Sagging Facial Skin: How to prevent sagging skin? – FILLMED

Have you ever caught your reflection in a shop window or glanced in the mirror before heading out and noticed that your skin isn’t quite what it used to be? It can feel like this change happened overnight! But the truth is, that sagging facial skin is a gradual process. While aging is the main culprit, other factors like sun damage, lifestyle choices (like poor diet and smoking), sudden weight loss, genetics, and certain rare medical conditions can also contribute. This sagging can leave us looking tired, sad, or worn out, making it seem like our “outside” no longer reflects who we are inside. Your self-confidence might take a hit, but don’t worry – there are plenty of minimally invasive treatments and at-home routines that can improve the appearance of sagging skin and even help prevent it.

Facial skin sagging is a natural result of aging, where various interrelated changes start to occur. Your facial structure begins to change as bones resorb naturally, and gravity pulls plump facial fat downward toward the jowls. Hyaluronic acid levels in the skin drop, affecting hydration. The production of fibrous proteins like collagen and elastin, which maintain the skin’s elasticity, resilience, and tone, also slows down. After age 25, collagen and elastin production decreases by 1% each year, and even more after age 40.

1. Consult Your Skincare Expert

Everyone’s skin is unique, and the degree of sagging will vary (mild, moderate, or advanced). Your practitioner can recommend solutions tailored specifically to your skin.

2. Explore Treatment Options

There are a range of minimally invasive, non-surgical treatments that address facial skin sagging, such as:

• Dermal Fillers: Our ART FILLER^® range, with its unique combination of three types of hyaluronic acid, recreates lost volume, improves facial architecture, redefines drooping lines, and produces a subtle “lift” effect.
• Facial Peels: The FILLMED range of professional-grade peels contributes to skin tightening.
• Biostimulation: Through micro-injections, our NCTF^® 135 HA, with its ingredients selected to support and revitalize the skin’s cellular activities, improves skin tone and resilience.
• Radiofrequency, Ultrasound, and Laser Resurfacing: These treatments are designed to stimulate collagen production.

3. Establish a Routine

Treating visible symptoms such as sagging facial skin is just one part of your strategy. Having a regular skincare treatment plan will also boost the skin’s natural functions and ability to regenerate, improving its overall health and resilience to change.

Here are our top five tips to delay the onset of skin sagging and potentially reduce its severity:

1. Consult Your Skincare Expert

Get advice and a comprehensive prevention plan tailored to your skin’s needs.

2. Follow a Daily Skincare Routine

Use our enhancing and regenerating SKIN PERFUSION cosmetic range to boost in-clinic treatments and effectively prepare your skin to resist change.

3. Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices

• Use sunscreen and reduce sun exposure.
• Cut out smoking and reduce alcohol intake.
• Eat a healthy diet.
• Get quality sleep.
• Find time to relax.

4. Stay Hydrated

Drink plenty of water to keep your skin hydrated and healthy.

5. Stay Physically Active

Exercise is great for circulation, bone health, and overall skin health.

• Facial skin sagging is a natural, multi-faceted process.
• Consult with your skincare expert to establish the best treatment plan for you.
• Maximize treatment results with a daily, at-home skincare routine.
• Take proactive measures to prevent facial sagging skin, like healthy lifestyle choices, hydration, sun protection, quality sleep, and exercise.
• Improving your outward appearance can significantly boost your self-esteem.

Adopting prevention strategies can help delay and reduce the effects of facial skin sagging. Combined with recommended, tailored treatments, these strategies will not only improve your appearance but also boost your self-esteem. By following our top tips, you can make a real difference and, when you look in the mirror, you’ll like who you see.

This is a case of putting your best face forward!

NCTF^® 135 HA and ART FILLER^® are injectable medical device ranges. Ask your doctor for advice. If any adverse event occurs, please inform your doctor. Vigilance contact (notification of an adverse event): vigilance@fillmed.com

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