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PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES THE LASER EDITION THE LASER EDITION 01 VICTORIA’S Secret SKIN, EXPLAINED BEAUTIFULLY Stop covering up. Show your skin. The secret is her skill. From old beauty rituals to the science behind your skin. BBL HEROic + MOXI HALO · Seoul Stacking Your skin. Your itinerary. VICTORIA / MASTER ESTHETICIAN

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES VICTORIA / IN HER OWN WORDS THE LASER EDITION 02 POLKA DOTS. Plot twist. I started taking care of my skin long before it became my career. “Why do you have polka dots all over your skin?” WHAT THE OTHER KIDS WOULD ASK ME I didn’t understand it because I’d always had them. Then I started feeling really insecure about my freckles. After tennis tournaments, it could be a hundred degrees outside, and I would wear a sweatshirt just to cover my arms. I always wore a hat and sunscreen because I didn’t want freckles on my face. I loved going to the department-store beauty counters with my mother. I started skin care young, and I became passionate about it. I knew that was what I wanted to do.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES BEAUTY SECRETS / THEN & NOW THE LASER EDITION 03 BEAUTY’S little secrets. Sour milk. Yes, really. Milk baths were part of beauty routines long before modern peels. Sour milk contains lactic acid, which helps loosen the bonds between surface skin cells. The smell? Another story. Beauty has a long history of silence. For generations, admitting to cosmetic enhancement was taboo. You wanted the result without admitting what you had done. Shhh. The bottles and the devices have changed. The wish is the same. Everyone wants it.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES BBL HEROIC / COLOR CORRECTION THE LASER EDITION 04 THE COVER-UP gets a day off. Years of sun can leave pigment unevenly distributed. If the spots keep asking for concealer, BBL HEROic targets selected brown spots and visible redness. BROADBAND LIGHT / FILTERED IPL A laser uses a particular wavelength. BBL HEROic uses a range of light wavelengths, filtered for the target. Pigment absorbs the selected light and turns it into heat. The treated pigment can darken, then gradually flake away. The payoff: a more even-looking canvas, so your skin gets the attention instead of the spots. HEROic matters. Intelligent Control and motion tracking help deliver pulses consistently as the handpiece moves. It is designed for faster, more comfortable treatments than older BBL HERO systems. Victoria still chooses the settings.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES MOXI / TEXTURE & TONE THE LASER EDITION 05 A LITTLE MOXI. A smoother finish. When the color is only part of the story, look at the surface: dullness, uneven texture and the way makeup sits on your skin. 1927 NANOMETERS MOXI’s wavelength is absorbed by water in the skin. It creates tiny zones of controlled heat near the surface, prompting renewal as those treated cells are shed. Non-ablative means it heats these small zones without vaporizing open columns of skin. Fractional means it treats tiny areas and leaves skin between them to help healing. The result we’re working toward: a smoother feel, a fresher finish and more even tone. A few days of that fine, sandy texture can be part of getting there.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES HALO / WHY I BOUGHT IT THE LASER EDITION 06 HALO. “When I first tried HALO, I was in between offices. I had it done in my living room, on my couch. I wasn’t really set up to love it. But within a few days, I thought: I could never do another laser on anybody if I didn’t buy this one. That’s how dramatic it was. My skin felt glowy and tighter. My pores looked different. My makeup would glide on. I knew that if I didn’t get that laser, I would have to send people to someone who had it. It wasn’t the best time to buy a laser, but it was truly better than anything I’d ever used. I couldn’t tell people to have something else knowing it existed.” DR. MELANIE PETRO TWO WAVELENGTHS / ONE HYBRID TREATMENT 2940 nm renews the surface with tiny, shallow openings. 1470 nm creates deeper zones of heat that support remodeling. HALO combines both in the same microscopic treatment zones.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES BBL HEROIC + MOXI / THE COMBINATION THE LASER EDITION 07 BETTER TOGETHER. Seoul stacking. One treatment for the color. Another for the finish. A combination chosen for your skin. BBL HEROic + MOXI Brown spots + redness Texture + tone This is what we mean by Seoul Stacking: taking inspiration from Korean combination treatments and choosing complementary steps with a purpose. An expert knows the science of each treatment and what it adds. BBL HEROic can address selected color concerns while MOXI adds fractional resurfacing. For some skin, that pairing makes sense in one visit. For other skin, spacing treatments is the better fit. The goal is less covering up, a smoother finish and a result that makes sense for you.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES BIOSTIMULATION / BEFORE THE BUZZWORD THE LASER EDITION 08 CONTROLLED damage. Resurfacing lasers and chemical peels use controlled injury to ask your skin to repair itself. Different tools, the same repair principle. A peel uses acid. A resurfacing laser uses energy. Both prompt renewal. Depending on the treatment and its depth, that repair can include new collagen and remodeling. How much we treat, and where, changes the result and the recovery. 01 THE SIGNAL Controlled treatment tells skin there is repair work to do. 02 THE RESPONSE Cells renew. With the right treatment, collagen remodels. 03 THE PAYOFF Texture and skin quality can improve gradually. That is biostimulation: asking your own tissue to respond. Lasers and peels were doing it long before “biostimulatory” became the word everybody wanted on a label.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES DOWNTIME / PICK YOUR DESTINATION THE LASER EDITION 09 HOW FAR are we going? Think of recovery like a trip. A little farther can mean a bigger commitment in time and cost. 01 Lake Martin BBL HEROIC The close-to-home option. Usually little social downtime. Spots can look peppery or slightly rough, then shed over about 1-2 weeks. 02 Rosemary Beach BBL HEROIC + MOXI Think long-weekend energy, with a buffer. Redness and a sandy feel can linger; allow roughly 5-7 days for the surface to settle, sometimes longer. 03 Charleston HALO A bigger itinerary. Plan for more visible redness, swelling and bronzing. Often about 5-7 days of visible recovery; stronger settings can need longer. We’ll plan your recovery window and sun protection before you book around an event. Your settings and your skin decide the timing.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES YOUR PLAN / ROOM TO CHANGE THE LASER EDITION 10 NOTHING off the rack. “So I think that’s a huge advantage in this practice, is that we actually take time with our patients.” VICTORIA We start with what bothers you, how much downtime fits your life and what you want to spend. Then we keep listening as your skin responds. Your plan keeps moving as we see what the treatments do. If the next best step changes, we change with it. Any package you buy here can be applied toward other treatments. Buying three sessions does not tie you to doing the same thing three times. Skin changes. Your plan should, too.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES VICTORIA / THE FINISHING TOUCH THE LASER EDITION 11 THE SECRET is her skill. Sixteen years of experience. A lifelong interest in skin. And yes, she is fun. “You never know what you’re gonna get. It’s always fun.” VICTORIA / ON WORKING WITH DR. PETRO The machine doesn’t know your plans for next weekend. Victoria does. She connects what you want with the device, the settings and the recovery you can manage. I have dark skin myself, so we obsess over settings. Burns are possible with light and laser devices. Experience, careful choices and attention during treatment help reduce that risk. — Dr. Petro GOOD SKIN CARE BOOKENDS THE TREATMENT We get your skin care right before and after: what supports your skin, what takes a break and what belongs on freshly treated skin. If we choose a PDRN topper, it is a specific product for a specific plan.

PETRO / THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDES THE LASER EDITION 12 YOUR CUSTOM FITTING Starts here. Bring Victoria your skin. And your calendar. We’ll talk about what you want to see and what you don’t want to see when you look in the mirror. PETRO FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY 903 Montgomery Highway Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216 205.824.6334 petromd.com/contact