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“The Profect™ system is an integral part of my cosmetic dermatology and laser practice. Its ease of operation and level of accuracy allows my staff and me to accurately document before and after pictures, allowing my patients to better appreciate results, even in the most subtle enhancements.”
-Dr. Vic Narurkar - head of dermatology: University of California in San Francisco
(San Francisco, Calif.)

“The Profect™ photography system takes detailed, reproducible before and after photos and incorporates an easy to use software package for archiving and presentation to patients. I would recommend it to anyone looking to accurately document clinical results.”
-Dr. E. Victor Ross - Director: Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology Unit, Scripps Clinic
(San Diego, Calif.)

“The Profect™ Imaging System is the most practical and useful documentation package I have ever used in my busy clinic. My staff and I routinely use this user-friendly, portable and ergonomic device to rapidly take reliable and reproducible images of the highest quality. Having evaluated several photographic systems on the market, I have found Profect™ to be the best for monitoring treatment progress, improving marketing and sales, and for providing spectacular images for presentations, publications and clinical research. It is a must have for any office that performs facial treatments of any kind.!”
-Dr. Jaggi Rao - Dermatology, Laser and Cosmetic Surgery: University of Alberta
(Edmonton, AB.)

“I really enjoy working with The Profect™ system. It gives me an extra convincing argument when I explain what can be done to treat defects like: brown spots, fine lines, dehydration, active acne lesions etc. It's proving invaluable during follow-ups as an excellent proof of improvement and success. Patients are truly astonished at seeing how bad their skin is! They want to sign up for treatments right away!”
-Dr. Yves Hebert (Montreal, Que.)

“I think it's a great addition to the practice and it generates more demand for the services we provide, not to mention the ability to take consistent, high quality photos.”
-Dr. Ferdinand Stasiak (N. Vancouver, B.C.)

“This product will help increase your clinics sales, by visually illustrating to patients exactly what you’ve been trying to say to them all along.”
-Dr. Paul Newitt (Vancouver, B.C.)

“It enhances my ability to clearly show skin damage. Explaining the need for photofacials and other skin treatments has become much easier to show patients. They do the treatments.”
-Dr. Z. Strauts (Whiterock, B.C.)

Everyone knows a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, in aesthetic medicine an image is worth a million.


Clinical Studies

• Subject: Utilizing the ultraviolet camera to enhance the appearance of photodamage and other skin conditions.
• Objective: To incorporate standardized U.V. photography into our cosmetic dermatology practice as a tool for patient teaching and monitoring therapeutic programs.
• Results: The U.V. camera became a useful tool in our practice. One picture was worth a thousand words. The U.V. camera documented pigment changes, melasma, vitiligo and post-traumatic or post-surgical hypopigmentation. The U.V. camera was also useful to monitor treatment programs designed to redistribute the pigment.
• Conclusion: The U.V. camera should become an integral part of sun damage detection both in the physician's office and in the community. Not only does the camera document pigmentary changes but it also demonstrates improvement after therapeutic intervention.
-Study conducted by: Dr. Fulton Jr. (Dermatologist)

• Study: U.V.-induced erythema and pigmentation using computer-assisted digital image evaluation.
• Summary: Photography has been used for in human skin for some time. With the advent of digital photography in recent years, its use has increased. However, the focus has now turned from documentation to actual analysis and quantification of skin color changes. The advantages of digital photography outweigh any shortcomings as long as consistent, standardized procedures are followed and quality control is implemented.
-Study conducted by: Coelho, Miller, Zmudzka, Beer
(Center for devices and Radiological health, food and drug administration, Rockville, MD, USA)

• Subject: U.V. Imaging in Aesthetics.
• Objective: Treatment and reversal of ultraviolet-induced photodamage.
• Conclusion: Reduction in photodamage using the erbium:YAG laser can be quantitatively measured with ultraviolet reflectance photography using digital imaging. This model should prove useful in developing treatment regimens for photodamage.
-Study conducted by: Freedmen, Earley & Balakrishnan
(Plastic Surgeons in North Virginia, USA)

Clinical Publications

For more information about the clinical advantages of ultraviolet photography please contact us or consult the following published literature:

• Gilchrest, B., Fitzpatrick T., Anderson R., and Parrish J., 1977, “Localization of melanin pigmentation in the skin with Wood’s lamp,” Brit. J. Derm. 96:245-248

• Mustakallio, K. & Korhonen, P., 1966, “Monochromatic ultraviolet photography in dermatology,” J. Investig. Derm. 47:351-356.

• Phillips, R., 1976, “Photography as an aid to Dermatology,” Med. Biol Illustr. 26:161-166.

• Lunnon, R. 1959, “Direct ultraviolet photography of the skin,” Med. Biol. Illustr. 9 (3): 150-154