We’ve entered a new year, which reminds us that the passage of time is inevitable. However, the effects that aging has on our skin are not.
Here at Skin Shop Med Spa, Dr. Tiffany Su and our team pride ourselves on offering a wide range of services that can hit the reset button on aging skin. So, if you’d like to dial back the clock on loose and sagging skin, here are three great skin-tightening treatments that deliver dramatic results in very little time.
There are two main drivers of aging skin: exposure to the sun and a loss of collagen and elastin. Collagen is the most plentiful protein in your body — it accounts for 30% of your overall protein — and it’s responsible for the structure of most of your tissues. Collagen is everywhere in your body, from your connective tissues and organs to your bones and skin.
As you age, your collagen production decreases — by about 1% per year. After some time, this loss of collagen production can start to add up, leaving you with skin that droops, sags, and wrinkles.
With our microneedling and PRP treatment, our goal is to wake up the collagen production in your skin. To do this, we first create tiny microchannels across the surface of your skin. Your body registers these as minor injuries and sends in resources to repair the “damage.”
One of the first resources to answer the call is collagen, which helps to reinforce and strengthen the tissue. By creating a matrix of microchannels through microneedling, the new collagen lifts and tightens the entire surface from below.
While microneedling is very effective, we add PRP to this treatment to further boost your skin-tightening results. At the core of this treatment is a concentrate of your platelets, which we inject into your skin.
Platelets are first responders when there’s skin damage, and the growth factors released call on collagen, among other skin-tightening resources.
So, between the microneedling and the PRP, we can have your skin looking years younger.
Another approach for skin tightening is PDO threads, which are biodegradable polyester sutures first introduced for surgeries.
The cosmetic world has since used PDO threads to lift sagging skin. To insert these threads, we use a cannula so that the threads get into the deeper layers of your tissues. Once in place, we can lift the threads to pull your skin more taut.
This tightening effect is immediate, but PDO threads keep tightening your skin moving forward — the threads create a scaffold upon which new collagen can grow.
So, with PDO threads, your results improve over the following weeks and months, providing you with more youthful and toned skin.
As we’ve mentioned, the best way to tighten sagging skin is to find ways to boost collagen. One way is collagen-stimulating dermal fillers, which deliver excellent results for two years or more.
We can use these collagen-stimulating fillers in key places to tighten the skin on your face, including around your cheeks, temples, and jawline.
As you can see, there are several great choices for skin tightening, and we’re happy to determine which one is right for you. To get started, contact our Houston, Texas, office to schedule a consultation today.
