Skin tightening is all about tweaking the face using a combination of skin care techniques, whether it’s general daily skin care, mesotherapy and dermal rollers or laser.
It all comes down to wanting to look younger and having healthy, glowing skin. Striving for optimum skin texture, tone, and colour (pigmentation), as well as treating wrinkles and loss of volume, or sagging.
Sagging occurs when collagen starts to fail over time. The structural walls of the skin start to slack. Collagen loss is the biggest contributor of wrinkles and volume loss.
Boosting collagen can help reverse the ageing process.
We can’t stress the importance of regular sunscreen enough. Even in the winter. Moreover, low alcohol, no smoking and low sugar consumption can slow down the old look.
Many of our mesotherapy lines help to lift, firm and tighten the skin. Helping each individual layer of skin deep down beneath the surface layer. The top layer will always show what’s going on underneath, behind the scenes. Be it discolouration, blood vessels, sun spots or acne scars.
There is no ‘one specific’ treatment for all out there. Each individual will have their ‘go-to’ favourite device or roller which they can depend on.
Stimulating collagen production can be done using peels and retinoids which require no down-time or expensive treatments compared to traditional methods. Risk of side effects is lower too. How long the results last for is a big factor when considering any type of treatment.
Injectable fillers temporarily replace lost collagen. When filler is injected, its volume creates a pull up beneath the skin. It’s easy, but requires a balance of knowing when to stop, as too much can mean some patients are quick to overdo it.
New methods for skin tightening now include radio-frequency and ultrasound techniques which can miraculously build collagen by sending energy to different layers of the skin. It’s non-invasive and safe.
We need to be doing a little bit of everything; fillers, micro-needling, good diet with low-sugar consumption, exercise and maybe even a little bit of Botox!
