Beauty

[morganjen]

I saw this on Elle magazine website and thought it looked interesting:

http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Makeup-Skin-Care/Forever-21/Look-Younger-Anti-Aging-Tips-on-ELLE2

Neck Deep: Alexiades uses two innovative treatments to keep saggy necks in check. For older patients looking to avoid the scalpel, Alexiades employs ePrime, a onetime firming treatment designed for the jawline and neck. Ten hair-thin needles deliver short bursts of heat to the skin’s deeper layers, stimulating both collagen and elastin production. “It usually takes a total of 150 injections to cover the lower face and neck,” Alexiades says. The results are impressive: A comparative analysis among five leading plastic surgeons and dermatologists calculated the treatment to be 37 percent as effective as a face-lift, with only two to three days of downtime while swelling subsides. To rid patients of “turkey neck,” Alexiades inserts Sciton laser fibers into a tiny incision under the chin. “The first fiber melts the fat, which is subsequently removed using a syringe,” she says. “Then I use another laser cannula to deliver laser energy to the undersurface of the skin, which tightens.” Patients wear a neck wrap for three days while healing from the lipo-lift.

Hope Chest: Injections also work anti-aging magic below the chin. “Lifting the neck with Botox is a home run,” says Brandt, who uses the neurotoxin to relax the muscle bands that often sag with age. He also fills décolletage creases with micro-injections of hyaluronic acid fillers, and then he finishes with a few sessions of the Excel-V KTP and Nd:YAG to remove redness and brown spots for an even skin tone.