At the age of 50+ in women, estrogen production is sharply reduced, which affects the condition of the skin. Facial rejuvenation after 50 years without surgery is possible with the help of cosmetology methods and competent home care.
Skin care after 50 at home
Plastic surgery works wonders, but not all women can afford the operation. But competent skin care at home is available to everyone. The main thing is that it be regular and comprehensive.
Daily care plan:
- Cleansing;
- Toning;
- Moisturizing, nutrition;
- UV protection.
2 times a week it is worth doing nourishing masks, as well as connecting self-massage and surface peels for the face.
Cosmetics
The set of skin care cosmetics for women aged 50+ is the same as in previous years. But the composition of the funds should be different.
Need:
- Get rid of products that dry the skin - alkaline facial cleansers, alcohol-containing lotions;
- Buy protective cosmetics to protect your skin from the negative effects of the sun, wind and frost;
- Replace regular creams and tonics with anti-aging ones.
For cleansing and toning you need:
- Micellar water for removing make-up;
- Cleansing milk or cream with the correct pH;
- Alcohol-free tonic;
- Facial gommage (use once every 7-14 days depending on skin type).
It is useful to wipe the face with ice cubes - it tones and refreshes the skin. It is advisable to use decoctions of chamomile, succession, linden for making ice.
For moisturizing and nutrition use day and night creams. Separately, you need to purchase a cream for the periorbital region, but for the neck you can use the same products as for the face. It is not necessary to buy an expensive cream, pharmacy brands are also suitable.
Good anti-aging creams contain:
- AHA and BHA acids;
- Vitamins (tocopherol, retinol);
- coenzymes;
- Peptides;
- Hyaluronic acid;
- Collagen.
Masks are better to buy ready-made, rather than making them yourself. After 50 years, nourishing and moisturizing masks are useful.
Self massage
Massage will help keep you young. Ideally, it should be done by an experienced beautician, but self-massage is not excluded.
An effective technique is plastic massage. Provides several types of impact - kneading, stroking, vibration. The procedure begins with superficial effects, then they move on to deep kneading.
Basic facial massage techniques:
- Stroking. Light stroking movements are carried out in the direction of the lines of least stretching (massage lines);
- Kneading is superficial. It is carried out with four fingers (except for the thumb), a movement is performed that resembles drawing a spiral with small turns;
- Deep kneading. It is carried out with all five fingers and a palm, the pressure should be more intense;
- tapping. It is done with fingertips along all massage lines;
- Vibration. It is carried out with the lower part of the palm, the movement is directed from the middle of the sternum along the collarbone to the ear and further to the temple.
Before the massage session, the face is cleaned of cosmetics and powdered with talcum powder. Instead of talc, some cosmetologists use cosmetic oil.
Another technique is a complex massage with tablespoons. For the procedure, you need to prepare two containers filled with hot and cold water, a few spoons, cosmetic oil.
The impact is made by the convex part of the spoon. Stroking, rubbing, light patting techniques are used. It is advisable to use silver spoons, but you can take regular ones. Before the session, warm oil is applied to the skin. The effect is made alternately with a cold and warm spoon, the direction of movement is strictly along the massage lines.
Gymnastics
A controversial way to rejuvenate the face without injections and operations is gymnastics for the muscles of the face. Learning how to do exercises at home is not difficult, the main thing is that the classes are regular.
There are different sets of exercises on the Internet, but the opinion of our doctors is the same: gymnastics provokes the appearance of facial wrinkles! Therefore, we do not recommend doing gymnastics, make a choice in favor of massage.
Salon treatments for facial rejuvenation without surgery
The salons offer various ways of rejuvenation after 55 without surgery. These are traditional methods (peelings, massage, masks, skin care procedures), injection procedures (introduction of fillers, mesotherapy, biorevitalization) and hardware methods of influencing the skin.
Thread lifting
The essence of the method of face and neck rejuvenation without surgery is to perform skin punctures and the introduction of synthetic threads that create a reinforcing frame. The effect of the procedure field lasts 2-4 years.
Lifting with threads is recommended for ptosis of facial tissues, sagging cheeks, the formation of a second chin, changes in the contour of the face, the appearance of deep wrinkles.
For the manufacture of threads, polymeric materials, silicone, various acids, platinum, gold are used. The diameter of the threads does not exceed the thickness of a human hair. After the introduction of the thread is not felt and not visible to others.
Photorejuvenation
The essence of this procedure is the exposure of the skin to pulsed light. Radiation is a quantum flux that is supplied by bursts. Various wavelengths are used. The maximum effect of the procedure does not appear immediately, but after the completion of the course. Thanks to the photorejuvenation procedure, the collagen framework and skin structure are strengthened, the face is tightened, and fine wrinkles are smoothed out.
Benefits of light energy:
- Improves complexion;
- Increases turgor and skin elasticity;
- The synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin is launched;
- Pores shrink;
- The relief of the skin improves;
- Pigmented spots are lightened.
The technique is not suitable for getting rid of all age-related changes. To eliminate deep wrinkles and improve the oval of the face, the cosmetologist combines hardware and injection techniques.
laser resurfacing
Laser skin resurfacing is a procedure that can stop aging and help get rid of acne scars or other skin imperfections. The bottom line is the impact on the epidermis with a laser. The top layer of cells is evaporated, which stimulates regeneration processes.
Grinding is one of the varieties of hardware peeling. Only a doctor with a higher medical education who has a certificate can carry out the procedure.
The rehabilitation process takes up to 4 weeks. But a pronounced result covers a long recovery after the procedure.
Thermage
Thermage is a hardware procedure based on exposure to radio frequency waves or RF radiation. It is carried out using a device that emits radio wave energy.
The energy flow destroys old skin structures. As a result, new collagen and elastin fibers are formed, providing a tightening effect.
The method is suitable for rejuvenation of the skin of the face, neck, decollete, as well as for other parts of the body. It is also used in the fight against cellulite.
Mesotherapy
Injection procedure, the essence of which is the intradermal introduction of special "cocktails". The preparations include hyaluronic acid, vitamins, amino acids, peptides, growth factors and so on.
With the introduction of mesococktails, the following changes occur:
- Pigment spots disappear;
- Improves complexion;
- Dryness is eliminated, wrinkles are smoothed out;
- The microrelief is leveled.
Drugs are administered with very thin needles. A lot of microtraumas are created, which additionally stimulates the production of collagen and elastin and improves blood microcirculation.
Injections
When planning rejuvenation without surgery, many women choose injection procedures. In cosmetology, different drugs are used:
- Hyaluronic acid;
- Mesococktels;
- Botulinum toxins;
- Contour plastic with fillers;
- Bioreparants;
- Preparations based on calcium hydroxyapatite.
Selected drugs are administered by injection. Injection needles or cannulas are used.
Ozone therapy
Rejuvenation of the face and neck is carried out by introducing special oxygen-ozone cocktails. After the procedure, the face acquires a fresh look, small wrinkles, acne marks disappear. The technique stimulates the production of collagen.
Fractional laser rejuvenation after 50 years as an alternative to plastic
Fractional laser rejuvenation is also called:
- Fractional photothermolysis;
- Fractional peeling;
- Laser nanoperforation.
Effective facial rejuvenation after 60 years without surgery is possible using the technique of fractional laser exposure. In terms of the effectiveness of a facelift, the procedure can be compared with the use of stem cells, but fractional laser rejuvenation is safer and more affordable.
It is necessary to perform the procedure in a cosmetology clinic that has the appropriate certificates. The use of a laser by a non-specialist can lead to burns and other negative consequences.
Advantages of the method
Fractional laser exposure is a unique method of facial rejuvenation without surgery, which has many advantages:
- No severe pain
- Noticeable effect even after one procedure;
- No negative side effects;
- Short recovery period.
An important advantage is an affordable price with pronounced efficiency. The procedure solves several cosmetic problems at once - smoothes wrinkles, tightens, eliminates post-acne scars.
Indications and contraindications
It is recommended to use fractional laser exposure in the presence of the following cosmetic defects:
- Photo and chronoaging;
- Wrinkles superficial and deep;
- Sagging skin, loss of a clear oval of the face;
- Scars, scars;
- Vascular asterisks;
- Enlarged pores;
- Dark spots.
But there are also contraindications. They must be taken into account, because at the age of fifty, not everyone has iron health. It is forbidden to carry out laser rejuvenation under such circumstances:
- inflamed areas on the face;
- skin infections;
- Psoriasis, eczema;
- Malignant neoplasms of any localization;
- heart disease;
- Epilepsy;
- immunodeficiency state;
- neurological disorders;
- Diabetes;
- Autoimmune diseases.
The patient should warn the cosmetologist about the presence of any chronic diseases. The specialist on the basis of this decides which technique can be used.
The essence of the procedure
The technique consists in the impact of a laser beam on the deep layers of the skin. In the affected areas, the cells are "burned out", which stimulates the process of regeneration, the synthesis of collagen and elastin.
Women aged 50+ are recommended to use a non-ablative method of exposure. Its difference is that there is no rehabilitation process. This allows you to smooth out even deep wrinkles without a rehabilitation period.
Effect
During the first days after exposure, the skin will be inflamed.
It may be noted:
- In the first 2-3 hours - a slight burning sensation;
- In the first 1-2 days - redness;
- On day 2-3 - peeling, which lasts 4-5 days.
During the month, the skin will be especially sensitive to sunlight, so you need to apply a protective cream with SPF before going outside.
After the peeling stops, the effect of the procedure will become noticeable. Wrinkles are less deep, the skin is tightened, the face looks fresh. But to achieve a pronounced result, you need to undergo a course of procedures. Their number is determined individually.
What methods are ineffective at this age
Assistance in choosing the appropriate method of rejuvenation will be provided by a professional cosmetologist.
After 50 years, it will not be possible to achieve a good effect when using:
- Light fruit peels;
- cosmetic masks;
- BBL facial rejuvenation.
These procedures are good for young women. After fifty and even more so sixty years, combined techniques are needed that give a pronounced lifting effect and smooth wrinkles.
Reviews of rejuvenation without surgery
Reviews about facial rejuvenation techniques are mixed: there are many positive opinions, but there are also those who did not like the procedure.
- "With age, wrinkles and pronounced age spots appeared. Facial rejuvenation surgery is contraindicated for me, so I decided to use non-surgical methods. The beautician recommended fractional laser rejuvenation. I am satisfied with the procedure, I did without severe pain and bruising. Already on the 6th day, the face looked decent, although it was rosier than usual. I can say that there is a result - the eyelids tightened, wrinkles became smaller, small pigment spots disappeared, but the large ones only turned pale. I'll repeat the process later. "
- "I’m afraid to do plastic surgery, so I took care of my skin very carefully. But after 50, the face "collapsed", there were cheeks, a second chin, a network of wrinkles. I opted for fractional laser rejuvenation. What can I say, it was very painful for me, tears rolled from my eyes, I could hardly endure this execution. In the morning I got up and was frightened of myself in the mirror - a face like that of a beaten homeless woman. Somehow survived 3 days, then it got better. But she could really "go out to people" only after 2 weeks. My eye wrinkles disappeared, the oval became clearer, the nasolabial folds became less deep. The effect is not bad, but the second time I will not dare to endure this pain even for the sake of beauty.