Facial rejuvenation techniques: What fits?

• Friday November 3, 2006 | Posted in: Plastic Surgery Procedures

  When a person gets the better – or worst -- of sun exposure, cigarette smoking, chicken pox, acne and unavoidable hereditary reasons – factors that often accelerate the natural ageing process, the skin starts to lose its youthful appearance.  

  The unwanted look is obvious in the form of superficial blemishes such as broken capillaries, freckles (lentigos), and keratoses (dry spots), scars, fine wrinkles and deep furrows.

  Lip augmentation, collagen injections, wrinkle removal using dermal fillers, and injectables, are some of the common, non-surgical cosmetic enhancement procedures available to rejuvenate the ageing facial skin.    
     
  Filler substances, also called implantations, can smoothen crows' feet, whistle lines and some scars.  There are several “fillers” available: Collagen, a natural bovine extract which strictly requires an allergy-test; Hyaluronic acid, a non-collagen material suitable for deeper lines and lip augmentation; Fat injections, using surplus fat extracted from patients own; and, Synthetic fillers which contains polytetrafluoroethylene.

  When the process involves the whole face -- correcting several forms of lines, dryness, and blotchiness – the most suitable treatment would be Resurfacing.  There are many procedures available to include Glycolic acid lotion; Vitamin-C solutions, known effective antioxidant to mop up free radicals; Topical retinoid, a prescription cream to reverse photoageing; Glycolic acid peels, a series of so-called ‘lunch hour’ freshening peels; TCA chemical peel for medium depth scars; Dermabrasion, a mechanical smoothing of the skin; and , C02 Laser resurfacing, known to produce remarkable results.  

  A more recent Resurfacing techniques is Non-ablative Resurfacing, which uses a laser, intense pulsed light or radio-device (thermage) to burn or tighten the collagen without removing the surface skin – the skin texture improves with repeated treatment.  

  Botox® Injections works by paralyzing overactive muscles of facial expression especially in the central forehead.  For facial capillaries (also on brown spots on the hands), a painless treatment called Vascular laser is recommended.  

  For more severe cases, such as sagging and loose skin, surgery is may be required.  Common surgical Resurfacing procedures include Full face lift which includes muscle/facial tightening for jowls; Neck lift, treats loose skin and muscles of the neck; Temporal lift or endoscopic forehead lift for sagging of the forehead and eyebrow; and, Blepharoplasty to remove baggy eyelids.

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