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Skin Tightening Tips; Surgical and Non-surgical Solutions

By: Mary Azzarella.
Date Added : September 9, 2011 Views : 16
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Most people suffer from loose sagging skin around the eyes and on the face due to ageing; around the stomach due to weight loss or pregnancy and around the arms when exposed to the sun or due to smoking and stress related symptoms. Loose skins occur when there is loss or break down of collagen proteins and elastin fibers in the body which leads to skin thinning, sagging and wrinkling. Loose skin makes one look ridiculously shapeless, and it is for this reason that people opt to go for skin tightening procedures such as cosmetic surgery, tummy skin tightening and use of natural remedies.

Skin tightening procedures have radically developed over the years. Not so long ago, the only way people could tighten the skin was to go for a surgery but this has long changed since new effective methods of skin tightening have been developed, that don’t necessarily require someone to go for surgery.

What is skin tightening? Tightening of the skin is all about improving the elasticity of the skin. This is the skin’s ability to tighten after it has become loose due to a number of reasons. In order to achieve good elasticity, the skin has to have very healthy elastin fibers and collagen, located at the bottom area of the dermis, and they hold the skin tightly in place but also act as a rubber band such that it pulls the loose skin back to its original state when pulled.

All laser, non surgical and surgical skin tightening methods work towards enhancing and stimulating the growth of elastin fibers and collagen in the dermis by shrinking them. This can be done by exposing the skin tissues to radiofrequency waves, infra-red waves or ultra sound energies, by use of laser skin tightening methods or radiofrequency methods. In addition, many people opt to use artificial products such as anti- wrinkling creams that help them achieve skin tightening at a lower cost but the risk of such products is that they can affect ones skin tone severely. There are also other natural ways that people use, such as eating healthy foods at the advice of dieticians and performing certain exercises such as sit ups to tighten the skin by burning out fats in the specific areas, depending on the type of exercises done.

Non surgical skin tightening procedures are more beneficial than surgical skin tightening procedure. This is because while surgical procedures entail removal of excess skin superficially by stretching the skin, non surgical procedure makes almost permanent changes by enabling the rejuvenation of collagen and elastin fibers. Secondly, these procedure don’t need anyone to undergo cuts and incisions unnecessarily thus making the patient much comfortable during and after loose skin tightening procedure, and have a lesser chance of side effects. Compared to surgical procedure, they are much cheaper. The risks however include the commonly experienced side effects like reddening of the tightened area, sensitivity of skin treated and bruising after the procedure, but these are usually temporarily.

All in all, before deciding on any skin tightening procedure, one should learn more about skin tightening, choose the specific procedure they require, look for an expert surgeon for the procedure, assess whether they are liable candidates, assess the risk and benefits and finally analyze the cost options, then decide on whether it is worth the trouble.


Sherry Azzarella is the author of this article on Skin Tightening. Find more information, about What Is Skin Tightening here.

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