SKIN REJUVENATION – WHY LOOK OLDER?

If you want to improve the appearance of your skin, skin rejuvenation may be the option you have been looking for. After all, why look older, when you don't feel older?

You want younger, fresher looking skin, but you don't have the money or desire to go through the invasive process of a facelift. What other types of facial skin rejuvenation techniques are there that could produce age-reducing effects? Fortunately, there are several different methods of skin rejuvenation available today that don't involve incisions, stitches, or a whole lot of money. These range from laser treatments, light and other energy-based procedures, to chemical peels and other non-ablative methods. The result is a smoother, clearer and more youthful appearance to your skin.

As your skin ages it becomes thinner and less elastic because collagen and elastin, the tissues that keep the skin firm, become weaker. These changes lead to fine lines, sagging skin, and other unwanted signs of aging. Cosmetologists and dermatologists have the medical training and experience required to use a wide range of surgical and non–surgical methods to treat skin conditions. As experts on skin aging, these specialists are uniquely qualified to keep skin healthy and youthful looking.

Skin rejuvenation is a treatment to resurface your skin, or to improve the texture, clarity and overall appearance of your skin. Conditions that can be treated include:

Static wrinkles: These wrinkles are visible all the time and do not change in appearance with facial movements.
Dynamic wrinkles: These are expression lines that may appear as folds when the skin is not moving, and deepen with facial movements or expressions.
Pigmentation: Freckles, sun spots, melasma, or other darkened patches of skin result mainly from sun exposure, and consequent damage.
Scars: As the result of acne or injury to the skin, scars may be rolling, pitted, discoloured, or have raised borders.
Vascular conditions: Blood vessels visible on the surface of the skin, often called spider veins, are vascular lesions that appear as tiny blood filled blisters or even a constant flush of facial redness.
Loss of skin tone: Weakening of the supportive skin structure (collagen and elastin fibers) that results in a loss of skin firmness, or the development of cellulite.

The methods most often, and most successfully employed by these specialists include:

Fillers and Botox® Rejuvenation

Soft-tissue fillers are generally used to plump furrows and hollows in the face, reduce wrinkles, and give the skin a smoother and more youthful-looking appearance. Botox® temporarily paralyzes certain facial muscles that can cause wrinkles.

Dermabrasion and Microdermabrasion

Dermabrasion is a resurfacing procedure with an abrasive instrument that mechanically sands the skin to remove outer skin layers and smooth the treated skin to achieve a rejuvenated appearance.

Chemical Peels

Chemical peels are used to treat wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, skin discolouration, age spots, dull skin texture, and mild acne scars by applying a chemical solution to remove the outer layers of skin and stimulate new skin growth. The new skin is usually smoother, less wrinkled, and more even in colour.

Laser and Light Resurfacing

Laser rejuvenation can effectively treat certain scars, skin discolouration, and broken blood vessels. It also effectively treats lines and blemishes on the neck and can modestly tighten sagging skin.

So before you invest time and money in a complicated face lift surgery, contact The Melrose Aesthetic Centre to find out more about the range of great skin rejuvenation options available. You will probably end up saving yourself a lot of pain and money!

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