Tua Viso or Lightstim...help me decide please?
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free skin care · Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:28 am

Hi,

This forum is amazing, I am so grateful for the things I have learned on here. I have always looked after my skin and thought I was pretty 'up' on it all!!

wow, I know nothing!! you guys are amazing on here, the knowledge is incredible and I thank you all for sharing.

Now, I really want a Tua Viso AND a Lightstim...but at the moment I can only get 1!!

which would you buy first?

my skin is dry/mature..

pigmentation and some small capilliares on cheeks mainly.
not many wrinkles at all, but
main problem is sagging around the jawline. I hate it!! with a vengence, I have jowls Mad

I do need to lose about 10 kilos (working on that at the moment!) I think will help abit but I am hoping is doesn't make it worse.

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

free skin care · Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:24 pm

Hi Bernie

I have used both gadgets but sold my Tua Viso for the new Tua Trend which I enjoy using.I use it daily, well on most days and I have found it good at firming up my cheek and jawline although I do double the program on my problem areas. I have used the Lightstim but found it to be
a) too time consuming
b) really dried out my skin when I used it more than 3 times a week.

Im not sure if I gave it long enough to really see any differences but I just found it took too long out of my evening to commit too.

So I guess personally I would go with the tua viso although I wouldnt expect miracles with these gadgets.They cost quite a bit initially and you have to use them continuously to see any benefit.Hope this helps

free skin care · Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:49 pm

Hi Bernie,
I am not aware of your age but jowls are no fun at any time in your life. I have both devices you are interested in and although I like both of them neither one was the cure for jowls. The only thing that has dealt with my jowls are facial exercises.The Lightstim used along with green tea has really plumped up my skin and given me a creamy complexion and tightened things up. The tua viso is fun and tightening but for me it did not deal with jowls...I needed bigger guns for that like facial exercises. Wink

free skin care · Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:10 am

thanks for the replies.. Very Happy

I definately want both items, in time! just not sure which one to go with.

I too really believe the only true answer will be a face lift , and to be honest if I had the money thats what I would do.

Dont get me wrong, for my age (47)my skin is really good, and this is the only thing that is just starting to bother me. Guess I need to start putting even more effort in, might have a look at some of those excerises Confused

free skin care · Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:53 am

Definitely a good idea to try the exercises for jowls. Between the two devices, I would go for the AALS. I have the TV and am never sure I am using it correctly. LED devices are much easier and you see pretty quick results.

free skin care · Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:56 am

It really depends on what your main priority is for what you want to do. If you want to tighten the skin through exercising the muscles then the Tua Viso is more for that. If you are more concerned about pigmentation and small wrinkles then the LED devices would be more for that.

I have used both the Tua Viso and the AALS and with the TV I have seen some tightening and lift to my skin...with the AALS I noticed that my skin got more evened in color with less pigmentation...but, I never really noticed any wrinkle reduction from the AALS.

free skin care · Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:40 pm

Bermie,

I'm like you I plan to buy the AALS and am considering either the Tua Viso or the Tua Trend...may I ask if there is a reason you've decided on the TV? I've been reading the boards and am confused over which device people seem to like best...the TV or TT.

Thanks!

free skin care · Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:40 pm

Okay I have both devices and love them both but they both perform different functions -
the TV exercises the muscles and has an overall
lifting effect to the face. I hav sagging jowls and it has helped somewhat. Agree exercises should be used as well for sagging.
The TV has helped to plump the skin (mainly cheeks) and help erase some fine lines along with evening out skin tone and getting rid of sun spots. Get both by all means and get the AA
lightstim. You may want to start with the TV for the face lifting - good luck - you can't go
wrong with either! DiPhx

free skin care · Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:19 am

Firstly I didn't know I could only post 5 times a day Shock

anyway,

skindeep38..to be honest I have been reading so much an all these devices that I can't remember one clear reason why i decided to go with the TV instead of the TT, think it looks easier to control, I liked the handle.

with the LED I was considering the Tanda but couldn't go past the rave reviews off the Lightstim!

thanks for the input DiPhx

think i may go with the TV first,
I am in Melbourne Australia so any advice on the best place to purchase from?

I think NCN stock it? and they post to Australia?

free skin care · Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:11 am

Thoughtful, are you saying that yhou aren't using your AALS at all anymore cause of the time commitment?

I also had an intense drying experience..and other difficulties..when i used the AALS 4 days in a row back in the fall of '08..should have listened to my own intution which was screaming 'stop' after the 3rd day of continuing use..but i've been thinking about it again lately..and am wondering about the experience of someone who may be using it only 3 days or so a week from the beginning..not just as maintainance (which would be how i would use it)

(probaly should have posted this on the 'pure' AALS thread, but you are active on this thread now.. and i guess it fits in...well enough...w/ this thread's topic not to be hijacking it!)

free skin care · Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:35 am

Hi Jasminerosey

Last year I went on a mad crusade to try and improve my prematurely aged skin which I put down to a few years of relentless stress.I think perhaps I went about it the wrong way.I bought the Tua Viso then the STOP then the AALS and used these quite a lot also started using Retin A and VIT C for the first time and had Botox, one lot of fillers, microdermabration, a course of IPL and skin tightening, my point being I had to prioritize my time and the AALS took just too long to do along with everything else.The drying effect could have been a combination of everything altogether, but I noticed my skin was particularly at its most dryest after using the AAls.I have learned my lesson though and have scaled back my arsenal of weapons.

free skin care · Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:00 pm

Bermie,

If you get the TV, please let us know how you like it! I've already spent my budget for this month but am saving up to buy the AALS and/or TV/TT in the next few months.

Thanks!

free skin care · Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:52 pm

I want an DPL LED unit also but bought the Tua Viso first. It has restored so much confidence in skin tone and made me feel better about turning 40. I love it!! I did not have really bad jowls but did have the beginning of something along those lines-- downward turned mouth corners-- which have totally turned around. If skin tone and wanting a faux face lift effect is your main priority I would buy the Tua Viso first. LED from what I've read will restore a peaches and cream complexion. I think about buying mine every day. If only I had it now!

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