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Recent technological advancements are making it possible to gently lift and contour a face that may currently look tired, gaunt, or haggard. Medical breakthroughs in products such as Radiesse®, Juvederm®, Restylane® and Perlane® are providing longer lasting and more cost effective results. A small but growing number of physicians who specialize in dermal filler and BOTOX® Cosmetic and Dysport® procedures are developing advanced techniques to lift and contour facial features without surgery. This section details advances in non surgical facial contouring techniques.
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When the face ages, a sequence of events cascade to give the appearance that we all recognize as the aged face.
Generally, the skin's outer layer, or the epidermis, which is the main barrier to the outside becomes thicker and more leathery. The under layer or the support layer of the skin, where nerves, venules, and aterioles travel to supply nutrients to the skin atrophies or becomes thinner, losing connective tissue. This combined with the effects of gravity on the face makes wrinkling of the skin, thinning of the lips and loss of definition, and falling of facial structures with jowl formation and accentuated chin creases more prominant. The contour of the face changes, but can be restored without costly, risky or painful surgery and usually during a lunchtime, without any downtime!
Radiesse®
At Pier Laser Med Spa, we like to use Radiesse® to build up the cheekbones giving that natural appearing lift to the face which helps obviate the nasolabial folds (NLF) by actually REVERSING the affect of gravity that formed the NLF when aging removed the supporting connective tissue. This mid-facial contouring is the latest advance in nonsurgical aesthetics, because it goes to the root of the structural problems caused by the aging face, and replenishes it. Earlier focus was just filling in wrinkles caused by the shift in facial features by loss off supporting connective tissue. Once this approach is taken, there are far fewer wrinkles to fill, because the main structural problem from aging has been addressed. Radiesse® is CA Hydroxylappetite, a natural occuring mineral in the body which is bone tissue. Cosmetically, this is used as microspherules that form a strong matrix for fibroblasts that populate the area volumizing the face naturally. No skin testing is needed as the body does not react allergically to naturally ocurring substances that are already in the body. Because of this process, the volume and shaping generally lasts more than a year, and sometimes as long as three years, but will eventually completely reverse, if not augmented.
Juvederm®
We use Juvederm® in areas where Radiesse® is problematic such as volumizing the lips. Radiesse® can appear granular or bumpy when used in the lips, whereas Juvederm®, which is a Hylauronic Acid, is generally silky smooth and better tolerated for adding definition and volume to the lips. It is good for blunting the "Witch's Chin" or pointed chin, as well as the pre-Jowl area that forms as advanced aging occurs. The chin crease is easilly filled with any dermal filler, although Botox® cosmetic or Dysport® can also improve the chin crease by relaxing the mentalis muscle.
Botox® cosmetic and Dysport®
These local neuromuscular blockers act to reversibly relax muscles which cause wrinkling and accelerated facial furrow formation helping to give the face a more youthful, fresher appearance. They are best used prior to the more costly dermal fillers as they decrease the volume of filler used, as well as prolonging the time the fillers last under the skin, as frequent skin motion accelerates absorption.
At Pier Laser Med Spa, we don't just get rid of wrinkles. We analyze the face and attempt to restore the connective tissue volume in places that became depleted by the aging process. This gives a more natural, youthful appearance than just treating the wrinkles caused by the affects of aging on the face.
Restoring the youthful contour of the face, can now be done without invasive or expensive surgery, in just one visit, without any down time.
Pier Laser Med Spa is a leader in these NonSurgical Advances, and can help you look (and hence feel) 10 - 20 years younger without surgery!
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