At the age of 50+ in women, estrogen production decreases sharply, which affects the condition of the skin. Rejuvenation of the face after 50 years without surgery is possible with the help of cosmetic methods and competent home care.
Skin care after 50 at home
Plastic surgery works wonders, but not all women can afford surgery. But competent skin care at home is available to everyone. The main thing is to be regular and comprehensive.
Daily care plan:
- Cleaning;
- Toning;
- Moisturizing, nourishing;
- UV protection.
2 times a week it is worth doing nourishing masks, as well as combining self-massage and superficial facial peeling.
Cosmetic products
The set of skin care cosmetics for women over 50 is the same as in previous years. But the composition of the funds must be different.
Must:
- Get rid of products that dry the skin - alkaline lathers, lotions containing alcohol;
- 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 right pH;
- Alcohol-free tonic;
- Face homage (use once every 7-14 days depending on skin type).
It is useful to wipe the face with ice cubes - tones and refreshes the skin. It is recommended to use decoctions of chamomile, consistency, linden to make ice.
Use day and night creams to moisturize and nourish. You need to buy a cream for the periorbital area separately, but for the neck you can use the same products as for the face. You do not need to buy expensive cream, pharmacy brands are also suitable.
Good anti-aging creams contain:
- AHA and BHA acids;
- Vitamins (tocopherol, retinol);
- coenzymes;
- Peptides;
- Hyaluronic acid;
- Collagen.
It is better to buy masks ready-made than to make them yourself. After 50 years, nourishing and moisturizing masks are useful.
Self-massage
Massage will help you stay young. Ideally, this should be done by an experienced beautician, but self-massage is not excluded.
Plastic massage is an effective technique. Provides several types of impact - kneading, stroking, vibration. The procedure begins with surface effects, then moves on to deep kneading.
Basic facial massage techniques:
- Stroking. Light stroking movements are performed in the direction of the lines of least stretching (massage lines);
- Kneading is superficial. It is done with four fingers (except the thumb), a movement is performed that resembles drawing a spiral with small turns;
- Deep kneading. Performed with all five fingers and palm, the pressure should be more intense;
- tapping. It is done with the fingertips on all massage lines;
- Vibration. It is performed with the lower part of the palm, the movement is directed from the middle of the sternum along the clavicle to the ear and further to the temple.
Before the massage, the face is cleaned of cosmetics and powdered with talc. 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 blow is made from the convex part of the spoon. Techniques for stroking, rubbing, light tapping are used. It is advisable to use silver spoons, but you can also take ordinary ones. Before the session, the skin is applied with warm oil. The effect is done sequentially with a cold and warm spoon, and 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 facial muscles. Learning how 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 one: gymnastics provokes the appearance of facial wrinkles! That is why we do not recommend doing gymnastics, make a choice in favor of massage.
Salon procedures for facial rejuvenation without surgery
Salons offer different ways to rejuvenate after 55 without surgery. These are traditional methods (peels, massages, masks, skin care procedures), injection procedures (filler introduction, mesotherapy, biorevitalization) and hardware methods of skin treatment.
Lifting threads
The essence of the technique for rejuvenating the face and neck without surgery is to perform skin piercing and the introduction of synthetic fibers that create a reinforcing frame. The effect of the procedural field lasts 2-4 years.
Thread lifting is recommended for ptosis of the facial tissues, sagging cheeks, formation of a double chin, changes in the contour of the face, the appearance of deep wrinkles.
Polymeric materials, silicone, various acids, platinum, gold are used for the production of threads. The diameter of the strands does not exceed the thickness of a human hair. After the introduction of the thread is not felt and not seen by others.
Photorejuvenation
The essence of this procedure is the exposure of the skin to pulsed light. Radiation is a quantum flux that is delivered by bursts. Different wavelengths are used. The maximum effect of the procedure is not immediately, but after the end of the course. Thanks to the photorejuvenation procedure, the collagen frame and the structure of the skin are strengthened, the face is tightened and fine wrinkles are smoothed.
Advantages of light energy:
- Improves complexion;
- Increases turgor and skin elasticity;
- Starts the synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin;
- The pores shrink;
- Improves skin relief;
- The pigment spots are lightened.
The technique is not suitable for removing all age-related changes. To remove deep wrinkles and improve the oval of the face, the beautician combines hardware and injection techniques.
laser grinding
Laser skin resurfacing is a procedure that can stop aging and help get rid of acne scars or other skin imperfections. The conclusion is the impact on the epidermis with a laser. The top layer of cells evaporates, which stimulates regeneration processes.
Grinding is one of the types of hardware peeling. The procedure can be performed only by a doctor with a higher medical education who has a certificate.
The rehabilitation process takes up to 4 weeks. But the pronounced result covers the long recovery after the procedure.
Thermage
Thermage is a hardware procedure based on exposure to radio frequency waves or RF radiation. It is performed with the help of a device that emits radio wave energy.
The energy flow destroys the old skin structures. As a result, new collagen and elastin fibers are formed, providing an astringent 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". Preparations include hyaluronic acid, vitamins, amino acids, peptides, growth factors and more.
With the introduction of mesococktails the following changes occur:
- Pigment spots disappear;
- Improves complexion;
- Dryness is eliminated, wrinkles are smoothed;
- The microrelief is leveled.
The drugs are administered with very thin needles. Many microtraumas are created, which further stimulates the production of collagen and elastin and improves blood microcirculation.
Injections
When planning rejuvenation without surgery, many women choose injection procedures. Different medicines are used in cosmetology:
- Hyaluronic acid;
- Mesococktails;
- Botulinum toxins;
- Contour plastic with fillers;
- Bioreparents;
- 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 disappear, traces of acne. 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 rejuvenation of the face after 60 years without surgery is possible with the help of the technique of fractional laser exposure. In terms of the effectiveness of facelift, the procedure can be compared to the use of stem cells, but fractional laser rejuvenation is safer and more affordable.
It is necessary to perform the procedure in a cosmetic clinic that has the appropriate certificates. The use of the laser by a layman can lead to burns and other adverse effects.
Advantages of the method
Fractional laser exposure is a unique method for rejuvenating the face 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 the affordable price with pronounced efficiency. The procedure solves several cosmetic problems at once - smoothes wrinkles, tightens, removes acne scars.
Indications and contraindications
It is recommended to use fractional laser exposure in the presence of the following cosmetic defects:
- Photo and chronology;
- Superficial and deep wrinkles;
- Loose skin, loss of clear oval face;
- Scars, scars;
- Vascular asterisks;
- Enlarged pores;
- Dark spots.
But there are contraindications. They must be taken into account, because at the age of fifty not everyone has iron health. Laser rejuvenation is prohibited in the following circumstances:
- inflamed areas of the face;
- skin infections;
- Psoriasis, eczema;
- Malignant neoplasms of any location;
- heart disease;
- Epilepsy;
- immune deficiency;
- 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 of applying a laser beam to the deep layers of the skin. In the affected areas, the cells "burn", which stimulates the process of regeneration, synthesis of collagen and elastin.
Women aged 50+ are advised to use a non-ablative exposure method. Its difference is that there is no rehabilitation process. This allows you to smooth even deep wrinkles without a period of rehabilitation.
Effect
In the first days after exposure, the skin will be inflamed.
It can be noted:
- During the first 2-3 hours - a slight burning sensation;
- During the first 1-2 days - redness;
- 2-3 days - peeling, which lasts 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.
Once the peeling stops, the effect of the procedure will become noticeable. Wrinkles are less deep, the skin is taut, the face looks fresh. But to achieve a clear result, you need to go through a course of procedures. Their number is determined individually.
Which 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 suitable for young women. After fifty and even more sixty years, combined techniques are needed that give a pronounced lifting effect and smooth wrinkles.
Examinations for rejuvenation without surgery
Reviews of facial rejuvenation techniques are mixed: there are many positive opinions, but there are those who do not like the procedure.
- "With age, wrinkles and pronounced age spots appeared. My face rejuvenation surgery is contraindicated, so I decided to use non-surgical methods. The beautician recommended fractional laser rejuvenation. I am satisfied with the procedure, I passed without severe pain and bruises. Already on the 6th day the face looked decent, although it was pinker than usual. I can say that there is a result - the eyelids tightened, the wrinkles became smaller, the small pigment spots disappeared, but the big ones just turned pale. I will repeat the process later. "
- "I'm afraid to do plastic surgery, so I take care of my skin very carefully. But after 50 the face "fell", there were cheeks, a second chin, a network of wrinkles. I chose fractional laser rejuvenation. What can I say, it was very painful for me, tears flowed from my eyes, I had a hard time withstanding this execution. In the morning I got up andI scared myself in the mirror - a face like a beaten homeless woman. Somehow she survived for 3 days, then she recovered. But she really could "go out to people" only after 2 weeks. The wrinkles of my eyes 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.