Beauty

[NYCLatinaMe]

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@Jk9 wrote:

@NYCLatinaMe I use the Tria Age Defying Laser too and I always start at the lowest level if I haven't used it for a while.  It takes a couple of weeks for my skin to adjust to the laser again and then I increase the levels as my skin tolerates.  I only get mild redness that goes away in a couple or several hours.   

I also use the NIRA now and use it from my upper eye folds up to the brows.  That gives me a good lift on my eyes without using the NIRA on my eye lids.  I noticed improvement very quickly in that area.   I use it there twice a day on level 2.  

What Tria are you using?

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Wow, thanks for posting @Jk9!  The eye area you are describing (between upper eyefold and eyebrow) is exactly what I would like to improve, assuming you are referring to the eyefold as in this picture:

I think I may give this a try then.

I just wrote a post above with a picture of the Tria I was using.  It was many years ago (2013) and I was confused, I just realized it was a hair removal one, not for wrinkles.  And to be clear, that is not a picture of my skin, but that is what the area I used the Tria on looked like after treatment.  Needless to say, I did not use for long.

Thanks again! 

[Jk9]

You are welcome and Yes @NYCLatinaMe I used your picture diagram to describe where I am using the NIRA.  I am very impressed with the improvement I see.  My Tria is like the one whose pic @SilleeMee posted and I have used it for years and am on my second one.  

[NYCLatinaMe]

Thanks for your response @Jk9.  Are you using both the Tria and the NIRA?  How are you using each of them?  Do they serve different purposes?

[SilleeMee]

I don't have an 'eyefold' b/c I'm Asian. Instead I have a monolid so I just treat the whole thing from top to bottom. My lids are not droopy or hooded and they are fairly free of crepiness. I just have a bit of loose skin up there but not bad. Years of using my Palovia on my upper eye areas has made a huge difference for the better. 

[Mom2Dogs]

@SilleeMee   Are there other devises similar to the NIRA (with out the heat) that would work as well? 

[SilleeMee]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

@SilleeMee   Are there other devises similar to the NIRA (with out the heat) that would work as well? 

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@Mom2Dogs 

The only other one that I know of is the Iluminage Laser for wrinkles. Can be used around the eyes and mouth. I don't know much about it. Just that it uses laser technology similar to NIRA but from what understand the Iluminage can cause pain. Laser technology uses heat. That's how they all work. If you don't want to deal with the heat issue then I suggest using a red light therapy device.

Iluminage Skin Smoothing Laser (it's a $500+ tool)

[SilleeMee]

@Mom2Dogs 

CurrentBody has a new eye RLT device...brand new, only been out for a few weeks.

CurrentBody Eye Perfector

When it comes to reducing lines/wrinkles, both lasers and RLT work on that part of the skin where collagen is formed. It's just that lasers use heat to do that while RLT uses red light. Lasers do work faster b/c they are in fact a more aggressive type of treatment, whereas RLT is not but it also takes longer to see results using RLT.

Ideally you can use both RLT and lasers to treat lines and wrinkles. They benefit each other. One does the damage and the other repairs that damage.

[SilleeMee]

Even if you don't have any lines or wrinkles, using a laser or RLT device will help maintain the collagen in the skin so your skin will stay smooth for longer. With age comes the loss of collagen and it happens everyday so I like to replace my lost collagen a little bit each day. That's why I use the devices I have. They do work for me.

[Mom2Dogs]

@SilleeMee    Thanks so much for the answer to my question.   I will need to think about what I will do.  I don't have a lot of wrinkles, but those pesky lines above my lips bother me.

[Jk9]

@NYCLatinaMe Yes I use both the Tria and the NIRA lasers. They are different technology in that the Tria is a fractional laser and the NIRA is a non-fractional laser.   @SilleeMee  posted some great information on the differences in the lasers in an older NIRA thread.   I use the NIRA to focus on specific lines and wrinkles and  I use the Tria over larger areas like my lower face neck and dec area.   The current NIRA is described as a precision laser and that is how I use it.  It's easier to focus the NIRA on my under brow eye area for example and on a line or scar above my upper lip.