The neck is one of the main markers that show a person's true age. You can achieve perfect young proportions of the face, but if you do not take care of the skin of the neck, then everything will be in vain. Wrinkles, creases, sagging skin on the neck will still tell others that you are far from 18 or even 25!
Therefore, the neck is the area you need to take care of in combination with rejuvenating facial skin. After all, the skin on the neck is very thin, there is a minimum number of sebaceous glands, so age-related changes often appear on it much earlier than on the face.
In addition, a woman's neck has fewer melanocytes (cells that protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation), which means that it is undergoing more active photoaging.
What is recommended to keep the skin in this delicate area in perfect condition?
Injection techniques for neck rejuvenation
As soon as the skin of the neck begins to thin, dry out, wrinkle, it is immediately necessary to replenish the supply of hyaluronic acid in it. This is done in the following ways:
- the introduction of fillers based on natural hyaluronic acid;
- with the help of injectable skin restructuring (biorevitalization, mesotherapy).
Specially developed low-density gels are usually used to rejuvenate the cervical region. Although liquid preparations usually dissolve faster, this is not the case for the neck. Here, more liquid fillers better shape the silhouette, maintain a beautifully filled shape, look natural and last a long time - at least a year. At the same time, no rehabilitation period is required after the procedure - modern fillers practically do not cause swelling and other unwanted side effects.
Perfectly tightens the skin of the neck and fillers of a new generation, which start the process of producing your own collagen. For example, an innovative Dutch filler.
The effect of this filler in tissues is comparable to the effect of the installation of fibers, as the composition of both the injection filler and modern fibers includes such a component as caprolactone. This is a completely biodegradable soft medical suture that has been used in medical practice for many decades with excellent results. In other words, the filler works mainly to tighten 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 eyes, lips, neck, décolleté. Stimulates the production of collagen type 1, which creates the effect of velvety skin and excellent lifting.
The drug strengthens the collagen framework and has a bio-strengthening effect, making the skin more elastic and toned.
High-quality carrier gel eliminates the "migration" of the implant and ensures complete predictability and stability of the contouring result. It is a biodegradable filler, ie it is completely excreted by the body at the end of its shelf life.
Procedures such as Biorevitalization and Mesotherapy are recommended for complex skin restructuring.
Biorevitalization is intradermal microinjection of hyaluronic acid preparations. The procedure quickly restores water balance and normalizes the metabolism of the dermis.
Hyaluronic acid of non-animal origin is used for the procedures. Once in the skin, it breaks down into simple components, from which it immediately begins to synthesize its own hyaluronic acid. The main effect of such injections does not occur immediately, but over time and is longer lasting. Ultimately, they do not replace the natural processes of synthesis, 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 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 the active substances into the skin and help to renew it from within.
Ideal for rejuvenating the cervical region Plasmolifting. It has long been known that our blood has a powerful resource for recovery and healing of the body, we just need to activate this potential.
As a result, the skin becomes as elastic, dense, toned, radiant as it was in his youth. Wrinkles, creases, age spots and other aesthetic defects disappear.
Laser technology for delicate areas
Fractional rejuvenation with the Fraxel laser device can be used as a stand-alone neck rejuvenation technique or in combination with injections. American Fraxel is a unique device that renews human skin and frees it from all defects. Thin (thinner than human hair) laser beam forms thousands of micro-zones of impact (micro-heat treatment zones) of every inch of 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 by heat. During this process, which can take from several hours to several days, defective skin appears at the site of each microzone.
A unique feature of Fraxel is that the laser does not destroy the uppermost layer - the stratum corneum - the layer of the epidermis. Therefore, after the procedure the skin looks natural.
After the procedure of laser fractional rejuvenation, 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 acts on the skin delicately, but the number of procedures depends on the initial data and the problem to be solved. One procedure a year is enough for someone, and someone may need a course of 3-5 procedures.
The result, namely young beautiful skin, can last a long time.
Ultrasound for non-surgical neck lifting
Unlike laser technologies, which can only be used during the period with the lowest solar activity (ie autumn, winter and early spring), modern ultrasonic techniques are suitable for use throughout the season.
And they are comparable to the effect of a surgical lift, which, as you know, reduces not only taut skin but also muscles.
A non-surgical alternative to neck lift at the level of the muscular system (at the level of SMAS) is the well-known Altera therapy, which is 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, first reducing the collagen fibers there and providing a lifting effect, and then starts the process of forming young collagen. In this case, the skin surface is not damaged. Approximately one 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 below 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 additional benefit of using ultrasound to rejuvenate the skin is the ability to directly visualize the dermis and subcutaneous structures in real time, which increases the level of safety of therapy.
As with surgical skin tightening, a single exposure is sufficient. The result obtained lasts from 1. 5 to 3 or more years, depending on the individual characteristics of the body.
Thread technology for neck rejuvenation
Elderly patients are recommended to perform ultrasound lifting using filament technology. Use of self-understanding threads. Other threads are used to correct the chin line.
All these threads have slits and getting into the skin, in addition to the visible tightening of the tissues, they also begin the process of rejuvenation.
Thus, the combination of ultrasonic and thread lifting will give a powerful double effect of lifting and rejuvenation.