Cosmetic Surgery through the “Ages”

Posted May 9, 2007

Even though we are getting older, we don’t want our skin to look like it. Here are some tips and tricks on how to age with grace. From your teens to your 60’s, we have your age covered!!

In Your Teen’s

The most important thing for this age is to start developing good habits. You can start by applying sunscreen daily. UVA and UVB rays from the sun hurt your skin, so look for sunscreens with a broad range of protection and at least an SPF f 15. If you don’t protect your skin from the sun now it will start to wrinkle and sag sooner.

In Your 20’s

Keep applying sunscreen daily. Along with that begin to pay more attention to the skin around your eyes because this is the first part of the face that begins to show signs of aging. In addition to sunscreen, wear sunglasses to avoid squinting and add an eye cream to your nightly routine.

Microdermabrasion is a procedure that you may want to consider in your 20’s. Microdermabrasion is a non-chemical, non-invasive procedure that uses a spray of microcrystals to remove the outermost layer of dry, dead skin cells and reveal younger, healthier-looking skin. Microdermabrasion also encourages the production of a new underlying layer of skin cells with higher levels of collagen and elastin, which further improves your skin’s appearance.

You may also want to think about starting BOTOX® treatments as a preventative method. This cosmetic procedure provides a quick and effective remedy for the facial lines and wrinkles that age, stress, worry, and environmental factors can produce, even on a younger person’s face. Even if you don’t have wrinkles now, those lines and wrinkles that occur with age may never become an issue if you do BOTOX® now.

In Your 30’s

This is the time when most women start to see their first signs of aging. You could see a few fine lines, unevenness of the skin, or even skin that isn’t quite as tight as it used to be.

BOTOX® is the most popular treatment for those 30 and older. A BOTOX® injection skin treatment smoothes frown lines on the forehead, between the eyes, and at the base of the nose. BOTOX® Cosmetic is an injectable agent used to temporarily diminish or eliminate lines and wrinkles on the face by relaxing underlying facial muscles.

Your 30’s is also a prime time for body contouring procedures . Liposuction is the most popular method of body contouring surgery because it allows the surgeon to re-sculpt specific areas of the body. Using only a few tiny incisions, your surgeon can target stubborn fat deposits and permanently remove fat cells from the area. The tummy tuck,” or abdominoplasty, is a unique body sculpting surgery that combines removal of excess skin and fat from the midsection with the surgical tightening of the abdominal muscles. Abdominoplasty is typically offered as an individual procedure, but may also be performed during full body lift surgery. Body lifts allow surgeons to remove excess skin and fat from one or many areas of the body. You can re-sculpt your entire body with a total body lift or lower body lift, or choose one or more less extensive body contouring techniques such as an arm lift, thigh lift, and butt lift

40’s and Beyond

After 40 is when you can see the results of your previous year’s habits. If you smoked or spent too much time in the sun, your skill will most likely look older than its age. However, if you have been good to your face, you will only need small procedures to keep your skin looking young. <a href = “http://www.docshop.com/education/dermatology/injectables/botox/” Title = “DocShop.com” >BOTOX® </a> and <a href = “http://www.docshop.com/education/dermatology/injectables/” Title = “DocShop.com” > wrinkle fillers </a> are your best bet in your 40’s. This will relax the facial muscles and the skin will be smoothed out by the filler.

In your 50’s you may now want to consider a minimally invasive surgery called blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery. Cosmetic eyelid surgery dramatically improves the appearance of the eyes. This is accomplished by removing excess skin and pockets of fat from the upper and lower eyelids. You may also want to combine blepharoplasty with other treatments such as brow lift to eliminate drooping eyebrows, and various cosmetic dermal fillers to treat crow’s feet.

In your 60’s your best tool is face-lift surgery. A face lift, or rhytidectomy, is a surgical procedure used to reduce facial wrinkles, eliminate telltale signs of aging, and improve the overall appearance of the face and jaw area. Face lift surgery can help reverse the harmful effects of time, stress, and the elements.

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