Signs & Symptoms of Ageing and Most Common Treatments for Youthful Skin

·       Did you know many treatments available can help combat aging using surgical and non-surgical procedures?

·       Did you know anti-aging is a treatment to delay or stop aging and helps prevent age-related issues?

·       Did you know many things cause our skin to age, in which extrinsic aging can be influenced, but intrinsic aging caused by genes cannot be stopped?

·       We can slow down the aging effects by taking preventive measures, such as surgical or non-surgical anti-aging treatment methods.

As we age, we naturally experience noticeable signs of aging, such as fine lines, wrinkles, and thinner, drier skin. The fine lines are initial signs of aging that may become static wrinkles over time, causing your skin to lose collagen and elasticity with every passing year. However, it should be considered when you start noticing your first signs of aging because chronological age is not always responsible for your biological age. Everyone is unique and ages differently based on genetics, physiology, and lifestyle.

Dr. Karishma Kagodu, MS, M CH., a board-certified plastic surgeon and head of Dr. Karishma Aesthetics, Indiranagar, Bangalore, has expertise in anti-aging treatments, allowing her to offer unmatched results to their patients. Dr. Karishma is known for her advanced treatments and high-end surgical suite based in Bangalore, offering surgical and non-surgical anti-aging treatment options based on your aging status and desired rejuvenation goals.

What are the Signs & Symptoms of aging?

There are three main types of aging signs, and each one affects facial skin in a different way based on the aging stage:

1.    Wrinkles: Fine lines are the very first sign of aging that may appear between the age of 25-30, but every individual age differently based on their genetics and lifestyle. However, the signs of aging or their appearance may vary in the extent and time required for an in-person consultation to know one’s aging state and need a customized treatment plan to combat the effect. Fine lines are counted as dynamic wrinkles and can be noticeable once you change your facial expression. Laughter lines or crow’s feet at the outer corners of the eyes can become apparent when you smile, known as dynamic wrinkles. Some other examples of dynamic wrinkles include frown lines and forehead wrinkles that may become more pronounced, evolve into permanent wrinkles, and are visible even when our face is static, known as static wrinkles. Both intrinsic and extrinsic factors accelerate static wrinkles, as they may produce due to advanced collagen loss and be exacerbated by UV damage, smoking, and exposure to environmental toxins.

2.    Loss of volume: A loss of volume can be difficult to identify in facial aesthetics, but the first sign is very prominent when your lipstick starts to bleed from the corner of the lips. Loss of volume in facial aesthetics means you have lost the facial contours in terms of a rejuvenated facial profile. The other signs can be identified with the appearance of nasolabial folds, it is the folds that develop between the nose and the mouth. The sagging skin, flattering cheeks, and appearance of turkey neck are also indicators of loss of volume, and all these changes in a facial appearance negatively affect the facial aesthetics, as it may cause a sad or tired look.

3.    Loss of elasticity and deep wrinkles: Loss of facial elasticity means your skin reduces the production of collagen and elastin, which is the stage for static wrinkles to develop. As we age, our skin loses elasticity and firmness, becomes drier, and appears more crepey. The glow and radiance of skin diminish as collagen production decreases. These changes in the facial skin become more common in people above 50. 

What are the different types of non-surgical anti-aging treatments?

The non-surgical procedures are more common in practice, as it helps achieve facial rejuvenation goals with no pain or downtime and leave you looking fresher and rejuvenated. These non-invasive anti-aging treatments can smooth and tighten the skin, restores lost volume, and helps reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

     I.          Injectables: An injectable option to address aging concerns may include dermal fillers, fat transfer, synthetic fillers, hyaluronic acid, and collagen as filler materials. These filler materials effectively treat the loss of volume concerns, as they can fill in folds, helps address crow’s feet and smile lines and give sufficient volume to hollow cheeks, thin lips, and eyes.

  II.          Botox: Botulinum toxin temporarily paralyzes muscles when injected and prevents skin aging by effectively reducing wrinkles and creases.

III.          Liquid facelift: It is a paired procedure of Botox and dermal fillers that help achieve aesthetic facial contours. The liquid facelift procedure is solely based on the plastic surgeon’s expertise and how they understand the facial contours in terms of filling the folds non-surgically.

IV.          Chemical peel: Chemical peels use chemicals like glycolic, lactic or trichloracetic acid to exfoliate the dead and damaged top skin layer and help reduce fine lines, small scars, and sun-damaged skin.

   V.          Microdermabrasion: It uses fine crystals or sand to remove dead skin cells and helps improve skin texture.

VI.          Lasers: Laser helps improve skin tightness and works for moderate lines and wrinkles. Many different laser treatments are available for anti-aging, such as ablative lasers that help destroy dead cells and tissue, which new ones replace. Another one is non-ablative lasers that promote collagen production. The intense pulsed light (IPL) laser is a non-skin-removing technique that softens fine lines and wrinkles and helps some scars fade.

What are the different types of surgical anti-aging procedures?

A.   Traditional facelift: A traditional facelift involves an incision made in the hairline at the temples, continues around the ear, and ends at the lower scalp. The procedure aims to sculpt the fat deposited in the chin, neck, and jowls or redistribute them to meet the aesthetic contour goals. And the skin is placed over the uplifted contours.

B.   A limited incision facelift/mid-facelift: This option is suitable for those with less skin relaxation and localized issues around the cheeks. It is a minimally invasive procedure; however, you will recover faster than a traditional facelift procedure.

C.   A neck lift: It is ideal for those with a flabby neck appearance, double chin, and sagging jowls. A neck lift involves an incision, is made under the chin, and platysma muscles are pulled together and sutured tight to address folds and neck bands. Moreover, unwanted fat may be removed to improve the chin appearance and neck contour.

All the mentioned surgical and non-surgical anti-aging treatments can be administered comfortably and conveniently at our center, Dr. Karishma Aesthetics, Indiranagar, Bangalore. To learn more about these treatments and how they can help you, contact Dr. Karishma Kagodu at +91 8042036382, +91 9108969006, or +91 7624809006 and schedule your one-on-one consultation today.