Wrinkle Treatment

General information about wrinkle treatment

Wrinkles develop due to an increasing loss of intrinsic elasticity and resilience of the skin and underlying tissues. A majority of people consider skin wrinkles to be an unattractive blemish, but these visible skin irregularities are a perfectly normal consequence of the aging process. The beginning of the 25th year of life is widely regarded as the beginning of the aging process, as it is at this time that the organism undergoes a significant change.

A change in the normal metabolic and cell renewal processes is accompanied by this change, the human being begins to age. Both the onset of cell aging and the speed of its progress are relatively variable from person to person. In addition, various factors (so-called exogenous factors), which can have a negative or positive external influence on the aging process, have a decisive influence.

For example, the consumption of nicotine and/or alcohol is considered an enormous accelerator of skin aging. UV light and excessive sunbathing also have an extremely negative influence on the appearance of the skin. It has been proven that the skin of people who are frequently exposed to sunlight or use a sunbed ages much faster.

Correction methods

Nowadays, you no longer need to feel casually at the mercy of the effects that aging has on the facial skin and underlying tissues. There are various methods that can be used to improve the appearance of the skin. A fundamental distinction is made between surgical and non-surgical measures:

  • The classic facelift is one of the surgical methods, but it carries a lot of risks. Precisely because in many cases a surgical procedure is performed under general anesthesia, these treatment methods are considered rather risky.
  • Less traumatic options for wrinkle treatment are wrinkle treatment with ultrasound and wrinkle injections with hyaluronic acid or the body’s own fatty tissue or

Implementation

Wrinkle injections can be carried out with artificial materials such as hyaluronic acid or the body’s own natural fatty tissue. Hyaluronic acid is a sugar compound that is also produced in large quantities in the human body and is able to bind water molecules. The patient removes the body’s own fatty tissue before the wrinkle injection and then uses it to fill up the volume.

With this type of wrinkle correction, it is not necessary to induce general anesthesia; the injection can take place completely under local anesthesia. The extent of the correction depends on the initial condition and the desired final result. Deeper wrinkles require a much more extensive treatment than minor skin irregularities.

During anti-wrinkle injections, the selected material is injected into the furrows under the epidermal tissue with the help of a small needle. In this way, the lack of volume caused by the loss of elasticity and tension can be effectively compensated. The durability of anti-wrinkle injections depends on the selected filling material.

Autologous fat grafts are less degraded by the body and therefore have a much longer durability. Hyaluronic acid, on the other hand, is almost completely resorbed over the course of time, which means that regular follow-up injections are necessary to ensure a long-lasting result. However, the choice of the material used for anti-wrinkle injections should not depend solely on this factor. Tolerability and possible side effects must also be taken into account in the decision-making process.