How to firm up loose skin fast
F – Firm Skin
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Gravity getting you down? Lax, sagging skin is one of many things that occur when our body’s collagen and elastin supply starts to dwindle with age. Fortunately, at Skin Renewal in Durban, we offer many skin-firming solutions to help you tighten up.
Lasers and light
At Skin Renewal, we have a great selection of laser and light devices, as well as Radiofrequency, just two being Titan and Exilis Elite, that can tighten up loose skin. Both machines heat up the deeper layers of your skin causing your collagen and elastin to contract. The heat also activate your fibroblasts (the cells that produce collagen). This means you’ll get to enjoy an instantly firmer look that will improve over time as your fresh, new collagen starts to grow. Still, as the effects of the treatments are cumulative, you’ll see the best results after three treatments spaced one month apart.
What’s great about both of these skin-firming treatments is that there’s literally no down time. You could also schedule one for your lunch break then head straight back to the office. There’s also nothing stopping you from reapplying your make-up afterwards, so nobody would ever be the wiser.
Any patient in their 30s would be a good candidate for a series of Titan or Exilis Elite treatments. While they can certainly help improve the look of sagging skin in our older patients, many younger ones use it to “put collagen in the bank” as a preventative measure.
Clever threads
Polydioxanone (PDO) threads are another brilliant way to lift skin that’s starting to show the effects of gravity. The procedure is performed by one of our highly-skilled doctors and involves injecting multiple PDO threads below the surface of the skin. (Don’t worry! A topical anaesthetic is applied beforehand so you won’t feel a thing!)
The threads are placed very strategically and, once placed, act as a scaffold to tightening loose and sagging skin. They also have a long-term benefit because, wherever they’re placed, they stimulate the growth of new collagen and elastin. They’re a great solution to a sagging jawline, jowls, a drooping brow or “heavy-looking” nasolabial folds.
As the entry point for each thread is via a needle puncture, there are no visible scars and healing is relatively fast. The procedure itself is quick too – just 15 to 40 minutes – Depending on the amount of threads inserted, results can be seen immediately, BUT the full effect can be seen in a few months as collagen production are increases.
Visit Skin Renewal in Durban
If you’d like to tighten up loose skin, make an appointment to see one of our Skin Renewal doctors in Durban. They’ll be able to to assess your skin’s condition and suggest the best treatments to help you firm up fast!