A facelift may not only be required for older women, as is commonly believed. Girls resort to the procedure for various reasons: the consequences of diets, regular stress, and even the effect of tanning on the epidermis. Due to negative factors, the skin becomes flabby, wrinkles and hated nasolabial folds appear. Professional cosmetologists set prices so high that not every woman can afford a salon procedure.
General recommendations
Before you begin self-tightening your skin, review your daily diet and routine, otherwise the results will be minimal.
- Ladies who smoke are advised to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day to 5 pieces.
- Do not drink alcohol 2 weeks before and after the procedure. Include a walk in the fresh air in your daily routine, lasting at least an hour.
- Direct rays of the sun reduce collagen production, try to cover yourself with a hat while tanning.
- Switch to proper nutrition. It is healthy, balanced, and has a beneficial effect on the skin and figure.
- Avoid consumption of carbonated drinks, spicy and salty foods, and replace coffee with green tea or chicory.
- Avoid buying cheap cosmetics from dubious stores. Use a professional series of Korean, American, Belarusian production. She's not expensive.
Facelift at home
Procedures in beauty salons, of course, will quickly and even pleasantly get rid of wrinkles, jowls, and a double chin, but their cost is often simply unaffordable.
And age-related changes in the oval of the face are inevitable, since the loss of collagen and elastin occurs every day. It is quite possible to correct some age-related changes at home. However, it should be understood that lifting cannot be done before the age of 30, even if a woman thinks that she has already developed the first wrinkles.
The exception is those cases when there is a skin disease, or the woman’s weight has changed dramatically, but in these cases we are not talking about home facelift procedures. Such cases should be dealt with by specialists.
The result of using home lifting procedures:
increased production of collagen and elestin
- improvement of metabolism in tissues
- wrinkles and folds are smoothed out
- facial contour becomes clearer
- double chin and jowls disappear
Face tightening masks
Honey mask
Honey has a beneficial effect on the epidermis and helps the production of elastin.
- honey - 30 g.
- rose petal water - 40 ml.
Combine the ingredients and cover your face with the mixture, paying attention to problem areas. Lie down to rest for 40 minutes. Repeat the procedure every day.
Cabbage mask
- Shredded cabbage - 150 g.
- Honey - 30 g.
- Oatmeal - 50 g.
- Egg white - 1 pc.
Mix the ingredients in a blender until smooth and thick. Wait 45 minutes, do it once every 3 days.
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Lime based mask
- lime juice - 20 ml.
- mint decoction - 20 ml.
- aloe vera juice - 20 ml.
Combine the components, apply the suspension to the skin, leave for 25 minutes. Carry out such simple manipulations twice a day for a month.
Avocado mask
It is not for nothing that avocado is used by famous world brands to create a professional series of facelift products. The fruit restores youth to the skin, saturates pores, penetrates deep into the epidermis, nourishing and moisturizing it.
Compound:
- avocado - 1 pc.
- tomato juice - 30 ml.
- honey - 40 gr.
Grind the avocado along with the peel and bone in a convenient way (processor, grater), add honey and tomato juice. Apply a generous layer and leave for 40 minutes. Application technology: every other day.
Potato mask
- olive oil - 40 gr.
- potato tuber - 1 pc. medium size
Grate the potatoes and add oil to the puree. Cover your face with the mixture and leave for half an hour.
Healing mud mask
- healing mud
- potato starch - 1 sachet
- urma (small) - 1 pc.
Crush the persimmon or grind it in a blender, add starch. Combine everything, then stir in the dirt (amount at your discretion). The mass should be thick. Leave the mixture for about an hour, then wipe your face with parsley cosmetic ice.
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Oatmeal mask with egg
- oat flakes - 50 gr.
- egg white - 1 pc.
Beat the egg whites with a whisk and add the pre-steamed rolled oats. Cover the skin with a large amount of the resulting mixture. Rinse off after 20 minutes.
Cucumber mask with egg
- chicken egg - 1 pc.
- cucumber - 1 pc.
- olive oil - 20 gr.
Beat the egg. Make a puree from the cucumber without removing the seeds or cutting off the peel. Bring to a homogeneous consistency. Keep it for about half an hour, use every other day.
Dill mask
- fresh dill - 10 gr.
- rice flour - 30 gr.
- corn oil - 20 gr.
Grind the dill, add butter and flour. Take a horizontal position, your facial muscles should be relaxed. Wait a quarter of an hour. Repeat the procedure consistently once a week to get the best results.
Moisturizing cream mask
- egg white - 1 pc.
- cosmetic moisturizer
Rub the cream with massaging movements into problem areas, then distribute over the entire surface of the face. Apply protein on top, wait until dry and rinse.
Corn oil mask
- egg white - 1 pc.
- rice or oatmeal flour - 30 gr.
- corn oil - 10 gr.
- essential oil (grapefruit) - 4 drops
- nutritious cream
Beat the chicken protein and combine it with the flour. Add all oils. Apply the cream to your skin and place the mixture on your face. Wait 45 minutes.
Egg yolk mask
- oat flakes - 30 gr.
- egg yolk - 1 pc.
- honey - 30 gr.
- lemon juice - 30 ml.
Combine the ingredients until smooth. Keep for 40 minutes.
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White clay mask
- wheat sprouts - 30 gr.
- grape juice - 40 ml.
- white clay - 70 gr.
Mix everything, rinse off after a quarter of an hour, then wipe the skin with a hard towel.
Blue and green clay mask
- mineral water - 20 ml.
- lemon juice - 10 ml.
- blue clay - 20 gr.
- green clay - 10 gr.
Combine the ingredients and cover your face with the mixture. Leave for 25 minutes, rinse with cold (ice) water.
Pink clay mask
- mint decoction - 150 ml.
- honey - 40 gr.
- mineral powder - 40 gr.
- pink clay - 40 gr.
Pour the ingredients into a mint decoction, apply to the face, after complete drying, another 10 minutes should pass, then you can wash off.
Aloe Vera Mask
In addition to a facelift, the plant moisturizes the skin, saturates it with oxygen, cleanses it, gets rid of blackheads and pimples, and relieves inflammation.
Compound:
- lemon juice - 25 ml.
- aloe vera juice - 25 ml.
Lubricate your face with the resulting liquid and leave it overnight. Ladies with blond hair should not forget that lemon whitens the epidermis. Be careful, you can reduce the exposure time to 2 hours.
Mask using aloe pulp
Cut the stem from the plant, wash thoroughly, and divide into two parts. Rub the pulp onto your neck, décolleté and face. The duration of the procedure is not limited, unless there is individual intolerance.
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Mask recipes after 30
Egg mask
The mask is divided into two stages, and if you do the first, the second stage is also necessary. Otherwise there will be no effect.
Beat one egg white with 5 drops of lime or lemon until you get a protein cream. After preparation, the egg cream is applied to the skin in five layers. Moreover, each subsequent layer must be applied after the previous one has completely dried. After the fifth layer has dried, you need to wash off the mask with warm water.
- Grind the yolk, add a few drops of lime or lemon to it and add 5 grams of olive oil. Everything needs to be mixed and the skin treated. This is the best lift. After the first use, it becomes noticeable that the skin has become soft and silky.
Yeast based
Add a few drops of milk and three drops of liquid vitamin E to 30 grams of yeast. Mix everything. The consistency of the mask should be similar to thick sour cream. Then apply the mask to your face and keep for 15 minutes, then rinse with water and apply nourishing cream to your face.
With cucumber and currants
You need to take a medium cucumber and grate it. Crush the red currants. Take 2 parts of cucumber, 1 part of currants and 1 part of sour cream, preferably full-fat. Mix everything well and apply the mixture to your face.
The mask perfectly tones, refreshes, nourishes and whitens.
Gelatin remedy
Dissolve 10 gelatin crystals in water, after which you need to heat it using a water bath until completely dissolved. Add 2 tbsp to gelatin. l. sour cream and 2 tbsp. kefir, add a pinch of flour for a suitable consistency, mix everything well, apply the mixture to your face. The mask helps tighten pores and draws out excess oil from the skin.
Milk mask
Grind the yolk of one egg with one tablespoon of milk or cream, add a pinch of flour, and achieve the consistency of very thick sour cream. The mask can smooth out fine wrinkles.
Face tightening lotions
Buy 1 coconut, break it and pour the liquid into a separate container. Cleanse your face with your regular toner, then dip a cotton pad in coconut milk and wipe over skin. Do not wash off the composition for about 4 hours.
Herbal lotion
- chamomile - 20 gr.
- rosemary - 25 gr.
- mint - 30 gr.
- rose petals - 30 gr.
- dried violet - 20 gr.
- plantain - 25 gr.
Make a decoction from the above plants, leave for 5 hours. Use lotion 3 times a day instead of your cleanser.
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First degree gravitational ptosis of the face: signs and treatment
Gravitational ptosis of the face of the first degree is characterized by signs that can occur at a fairly young age:
- drooping of the upper eyelids of varying degrees of severity;
- drooping of the outer eyebrows, as a result of which their position becomes more horizontal;
- the first signs of the formation of a nasolacrimal groove;
- slight depression of the nasolabial folds;
- slight drooping of the corners of the mouth.
When a patient presents with first-degree gravitational ptosis, the most effective methods for eliminating it will be contouring with fillers, thread lifting and botulinum toxin injections.
Let us remind you: “Facial anatomy for cosmetologists”
How to tighten your facial skin with massage
The cost of a neck and décolleté massage in a salon costs about 1,000 rubles. Why overpay if you can do everything yourself without turning to cosmetologists. With a slight movement of your hand, you can easily tighten folds and wrinkles, increase skin tone and improve color. The technology also helps to get rid of a double chin.
Massage option No. 1
Cleanse your face with a natural herbal toner (recipe mentioned above). Prepare two containers with water. Pour cold water into the first and add salt, and water at room temperature into the second. Using a soft towel previously soaked in cold water, tap your chin for several minutes. Next, wet the towel in another container and pat it again. Repeat the procedure approximately 10-12 times, the course is 3 months.
Massage option No. 2
Wash your face thoroughly with soap, then apply a light moisturizer to make the task easier. Warm up the skin of your cheeks using intense circular movements with your palms. Move from the nasolabial folds to the ears.
Proceed to smoothing your forehead, movements should be smooth and clear, move your fingers from the eyebrows to the hairline. The next stage is the chin. Now place your hands on both sides of your cheekbones (closer to the chin) and move your fingers towards your temples. Finally, massage the neck area with the back of your hand.
This technique allows you to make a beautiful oval face and shapes its contour. Since the process is not particularly difficult, we recommend not to be lazy and carry out care in this way several times a day.
Now you know how to easily tighten your facial skin without overpaying for expensive procedures. Home methods are characterized by simple technology and accessibility. Be patient, nasolabial folds will smooth out significantly in about a month, wrinkles will become less noticeable after the first 15 procedures. Take care of yourself and keep your skin youthful!
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We, plastic surgeons, are constantly faced with this situation: when expressing their wishes, future patients use incorrect terms and substitute concepts.
Of course, the patient does not have to understand plastic surgery like a surgeon. We must explain in clear language what we plan to do. However, some surgeons consider it possible to deceive the patient, taking advantage of his ignorance.
Recently, I once again encountered a similar case - a girl came to me for alterations only 1.5 years after the operation in another clinic. After this incident, it was decided to write this material and explain to future patients what options they have for rejuvenating the lower third of the face. The patient’s story will be told below.
So:
1.
Rhytidectomy
(from the Greek rhytis - wrinkle, ectomia - removal). This is a general term for a facelift. Rhytidectomy is both SMAS lifting, SMAS plication, and MACS lifting. All such operations can be designated by this term. Thus, when a surgeon tells a patient that a rhytidectomy is planned, anything can be meant.
2. Facelift
(face - face, lifting - tightening). Again, a designation for anti-aging surgeries in general. This is not the name of a specific operation or technique.
3. Skin tightening
. Typically, surgeons who perform this operation call it a SMAS lift. But it's not the same thing. When performing a skin tightening, the surgeon simply peels the skin away from the subcutaneous fat and eliminates its excess. In this case, the surgeon works on the muscular-aponeuric layer without affecting it. The result of skin tightening will last up to 3-5 years - muscle ptosis will take its toll.
It is quite difficult to understand that the surgeon plans to perform a skin tightening, but if you are guaranteed the shortest rehabilitation after SMAS lifting, this is the first sign that a true SMAS lifting will not be performed.
This is not a public offer! There are contraindications. Before use, consultation with a specialist is required.
4. Lifting with plication, SMAS plication
. This operation is performed at the SMAS level and involves suturing it without excision of excess. And, of course, part of such an operation is skin tightening. Surgeons also call this SMAS lifting, which is almost true, but not completely, because... after all, suturing without excision of excess is not a full-fledged SMAS lifting.
5. Short scar lifts: MACS-lift, S-lift
etc. When performing these techniques, it is implied the excision of excess skin and suturing, i.e. SMAS tightening without excision. The incisions are small (short), the detachment zone is appropriate, there is no excision, and, as a result, the result is also moderate.
6. Sectoral lift
. This is not a separate technique for correcting the oval of the face, but a designation for an operation in a limited space. A sectoral lift can be a skin lift, a SMAS plication, or even a SMAS lift. The term means that a lift will be performed in a certain sector of the lower or middle third of the face.
7. And finally, a true SMAS-lifting g
. The operation involves skin tightening, detachment of the SMAS, excision of its excess and tension. Only this technique is a real SMAS lifting, during which the surgeon fully works with the muscle-aponeuric layer. The effect of such an operation is the most aesthetically effective and, accordingly, the longest lasting (10-15 years). We operate on primary patients exclusively using this technique.
SMAS lifting, in turn, can be high (in this case, the detachment is carried out up to the cheekbones) and ordinary - the choice of the detachment zone depends on the indications, as well as on the presence or absence of combined operations in other areas of the face. If we perform endoscopic midface lifting or check-lifting at the same time as SMAS lifting, we simply do not need a high detachment.
This is not a public offer! There are contraindications. Before use, consultation with a specialist is required.
Separately, I would like to discuss the concepts of “lower SMAS” and “upper SMAS”, which patients sometimes mention during consultations. Unfortunately, in my 25 years of work experience I have not encountered the existence of such methods. Most likely, this refers to the zone of SMAS detachment. But these are not two separate operations or names for lifting techniques.
The patient mentioned at the beginning of the material
, in her own words, it was promised to carry out “simultaneous facelift and SMAS lifting” (as two distinct operations). The cost was indicated, respectively, also for two operations.
The suspicions that arose during the consultation were confirmed during the operation: the woman underwent a sectoral skin lift of the lower third of the face, even without affecting the SMAS. As we understand, the effect, duration of the result, cost of the prescribed and actually performed operations - absolutely everything differs. Unfortunately, such cases are not uncommon.
This is not a public offer! There are contraindications. Before use, consultation with a specialist is required.
Facebook building
Gymnastics for the face (face building) is now at the peak of popularity. It involves exercises that have a lifting effect. Despite the fact that they began to actively talk about it in magazines and on Internet portals recently, this technique has existed for a very long time.
The most famous facial gymnastics was developed by American cosmetologist Carol Maggio in 1980. Carol wondered: if you can pump up the muscles of the body, then why can’t you do the same with the muscles of the face? She created exercises that give a noticeable lifting effect. In total, the complex involves influencing 57 muscles. As a result of the exercises, you can get rid of bags under the eyes, make the facial contour clearer, remove the double chin, narrow the face, and correct the nose. The result is a non-surgical facelift. Reviews from cosmetologists and women who have done these exercises are extremely positive. Several other face-building techniques are known (the author of the Russian one is Galina Dubinina), but they repeat and complement the Carol Maggio complex.
Why does facial gymnastics really tighten the skin? Our face, like our body, consists of muscles. When we train them and force them to work, they become resilient. As a result, the face acquires tone, the skin becomes fresh (due to improved blood circulation), a clear contour appears, and the double chin is reduced. To see the first small changes, you need to perform the exercises for at least 1 month. Let's consider those that are aimed at lifting .
Exercise for the neck and chin
You need to sit down, grab your neck tightly with both hands and throw your head back. Keep your muscles tense for a few seconds, then relax. Do 40 repetitions 2 times a day. Result: the double chin disappears, the oval of the face becomes toned.
Jaw Strengthening Exercise
It's best to do it standing. You need to smile, roll your lower lip behind your teeth, and press your upper lip tightly. We open and close our mouth, making a scooping motion. Repeat 15-20 times twice a day. Result: flabbiness disappears, tone increases.
Forehead exercise
It is recommended to perform it while lying down. Place your index fingers on your eyebrows and begin to move your eyebrows upward. The fingers should not move. Don't forget to relax. Repeat 10 times twice a day. Result: wrinkles decrease and disappear, tone appears, the face is charged with energy.
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By doing these exercises at home 2 times a day for several months, you will see a noticeable lifting effect on your skin. You may no longer need a facelift.
Don't believe me? Do this to yourself!
To prove this, you can do a few simple experiments.
- Go to the mirror and raise your shoulders. Pay attention to the reaction of the face and neck. Due to the contraction of the neck, folds and additional sagging were formed, a double chin.
- Now lower your shoulders and lean your head forward. The tension in the pectoral muscles is immediately felt. This occurs because the platysma bundles are woven into the orbicularis oris muscle. They actively participate in the formation of the oval of the face. When the platysma is tense, the skin is pulled down and provokes the formation of additional skin folds and jowls. These movements are not noticed in everyday life, but for many they are constant and become a habit. You need to pay close attention to this and monitor your posture.
- For many women, the décolleté area is a problem. Caring for her begins when some problems appear. But when the shoulders are directed forward, there can be no talk of her beauty. This is aggravated by the fact that the skin in this area does not receive sufficient nutrition and quickly loses elasticity.
Prevention is always better than cure. It is worth paying attention to your posture right now, perhaps changing your shoes, which may be the cause of scoliosis and flat feet. Straighten your shoulders, start doing exercises - this will be useful not only for your health, but also for the beauty of your face.
