At the right angle: how to restore a clear facial contour

HOW TO TIGHTEN THE OVAL OF THE FACE WITHOUT SURGERY, FACE CONTOUR LIFTING PROCEDURES

The procedure for correcting the oval of the face may include hardware, injection, and thread lifting methods, depending on the severity of the changes and the age of the patient.
The treatment program is developed by your cosmetologist after an initial consultation and examination, studying your health status, and analyzing contraindications. The clinic’s cosmetologists know how to tighten the oval of the face after 40 years, and how to restore the contour of the face after 50 years, without a scalpel, serious injuries, a long rehabilitation period, without traces. GTMClinic specialists will help you get rid of age-related changes quickly and as painlessly as possible. Sagging of certain areas of the face, deformation of the oval, drooping of the upper eyelid and lowering of the eyebrows, the formation of bags under the eyes - these changes can significantly change a person’s appearance, not for the better. Advances in modern cosmetology help effectively combat age-related appearance problems. With them, non-surgical modeling of the facial contour is possible during one session with minimal rehabilitation.

Features of facial contouring

The procedure should be performed only by a highly qualified cosmetologist or dermatocosmetologist with a higher medical education. Carrying out contour plastic surgery by a specialist who has only completed courses, etc., is dangerous, since without a thorough understanding of the structural features of facial skin and other features, it can harm the patient or at least get a result that is not what he expected.

Before carrying out contour correction, the doctor will definitely find out from the patient what effect he wants to get and what problems with the facial skin concern him most, whether he had to do contour plastic surgery before, and if so, what drugs were used for this and what result was obtained. The doctor will definitely conduct a thorough examination and find out if there are any contraindications for the use of fillers. In some cases, to exclude them, it is necessary to undergo certain tests or obtain advice from specialists.

After this, the cosmetologist selects the date when the procedure will be performed. The day before, you should minimize physical activity and stop drinking alcohol. If the patient is taking any medications, the doctor must be informed about this, since taking certain medications during facial correction with fillers can increase the likelihood of hematomas, edema and other undesirable effects.

Directly contour plastic surgery is carried out according to the following algorithm:

• cleansing the facial skin of decorative cosmetics and impurities, treating with an antiseptic;
• marking the places where fillers are introduced, indicating the puncture point and the direction of needle movement;
• application of topical anesthesia to the skin in the affected area in order to reduce the severity of unpleasant sensations (mainly carried out only if the selected filler does not contain an anesthetic);
• opening the drug in the presence of the patient;
• introduction of the gel using a pre-selected technique according to the applied markings;
• treatment with an antiseptic and a light massage to evenly distribute the filler at the injection site.

The average duration of contouring is 40-120 minutes.

For each patient, the cosmetologist selects not only the drug individually, but also the needle. The thinner the needle, the less painful the injection will be and the lower the risk of hematoma formation and other undesirable consequences. But despite these advantages, the thinnest needles are not capable of introducing dense fillers. Therefore, they are used only for working with soft gels, which are usually used to correct superficial wrinkles and the lip area.

To smooth out more pronounced wrinkles, fillers with a higher density will be required. For their introduction, needles with a large diameter are used. Such fillers will take longer to dissolve, but their administration will be accompanied by greater discomfort for the patient.

After this, the doctor explains in detail the features of facial care and schedules a consultation in 1-2 weeks. It is important not to ignore it, since this is exactly the time it takes for fillers to distribute evenly in tissues, and a repeat consultation will allow you not only to evaluate the achieved effect, but also, if necessary, adjust it by adding filler or, conversely, introducing an enzyme for its partial resorption.

In general, facial care after contour correction with fillers is no different from that after mesotherapy, biorevitalization, etc. Therefore, patients are recommended:

• for 24 hours after the procedure, avoid any touching of the face, especially in the affected area, and sleep on the stomach or side (it is ideal to sleep on the back the first night);
• for 2 weeks, protect your face from exposure to ultraviolet radiation and use sunscreen with high SPF;
• refuse to visit the solarium, bathhouse, sauna, swimming pool for 2 weeks;
• Avoid serious physical activity for 3 days and refuse massage, including self-massage of the face.

In most cases, all traces of injections disappear within 1-2 days. But a little more recovery time will be required when performing lip correction. In this case, the rehabilitation period may increase to 3-5 days, since the delicate skin of the lips and the peculiarities of their blood supply greatly increase the risk of hematoma formation at the puncture sites.

INDICATIONS

Any manifestations of aging are an indication for the use of a wide range of correction techniques. The most pronounced indications for the use of lifting programs:

• blurring facial contours,
• nasolabial folds become noticeable,
• drooping of the corners of the eyes and lips,
• drooping eyebrows and upper eyelid,
• wrinkles appear on the forehead and between the eyebrows,
• bags form under the eyes,
• a double chin appears
• wrinkles and folds form on the neck,
• there is facial asymmetry.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

The list of indications directly depends on the type of procedure, the patient’s age and the presence of health problems. Here are the main contraindications for hardware lifting sessions:

• damage to the facial skin: ulcers, cuts, scratches, abrasions;
• pregnancy, breastfeeding;
• chronic skin diseases;
• metal plates, permanent fillers and threads, and a pacemaker were installed;
• oncological diseases;
• acute infectious diseases;
• chronic diseases in the stage of decompensation;
• systemic diseases.

Contraindications for injection and thread procedures:

• oncological, infectious, inflammatory processes,
• allergic reactions on the skin of the face,
• pregnancy and breastfeeding,
• chronic skin diseases,
• bleeding disorder,
• age less than 18 years,
• any diseases in the stage of exacerbation and decompensation.

What procedures are useless for tightening facial contours?

• Plasmolifting. With this method, one’s own plasma is injected under the skin, but plasma lifting does not give any results.
• Biorevitalization and mesotherapy. These procedures only moisturize and smooth the skin, but do not in any way affect the shape of the face.
• Photorejuvenation is usually used to eliminate age spots and vascular networks on the skin.

DEVICES AND PREPARATIONS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM

Effective lifting and strengthening of the oval of the face is possible without damaging the skin using hardware lifting techniques. Invasive methods of oval correction are less traumatic. After injection sessions, there may be some slight redness and swelling, but this will go away quickly. Injection marks disappear a few hours after the sessions.

Here are several ways to correct a sagging face without surgery:

1. Hardware: Ulthera System (or SMAS-lifting), Thermage, Infini.

Ulthera System ultrasonic smas-lifting is a deep lifting of facial tissues (skin and muscles), the result of which is comparable to surgical correction. This type of procedure smooths out wrinkles and folds of the skin, eliminates a double chin, and returns a clear contour to the oval of the face. SMAS lift also tightens the skin, returns the corners of the eyes and lips to their natural position, and helps get rid of the “sad expression” on the face.

2. Laser: Sciton (Halo, SkinTyte), Dermablate, Fraxel, MultiPulse CO2,

3. Phototherapy Sciton BBL and M22.

4. RF lifting Reaction.

5. Zeltiq Coolsculpting for severe fat deposits in the double chin area.

6. Contour plastic surgery.

7. Botulinum therapy.

8. Aptos thread lifting.

To improve the quality of the skin, in addition, procedures such as biorevitalization, bioreparation, and plasma therapy can be performed.

The result of a facelift using hardware methods, injections and threads will pleasantly surprise you. It is comparable to surgery, lasts a long time, and does not require incisions or stitches. Any consequences of the procedures pass without the help of a cosmetologist. Using non-surgical techniques, you can get rid of wrinkles and sagging skin, restore a clear contour to your face, and remove a double chin. The rejuvenation effect is noticeable after the first procedure.

Facelift or lifting?

In aesthetic medicine, it is customary to distinguish between the lifting effect and the general facelift. Unlike a lift, which is designed to radically eliminate the manifestations of age-related ptosis (change the geometry of the face), lifting procedures provide an improvement in the condition of the skin, improve the appearance of the face as a whole, without radical tissue redistribution.

We can say that a facelift is a radical lifting. Despite the fact that the methods and techniques used are similar, there is a wider choice of cosmetic methods to achieve lifting goals.

Surgical facelift - effective, but expensive and with rehabilitation

You can radically solve the problem of a floating oval with the help of plastic surgery. However, you need to understand that in most cases, surgeons can “cut and tighten”; surgery cannot restore the youthful roundness of the face.

Based on your indications, the clinic will offer you two methods of performing the operation:

• Endoscopic lift. The method is effective at the first signs of ptosis and consists of the following: a puncture is made in the area of ​​the temple in front of the ear, through which, using an endoscope, the doctor tightens the soft tissues and fixes them in a new position. The advantages of the procedure include a short recovery period.
• SMAS lifting or tightening of muscular aponeurotic tissues. The surgeon makes incisions in front of the ear and behind the auricle and through them tightens a group of tissues, followed by their fixation at the required level.

It should be noted that these types of operations are the most expensive of all. The cost starts from 350,000 rubles and does not end at 1 million rubles for famous doctors. The most important thing in surgical lifting is the choice of doctor. We all remember and know examples of unsuccessful corrections by show business stars: both ours and foreign ones.

Thread face lift

This procedure is also called bioreinforcement, and its essence consists of implanting thread-like absorbable and non-absorbable implants under the skin. The biocompatible material from which the thread is made stimulates the growth of tissue around it, forming a frame, thereby tightening the skin and maintaining the oval shape of the face.

Threads with notches are used to tighten (move) tissues and give the desired oval to the face, threads without notches are used for prevention.

The cost of the procedure is calculated based on the number of threads inserted. At the same time, the price range for one thread is very wide, depends on the type of thread and ranges from 800 to 15,000 rubles.

Bioreinforcement with Radiesse

Another way to create a supporting frame is to inject fillers under the skin using a special technique. At its core, this technique is identical to a thread lift, only instead of threads, a liquid preparation is injected into the dermis. Most often we are talking about the drug Radiesse, since it promotes the production of its own collagen.

Bio-reinforcement with fillers does not allow you to tighten the oval of the face, but it works effectively in the initial stages of age-related changes!

The Radiesse bioreinforcement procedure is a preventive procedure, since it cannot be used to completely remove jowls or tighten the oval of the face. It is recommended to administer the drug in the early stages of tissue ptosis on the face - preventively stimulating and prolonging the youth of the skin.

Facial contouring

Despite the fact that our chief doctor is a plastic surgeon, we consider contour plastic surgery the most optimal way to give the oval of the face the desired shape and remove local imperfections.

Look at the before and after photos of our patients at the beginning of this article - all corrections were carried out using contouring techniques.

The essence of the correction is the introduction of safe fillers in order to recreate lost volumes and disguise certain aesthetic defects.

You can achieve the maximum effect from the procedure by simultaneously correcting the angle of the lower jaw, cheekbones and chin - then the oval will acquire a smooth transition from one part of the face to another. The volume of the drug is selected individually, but the optimal dosage is from 3 ml on one side, subject to simultaneous treatment of the cheekbone area.

An example of correction and rejuvenation of the oval of the face using contouring methods using fillers.

The drugs are injected deeply into the periosteum area under the cheekbones and into the chin area. Thanks to this technique, the face restores youthful volume and acquires clear, graceful contours of the lower jaw. With the simultaneous correction of lost volume in the cheekbones, you can achieve real facial rejuvenation by 10 years or more .

As is the case with bioreinforcement, Radiesse is often used in contouring. The main advantage of the drug over other fillers is its ability not to attract water and thus not provoke swelling, as well as a longer period of effect.

The procedure is minimally invasive, since an inconspicuous puncture is enough to administer the drug. In our clinic, injection rejuvenation procedures are carried out using cannulas - safe needles!

After the procedure, you will not notice any visual traces of injections: no hematomas, no blood!

Due to minor tissue damage, the patient does not need a long recovery period, unlike complex surgical interventions.

PREPARATION FOR PROCEDURES, REHABILITATION

Do not use blood thinners one week before your session date.

After hardware and injection lifting sessions, swelling and redness may occur. Injection marks disappear within a few hours after the procedure. It may take 1-5 days for the swelling to subside.

It is not advisable to sunbathe for 7 days after the procedure, and much longer after resurfacing. Do not visit the fitness club, sauna, or swimming pool until a week after the session to avoid complications.

A facelift may be required at 30, 40, or 50 years of age, depending on hereditary factors and the patient’s health status. The sooner you seek help from a cosmetologist, the better. Minor changes in the shape of the face can be removed quite simply by using hardware treatment methods, but to eliminate serious deformations, a combination of hardware, injection and thread techniques will be required.

The main advantages of non-surgical lifting

A non-surgical facelift is a gentle anti-aging procedure that is used by clients who are hesitant about plastic surgery. The technique is prescribed to patients with pronounced age-related changes, such as:

• dry, flabby skin that has lost its tightness;
• expression lines, age wrinkles;
• gravitational ptosis, jowls;
• sickly color;
• dark spots;
• bags, bruises under the eyes.

The main advantage of facial rejuvenation without surgery is the virtual complete absence of contraindications. The procedure is not prescribed for pregnant women, breastfeeding, as well as patients diagnosed with oncology, diseases of the hematopoietic system, or mental disorders.

A non-surgical way to combat age-related changes has almost no side effects. In the first 3 to 5 days, bruises, hematomas, and swelling will be noticeable on the face. But if you follow the cosmetologist’s recommendations and do not expose the skin to aggressive influences during rehabilitation, these phenomena will soon disappear on their own. No special treatment.

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Another advantage of the technique is painlessness. Most anti-aging procedures are performed using local anesthesia, which is easier to tolerate by patients and does not cause complications.

Any type of lifting without surgery does not require hospitalization. Immediately after the procedure, the patient can return to their normal lifestyle, not forgetting to follow the rules of rehabilitation. After non-surgical rejuvenation, there are no scars, scars or other cosmetic defects. Along with the tightening, internal regeneration processes are launched, lymph and blood circulation improves, blood vessels are strengthened, and the production of collagen and elastin fibers, which are responsible for the elasticity, freshness, and healthy appearance of the dermis, is activated.

The results of non-surgical lifting are noticeable after the first session. Over time, the effect will increase. Almost every tightening method is effective for several years, and if you properly care for your skin during this time, the results will last even longer.