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Wrinkles
Wrinkles are lines or folds in the skin that develop with aging, loss of elasticity, and repeated facial expressions. They can appear as fine lines or deeper creases, often around the eyes, mouth, and forehead.
About
If eyes are the window to your soul, then skin is the window to your age. Wrinkles are ridges, folds, or creases in the skin that appear as people age. Collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid combine to create a soft, healthy foundation for your skin, with collagen acting as the backbone of the skin's underlying structural support. Unfortunately, the production of collagen starts to decline at about age 25 and decreases even further in women after menopause. Losing collagen means losing flexibility, with skin becoming more fragile and less elastic, causing creases to become permanent wrinkles.
Wrinkles are most prominent on sun-exposed skin, such as the face, neck, hands, and forearms, especially in people with light skin. Environmental factors such as smoking, pollution, and chronic sun exposure promote skin wrinkling. Additionally, repeated facial expressions, including squinting or smiling, lead to fine lines and wrinkles.
Treatment Options
Dermal Fillers
Botox
Dysport
CO2 Laser Treatment
Chemical Peels
Dermal fillers are temporary to long-lasting solutions injected beneath a wrinkle, crease, or area with volume loss to “fill” in the space, providing instant volume and fullness. The substance injected comprises collagen, hyaluronic acid, or calcium hydroxyapatite. It rejuvenates the skin by replacing lost volume in creases and folds in the face, which occurs with age. The effect is instant rejuvenation in just minutes with no pain.
All neurotoxins essentially stop wrinkles in their tracks. Regardless of the neurotoxin used, whether Botox or Dysport, the toxin works by relaxing the muscle and inhibiting it from contracting, essentially causing it to be fully or partially paralyzed. The result is smoother expression lines. Botox/Dysport makes it possible to smooth the face without surgery. The treatments are fast and easy and take only minutes to perform. To maintain results, it is necessary to return for regular treatments, typically about every 3 months.
Carbon dioxide laser reduces the appearance of wrinkles by 45%, lasting more than two years after treatment. It addresses considerable aging effects and removes an impressive 10 to 15 years of sun damage and weathering from the face. Besides wrinkles and pigmentary changes of aging skin, the CO2 laser has been found to be useful in treating all types of scars, namely, atrophic, hypertrophic, scars of varicella, etc. The laser affords a level of precision, control and accuracy that is not available by other methods.
Working in minutes, chemical peels are able to lift away dead cells sitting at the surface of the skin. This communicates to the cells below to multiply and move up, thereby increasing collagen production and prompting your skin to increase its own hyaluronic acid production. This allows skin care products to perform better by reaching deeper layers of the skin since there are no dead cells blocking their penetration or ability to become absorbed. The immediate result is smoother skin that is more radiant and youthful. Chemical peels are quick, low risk, produce immediate results, and are safe to use on any skin color.