Anti-Aging Skin Beauty Procedures — Overview

Nonsurgical skin resurfacing and/or rejuvenation techniques always were intended to offer an alternative to facial surgery – but some of these facial treatments are really radical or ablative skin resurfacing and rejuvenation techniques like chemical peels, microdermabrasion and laser resurfacing. Skin resurfacing removes layers of damaged and wrinkled skin so that new, smoother, and younger looking skin can form. Dermabrasion and chemical facial peels are commonly available skin resurfacing techniques. Now the precision of the laser is being used in the same way. The great news is that science is moving on fast, pain free nonablative alternatives to facial surgery and radical nonsurgical skin resurfacing treatment are created to produce amazing skin tightening and skin lifting results. Nonablative means that the skin surface does not get burnt off. Two biggest stars are nonablative photorejuvenation (laser, LED, intense light) treatments and microcurrent face lift- both completely pain free, risk free and with absolutely no downtime. The good news is that the smaller hand held home based version of?the professional machines used in dermatologists offices and beauty salons are now available for many of these treatments such as at home microcurrent face lift, at home microdermabrasion.

Nonablative Nonsurgical Techniques

• dermal filler (minimally invasive)
  • collagen injection
  • hyaluronic acid based
  • calcium-based substance hydroxylapatite
  • botulinum toxin A
• skin dermal rollers (skin needling)
• microcurrent face lift
  • at clinic
  • at home
• nonablative light therapy
  • nonablative laser
  • infrared LED light therapy
  • IPL (intense pulsed light)
  • nonablative fractional laser
  • photodynamic therapy
• radiofrequency and RF/Light combination
• ultrasound therapy
• stem cell facelift
• acupuncture facelift
• epidermal leveling
• mesotherapy
• ion therapy
• plasma therapy

Ablative Nonsurgical Techniques

• (micro)dermabrasion
  • at clinic
  • at home
  • vibradermabrasion
• chemical peel
  • AHA peel
  • BHA peel
  • TCA peel
  • Phenol peel
  • Retin-A peel
  • liquid nitrogen
• ablative laser resurfacing (invasive)
  • CO₂ laser
  • Er: YAG laser
  • Ablative Fractional Laser (CO₂ or Er:YAG fractional)

Plastic Surgery (Invasive)

• Thread lift (much less invasive than facial surgery)
• Face lift (Rhytidectomy)
• Mini face lift (short scar face lift or S face lift)
• Blepharoplasty (Eye Bag Removal)
• Neck Lift (Platysmaplasty)
• Liposuction