The best solution to wrinkles

The best solution to wrinkles depends greatly on where they are located, the severity of the wrinkles, and if there is skin laxity or sagging that accompanies the wrinkles.

Superficial wrinkles and fine lines
In addition to topical skin care with growth factor and antioxidant creams, a variety of non-invasive lasers have been found to be very helpful. These include the co2 fractional laser, Fraxel, Erium laser and the like. Topical skin care takes at least 2 months to show an improvement. Depending on the type of laser, 1-6 treatments may be necessary to achieve the best effect. Topical skin care in addition to lasers works best.

Facial creases and folds
Surgery, such as face-lifts and the many names doctors call it like the“life-style lift” or laser face lift, are all very similar. The more invasive the procedure, the better and longer-lasting the results. Only your dermatologic or cosmetic surgeon can advise you if surgery is necessary or if the use of filling substances, such as Perlane, Sculptra, Fat, Radiesse, Juvederm, ArteFill or Restylane, will be best for you. At times a variety of fillers are used in one session.

Dynamic wrinkles
Dynamic wrinkles increases can be dramatically reduced by Botox. Botox or, when it is approved by the FDA in 2008, Reloxan are the only non-surgical methods for improving dynamic wrinkles. fractional resurfacing may also work but is much more invasive.

Deep wrinkles
Deep wrinkles can be well treated with Lasers, Portrait Plasma or Deep & medium chemical peels. Both fractional co2 laser skin resurfacing and Erium laser work well for deep wrinkles. Portrait? Plasma is effective in reducing the look of fine lines and deep wrinkles. This procedure is FDA approved for the full-face treatment of fine to deep wrinkles, superficial skin lesions and pre-cancerous skin growths. Deep & medium chemical peels provide aggressive treatment for wrinkles and have long-lasting effects on treating deep wrinkles.

The important thing is that none of these treatments will interfere with future procedures if someone decides to do something more permanent. There are many different options and these should be discussed with a board-certified professional.