Today's women and middle-aged men look much younger than their peers decades ago. The reason is not only the improvement of living conditions, the absence of tedious work, but also the wide possibilities of cosmetology, a large selection of effective and safe skin rejuvenation methods.
It is absolutely not necessary to go under the surgeon's scalpel to significantly reduce the signs of skin aging and slow down the aging process. Depending on the specific problems and age of the client, beauty salon specialists choose different anti-aging programs that include hardware, injections and aesthetic procedures. Let's dwell on the most popular salon rejuvenation methods.
When to use non-surgical rejuvenation techniques
The skin of the face, neck and décolleté requires special attention and professional care in the following cases:
- pale, gray skin color;
- age pigmentation;
- sagging, decreased elasticity of the skin;
- mimic and static wrinkles;
- drooping of the corners of the eyelids, eyebrows, lips (gravitational ptosis);
- fat packs in the cheek area;
- double chin;
- dye bags and nasolacrimal grooves;
- dark circles under the eyes.
A cosmetologist will help you choose the most effective anti-aging methods or a complex of anti-aging procedures. The specialist prescribes both single anti-aging procedures and courses of rejuvenation sessions.
Rejuvenating beauty injections
Intradermal and subcutaneous injections are minimally invasive rejuvenation methods that provide a clear and long-lasting effect. Popular types of anti-aging injection procedures include:
- biorevitalization and mesotherapy- injections of hyaluronic acid and mesococktails, which can improve the condition of the skin of the face and slow down the aging process in the tissues of the dermis. The method is also in demand among young girls and men;
- botulinum therapydue to the immobilization of facial muscles by intradermal injection of botulinum toxin aimed at rejuvenation, smoothing facial wrinkles;
- filler injection- intradermal fillers based on hyaluronic or polylactic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite. The most common in cosmetology are hyaluronic fillers injected at different depths. Injectable anti-aging biogels are used to fill superficial, medium and deep wrinkles, correct facial contours and replenish volumes lost with age. Injectable rejuvenation uses biodegradable fillers that reduce the signs of aging, which first create volume due to the filler, and then maintain the rejuvenating effect by triggering the natural collagen and elastin production process;
- lipolytic injections- breakdown of fat cells in the cheeks, cheekbones, chin.
With significant signs of aging, anti-agingthread lifting– bioarmature with absorbable threads of the lower third of the face. Another popular type of rejuvenation is acupunctureplasmolifting(Platelet Rich Plasma), the inclusion of a person's own blood plasma enriched with platelets into the skin layers.
Facial rejuvenation procedures
Modern hardware cosmetology allows not only to eliminate the first signs of aging, but also to rejuvenate the skin for ten years. Depending on the specific problem and the depth of the manifestation of skin aging, the cosmetologist may recommend the following anti-aging procedures:
- photo and laser rejuvenation, where the anti-aging effect is achieved by heating the dermal layer with light rays and activating natural regeneration processes in the skin. Photorejuvenation, recommended for women and men aged 25-45, has a fairly light rejuvenating effect and is aimed at correcting certain aesthetic defects: wrinkles, age spots, post-acne condition. Laser resurfacing (fractional lifting) is more aggressive and recommended for severe signs of aging for the 40+ category;
- biorevitalization or mesotherapy without injections. Hyaluronic biorevitalizers and mesotherapeutic cocktails are used to perform antiaging manipulations. Penetration of useful components into the skin is carried out using the laser effect;
- SMAS lifting. The revolutionary anti-aging technique deserves special attention. The essence of the non-invasive SMAS-lifting procedure is the focused effect of ultrasound on the muscle-aponeurotic system located under the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous fat. The process of rejuvenation and tissue renewal takes place in the deep layers, as a result, the oval part of the face is tightened, sagging is removed, the second chin is removed, the corners of the eyes, lips, and eyebrows are lifted. Rejuvenation procedure is one-time, it is carried out once a year;
- RF lifting- a rejuvenating technique based on the effect of high-frequency currents on the dermis and hypodermis. The effect of skin rejuvenation occurs due to tissue warming and stimulation of the production of own collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid;
- cryolifting- cold skin rejuvenation procedure. In this case, the treatment of the facial skin with a special probe tip cooled to -15 ° C acts as a stimulator of active regeneration processes that slow down aging.
Hardware methods of rejuvenation included in complex anti-aging programs by cosmetologists include basic procedures -ultrasonic cleaning and laser carbon peeling.
Aesthetic cosmetology for facial rejuvenation
In addition to apparatus and injection methods, cosmetology also uses simpler, but no less effective, procedures for facial skin rejuvenation. These include, in particular:
- chemical peels;
- skin care programs for rejuvenation using a number of professional cosmetics according to skin type;
- massages.
Acid-based peels- Quite popular anti-aging procedures that are especially effective at the first signs of facial skin aging. The method works by exfoliating the top layer of the skin and damaging the living tissues of the epidermis. The deeper layers of the skin are not affected. Microburning of the skin leads to an increase in the growth of collagen and elastin fibers and an acceleration of the tissue renewal process. Median peels are used to correct age-related changes. Deep rejuvenating peelings involve the use of a highly toxic agent and are performed only in specialized clinics and only once in a lifetime.
For lifting and facial rejuvenation in cosmetology salons, varioustypes of massage:
- manual classic;
- guard;
- myofascial;
- sculpture;
- buccal;
- Spanish chroma massage.
Rejuvenating facial massages differ in technique. In general, their essence lies in the normalization of metabolic processes, the elimination of swelling and the stimulation of cell regeneration.
Complexes of rejuvenating procedures for facial skin with the use of cosmetic products include cleaning, peeling, application of anti-aging liquids and serums.
Selection of anti-surgical operations according to the type of aging
Cosmetologists distinguish 4 types of facial skin aging, choose care and rejuvenating corrective procedures accordingly.
- A type of aging with fine wrinkles. With this type, the face is covered with a network of wrinkles, age spots appear, the contours of the face do not change. To combat age-related changes, chemical peels and mesotherapy procedures are prescribed. Photorejuvenation and botulinum toxin injections are very effective.
- Gravitational type of aging. A characteristic feature is the deformation of the oval of the face (the presence of a second jaw, chin). There are also nasolabial folds, eyelid drop. The most effective methods of rejuvenation are massage, radio wave lifting, SMAS lifting, lipolytic injections.
- The tired kind of aging. Age-related changes in this type of people are manifested in unhealthy skin color, the formation of bags under the eyes and nasolacrimal grooves, slight ptosis of the eyebrows, eyelids and corners of the lips. Fillers, peels, hardware lifting methods are used as an effective means of rejuvenation.
- Aging muscle type. In this case, the signs of aging of the skin are "crow's feet" around the eyes, hyperpigmentation, fine wrinkles around the mouth, obviously sagging tissues, and there is no deformation of the facial oval. Peeling, botulinum toxin and phototherapy are recommended for skin rejuvenation with muscular aging.
Although the type of aging is important in the selection of rejuvenation methods, it is not the only criterion. Anti-aging care is necessary for the skin after 30 years, the most effective anti-aging procedures or their complex will help to choose a cosmetologist.