At the age of 50+ in women, the production of estrogen, which affects the condition of the skin, decreases sharply. Facial rejuvenation after 50 years without surgery is possible with the help of cosmetology methods and competent home care.
Skin care at home after 50
Plastic surgery works wonders, but not all women can afford the surgery. But competent skin care at home is available to everyone. The main thing is that it is organized and comprehensive.
Daily care plan:
- cleaning;
- Toning;
- Humidification, nutrition;
- UV protection.
2 times a week it is worth combining self-massage and surface peelings for the face, as well as making nourishing masks.
Makeup supplies
The set of skin care cosmetics for women over 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 foams for washing, 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 to remove makeup;
- Cleansing milk or cream with the right pH;
- Non-alcoholic tonic;
- Facial massage (use every 7-14 days, depending on skin type).
It is useful to wipe the face with ice cubes - they tone and refresh the skin. To make ice, it is recommended to use decoctions of chamomile, juniper, linden.
Use day and night creams for hydration and nourishment. Separately, you need to buy a cream for the periorbital area, 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 include:
- AHA and BHA acids;
- Vitamins (tocopherol, retinol);
- coenzymes;
- peptides;
- hyaluronic acid;
- collagen.
It is better to buy ready-made masks than to make them yourself. After 50 years, nourishing and moisturizing masks are useful.
self massage
Massage will help you stay young. Ideally, it should be done by an experienced beautician, but self-massage is not excluded.
An effective technique is plastic massage. It provides various types of pulses - kneading, stroking, vibration. The process starts with superficial effects, followed by deep kneading.
Basic facial massage techniques:
- stroking. Light strokes are performed in the direction of the least stretching lines (massage lines);
- Kneading is superficial. It is performed with four fingers (except for the thumb), with small turns, a movement resembling a spiral is made;
- Deep kneading. It is carried out with all five fingers and one palm, the pressure should be more intense;
- by 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 then to the temple.
Before the massage session, the face is cleaned of cosmetics and powdered with talcum powder. Some cosmetologists use cosmetic oil instead of talc.
Another technique is a complex massage with a tablespoon. For the procedure, you need to prepare two containers filled with hot and cold water, a couple of spoons, cosmetic oil.
The blow is made by the convex part of the spoon. Tapping, rubbing, light patting techniques are used. It is recommended to use silver spoons, but you can also 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 action 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 to exercise 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 non-surgical facial rejuvenation
Salons offer a variety of ways to rejuvenate after 55 without surgery. These are traditional methods (peeling, massage, masks, skin care procedures), injection procedures (introducing fillers, mesotherapy, biorevitalization) and hardware methods for influencing the skin.
Thread lift
The essence of the non-surgical face and neck rejuvenation technique is to puncture the skin and introduce synthetic threads that create a reinforcing frame. The effect of the treatment area lasts for 2-4 years.
Thread lift is recommended for ptosis of facial tissues, sagging cheeks, jowl formation, changes in the contour of the face, and the appearance of deep wrinkles.
For the manufacture of threads, polymeric materials, silicon, various acids, platinum, gold are used. The diameter of the threads does not exceed the thickness of a human hair. It is not felt and not seen by others after the introduction of the thread.
photo rejuvenation
The essence of this procedure is the exposure of the skin to pulsed light. Radiation is a quantum flux provided by explosions. Various wavelengths are used. The maximum effect of the procedure occurs not immediately, but after the completion of the course. Thanks to the photo rejuvenation process, the collagen framework and skin structure are strengthened, the face is tightened and fine wrinkles are smoothed.
Benefits of light energy:
- Improves the skin;
- Increases turgor and skin elasticity;
- Synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin is initiated;
- Pores shrink;
- The relief of the skin improves;
- Pigmented spots are illuminated.
The technique is not suitable for getting rid of all age-related changes. To remove deep wrinkles and improve the oval of the face, the beautician 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 effect 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 and certification can perform the procedure.
The rehabilitation process takes up to 4 weeks. But a noticeable result encompasses a long recovery after the procedure.
thermal
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, which provide a firming effect.
The method is suitable for rejuvenating the skin of the face, neck, décolleté and 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, etc.
With the introduction of mesococtails, the following changes occur:
- Pigment spots disappear;
- Improves the skin;
- Dryness is removed, wrinkles are removed;
- Micro relief is flattened.
Medicines are given with very fine needles. In addition, many microtraumas are created that stimulate the production of collagen and elastin and improve blood microcirculation.
injections
When planning non-surgical rejuvenation, many women choose injection procedures. In cosmetology, different drugs are used:
- hyaluronic acid;
- mesococtels;
- Botulinum toxins;
- filled contour plastic;
- bioreparants;
- Preparations based on calcium hydroxyapatite.
Selected drugs are administered by injection. Injection needles or cannulas are used.
ozone therapy
Face and neck rejuvenation is carried out with special oxygen-ozone cocktails. After the procedure, the face acquires a fresh look, small wrinkles, acne scars disappear. The technique stimulates collagen production.
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 is possible after 60 years without surgery using the fractional laser exposure technique. In terms of the effectiveness of facelift, the procedure is comparable to the use of stem cells, but fractional laser rejuvenation is safer and more economical.
The procedure must be carried out in a cosmetology clinic with the appropriate certificates. Use of the laser by non-professionals may cause burns and other adverse effects.
Advantages of the method
Fractional laser exposure is a unique method of non-surgical facial rejuvenation with many advantages:
- No severe pain
- Visible effect even after a single procedure;
- No adverse side effects;
- Short recovery time.
An important advantage is an affordable price with pronounced efficiency. The procedure solves several cosmetic problems at once - smoothes wrinkles, tightens them, eliminates post-acne scars.
Indications and contraindications
It is recommended to use fractional laser exposure in the presence of the following cosmetic defects:
- photography and chronoaging;
- Superficial and deep wrinkles;
- sagging skin, loss of clear oval of the face;
- Wounds, wounds;
- Vascular stars;
- enlarged pores;
- dark spots.
But there are also contraindications. These should be taken into account, because not everyone at the age of fifty will have iron health. Laser rejuvenation is prohibited in such cases:
- 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. Based on this, the specialist decides which technique can be used.
The essence of the procedure
The technique consists in the effect of a laser beam on the deep layers of the skin. In the affected areas, the cells "burn", which stimulates the regeneration process, the synthesis of collagen and elastin.
It is recommended that women over 50 use a non-ablative method of exposure. The difference is that there is no rehabilitation process. This allows you to smooth even deep wrinkles without a rehabilitation period.
Effect
In the first days after exposure, the skin becomes inflamed.
It can be noted:
- In the first 2-3 hours - a slight burning sensation;
- in the first 1-2 days - redness;
- In 2-3 days - peeling lasting 4-5 days.
During the month, the skin will be particularly sensitive to sunlight, so you should apply a protective cream with SPF before going outside.
The effect of the procedure will become noticeable after the peeling has stopped. Wrinkles become less deep, the skin tightens, the face looks fresh. But to achieve a noticeable result, you need to go through a procedural process. Their number is determined individually.
What methods are ineffective at this age?
Assistance in choosing the appropriate rejuvenation method 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 than sixty years, combined techniques are needed that give a pronounced lifting effect and smooth wrinkles.
Non-surgical rejuvenation reviews
Reviews about facial rejuvenation techniques are mixed: There are many positive opinions, but there are also those who do not like the procedure.
- "With age, wrinkles and pronounced age spots appeared. Since facial rejuvenation surgery is contraindicated for me, I decided to use non-surgical methods. The beautician recommended fractional laser rejuvenation. I am satisfied with the procedure, I did it without severe pain and bruising. Already on the 6th day, the face is more than normal. Although it was pink, it looked decent. I can say that there was a result - the eyelids tightened, the wrinkles became smaller, the small pigment spots disappeared, but the large ones only turned pale. I will repeat the procedure later. "
- "I'm afraid of plastic surgery, so I took great care of my skin. But after 50 the face "collapsed", cheeks, a second chin, a network of wrinkles. I preferred fractional laser rejuvenation. What can I say, it was very painful for me, tears rolled from my eyes, I barely endured this execution. I woke up in the morning and scared myself in the mirror - like the face of a beaten homeless woman. Somehow she survived 3 days, then recovered. But only after 2 weeks she can really "go to people". My eye wrinkles disappeared, oval it became clearer, the nasolabial folds became less deep. The effect is not bad, but even for the sake of beauty for the second time, I dare not endure this pain.