Lots of factors affect yours skins outward appearance. Lifestyles can greatly influence age. Smoking rapidly accelerates the aging process and that is evident in the skins appearance.
Sun exposure is another key factor, particularly in those with lighter skin color. Hormonal loss can affect skin age. Repetitive facial movements also lead to fine lines and wrinkles. Genetics play a role in the aging process.
Damaged skin can have, dryness, discolorations or age spots, freckles, and appear rough leathery. The damaged skin losses collagen, elastin and fat beneath the skin which results in sagginess, hollowness, and wrinkles.
There are a lot of methods you can reverse some of these aging signs. For mild cases, sun avoidance and protection can slow the progression. Smoking cessation can halt the damage. Topical creams like Retin-A, and moisturizers can help reverse mild sun damage. For mild to moderate creases or for sun damages discolored skin, aggressive treatments like injections, laser surgery are helpful.
Fraxel laser rejuvenates aging skin. The non-invasive micro lasers removes age spots and discolorations and stimulates the regrowth of collagen and elastin tissue that tightens skin and removes mild to moderate wrinkles. This is the method used by the movie stars and is often referred to as a weekend face lift. Mild redness or swelling is present for a day or 2 after the treatments, similar to moderate sunburn. The therapy includes a course of 4 treatments that have little or no down time. The refreshed appearance of the skin last many years (depending on your lifestyle) and can take years off your appearance.
Short of having a face lift either via laser or surgical procedure, there are injectable treatments that can reverse some of the aging process. With time muscles become frozen in position and person can have the appearance of being angry or worried. Botox relieves these dynamic lines and removes wrinkles form the brow and corners of the eye (crows feet). Botox can relax these worry and age lines giving you a refreshed appearance. Results generally last 3-6 months.
With time, much of the collagen tissue and underlying fat is lost. This results in hollowness, or wrinkles. This loss of tissue can be replaced by fillers like juvederm or restylane that replace
lost volume. It is particularly useful for deep smile lines or other lines that develop around the lips. It can also replace lost tissue in cheeks and eye sockets.
Fillers can also be used to augments lips to make them appear more luscious.
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