The Clinique Santé-préventive offers new services!

Montreal, March 4, 2011 – Beginning today, specialists from the Clinique Santé-préventive of the Fondation du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) can assist you in preventing the aging of your skin by giving it back a healthy and younger appearance.

The range of care options for healthy skin offered by the Clinique Santé-préventive is broad: treatment for pigmented and vascular lesions (age spots, freckles, rosacea, visible blood vessels and other blemishes), skin tightening with infrared light, photo-rejuvenation, acne, permanent hair removal, resurfacing and more. Most care is provided with infrared light (IPL) and can take from a few minutes up to one hour, according to the zone being treated.

Over time, skin slackens and loses its shine. Skin cells are renewed more slowly bringing on, as a result, a thickening of the epidermis. Several small flaws appear and, for many of us, prove to be annoyances in everyday life. The Clinique Santé-préventive can be depended on to bring improvement to your skin so that you feel better about yourself.

 “The new treatments offered at the Clinique Santé-préventive are safe and effective,” says Jo-Anne Hudon Duchesne, Director of Clinical Services at the Fondation du CHUM. “Nurses always validate or supervise the dispensing of care,” she added. Moreover, the treatment for the patient is simple, since daily activities can be taken up again right afterward.

After a session with intense pulsed light, skin will be softer, lines and skin pores will be less visible and your complexion will become more uniform. Using an effective sunscreen between visits is recommended. In addition, a moisturizing fluid, soothing and non-greasy, should be applied in the 72 hours following treatment to promote skin rehydration.

Consult our experts at the Clinique Santé-préventive at 514 890-8323. The evaluation is free of charge and the treatment plan includes an estimate of costs (flexible payment options). Our staff will answer your questions and set out a plan for personalized treatment. Costs vary according to the size of the skin surface to be treated.

Information on the Clinique Santé-préventive de la Fondation du CHUMOur offices are located at 1001, Saint-Denis Street, 6^th floor, Montreal, Québec. (514 890-8323) Several preventative services in health are available such as complete checkups, evaluation of your physical condition (fitness, weight control, etc.), laboratory tests and much more.

All profits from the Clinique Santé-préventive are donated to the Fondation du CHUM.

 About the Foundation

The mission of the Fondation du CHUM is to provide the CHUM with an ongoing source of private funds to complement public funding, in order to help it improve patient care, acquire cutting-edge equipment and carry out research, teaching and health promotion activities. To make a donation to the Fondation du CHUM, visit our website at fondationduchum.com, or call 1 866 DON-CHUM (1 866 366-2486) or 514 890-8077, extension 35205.

Giving to the CHUM and its foundation means giving a healthy future.