Medical Roll CIT
The ENVIRON® MEDICAL ROLL-CIT™ is a revolutionary and unique design. It is a patent pending instrument designed by Dr. Des Fernandes, a leading South African plastic surgeon and founder of the International Environ® range of skin care products and treatments.
Many clinicians believe that laser resurfacing is the most successful way to rejuvenate facial skin. Why destroy the epidermis of the face to make it look smoother? Laser, like peeling, destroys the epidermis only so that the tissues of the papillary and reticular dermis can be destroyed and thereby instigate the normal post traumatic inflammatory reaction. The extensive damage eventually leads to the dense production of collagen and elastin with subsequent skin tightening. There is no doubt that laser has made a lot of people happy… in the beginning. It is now time to look for a more physiological way of inducing collagen and elastin.
The epidermis is a most complex highly specialised organ and while it is only 0.2 mm thick, it is our only protection from the environment. We should never, ever damage the epidermis unless the risk of leaving the epidermis intact is greater than removing it. Wrinkles are not a good excuse to destroy this wonderfully complex interface that we have with the environment.
To rejuvenate facial skin and look really young, we need a perfect epidermis. We need the horny layer to be intact and compact (as in a young skin). The stratum corneum is our main defence against UV rays as well as being the barrier protecting us from harmful chemicals. A thick stratum spinosum will add protection from UV rays. Basal keratinocytes must be as fresh and active as they can be with minimal deposition of excessive melanin. We need a thick layer of collagen in the papillary and reticular dermis and functional elastin with a good blood supply.
If you look at the skin of any photo-damaged person under the microscope, then you will see that each of these main points have been compromised by sun damage. Destruction of the epidermis is not the way to correct that
problem. Topical applications of vitamin A and the antioxidant vitamins C, E, and carotenoids, on the other hand, are effective, safe and will largely restore the skin to a more youthful appearance.
Of course, the real problems of wrinkled, sagging skin lie in the dermis. The collagen has been damaged and the thick layer of collagen in the dermis has become thinner. Topical vitamin A will not produce dramatic changes in the elasticity of the dermis
The Environ® Medical ROLL-CITTM (Collagen Induction Therapy) instrument is designed specifically to meet this requirement.
The instrument makes needling of the skin easy and quick to do. It is a small hand-instrument, easy to use, store and post. The instrument is packed in surgical packets and is exposed to gamma irradiation
