The neck is one of the main markers that give a person's true age. You can achieve ideal youthful proportions of the face, but if you do not take care of the neck skin, everything will be in vain. Wrinkles, folds, sagging skin around the neck will still tell others that you are far from being 18 or even 25!
Therefore, the neck is the area that needs to be taken care of in combination with facial skin rejuvenation. After all, the skin on the neck is very thin, it contains a minimum number of sebaceous glands, so age-related changes often appear much earlier than on the face.
Additionally, the female neck has fewer melanocytes (cells that protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet rays), which means it experiences more active photoaging.
What is recommended to keep the skin of this delicate area in perfect condition?
Injection techniques for neck rejuvenation
As soon as the skin on the neck begins to thin, dry out, wrinkle, it is immediately necessary to replenish the supply of hyaluronic acid in it. This is done as follows:
- the introduction of fillers based on natural hyaluronic acid;
- using skin restructuring injections (Biorevitalization, Mesotherapy).
For rejuvenation of the cervical region, specially designed low-density gels are usually used. Although liquid preparations generally dissolve faster, the neck does not. Here, more liquid fillers shape the figure better, maintain a beautifully filled shape, look natural and last a long time - at least a year. At the same time, after the procedure, the rehabilitation period is not required - modern fillers practically do not cause edema and other undesirable side effects.
Perfectly tighten the skin of the neck and the fillers of a new generation, which begin the process of producing their own collagen. For example, an innovative Dutch filler.
The effect of this filler in the tissues is comparable to the effect of the installation of threads, since the composition of the injectable filler and modern threads includes such a component as caprolactone. It is a flexible fully biodegradable medical suture that has been used in medical practice for many decades with excellent results. In other words, the filler mainly works to tighten the tissues.
This filler does not attract moisture, so it does not cause puffiness. Due to this unique property, it can be used in such delicate areas as the eyes, lips, neck, décolleté. Stimulates the production of type 1 collagen, which creates the effect of velvety skin and excellent lifting.
The drug strengthens the structure of collagen and has a bio-reinforcing effect, making the skin more elastic and toned.
A high-quality carrier gel eliminates implant "migration" and guarantees complete predictability and stability of the contouring result. It is a biodegradable filler, that is, it is completely excreted from the body at the end of its expiry date.
For complex restructuring of the skin, procedures such as biorevitalization and mesotherapy are recommended.
Bio-revitalization is an intradermal micro-injection of hyaluronic acid preparations. The procedure quickly restores the water balance and normalizes the metabolism of the dermis.
For procedures, hyaluronic acid of non-animal origin is used. Once in the skin, it is split into simple components, from which its own hyaluronic acid immediately begins to be synthesized. The main effect of such injections does not occur immediately, but over time, and is more long-term in nature. After all, they do not replace natural synthetic processes, but improve, accelerate and stimulate them.
The number of procedures and their frequency depends on the severity of the problems and the degree of dehydration of the skin (usually from 1 to 2-3 procedures).
Mesotherapy is a similar technique, only mini-injections of special "cocktails" of biologically active preparations are introduced into the skin, the composition of which may vary depending on the problem to be solved. "Mesococktails" usually contain vitamins, antioxidants, amino acids, plant extracts and other valuable elements. Mesotherapy procedures allow you to introduce all active substances into the skin and help renew it from the inside.
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Result, the skin becomes as elastic, dense, toned, radiant as it was in its youth. Wrinkles, folds, age spots and other aesthetic defects disappear.
Laser technology for delicate areas
Fractional rejuvenation with the Fraxel laser device can be used as an independent technique for neck rejuvenation, and possibly in combination with injections. American Fraxel is a unique device that renews human skin and frees it from all defects. A fine laser beam (thinner than a human hair) forms thousands of micro-zones of influence (microthermal treatment zones) on every centimeter of the skin. In these microzones, old and defective collagen and excess pigment are destroyed. At the same time, many viable cells remain around each exposure microzone, which are activated under the influence of heat. During this process, which can take from several hours to several days, flawless skin appears in each micro-zone.
A unique feature of Fraxel is that the laser does not destroy the top layer - the stratum corneum - of the epidermis. Therefore, after the procedure, the skin looks natural.
After the fractional laser rejuvenation procedure, the very structure of the skin changes. It becomes smoother, hydrated, elastic, less prone to inflammation and rashes. It becomes easier to take care of her at home.
The fractional laser gently acts on the skin, but the number of procedures depends on the initial data and the problem to be solved. One procedure per year is enough for someone, and someone may need a course of 3-5 procedures.
The result, namely beautiful, youthful skin, can last a long time.
Ultrasound for non-surgical neck lift
Unlike laser technologies, which can only be used during the period of least solar activity (i. e. autumn, winter and early spring), modern ultrasonic techniques are suitable for use inall seasons.
And they are comparable to the effect of a surgical facelift, which, as you know, not only reduces tight skin, but also muscles.
A non-surgical alternative to the neck lift at the level of the muscular system (at the level of the SMAS) is the famous Altera therapy, which is performed on the American Ulthera system.
The device is based on focused ultrasound, capable of penetrating under the skin to a depth of 6-8 mm, first reducing the collagen fibers there and providing a lifting effect, then starting the process offormation of young collagen. In this case, the surface of the skin is not damaged. About a week after the Altera therapy procedure, the synthesis of type III collagen (also called young collagen) increases with its subsequent transformation into type I collagen not only in the immediate areas of thermal exposure, but also under them.
This leads to the development of the effect of non-surgical tissue lifting without damaging the skin surface. The maximum effect occurs 3 months after the procedure.
A unique added benefit of using ultrasound for skin rejuvenation is the ability to directly visualize the dermis and subcutaneous structures in real time, increasing the level of therapy safety.
As with surgical skin tightening, a single exposure is enough, the result obtained lasts from 1. 5 to 3 years or more, depending on the individual characteristics of the body.
Thread technology for neck rejuvenation
Older patients are recommended to perform an ultrasonic facelift using filament technologies. Use of self-absorbable sutures. Other threads are used to correct the chin line.
All these threads have notches and, penetrating into the skin, in addition to the visible tightening of the tissues, they also trigger a process of rejuvenation.
Thus, the combination of ultrasound and thread lifting will give a powerful double effect of lifting and rejuvenation.