Do cosmetic injections keep you looking younger?
Part two of our three part series on how the face ages and surgery free options to prevent progression of visible aging by Dr Jo Turner; Cosmetic Physician Brisbane. Dr Jo has her own business Skin Revision and Blog on skin care and Cosmetic medicine. Skin Revision
There has been controversy recently over very young people commencing with cosmetic injections in order to prevent progression of aging. Although I recommend you at least wait until you see visible signs of aging to start treatments, starting early does prevent progression and keep you looking younger.
Prevention of aging appearance.
There are two main groups of cosmetic injections available and the preventive action is different for each group.
Yesterday I discussed visible signs of aging and the key concepts of: movement…volume…texture
When you think of prevention you also need to think of these concepts.
Prevention of movement wrinkles- wrinkle relaxing injections.
Movement wrinkles develop because of repeated facial movement or expression, they start in the mid to late 20’s and progress to eventually become permanent.
Crow’s feet, frown lines and forehead lines
Repeated muscle action causes folding in the skin on the surface. Muscle movements that are repeated minute by minute, daily over many years cause defects to develop in collagen and elastin in the areas of folding. With loss of elasticity in the skin the wrinkles become deeper and eventually they will become fixed or fibrosed. When they are fibrosed no treatment will fix them entirely.
Muscle relaxing injections prevent the movement in specific areas, resulting in a smooth wrinkle free appearance on the surface. With these injections, over time, because you do not have repeated folding there is less ‘wear and tear’ on the skin and permanent defects are prevented.
Prevention of Volume loss –
Dermal fillers and collagen regenerating treatments
As we get less young our skin looses collagen volume (the main support structure for the skin) at a rate of 1% per year. This loss of volume results in sagging of the skin and we see wrinkles, lines and folds developing across the mid and lower face and thinning of the lips.
Temporary dermal fillers.
Temporary dermal fillers are used to rejuvenate lips (increase volume and treat lip lines) and plump our specific areas of collagen loss. (Nasolabial and marionette lines) Research released earlier this year showed dermal fillers do not merely plump out lines and folds but also stimulate skin cells to produce more collagen.
Although the extent of natural collagen production has not been measured, starting early with filling of folds, lines and wrinkles with dermal fillers means more natural collagen in your skin, less volume loss and a younger looking you.
Collagen regenerating treatments
More obvious in preventing progression of aging is a unique product that is injected into the skin and directly stimulates skin cells to produce more collagen. This treatment is referred to as ‘the liquid facelift’. The ‘liquid facelift’ is used for rejuvenation over the entire face, and because it stimulates natural collagen production it replaces lost volume and prevents progression of visible aging.
Tomorrow the third part of this series I am going to discuss the ‘liquid facelift’ in greater detail. I consider it the best kept secret in Cosmetic Medicine, because although it has been available in Australia for Cosmetic purposes since 2002, very few people have heard of it, and considering the potential for facial rejuvenation without surgery it astounds me it is not the name on everyone’s lips.
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