Your skin, as the largest organ in your body, is one of the first lines of defense from external elements that lead to aging. Treating your skin is key to protecting and reversing the damaging effects of the sun, polution, and other lifestyle elements that lead to aging effects. Your skin is one of the three elements of cosmetic rejuvenation that also include laxity of other tissues and volume changes.
Signs of skin aging include textural changes, fine lines and wrinkles, red spots and brown spots, and sagging due to loss of elasticity. Here in Colorado, we are exposed to higher than average Ultraviolet radiation due to the high elevation and many days of sunshine. Your skin is more likely to show signs of aging at a younger age. When we are young, the body can often repair some visible damage. However, as we enter our 30s, your body cannot keep up with the repair process, collagen and elastic is lost each year, and visible signs of aging skin start to be seen.
The good news is you have many options to address these changes. A daily skin care regimen should be designed to protect and moisturize. Facials, dermabrasion and our Hydrafacial can additionally maintain your skin health. More advanced peels, laser and light therapy may be chosen to reverse skin damage. We can offer all options at Faces First Denver and Lone Tree. Let us help you choose what is best for your skin!
Which rejuvenation process is ideal?
Overall, skin rejuvenation means the overall improvement in the appearance of the skin by achieving a refreshed skin appearance and restoring elasticity. While these procedures do not have the same effect as surgery, they can often prolong the time until a facelift or other surgery is needed. To clarify, surgery takes away "sags and bags," (aka laxity) while skin rejuvenation takes away "wrinkles, red dots and age spots” plus improves the color, texture and tone of the skin. Today there are a wide variety of techniques available that allow us to tailor a skin rejuvenation program specifically designed for you—to match your skin type, lifestyle, and desires. In customizing a skin rejuvenation program to meet an individual's needs, many factors must be considered. Among these are type of skin, general health, and lifestyle. Each type of skin rejuvenation technique varies with the length of recovery time necessary, the frequency with which they need to be repeated and the length of time the results last.
How does aging affect the skin?
In order to understand how skin rejuvenation techniques work, it is essential to understand the aging process. As we age, a number of things happen. Our skin loses moisture and elasticity. Fat redistributes itself, muscles and skin become more lax, and bones actually start to resorb. Wrinkles [rhytids] are the first signs of this aging process. Skin folds or "bags" are the more advanced signs, which actually require removal of the excess skin.
What changes happen as the skin ages?
During the aging process, the top layer of the skin (stratum corneum), which is a layer of dead skin cells, builds up and thickens. When this happens, our skin can develop a sallow look and small "expression lines" can develop. In addition, there is a gradual breakdown of the collagen and elastic fibers in the deeper layers of the skin. Sun exposure or "photoaging" can dramatically increase the breakdown of elastic tissues and lead to increased skin wrinkling. It is important to know that 90% of one’s aging skin is environmental, i.e., sun, smoke pollution, and only 10% is genetic!
SKIN REJUVENATION TECHNIQUES
It is helpful to consider rejuvenation options as different "steps" on a "ladder", where mild treatments are lower on the laddder and more aggressive treatments are higher on the ladder. It starts with your daily skin care regimen and lifestyle, includes many office base treatments with little downtime, and extends to mare aggressive peels and laser therapy and even surgery. Skin rejuvenation can be divided into different categories—light, medium, and deep treatments. Light treaments have no downtime, are milder and need to be maintained to achieve measurable results. Deep treatments can have more dramatic change but may have more downtime and some risks. Medium treatments have some balance between effective results and minimal downtime.
“Light” Techniques: no downtime and best when done regularly
"Medium" Treatments: a nice compromise between results and healing time
"Deep" treatments: can have fantastic results, but much more downtime and more risks
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