Aging Gracefully - Facial Features Improvements
Aging Gracefully - Beauty and Facial Features
Aging process is a complex process which occur due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. As we age, our skin starts losing its elasticity and collagen which helps maintain the tone and appearance of the skin while facial fat and bone degradation is also taking place. Some of the aging process is due to our genetic coding which we have no control of while others are due to our lifestyle which we have some control over the degree of skin aging reduction.
Smoking, drinking, extent of sun exposure, lack of hydration and stress can all speed up the biological aging. We have some degree of control over the extrinsic factors to help minimize the aging process and look youthful gracefully.
Sun exposure is the most damaging to the appearance and aging process of the skin. By looking at someones skin, a physician can tell the extend of the sun exposure based on the thickness, hyperpigmentation and wrinkles of the skin.
Prevention and restoring the skin can be achieved by taking a few precautions and good skin care products.
At NewSkin Laser Center
we offer complete guidance on prevention, skin care regimen and treatments.
At NewSkin Laser we offer complete guidance on
prevention, skin care regimen and treatments.
Facial Aging Steps
Facial aging is due to changes and loss of integrity that occur in skin, fat, muscle, and bone. Changes in these structural layers affect the appearance or the aging process.
Skin
The integrity, elasticity and moisture of the skin is extremely important. As skin ages, dermin (the middle layer of skin) loses collagen which allows the skin to maintain its integrity and have a lifting effect. Elasticity (allowing the skin to stretch and bounce back) as well as the hydration of the skin (hyaluronic acid) gives the youthfulness appearance as well as the glow which are lost in the aging process.
Loss of hyaluronic acid causes the skin to be drier, less supple, less elastic and thinner.
Fillers that replenishes the hyaluronic acid include Juvederm
and Restylane
family products. These are injectables which provides instant lifting and elasticity to the skin. Topical hyaluronic acid does not provide much moisturizing effect due to poor penetration from the skin to deeper layers.
Fat
We all have fat pads in the face which gives the appearance of a lifted skin but fat works by supporting the skin to maintain its lifted features. With the aging process, we tend to lose our facial fat and therefore having more droopy appearance.
Bone
Aging process is also due to significant loss of facial bone. The amount of facial bone loss depends on your bone structure, resorption and absorption of the bone. Bone resorption causes recession of the bone, causing thinner bone and poor structural support to the overlying fat pads and the skin.
What can you do to improve your appearance?
First, we have to make sure that we prevent the external factors effecting our skin from occurring as much as possible. Obviously smoking cessation, alcohol consumption and sun exposure are the most important factors.
Meanwhile, you need to protect, preserve, hydrate the skin as much as possible. You can start with:
- good sunscreen like our ActivSunscreen 50+ ( sunscreen with tinted moisturizer).
- Hydration of the skin with water intake, ph balance and topical moisturizers
- Injection of hyaluronic acid fillers like Juvederm and Restylane for elasticity, hydration and lifting
- Injection of Radiesse which is deposited on top of the facial bone for skin integrity and lifting
Facial Rejuvenation
Upon consultation with our team physician, you will be evaluated for changes that have occurred and recommendation to improve and rejuvenate your skin will be discussed.
- Botulinum toxin is used in the face and neck because it prevents the muscles from moving; therefore, it decreases the wrinkles and lifts the eyebrows or the neck area. Dysport is usually preferred as it is now known to be more effective and longer lasting. Dysport works within 48 hours and it tends to last a bit longer than Botox.
Filler: Juvederm, Restylane, Radiesse
- Hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers like Juvederm and Restylane are great for replenishing the depleted HA and it usually plumps and hydrates the skin. It can be injected intradermally or subcutaneously. Juvederm Voluma and Restylane Lyft are usually injected in the midface and over the cheekbones to give a lifted appearance. These products can also be injected in nasolabial folds for youthful appearance. Radiesse (calcium hydroxyapatite) is a non hyaluronic acid filler used in severe bone and fat loss clients. Radiesse has one of the highest G prime
which can lift, hold and contour better (jello vs milk shake).