Facial Rejuvenation-The Revolutionary Laser and Photo Facial Rejuvenation Tecnology
Many truly revolutionary new advances in facial rejuvenation technology in the past few years have made true facial skin rejuvenation a possibility for many people.(Contact Dr Seckel)
The major advances in facial rejuvenation are:
1.Aesthetic Laser Facial Rejuvenation- New laser facial rejuvenation techniques can safely and effectively remove wrinkles, remove browns spots and pigment, remove blood vessels, remove unwanted hair, and smooth and tighten skin.
2.IPL-Intense Pulsed Light, also called photo facial rejuvenation, can safely and gently remove pigment, brown spots, blood vessels, shrink enlarged pores, and stimulate new collagen production in the skin and create effective facial rejuvenation. When IPL or Photo Facial rejuvenation treatments are combined with the light activating agent Levulan, in a process called Photodynamic Therapy even pre cancerous lesions can be removed and severe acne controlled.
3.Fractional Laser Therapy-new fractional ablative and non ablative Erbium and Co2 facial rejuvenation lasers effectively stimulate new collagen growth in the deeper skin layer called the dermis to replace age and sun damaged collagen, plump the skin and remove pigment, lessen wrinkles, improve acne scars, and tighten skin, with minimal down time
4.Skin tightening machines utilizing Infrared and Radiofrequency energy heat the very deep layers of the skin stimulate new collagen formation and tightening and provide significant facial rejuvenation.
5.Botox relaxes wrinkle causing muscles of facial expression and remove crow’s feet, worry lines, frown lines and bunny lines, a remarkable and safe advance in facial rejuvenation.
6.The Retinoids, in skin creams provide effective facial rejuvenation by exfoliating the skin and stimulating the growth of fresh new skin cells, and new collagen production in the dermis.
7.Soft tissue fillers, like Restylane, Radiesse, Juvaderm and others are used to plump deep facial lines like the Nasal labial fold line and the marionette lines.
However, the shear number of new, heavily marketed laser and photo facial rejuvenation techniques and the often-complex methodologies involved can be very confusing for the lay reader and physicians alike. To better understand the new facial rejuvenation treatments it is very helpful to first understand facial skin aging changes and then review how these changers can be reversed and the skin rejuvenated.
Facial Skin Aging – Is that my mother I see looking back at me in the mirror?
The earliest skin aging changes most of us notice on our face are fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes often referred to as crow’s feet and later deep furrows on our forehead called the frown lines and worry lines. These changes occur for most of us in our 30’s. We also begin to see brown spots and red spots or small blood vessels on our face and around the nostrils of our noses. Later the skin becomes dryer and loses the fresh glowing appearance of our youth. These superficial or surface changes are called type 1 skin aging or facial aging changes and are caused by sun damage and free radical damage from other inflammatory agents in our diet and environment and our heredity. Lasers, IPL-photo facial and topical creams are the best facial rejuvenation techniques for Type 1 facial aging changes
Later, in our late 40’s and 50’s we begin to see sagging facial skin. Usually the first sign is loose skin beneath our chin on the neck often called the turkey wattle. Later we see loose folds beginning along the jaw-line, often called jowls. As the skin sags we begin to see deep lines on either side of the mouth, called the nasal-labial fold lines and marionette lines. Aged skin also can begin to droop over the eyes and the eyebrows can begin to fall. These later skin-aging changes are called type 2 facial aging changes and are caused by the loss of skin elasticity. Sun damage, inflammation from free radicals released by our diet, and our heredity are the basic causes. Fractional laser therapy and skin tightening are the best facial rejuvenation methods for type 2 facial aging changes.
6-Step Facial Skin Rejuvenation – Help is on the way
To rejuvenate means to “make young or youthful again or restore to an original state”. To me this means correcting or removing not only wrinkles, but also the brown spots, red spots and dry skin, but also tightening sagging skin that is all of the facial aging changes, not just one or two. Wrinkle removal is only part of the process.
True facial rejuvenation is possible with today’s new technology, but facial rejuvenation must be performed in a logical, comprehensive, step-by-step process that addresses all of the major skin aging changes. Most skin rejuvenation treatments offered today only address one or two changes and as a result are ineffective. A laser can remove brown spots and blood vessels, but the skin is left with wrinkles and sagging skin. A face-lift can tighten the facial skin but leaves you with a tight old looking face.
For effective modern facial rejuvenation I offer my patients a 6-step facial rejuvenation program® which addresses each of the facial aging changes described above. The result is true facial rejuvenation that makes the face truly look young or youthful again. The 6 steps to non-surgical facial rejuvenation are:
Skin Exfoliation – removes dead dry skin cells and superficial pigment restoring a youthful glow to the skin and helping remove wrinkles. Methods are topical creams like Obagi, microdermabrasion, dermasound, microlaserpeel, and activeFX laser skin peel. laser facial rejuvenation treatments are the most effective skin exfoliation techniques.
Stimulation of new collagen production – New collagen must be restored to replace the collagen damaged by sun and aging. New collagen plumps the skin, helps remove wrinkles and firms the skin. Newer laser and photo facial rejuvenation deep collagen stimulation methods are fractional laser treatments such as the Lux1540 and Fraxel lasers
Removal of pigment and blood vessels - This step removes the brown spots and red spots or blood vessels from the facial skin. IPL or photo facial rejuvenation are the preferred new methods
Relax muscles of facial expression – Frown lines, worry lines, and crow’s feet are caused by the pull of some of the facial muscles. When these muscles are relaxed, the lines disappear and wrinkles are removed. Botox injections are the most effective facial rejuvenation method available today. In the future we will likely have a similar product in a cream
Fill deep facial lines – The deep nasal-labial fold and marionette lines are plumped up to make them less noticeable. These are deep lines, not wrinkles. Soft tissue fillers like Restylane, Radiesse, and Juvaderm are methods.
Tighten facial skin – The facial skin is tightened to improve the jowls, sagging brow and neck skin. Skin tightening also helps with wrinkle removal. LuxIR, Aluma with faces, Refirme, Titan, and Thermage are the most common photo facial rejuvenation skin tightening methods.
This 6-step facial rejuvenation program® is a comprehensive, scientific medically proven method for true facial rejuvenation, wrinkle removal and skin tightening. This is modern non-surgical method for effective true facial rejuvenation. The details of the program are carefully outlined in Chapter 5 of my book Save Your Face. In addition, Chapter 8 entitled High Tech facial Rejuvenation, the fundamentals of laser, IPL and skin tightening facial rejuvenation technologies are explained. For further information contact me.