Non-Surgical Face Lift: Laser Treatments for Skin Tightening
Non-surgical facelift treatments now use the newest generation in laser technology for skin tightening and other restorative treatments that make skin look younger, smoother, and more attractive. Improving the skin on your face can not only take years off of your appearance but can give you back the confidence you once had.
Laser Treatments
Laser treatments restore firmness to skin that has lost elasticity and tone due to aging or skin damage. The lasers create extremely small holes in the skin. This forces the tissue to produce more collagen, which rejuvenates skin’s elasticity and reduces the appearance of sagging skin, lines and wrinkles. Lasers can also help reverse the appearance of “crepe paper skin” caused by years of exposure to the sun.
Lasers can resolve freckles, age spots, uneven patches of color and other skin pigmentation problems that can cause premature aging. The intense light of a laser passes through the top layer of skin. Brown, black or blue pigment particles within the skin selectively absorb this laser energy. Once absorbed into pigment cells, the energy emitted by the laser light breaks the pigment particles into small pieces that your immune system can easily carry away.
Non-surgical Face Lifts
A non-surgical facelift using lasers for skin tightening takes just over an hour. The clinician applies an anesthetic cream to numb the skin before using the laser. You will wait about 40 minutes for the numbing agent to take effect.
For the laser portion of the skin tightening treatment, the practitioner passes a handheld device over the treatment area, very close to the skin. One session usually includes several passes to allow complete and even laser light penetration. This part of the treatment normally takes only about 20 minutes.
Your skin will be red and tender after the procedure. Sagging skin should begin to tighten after about a month, as the appearance of lines and wrinkles also fade and diminish. Improvements will continue for the next few months, with the most noticeable skin tightening results appearing at about five months after the procedure.
Advanced Laser Technology: Keeping You Looking Your Best
Lasers are one of the most effective ways to rejuvenate your skin, and there are several different laser procedures (non-surgical face lift, laser hair removal, Ultherapy, etc.) which help correct all of the outward signs of aging skin.
Ultherapy.
To gently lift and tighten loose skin of the face, brow, and neck, Ultherapy is an anti-aging treatment that makes a difference. It uses ultrasound technology to trigger a controlled injury and utilizes your body’s own natural healing process to tighten skin.
Whether you are looking to even out your skin tone, reduce the appearance of sun damage, give your skin a “lift,” or remove unwanted hair, lasers are an excellent anti-aging method. Consult with your dermatologist or a licensed technician at your local medical spa for your options.