Non surgical face lifts: gain with less pain
Non surgical face lifts are one of the anti aging industry’s best kept secrets.
You may feel you could do with more than skin care in your battle with the forces of gravity – and yet you may not want face lift surgery and all that entails.
Non surgical face lifts always were intended to offer an alternative to facial cosmetic surgery – but some of the treatments offered were quite painful in themselves. Read more
Laser resurfacing quick guide
Laser facial treatments have revolutionized anti aging in recent years. A laser facial is one of the latest treatments reducing wrinkles, lines and age spots without facial cosmetic surgery.
Skin resurfacing removes layers of damaged and wrinkled skin so that new, smoother, and younger looking skin can form. Now the precision of the laser is being used in the same way.
Although laser resurfacing doesn’t involve facial cosmetic surgery – it is still a radical treatment and there’s a lot to consider before you decide to go ahead.
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A syringe full of active botox or saline solution?
Did you know that every physician, spa or clinic offering botox injections buys their botox in the same form and at the same price from the only manufacturer – Allergan?
There are no deals done for bulk supply – no special discounts for important customers. Everyone buys at the same price.
So how come there is such a range in the price of botox injections?
Removing wrinkles with a dermal filler
Wrinkle removal with a dermal filler has become the must have alternative to a face lift for many women.
Dermal fillers are based either on hyaluronic acid or pure collagen and can also be used to add volume when muscles tone is lost with age. Hyaluronic acid based fillers have led the market in recent years as they have a collagen boosting effect for a younger look that lasts.
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The low down on chemical peels
A chemical peel can be an effective skin resurfacing method to get rid of age spots, wrinkles and uneven pigmentation.
If you’re chasing the holy grail of younger looking skin and you want immediate impact then you may be thinking about a chemical peel.
A facial chemical peel isn’t something to rush into – peeling off the top layer of your skin will hurt and has consequences. But facial peels are not all the same – they come in different strengths and use different chemicals depending on the level of skin aging and what your cosmetic surgeon is trying to achieve.
Large areas of hyperpigmentation, age spots and deep wrinkles will need a more radical approach than less severe sun damage and fine wrinkles.
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Dermabrasion: radical skin resurfacing
Dermabrasion as a skin resurfacing treatment has been around for a long time as a treatment for serious medical skin problems and scarring.
Dermabrasion is a radical abrasive skin treatment as the name implies. Your skin is cut and scraped by the dermabrasion tool which takes off part of the top level of the skin’s surface allowing blemished skin to repair.
Although there’s no surgery involved you’ll definitely need a qualified cosmetic surgeon with significant experience of the technique. Read more
Thread lift: the lunch hour face lift?
A thread lift was a relatively new anti aging treatment when I wrote this article originally over a year ago. Back then it was hyped as a true non surgical face lift.
Also called a ‘featherlift’ or ‘gentlelift’ it was being widely advertised as a ‘no-cut’ lunch hour procedure. Something that was seen as less expensive and much less invasive than face lift surgery.
Well a year is a long time in the anti aging world and things have moved on a lot. New pain free face lifting and facial toning procedures are available like microcurrent face lifts and LED skin therapy. Read more
The real cost of botox injections
Since it was first introduced in the mid-eighties, the cost of botox injections has fallen dramatically.
Now it seems you can get your botox ‘fix’ with less impact on your wallet than a good hair do. Botox is everywhere – in clinics, spas, sold like Tupperware at parties, in drugstore chains, by home appointment – the choice is huge.
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