Are you a little wary of getting sliced? Don't worry there are other options available! Welcome to the world of the "non-surgical facelift.
" We all know about face lifts, but how about the non-surgical variety? The non-surgical face lift gets rid of wrinkles and lines, and gives your face a much younger look.
You can avoid surgery, but even better - you can save money.
Non-surgical face lifts cost less than their surgical cousins.
And, they have a shorter and easier recovery period.
Radio to the Rescue One great way to touch up your face without surgery is Thermage.
This procedure involves shooting radio frequency energies into the face.
They heat the collagen and give you a younger, healthier look.
Your body's collagen droops over time, producing wrinkles, lines and other saggy features.
The collagen responds to the heat by tightening up.
Thermage is most effective against sagging browlines, which give you an older and sometimes frowning look.
The surgical solution is usually to get a brow lift, which involves incisions and a long recovery period.
The only drawback is that the results are sometimes not so noticeable.
This is on a case-by-case basis, so talk to your doctor if you're concerned about Thermage's effectiveness on your face.
Good Ol' Botox Botox is the world's most popular cosmetic surgery, and it isn't really surgery at all.
Botox means injections of botulism toxin into your skin.
Don't worry! It won't do any damage there.
What it will do is relax the skin and tissue underneath the skin, to give you a healthier look.
Botox works best against wrinkles and the lines of aging.
The only disadvantage of Botox is that it's not permanent.
You have to continue getting treatments if you want to keep the lines off.
Dermal Fillers Dermal fillers are the hot new thing in non-surgical face lifts.
With dermal fillers, gels are made from other parts of the body.
These gels are inserted wherever they are needed.
It is a safe procedure because it uses tissue from the body, which means that the surrounding tissue will not react badly to a foreign substance.
One of the things that make you look older is the thinning of your face over time.
You get a "wasting away" look.
This can start as early as your thirties.
The purpose of dermal fillers is to fill up the hollows of the eyes, cheek and nose.
They give your face a fuller and healthier look by adding volume to your face.
With dermal fillers, the results are instant.
There is no numbness or trouble with unnatural moving, like some inserts.
The recovery from the operation is quick.
These are most effective against eye hollows, and are also good for general nose shaping.
Dermal fillers offer a great alternative to rhinoplasty (nose job).
Thermage, Botox and dermal fillers are just three of your options for non-surgical face lift.
Talk to an experienced plastic surgeon and find out what can be done for you.
You can save money, have peace of mind...
and lose the years!