Vavelta®

VAVELTA® is a skin repair and rejuvenation product intended to improve skin that is damaged by scarring and the aging process. VAVELTA® is a suspension of human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) in cell storage medium, for injection into the skin. HDFs are responsible for the production of collagen and when injected into the skin, they are intended to produce collagen. VAVELTA® is injected directly into the target area using a fine gauge needle. It is a straightforward and minimally invasive procedure.

 

Why do lines and wrinkles occur and what happens to the skin when it ages?

Lines and wrinkles occur in particular locations on the face, neck and hands in response to repeated muscular action, sagging under the force of gravity, excessive exposure to sun, smoking, heat and cold and chemical agents present in the environment.
Wrinkles are often present in areas of particularly thin skin such as around the eyes, between the nose and corners of the lips or between the eyebrows and in locations which are particularly mobile or are moved repeatedly in the same direction. As skin ages it becomes less cellular, thinner and more prone to fine wrinkles.

 

What are scars and why do they form?

Scars are formed when the dermis is damaged by accidental trauma, surgery, disease or skin conditions such as acne. The body forms new collagen fibres to mend the damage resulting in a scar. These may be produced to excess and in a less organised way, resulting in skin with a different texture and quality than the surrounding tissue.

 

Isolagen treatment

Unfortunately due to the closure of the UK Isolagen commercial and manufacturing operations on 8th November 2006, Westminster Clinic is currently unable to offer this revolutionary cell regeneration therapy. It is our hope that that this business will be purchased/restarted at some point in the near future and we are able to offer this successful and unique treatment once again.