The neck is one of the main markers that indicate a person's true age. You can achieve ideal young face proportions, but if you don't take care of the neck skin, it's all for nothing. Wrinkles, creases, sagging skin on the back of your neck will still tell others that you're nowhere near 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 of the neck is very thin, it has a minimal number of sebaceous glands, therefore age-related changes often appear much earlier than on the face.
In addition, the female neck has fewer melanocytes (cells that protect the skin from harmful UV radiation), which means that it is subject to more active photoaging.
What is recommended to keep the skin in perfect condition in this delicate area?
Injection techniques for neck rejuvenation
As soon as the skin of the neck becomes thinner, drier and more wrinkled, the hyaluronic acid needs to be replenished immediately. This is done in the following way:
- the introduction of fillers based on natural hyaluronic acid;
- with the help of injections skin restructuring (biorevitalization, mesotherapy).
Specially designed low-density gels are usually used to rejuvenate the cervical region. Although liquid preparations usually dissolve faster, this is not the case for the throat. Here, more liquid fillers model the silhouette better, keep a beautifully filled shape, look natural and last a long time - at least a year. At the same time, there is no need for a rehabilitation period after the procedure - modern fillers practically do not cause edema and other undesirable side effects.
Perfectly tighten the skin of the neck and fillers of a new generation that start the process of producing their own collagen. For example an innovative Dutch fountain pen.
The effect of this filler in the tissues is comparable to the effect of installing threads, since the composition of both the injectable filler and modern threads includes such a component as caprolactone. It is a fully biodegradable soft medical suture that has been used in medical practice for many decades with excellent results. In other words, the bulking agent works primarily to tighten the tissue.
This filler does not attract moisture and therefore does not cause swelling. Due to this unique property, it can be used in such sensitive areas as the eyes, lips, neck, décolleté. Stimulates the production of type 1 collagen, creating the effect of velvety skin and excellent lifting.
The drug strengthens the collagen framework and has a bio-enhancing effect, thanks to which the skin becomes more elastic and firm.
A high-quality carrier gel eliminates the "migration" of the implant and guarantees complete predictability and stability of the contouring result. This is a biodegradable filler, which means that it is completely excreted from the body at the end of its expiry date.
For complex skin restructuring, procedures such as biorevitalization and mesotherapy are recommended.
Biorevitalization is an intradermal microinjection 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 broken down into simple components from which its own hyaluronic acid is immediately synthesized. The main effect of such injections is not immediate but occurs over time and is more of a long-term nature. After all, they do not replace the natural synthesis processes, but strengthen, accelerate and stimulate them.
The number of procedures and their frequency depend on the severity of the problems and the degree of dehydration of the skin (usually 1 to 2-3 procedures).
Mesotherapy is a similar technique, only mini-injections of special "cocktails" of biologically active preparations are made into the skin, the composition of which may vary depending on the problem to be solved. "Mesococktails", as a rule, contain vitamins, antioxidants, amino acids, plant extracts and other valuable elements. Mesotherapy procedures allow you to bring all the active ingredients into the skin and help to renew it from the inside.
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As a result, the skin becomes as elastic, dense, firm and radiant as in its youth. Wrinkles, wrinkles, age spots and other aesthetic imperfections disappear.
Laser technology for sensitive areas
Fraxel laser fractional rejuvenation can be used as a standalone neck rejuvenation technique and possibly in combination with injections. American Fraxel is a unique device that renews human skin, clearing it of all defects. A thin (thinner than a human hair) laser beam forms thousands of micro-influence zones (micro-thermal treatment zones) on every inch of skin. In these micro-zones, old and defective collagen and excess pigment are destroyed. At the same time, many viable cells remain around each microzone of exposure, which are activated under the influence of heat. During this process, which can last from several hours to several days, flawless skin appears at the site of each microzone.
A unique feature of Fraxel is that the laser does not destroy the top horny layer of the epidermis. Therefore, after the procedure, the skin looks natural.
After the fractional laser rejuvenation procedure, the structure of the skin changes. It becomes smoother, hydrated, elastic, less prone to inflammation and rashes. It will be easier to care for them at home.
The fractional laser acts gently 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 young, beautiful skin, can last for a long time.
Ultrasound for non-surgical neck lift
In contrast to laser technologies, which can only be used in the time when the sun is least active (eg autumn, winter and early spring), modern ultrasonic technologies can be used all year round.
And they are comparable to the effect of a surgical lifting, which is known to reduce not only stretched skin, but also muscles.
A non-surgical alternative to a neck lift at the muscular level (at the level of the SMAS) is the famous Altera therapy, performed on the American Ulthera system.
The device is based on focused ultrasound, which is able to penetrate under the skin to a depth of 6 - 8 mm, where it first reduces the collagen fibers and achieves a lifting effect, and then the process of the formation of young collagento start. In this case, the skin surface is not damaged. Approximately a week after the Altera therapy procedure, the synthesis of type III collagen (also called young collagen) with its subsequent conversion to type I collagen increases not only in the immediate areas of thermal stress, but also underneath.
This leads to the unfolding of the effect of a non-surgical tissue lift without damaging the skin surface. The maximum effect occurs 3 months after the procedure.
A unique additional benefit of using ultrasound for skin rejuvenation is the direct visualization of the dermis and subcutaneous structures in real time, which increases therapy safety
As with surgical skin tightening, a single irradiation is sufficient, the result achieved lasts 1. 5 to 3 or more years, depending on the individual condition of the body.
Thread technology for neck rejuvenation
Elderly patients are recommended to perform ultrasonic lifting using filament technologies. Use of self-absorbable threads. Other threads are used to correct the jaw line.
All these threads have notches, and when they penetrate the skin, in addition to visibly tightening the tissue, they also start a rejuvenation process.
Thus, the combination of ultrasound and thread lifting results in a strong double effect of lifting and rejuvenation.