At the age of 50+ in women, the production of the female hormone estrogen drops sharply, affecting the condition of the skin. It is possible to rejuvenate the face after the age of 50 without surgery with the help of competent cosmetic and home care methods.
Skin care after 50 at home
Plastic surgery is a miracle job, but not all women can afford it. But everyone can take care of their skin at home. The main thing is that it be regular and comprehensive.
Daily care plan:
- Wash;
- Firm;
- Moisturizing, nutrition;
- UV resistant.
You should apply a nourishing mask twice a week as well as connect the process of self-massage and surface peeling for the facial skin.
Cosmetics
The set of skin care cosmetics for women aged 50+ is still the same as in previous years. But the composition of the funds should be different.
Demand:
- Get rid of products that dry the skin - foaming cleansers, alcohol-based lotions;
- Buy protective cosmetics to protect the skin from the negative effects of sun, wind and frost;
- Replace conventional creams and tonics with anti-aging ones.
For cleansing and toning, you need:
- Micellar water to remove makeup;
- Milk or makeup remover cream with the right pH;
- Non-alcoholic tonic;
- Gommage face (use once every 7-14 days depending on skin type).
It is very helpful to wipe the face with ice cubes - it tones and refreshes the skin. Should use decoction of chrysanthemum, thistle, locust to make ice.
For moisturizing and nutrition, use day and night cream. Separately, you need to buy cream for the area around the eyes, but for the neck you can use the same products as for the face. It is not necessary to buy an expensive cream, drug brands are also suitable.
Good anti-aging creams contain:
- Acid AHA and BHA;
- Vitamins (tocopherol, retinol);
- coenzymes;
- Peptides;
- hyaluronic acid;
- Collagen.
You're better off buying a ready-made mask than making your own. After 50 years, nourishing and moisturizing masks are very useful.
Self-massage
Massage will help you stay young for a long time. Ideally, it should be performed by an experienced esthetician, but do not rule out self-massage.
An effective technique is plastic massage. Provides several types of impact - knead, swipe, vibrate. The process starts with surface impacts, then they move on to deep kneading.
Basic facial massage techniques:
- Caress. Light strokes are performed in the direction of the lines of least tension (massage lines);
- Acrobatics is superficial. It is performed with four fingers (except for the thumb), a movement made like drawing a spiral with small rotations;
- Deep kneading. It is done with all five fingers and one palm, the pressure should be stronger;
- exploit. It is performed with the fingertips along all the massage lines;
- Vibrate. It is performed with the lower part of the palm, moving from the middle of the sternum along the collarbone to the ear and further to the temple.
Before the massage, the face is cleaned with cosmetics and powdered talcum powder. Instead of talcum powder, some estheticians use cosmetic oils.
Another technique is complex massage with tablespoons. For the procedure, you need to prepare two containers full of hot and cold water, a couple of spoons, cosmetic oil.
The convex part of the spoon is made to collide. Swiping, rubbing, and patting techniques are used. Silver spoons are recommended, but regular ones can be used. Before the procedure, warm oil is applied to the skin. The effect is performed alternately between cold and warm spoons, directing the movement completely along the massage line.
Exercise
A controversial way to rejuvenate the face without injections and surgery is to exercise the muscles of the face. Learning how to do homework is not difficult, the main thing is regular classes.
There are many different exercises on the Internet, but the opinion of our doctors is the same: gymnastics make wrinkles appear on the face! Therefore, we advise you not to exercise, choose in favor of massage.
Beauty salon facial rejuvenation treatment without surgery
Beauty salons offer many ways to rejuvenate after 55 without surgery. These are traditional methods (peeling, massage, masking, skin care procedures), injection procedures (injection of fillers, intermediate therapy, revitalization) and hardware methods that act on the skin. skin.
Thread lift
The essence of non-surgical facial rejuvenation technique is to puncture the skin and insert synthetic threads to create a reinforcing frame. The effect of the field of procedure lasts 2-4 years.
Thread lift is recommended for facelifts, sagging cheeks, double chin, change in facial contours, deep wrinkles.
For the manufacture of thread, polymeric materials, silicone, various acids, platinum, gold are used. The diameter of the thread does not exceed the thickness of a human hair. After introducing the subject is not perceived and not seen to others.
Optical rejuvenation
The essence of this procedure is exposure of the skin to pulsed light. Radiation is a quantum flux delivered by explosions. Different wavelengths are used. The maximum effect of the course does not appear immediately, but must after the end of the course. Thanks to the light rejuvenation process, the collagen skeleton and skin structure are strengthened, the facial skin is firmed and wrinkles are erased.
Benefits of light energy:
- Improve skin tone;
- Increase skin elasticity and elasticity;
- The synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin is initiated;
- Pores shrink;
- Skin relief is improved;
- Pigment spots are lightened.
This technique is not suitable for eliminating all age-related changes. To remove deep wrinkles and improve the oval of the face, the esthetician combines hardware and injection techniques.
laser resurfacing
Laser skin resurfacing is a procedure that can stop the aging process and help eliminate acne scars or other skin imperfections. The key point is to target the epidermis with a laser. The top layer of cells is evaporated, which helps to stimulate regenerative processes.
Grinding is one of the forms of hardware dissection. Only a more qualified doctor with a certificate can perform this procedure.
Rehabilitation lasts up to 4 weeks. But a tangible result includes a long recovery period after the procedure.
Thermage
Thermage is a hardware procedure based on exposure to radio frequency waves or RF radiation. It is done using a device that emits radio wave energy.
The flow of energy destroys old skin structures. As a result, new collagen and elastin fibers are formed, effectively tightening the private area.
The method is suitable for rejuvenating the skin of the face, neck, age spots as well as other parts of the body. It is also used in the fight against cellulite.
Mesotherapy
The injection procedure, the essence of which is the introduction in the skin of special "cocktails". Preparations include hyaluronic acid, vitamins, amino acids, peptides, growth factors, etc. v.
With the advent of mesococktails, the following changes will occur:
- Pigment spots disappear;
- Improve skin tone;
- Dryness is eliminated, wrinkles are smoothed;
- Microrelief is leveled.
The medicine is injected with a very thin needle. Lots of microtraumas are created, which help stimulate collagen and elastin production, and improve blood microcirculation.
Injections
When planning non-surgical rejuvenation, many women choose injection method. In cosmetology, various drugs are used:
- hyaluronic acid;
- Mesococktels;
- Botulinum toxin;
- Plastic contour with filler;
- Biological parameters;
- Preparations based on calcium hydroxyapatite.
Selected drugs are administered parenterally. A needle or syringe is used.
Ozone therapy
Rejuvenation of the face and neck is carried out by introducing special oxy-ozone cocktails. After the treatment, the face has a fresh look, small wrinkles, acne scars disappear. This technique stimulates collagen production.
Fractional laser rejuvenation after 50 years as an alternative to plastic
Fractional laser skin rejuvenation is also known as:
- Fractional photothermal;
- Segmentation dissection;
- Laser nano effect.
It is possible to effectively rejuvenate facial skin after the age of 60 without surgery thanks to fractional laser technology. In terms of the effectiveness of a facelift, the procedure is comparable to using stem cells, but fractional laser rejuvenation is safer and more affordable.
It is necessary to carry out the procedure in a cosmetic clinic that has the appropriate certifications. Non-specialized laser use can cause burns and other side effects.
Advantages of the method
Fractional laser exposure is a unique non-surgical facial rejuvenation method that has many advantages:
- No intense pain
- The effect is noticeable even after one procedure;
- No negative side effects;
- Short recovery time.
An important advantage is the affordable price with a noticeable effect. The procedure solves several cosmetic problems at once - smoothes wrinkles, tightens, removes post-acne scars.
Indications and contraindications
You should use fractional laser irradiation in case of the following cosmetic defects:
- Photos and chronology;
- Superficial and deep wrinkles;
- Sagging skin, the face loses its clear oval shape;
- Scars, scars;
- Vascular asterisks;
- Enlarged pores;
- Black spot.
But there are also contraindications. They must be taken into account, because at the age of fifty not everyone has iron health. Laser rejuvenation is not performed in the following cases:
- inflamed areas of the face;
- skin infections;
- Psoriasis, eczema;
- Malignancies of any localization;
- heart disease;
- Epilepsy;
- immunocompromised state;
- Neurological disorders plant;
- Diabetes;
- Autoimmune diseases.
The patient should alert the esthetician to the presence of any chronic diseases. The specialist on that basis decides which technique can be used.
The nature of the procedure
This technique involves the impact of a laser beam into the deep layers of the skin. In the affected areas, cells are "burned", stimulating the process of regeneration, the synthesis of collagen and elastin.
Women 50 years of age and older should use a non-ablative exposure method. Its difference is that there is no rehabilitation process. This allows you to smooth even deep wrinkles without any recovery time.
Effect
During the first days after exposure, the skin will become inflamed.
It may be noted:
- In the first 2-3 hours - a slight burning sensation;
- In the first 1-2 days - redness;
- On the 2-3rd day - peeling, lasting 4-5 days.
During the month, the skin will be especially sensitive to the sun, so you need to apply a sunscreen with SPF before going outside.
After the peeling process stops, the effect of the process becomes noticeable. Wrinkles are reduced, skin is tight, and the face is fresher. But to achieve a noticeable result, you need to go through a course of treatment. Their number is determined individually.
Which method is not effective at this age?
A professional esthetician will assist in choosing the right rejuvenation method.
After 50 years, it will not be possible to achieve a good effect when using:
- Light fruit peel;
- cosmetic mask;
- Facial rejuvenation with BBL.
These procedures are good for young women. After fifty and even more than sixty years, combined techniques are needed to provide visible lifting and wrinkle reduction.
Reviews on rejuvenation without surgery
Contradictory comments on facial rejuvenation techniques: there are many positive comments, but there are also people who do not like this procedure.
- "With age, wrinkles and age spots appear more pronounced. Facial rejuvenation surgery is contraindicated for me, so I decided to go for a non-surgical approach. The esthetician. recommended fractional laser rejuvenation I am satisfied with the procedure, I did it without severe pain and bruising on day 6 my face is looking pretty good, although a bit pinker than usual IYou can tell it's a result - eyelids are lifted, wrinkles are smaller, small pigment spots disappear, but large spots just turn pale. I'll repeat the process later. "
- "I was very shy about plastic surgery, so I took very good care of my skin. But after 50, my face "sloped down", with sunken cheeks, double chin, and wrinkles. I chose fractional laser rejuvenation. What can I say, I'm in so much pain, tears welling in my eyes, I can hardly stand this execution In the morning, I wake up and I'm scared to see myself in the mirror - a facelike a homeless woman being beaten up somehow survives 3 days, then it gets better but she can actually "show people off" after only 2 weeks. in my eyes disappears, ovals become clearer, nasolabial folds are less deep. The effect is not bad, but the second time I won't dare to endure this pain even just want to beautify.