What are the main signs of facial aging?
The main signs will depend on age. At the age of 30 there is usually a loss of luminosity, opening of pores, the appearance of small wrinkles around the eyes, and in some people, depending on the area where they live, the first perioral lesions may even appear.
At the age of 40 there is already a beginning of flaccidity, in addition to the loss of luminosity and photoaging caused mainly by the climatic effect. And the nasolabial fold, loss of mass at the level of the corner of the mouth, which usually causes marionette lines, already appears.
And in the 50s to all these signs, which are increased, there are already more certain spots, there is a much more marked flaccidity, there is a real loss of mass, not only of subcutaneous mass, but in some places there is loss of bone mass, and obviously the skin is adapting poorly to bony structures, which is even called cadaveric face.
What are the main treatments to rejuvenate the face?
The main treatments, based on the decade in which we are in the patients will vary. In principle, in the decade of the 30s, fundamentally we have to give luminosity to that face and we use IPL lasers, we use lights of different categories, as well as what is known as platelet growth factor, or PRP with closed technique.
As for the decade of the 40’s, when we started with flaccidity and loss of mass, then the filling of the nasolabial fold, and the use of tensor threads. In addition to this, for luminosity we continued to use the theme of lights.
At the age of 50 we have to use filling materials not only in the area of the nasolabial folds, marionette lines, but we also have to use filling materials in the chin area, in the cheekbone area, in the cheek area, in an attempt to rejuvenate a face with a cadaverous appearance, because the projection and volume in a face is a sign of youth.
At what age can facial rejuvenation treatments be started?
The beginning of the use of materials in aesthetic medicine, we can start using them, obviously, depending on the decade of the patients in which we find the problem. It is not uncommon to start using both hyaluronic acid and lights, including IPL and lasers, from the age of 35. Everything will depend on the quality of the skin of the person, what pathology presents, what lesions present, their state of health and also their state of mind.
For more information, contact a specialist in Aesthetic Medicine.