Can We Rejuvenate the Face by Heating It?

Facial rejuvenation is a broad and important subject — one of the topics I most enjoy studying, practicing and writing about. Our ultimate goal is a firmer and younger-looking face, which can be approached through surgical or non-surgical methods.

There are many facial rejuvenation techniques, and new ones continue to appear. Today, I want to explain one of the technological developments of recent years: facial tightening through controlled heat-based energy.

Aging of the face does not mean only aging of the skin that covers it. From bone structure to the skin and the collagen and elastin layers beneath it, many components play essential roles.

Collagen, which we may think of as the body’s cement, begins to decline from the twenties onward and this reduction accelerates in women toward the late forties. As collagen support decreases, the face may gradually descend, much like a building losing part of its structural support.

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