Continuing in the Aesthetic Medicine Unit of the Clínica Corachán for more than 20 years has been a great challenge, a dream and a job that I am doing with more and more enthusiasm. As in all aspects of life, everything has been evolving and today, thanks to the advances of the new techniques of Aesthetic Medicine, we can obtain more and more gratifying results. Especially when it comes to facial rejuvenation. Currently, the approach to treatments consists of acting at different levels. These are the four R’s, namely:
- Relax: attenuating expression wrinkles with botulinum toxin.
- Repositioning: the aim is to tighten the skin due to flaccidity, compensating for the loss of bone, fat and collagen in the tissues that form the support structure of the face. This is where the latest generation of collagen inducers come into play: tensor threads, polycaprolactone, polylactic acid and calcium hydroxyapatite. This level is in itself the most important since it is the basis of aesthetic improvement.
- Filling: with resorbable, biocompatible and safe materials, such as cross-linked hyaluronic acid.
- Revitalize: via cellular stimulation of the epidermis by means of microinjections with vitamins, amino acids, without forgetting peelings.
The personalized combination for each patient (depending on age, skin condition and personality) of the four R’s achieves a luminous and radiant result.
The other day, for the first time, a middle-aged woman who had undergone countless treatments in several centers in Barcelona and was still dissatisfied came into our office. She did not like herself and looked worse and worse. She was looking for help, but from her disenchanted attitude I deduced that there was no choice but to help her psychologically. I told her that our hands alone would not bring her happiness and that each of us had to mature and learn to love ourselves more as time went by. In the end, it is about being clear about the importance of knowing how to improve over the years, not only physically but mentally.
Treatments and results always have to be in accordance with age. To achieve this, we have to learn to assume the physiological changes of the natural process of aging itself to do it with dignity, health and elegance.
I am more in favor of rejuvenating a face to improve it (to give a good face aspect) than to change it (to transform the main features of a face).
I understand that improving over the years in the most natural way is what we would all like in the most balanced way possible. And that’s how I like to apply it to my patients.