Non-surgical Facelift

Facelift is a serious surgical procedure. Not everyone feels comfortable enough to have a facelift surgery. There are however several different methods that can help make sun spots and age spots go away, smooth wrinkles and make you look younger, however it is not as permanent not achieve the same dramatic results as a facelift.

New Methods Offer Alternatives To Surgical Facelift

If you are not sure about a surgical facelift or present health conditions that do not make you a good candidate for a surgical facelift, there are a lot of options available to help you achieve a younger look without having to go under the knife. Please take a moment to review these options, they all present pros and cons when compared to a surgical facelift. These non-surgical options often have a lower cost but require several sessions to achieve noticeable results. Also, these non-surgical alternatives to a surgical facelift will only last from 6 months to a year. Maintenance is required when opting for non-surgical facelifts.

Non-surgical Facelift: Thermage

One procedure that is a non-surgical alternative to a facelift is called Thermage. Thermage works with the energy on the face, when the energy heats the collagen in your face it then compresses with your skin. When the energy gets heated it takes all the collagen or fat in your face and helps strengthen the fat and tighten it. This makes your face look tighter, which then makes the skin look younger and healthier.

Thermage especially helps certain areas on your face such as: improved jowling, tighten jaw line, tighten skin under chin, high eyebrow line, and help soften forhead lines, scrow lines, crow's feet. It also helps reduce acne scars. Thermage can help you appear to look younger, however Thermage is not long lasting and the patient would need the procedure done again and again in order to sustain the achieved results. With a surgical facelift, only one treatment is necessary in the vast majority of cases.

Non-surgical Facelift: Chemical Peels

Another non- surgical procedure that is an alternative to a surgical facelift that patients can get is chemical peels. Chemical peels are cheaper than facelifts; you can get a chemical peel from either a plastic surgeon or from the dermatologist.

With the chemical peel there are different levels of the peel. The first level can help with sun spots. The medium level can erase away past damages. What a chemical peel is its acid that is put on the skin and is forced to literally peel the skin away. This non-surgical procedure is to help improve wrinkles, however it is not always long lasting and the patient may have to go in and get more peels through life.

Non-surgical Facelift: Laser Treatments

One of the most well known non- surgical procedures to help make your face look younger is laser treatments. Laser procedures are a common non-surgical alternative to a surgical facelift and can remove the top layer of your skin, which tightens the skin around specific areas. Laser procedures are non-surgical and can be done right in the doctor's office.

There is also skin resurfacing treatments such as plasma and fractional resurfacing, and fractionated CO2 resurfacing these procedures help for mild to moderate wrinkles, pigmentation irregularities, skin texture and acne scars. Although skin laser is a non-surgical procedure they do require the use of anesthetic to help reduce the pain. Laser surgery can help with reducing of wrinkles, however depending upon the different surgery the patient will need more than one session, and it is not guaranteed against wrinkles in the long run.

Non-surgical Facelift: Botox: Does it really work for lifting the face?

Botox is one of the most well known non-surgical procedures for looking younger instantly. Botox is not as serious as a procedure as a surgical facelift and the results are immediate. This is also a non-surgical treatment that is almost painless and takes a very short procedure time when compared to a surgical facelift and other non-surgical facelift methods, however, with Botox the patient will need to come back and get more injections to keep the skin looking youthful.

The Botox is injected by a needle, and when the Botox goes into the skin it goes into the muscles and numbs the muscles which in turn make the muscles tighter. After this procedure there will be puffiness for two days and then the swelling goes down and can see instant results.

Non-surgical Facelift: Cheap non-surgical procedure

The cheapest non-surgical procedure to help lift the skin on the face is cream. Many companies come out with age spot cream, sun spot cream, and wrinkle remover. However, because these creams are purely on the surface of the skin they are not able to go under the skin and fix the problems as a facelift or other procedures can do.

Non-Surgical Facelift VS Surgical Facelift

There are several different non-surgical remedies that you can perform before a face lift, however they are not long lasting and may need to be repeated. If you suffer from skin sagginess, deep wrinkles or want to dramatically improve your appearance then a surgical facelift is the best option for you.

There are several types of surgical facelifts. Ask your facelift surgeon about what is the best option for you!