Skin tightening is a wide-ranging group of cosmetic procedures and products that aim to provide long-lasting firm and tightened skin and a youthful look.
Many people believe that aging is the only factor that leads to droopy wrinkled skin, but actually, many other factors contribute to the appearance of wrinkles or fine lines and then saggy skin.
Let’s disclose the major factors that cause skin to wrinkle and skin tightening options. And focusing the light on the best plastic surgeon in Egypt in skin tightening procedures.
What are skin tightening treatments?
Skin tightening includes a variety of invasive and non-invasive procedures, devices, and even products that share the same aim despite differing techniques. These techniques aim to rejuvenate the skin revealing a firm, youthful, and pretty appearance by either promoting collagen production or the surgical removal of the excess sagging skin and tightening and toning the remaining skin.
Is skin rejuvenation limited to the face?
Many people believe that regeneration of saggy and wrinkled skin is restricted for either the face or neck or both since facelift procedures are the most popular.
However, plastic surgeon in Egypt effectively perform the most advanced techniques for tightening skin on almost all body areas, including thighs, arms, tummy skin, and botox.
Why does your skin wrinkle or sag?
Skin wrinkles refer to those fine lines and creases formed in the skin, where some of them might come to be deep crevices. Wrinkles are most commonly on the face and neck, especially around the eyes, and mouth.
Wrinkles and sagging result from a combination of factors, some are controllable and others are uncontrollable, the best plastic surgeon in Egypt enumerates these factors as the following ;
Aging
Aging is the most common factor for many skin problems, many changes naturally occur in your skin as you get older, these changes include;
- The skin becomes less elastic and more fragile with age.
- Natural oil production decreases, which plays an essential role in keeping the skin moisturized.
- Reduced subcutaneous fat deeper in the skin layers.
- Reduced elastin and collagen production.
Sunlight light exposure
Ultraviolet radiation breaks down the skin’s connective tissue, elastin fibers, and collagen, in the deeper layer of skin speeding the natural aging process.
Smoking
Smoking negatively affects collagen production, a protein that is essential for natural skin rejuvenation.
Facial expressions
Repeated facial expressions result in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. And by age, the skin loses its elasticity, so these fine lines become deeper and permanent features on the face.
Weight loss
Being overweight for a long period damages the collagen and elastin fibers in the skin. This makes it more difficult for the skin to get tighter while losing weight. And as rapidly as you lose your weight rapidly, your skin becomes saggier.
Pregnancy
Recurrent pregnancies are the most common cause of sagging skin around the abdominal area.
Illness
Some disease conditions and syndromes lead to saggy skin.
Types of Skin Tightening Procedures
Plastic surgeon in Egypt uses either invasive or noninvasive procedures for Tightening the skin, each type has its advantages and disadvantages, and the best option for you that best fits your case, health conditions, goals, and expected outcomes.
Noninvasive Skin tightening
All non-surgical techniques for tightening the skin used by Plastic surgeon in Egypt are based on a targeted energy used to heat deeper skin layers stimulating both collagen and elastin production and so improving skin tone and texture.
Advantages of nonsurgical techniques
- Little or no recovery.
- Extremely safe with almost no restrictions and a few side effects.
- Applicable to almost all body areas.
- Suitable for almost all ages.
Disadvantages of nonsurgical techniques
- Associated with less dramatic results.
- It takes a long time to notice the outcomes.
- Multiple procedures might be needed to achieve your goals.
- The results last for not more than a year, so you need to repeat the process periodically to conserve the results.
- Not suitable for more advanced skin sagging, such as that following recurrent pregnancies or massive weight loss.
Noninvasive tightening technique types
Tightening the skin without surgeries is a very popular procedure among the public. Plastic surgeon in Egypt performs many types of non-invasively tightening of the skin which include the following:
1- Ultrasound tightening technique
Ultrasound energy produced via a handheld device heats the skin to a 5 mm depth to induce elastin and collagen production to rejuvenate the skin.
2- Radiofrequency tightening technique
Radiofrequency energy is focused on the deeper skin layers to achieve firmer, smoother skin.
3- Laser tightening technique
Plastic surgeon in Egypt widely uses the energy emitted from the laser beam to trigger collagen production.
4- skin needling
Popularly known as Micro-needling, this technique depends on using fine needles that punch the skin creating controlled injuries that stimulate the repair system, naturally rejuvenate the skin, and stimulate collagen production.
Invasive Skin tightening
The best plastic surgeon in Egypt, Dr Ali Gaber provides several types of surgical tightening options, and advice with this type when you need the following goals:
- Immediate outcomes.
- Long-lasting results.
- More dramatic outcomes as for more advanced skin sagging.
Tummy tuck surgery
Abdominoplasty is the highest effective technique for getting rid of saggy skin in the abdomen and waistline area resulting from aging, weight loss, or pregnancy.
Face Lift surgery
A smoother and more youthful face look is the immediate and long-lasting outcome of this procedure. This procedure includes removing the deep creases around the eye, lips, and chin, and tightening the skin around the jawline, and in some cases, this surgery includes eyebrow lifts.
Blepharoplasty
Blepharoplasty aims to get rid of drooping eyebrows by removing excess skin and fat accumulated around the eyelids and supporting weakened eyelid muscles.
Dr. Ali Gaber, the best plastic surgeon in Egypt for skin tightening surgery
If you dream of a natural younger and tighter look and need to reach your goals safely and effectively. If you do not want to spend much more money on skin-firming lotions and creams that are not enough to reach your goals. You could reach these goals at Dr. Ali Gaber’s integrated cosmetic clinic. Dr. Ali Gaber simplifies all the available options to you and tailor the best technique that fits your goals which are effectively and safely achieved.
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