Why You Need a Non-Surgical Skin Tightening Treatment

It is the best procedure if you want to get a more youthful, natural look with almost negligible side effects. That too, without the use of hard chemicals.

As you age, the skin loosens and starts sagging, which is absolutely normal and healthy. Several factors like genes, time, diet, exposure to air pollutants & smoke, and the sun’s radiation all contribute to your skin health.

As far as the chemical composition is considered, the body’s supply of the building blocks of skin—elastin, collagen, and hyaluronic acid—decreases. It is around the mid-thirties that skin laxity occurs. Not only the quality but also the quantity of collagen begins to decline. Even your ligaments weaken, causing saggy, thinner-looking skin.

Skin tightening treatments involve the usage of various products, devices, & procedures to tighten the skin. These either shrink or lift the saggy skin, making you look younger and radiant.

When to opt for non-surgical skin tightening?

If the skin laxity due to aging bothers you, non-surgical skin tightening treatment is a great temporary option to make your skin look fuller, smoother, and firmer. The best part? Every session of this kind of treatment takes very little time.

Other benefits:

1. Does the job without causing any scars or surgery

2. As these are administered by a qualified professional, there is almost no risk of adverse effects

3. Results could last for about a year

4. These treatments can even be performed in-office, that too in less than an hour.

Here are the most common non-surgical options available:

1. Radiofrequency treatment

Since 2001, in this procedure, radiofrequency energy is used to trigger collagen production by heating the skin. It basically makes the epidermis achieve a smoother, firmer appearance. Get smoother, tighter skin (which works great for both the young & the elderly) or take the benefit of a surgical lift (specifically for younger patients).

Radiofrequency skin tightening treatment can treat the neck, face, hands, & body. These treatments require little to no discomfort.

Some procedures that are considered as ‘subdermal’ require a single, minimal incision that only involves the use of local anesthesia.

What the surgeons do is that they induce more collagen & elastin into the deep skin layers. For best results, about six sessions of treatment are recommended.

Whether you have oily or dry skin, (or any other skin type, for that matter) it will benefit from radiofrequency treatment. 

However, know that results will start appearing only gradually. Besides, the rate at which results start appearing also improves immediately after the treatment. 

Definition of radiofrequency waves

As per an expert at Nexx MD, the best dermatologist in Vancouver, these are basically a kind of radiation, which means that the energy is released as electromagnetic waves.

These waves range from low energy to high energy. Gamma rays and X-rays are both examples of high-energy radiation. On the other hand, radiofrequency waves are low energy. WiFi, radio waves, and microwaves are some of its examples.

Interesting fact: The radiation used in radiofrequency skin tightening treatment releases around 1 billion times less energy than X-rays.

Disclaimer

1. Being a heat-based treatment can lead to more inflammation & worsen redness if you’ve got Rosacea. 

2. Also, we do not advise you to get this treatment done if you have broken capillaries or blood vessels. 

3. Besides, as is the case with many aesthetic treatments, this treatment is also not recommended if you are breastfeeding or pregnant.

2. Ultrasound skin tightening

Then, certain treatments use focused ultrasound energy to heat the skin up to 5mm deep to facilitate collagen production & make the skin firm. 

Possible Side Effects:

1. Redness – You might experience redness after the treatment, but usually, it disappears the next day.

2. Swelling – There might be some swelling that could last for around four weeks. 

3. Skin tenderness – Many people experience mild to moderate skin tenderness once the treatment has been done. 

4. Your skin under the epidermis may bleed in places, but this will get resolved in a few days.

5. Grooves—Geometrical patterns or lines may appear on the treated skin. But not to worry. Take the services of an expert and you can easily manage this too.

3. Combination of intense pulsed light and radiofrequency treatments

In this procedure, radiofrequency is combined with intense pulsed light for heating even deeper skin layers to produce collagen and cause the skin to heal (tighten) naturally.

Why are the two combined?

Both the treatments have individual benefits. While intense pulsed light takes (and ‘tightens’) a large area of skin, radiofrequency energy does the same by treating the deeper layers of skin. 

So, imagine how great it would be if both the procedures were combined. 

How it works:

• A device emitting intense pulsed light simultaneously treats a range of skin conditions simultaneously.

• Results don’t appear instantly but gradually as the skin keeps producing new collagen.

• Multiple sessions of treatments could be recommended for best results.

Of all these options, we suggest that you get radiofrequency skin tightening treatment done at Nexx MD, where the first and only full-body subdermal adipose remodeling device-Morpheus 8™-is used for targeting the deepest layers of skin. 

Book a consultation NOW with the best dermatologist in Vancouver to get smooth skin that is devoid of stretch marks & acne scars.