The Laserlyte Lift™– The First True Non-surgical Facelift
Nearly everyone over 30 years old sees wrinkles, loose skin and other signs of facial aging staring back at them in the mirror. Many would like to have a fresher younger looking face like that achieved with a face lift like below
but no one wants to have a face lift or plastic surgery; everyone is looking for the non-surgical face lift.
In recent years technological advances such as Botox, and fillers like Restylane and Radiesse, and new Lasers, IPL and skin tightening machines like Thermage®, Titan®, LuxIR®, and Aluma®, have improved the plastic surgeons ability to rejuvenate the face non-surgically, but none have been able to deliver the often promised non-surgical facelift. Improvement in jowls, neck laxity, nasal labial folds and marionette lines have all required a surgical face lift. The best results of non-surgical skin tightening, the so called non-surgical facelift have achieved about a 30 % tightening of the facial skin. Dramatic results have been achieved in wrinkle removal when proper techniques have been applied, but true lifting or tightening of the facial skin, the non-surgical face lift has been modest at best
The new LaserLyte Lift™ is a laser face lift and a photo face lift and promises to achieve a much more significant rejuvenation and lifting of the face with a new non-surgical multi-modality technique three phase procedure which not only tightens the facial skin but also removes wrinkles and other aging changes on the surface of the skin—all achieved non-surgically with minimal or no down time, a true non-surgical face lift.
This new non-surgical high tech face lift or facial rejuvenation procedure is based on the theory that all of the skin layers must be treated and rejuvenated to accomplish true facial rejuvenation and is based on the principles of the 6-step non-surgical facial rejuvenation program outlined in my book Save Your Face.
The important changes in the facial skin which lead to an aged appearance occur predominantly in 3 layers-the epidermis or outer layer that you see in the mirror, and two deeper layers-the superficial and the deep dermis—the pink part of your skin you see when you scrape your knee.
As we age, the sun’s UV rays, and other age related factors damage all 3 layers of the skin. We see these changes in the form of wrinkles, brown spots and dry skin-changes in the Epidermis or outer layer. However the major changes causing wrinkles and sagging skin is damage to the 2 deeper layers of the dermis.
The result of aging changes in both layers of the dermis is the loss of collagen. Collagen plumps the skin and gives the skin its tone and elasticity. When we lose collagen from the dermis the skin loses volume and becomes wrinkled-the same way a plum turns into a prune when it loses water after drying. In addition when we lose collagen we lose elasticity, the skin does not snap back when we pull on it and release it, and the skin sags.
The key to non-surgical facial rejuvenation or a non-surgical facelift is to remove the superficial aging changes from the superficial epidermis and restore new collagen and thus volume and elasticity to both the superficial and deep layers of the dermis
Contemporary non-surgical methods such as laser, IPL or Photo Facial, Radiofrequency (Aluma®, Thermage®), and Infrared (LuxIR®, Titan®,) energies are capable of treating the surface of the skin and the deep dermis, but do not treat the middle layer of the dermis and thus cannot achieve complete non-surgical rejuvenation or a non-surgical face-lift.
New technology has finally enabled us to treat both the middle and deep skin layers to plump and tighten the sagging facial skin. Thus we are now able to treat all three skin layers affected by aging, removing surface irregularities such as wrinkles, brown spots, and dry skin, and restoring collagen and thus plumping volume and elasticity to the middle and deep skin layers.
Thus we can achieve a true non-surgical facial rejuvenation or non-surgical face lift for the first time addressing all three layers of the aged skin.
This procedure is called the Laserlyte Lift™ because Laser and other forms of light (lyte) energy are used to treat the three skin layers. The procedure takes time, as it requires multiple treatments scheduled several weeks apart over a time course of several months. However the results are striking-you can see them and believe them—you don’t have to try to convince yourself that they are there as you have with so many “miracle wrinkle cures” you have tried in the past.
The Laserlyte Lift™ the true laser face lift or non-surgical face lift involves three treatment protocols or phases.
Phase I begins with the important first 2 steps of the 6-step non-surgical facial rejuvenation program deep exfoliation and stimulation of new collagen growth near the surface of the skin. This phase removes wrinkles, brown spots and restores the skins shiny glow. This is the Laserlyte peel achieved with the Lux2940 ablative fractional laser. This peel is performed with a topical skin anesthetic, takes 25 minutes, and leaves you pink for 4-5 days. Some people only need one peel others may need 2 or 3. These peels are scheduled 6-8 weeks apart
Phase 2 begins about 6 weeks after your first ablative laser peel and is the start of your skin plumping and skin tightening regimen through stimulation of new collagen growth in the middle and deep dermal layer by the application of laser and Infrared or other energy which penetrates through the epidermis and superficial dermis to the mid and deep dermis, to restore collagen and elasticity and tighten the facial skin. I use the Lux1540 and LuxIR Skin Tightening Technology by Palomar. Treatments are spaced 4 weeks apart and at least 4 sessions are required.
The start of Phase III, deep sub dermal skin and fat tightening provides significant firming and lifting of the facial skin. The new Palomar Aspire sub dermal laser stimulation provides powerful tightening of the of the deep dermal and sub dermal layers. This maneuver also tightens and lessens the fat beneath the skin which adds to the aged facial appearance. If you only need one peel Phase 3 can begin as early as 2-3 months and be alternated with Phase 2 at 2-week intervals. If you need 3 LaserLyte Peels then Phase 3 will not begin until 5-6 months.
While the Laserlyte Lift™ , the laser face lift or true non-surgical face lift, takes time it is the only method of non-surgical facial rejuvenation to actively treat all three layers of the skin and thus the only method to achieve an effective non-surgical facelift. In fact, the Laserlyte Lift™ achieves more thorough facial rejuvenation than a surgical facelift. A surgical facelift only tightens the skin, after a facelift you have tight “old” skin. The Laserlyte Lift™ renews and rejuvenates all three skin layers, thus when you are finished your face truly looks younger as well as tighter, a true facial rejuvenation and a real non-surgical facelift, and remember, you are avoiding surgery and its dangers and discomfort. More importantly you are achieving true facial rejuvenation with wrinkle removal and new collagen, which plumps and tightens your skin to a truly youthful appearance.
As technology advances we undoubtedly will be able to achieve results is less time. However at present the Laserlyte Lift is the only method for an effective non-surgical facelift and rejuvenation of all three skin layers and it takes