatments can improve skin texture, reduce pores and brown spots, diminish wrinkles and even destroy precancerous skin lesions.”

Lasers can be used to remove unwanted hair and spider veins, while sagging skin and “unsightly” fat deposits can be effectively treated without surgery or down time.

For a brief introductory period, DermaCure officials are offering nitrous oxide for free with applicable treatments.

DermaCure Medical Aesthetics of Valencia

27871 Smyth Drive, Suite 100

Santa Clarita, CA 91355

661-257-8400