Dear Dr. Seckel, I am 42 years old, and have some “sun” or “age” spots on my face, along with some fine lines and wrinkles developing and loosening skin on my neck. Is there a treatment I can do at home to help improve these signs of aging? Do you recommend in office treatment over home treatment? I am not interested in a face-lift at this time. I would like to eliminate the fine lines and wrinkles and give my skin a fresh new look. Thank you Laura, Peabody, MA.
Dear Laura,
Thank you for your question. The most important home treatments for pigment removal, age spots, sun spots, fine lines and wrinkle removal is sun block, antioxidant vitamins, not smoking, and a healthy diet rich in antioxidants and avoiding animal fats. I also recommend a good prescription anti-aging cream with pigment removal agents such as Epiquin® or Glyquin®.
You really should read my book Save Your Face which is available on the website, it discusses your options in great detail.
My honest opinion is that once you need pigment and wrinkle removal you need high tech intervention which can only be done in a doctors office. Laser skin rejuvenation is safe and effective today and laser skin rejuvenation and IPL or photo facial are more effetcive than skin creams alone.
I have the latest and best non-surgical facial skin rejuvenation techniques including Obagi Peel ceams, Microdermabrasion®, the ActiveFX laser skin peel, other laser skin rejuvenation and IPL Photo facial treatments, which are all great treatments for the pigment removal and facial rejuvenation.
While loose neck skin is usually best treated with a neck lift or face lift (also called a Rhytidectomy) we do have a new skin tightening treatment called Aluma withFACES, and another called LuxIR both of which can tighten skin without surgery. Meantime check the archives on the right of this page for articles I have written on pigmenty removal, wrinkle removal and skin tightening.
For more information on skin tightening and non-surgical facial rejuvenation read Save Your Face or contact me. With todays new technolgy yuou dont have to have a face lift to rejuvenate your skin, there are so many non-surgical facila rejuvenation techniques that work well.
Thank you.
Boston, Massachusetts