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A new standard of beauty with Dr. Kaycee Reyes

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“What you see on your skin is only just a reflection of your inner health, but that is not everything,” says Dr. Kristina “Kaycee” Cuevas Reyes. We were in her cozy office at Luminisce Skin Innovations, a boutique clinic located at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. I first heard about Luminisce from a colleague and got interested in the holistic approach it takes to beauty. For one to look good, one must be well – meaning real beauty is not based on having a flawless look. Instead, it’s having the kind of confidence that is based on having good health and leading a balanced life. In short, being literally beautiful inside and out.

“As we age, everything changes. Even the facial structure and the architecture of the body changes,” explains the doctor, pointing to certain areas in the face where the fat can accumulate – like below the eyes for instance – which makes the appearance of eye bags more prominent.

For many working moms (especially those like me who is fast approaching her “golden year”), the stress at work, the late nights and the demands of motherhood can take their toll on the body, the face and the skin, making it quite a challenge to maintain a healthy lifestyle and being confident that one looks her best. 

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As the doctor explains, the goal at Luminisce is to help a patient achieve overall health by providing premium and innovative skin care services. And by innovative, we mean the use of state-of-the-art technology complemented with a tailor fit program of services that starts with a careful and meticulous examination of one’s medical history, lifestyle, and the conditions at work.

According to Dr. Kaycee, the holistic approach to wellness took root when she worked for former Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan (whom she describes as her mentor) in a traditional medicine clinic where she was exposed to acupuncture and various alternative treatments such as pranic healing, reiki healing, herbal medicine and even yoga and meditation. “I saw how effective traditional medicine could become if combined with evidence-based medicine, which got me into thinking that I wanted to practice this kind of medicine in the future,” she shares. 

The lobby of Luminisce Skin & Laser Clinic at Bonifacio Global City

The path was opened when an opportunity came to go to London where Dr. Kaycee pursued a diploma in dermatology, obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Dermatology at King’s College and the St. John’s Institute of Dermatology at Guy’s & St. Thomas Hospital.  The experience in London convinced her that dermatology is not simply about treating skin conditions, but looking at the internal health of a patient. 

The London training was followed by a fellowship at the National Skin Centre in Singapore where she got to use laser technology for skin diseases, then off to Bangkok to study the aesthetic side of dermatology. “After Bangkok, I went to India to study about hair, then to Malaysia to learn about fillers (injectables) because there are different techniques,” she shares.  The young doctor believes that one cannot claim to know about lasers or aesthetics or skin treatments after residency in a hospital. “You have to study them,” she says.

This thorough preparation and the endless thirst for learning about new techniques and innovations in technology is perhaps a major reason why Luminisce is becoming a byword among many, with a growing clientele of celebrities and ordinary people  – moms included – who want to take care of themselves and feel confident in the fact that they look beautiful inside and out.

Different sizes of laser handpieces

An innovative equipment in the beauty arsenal of Luminisce is the non-surgical Fotona 4D facelift laser machine that can significantly reduce prominent “nasolabial fold” (skin fold running from the nose to the corner of the mouth or what we know as smile lines), wrinkles and sagging skin.  

The Thermalift treatment, which lasts for one hour and 45 minutes, works the way fillers and botox do without the pain of injection as it makes use of safe radio frequency pulses from a special tip that create grids on the skin, transferring heat in sections (from the dermis to the epidermis) that encourage the reformation of collagen and results in tighter and firmer skin over time.  Since it is non-surgical, there is no downtime, with patients able to resume their work after treatment.

“Not all lasers are created equal,” the doctor says, explaining that the Fotona 4D can also effectively reduce snoring by 90 percent with three to four sessions, remove leg and facial veins, do hair removal as well as suctions.  

The Fotona 4D

 One thing that has resonated well with patients is the fact that while the clinic offers innovative procedures, it has diverse medical services that involve alternative and natural therapies with individual programs suited to one’s specific needs – from simple facials to slimming and beauty procedures aimed at achieving optimum health and beauty that radiates from within.

And since it is Mother’s Day today, every mom owes it to herself to start thinking of ways to become healthier, look good, and live well.

Luminisce Skin & Laser Clinic is located at 2/F Mercury Drug Building (across St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global City, 32nd Street Corner 4th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City. Taguig. Visit www.luminisce.com or call 5118500, 09778044601 or 09159794661 for inquiries or to set appointments.

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