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Skin Tightening Laser Procedure in Mouth and Eye Areas?
I am considering some laser surgery in the face to tighten skin around the mouth and under the eyes; but I have received mixed information from 2 doctors. One says it does not work and another says it does. I had some allergy to Restylane before, so a filler is not an option. Is laser the answer before a surgery, which is too drastic right now?
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slewis
in Los Angeles
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CO2 laser for wrinkles around the eyes and the mouth
The newer fractional CO2 lasers can offer a nice improvement in the appearance of the fine lines around your eyes and your mouth. Remember that skin resurfacing such as a fractional CO2 laser is not the same as surgery and often times they are not interchangeable. What this means is that they can treat two different things. The laser is excellent for the very fine lines and wrinkles, where surgery such as a facelift treats the drooping jowels and the hanging neck. Consult...
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Rejuvenation around eyes and mouth
While traditional CO2 laser resurfacing remains the gold standard, not too many people can afford the downtime that may be required. Combination of fractional co2 laser resurfacing, hyaluronic acid filler (Restylane or Juvederm), and Botox/Dysport can be fantastic for periorbital and perioral rejuvenation.
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Fractional CO2 lasers are especially good for skin tightening
We have good experience with the fractional CO2 laser to tighten the skin. Botox is a good adjunct around the eyes to prevent new wrinkles.
Mainz Dermatologic Surgeon
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Perioral and Periorbital Laser
Less invasive usage of the erbium laser or the profractional laser sometimes combined with fillers can provide significant improvement for the perioral and periorbital areas.
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Laser Treatment of Mouth and Eye Wrinkles
Lasers work best for the fine lines of the face. The lines you mention around the mouth are dynamic rhytids, or wrinkles caused by movement. Botox or Dysport is a great adjunct to lasers. Lasers will smooth the skin, but if you don’t soften the muscle movements that initially caused the wrinkles then the wrinkles will return more quickly. The under eye wrinkles can be due to a number of factors including muscle movement, skin laxity or volume loss.
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Laser Surgery
Laser under the eye is a good option, and it will help with the fine wrinkles, and the lines around the mouth. For sags and bags, you need surgery. Thank you for your question and good luck.
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Laser for skin tightening: does it work?
The amount of actual skin tightening by the "best laser and the best laser surgeon" is NOT enough to replace the need for facelift to tighten and lift sagging jowls or to soften deep nasolabial and subcommissural folds, or the need for surgical lower eyelid blepharoplasty (especially if you need fat removal or repositioning, or lid tone and position improved). Let me repeat: No laser will replace plastic surgery for these areas!
However, if your overall skin tone is good...
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Skin tightening options around eyes & mouth
You have a few options for improving the appearance around the mouth and eyes. Historically we used CO2 laser resurfacing/ablation which works quite well, though it had significant potential side effects including a long down time and potential for scarring and discolouration of the skin. In the last few years, laser resurfacing with fractionated lasers (e.g. Profractional) have gained popularity since they are much safer, with great results (although requiring more treatments than the...
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Some lasers can tighten skin
In my experience, the CO2 laser is great for tightening skin around the eyes. I use the Deep FX fractionated laser and we see some tightening around the mouth but not as much.
The Baker-Gordon peel can do even better but that has a long healing time. I haven't seen any other device or peel that offers any real skin tightening that I can see. I hope this helps.
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Skin Tightening Options
Lasers and Chemical Peels can help with tightening the facial skin. Either will work. If you want to do it with no downtime then use non ablative lasers like thermage. If you can afford the one week of downtime then a chemical peel or Erbium laser will work well.
Regards
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Skin tightening laser procedure in mouth and eye areas?
You mention laser surgery - look at my site. There is a distinct different between laser surgery and a laser used to treat the skin surface.
A laser surgical procedure can provide a dramatic result. There are advantages in using a laser to do the cutting.
A laser to treat the skin surface can make improvement but NOT like a laser surgical procedure. You need to spend more time with your research.
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Combined fractional laser resurfacing and IR skin tightening are facial skin tightening options
Mild to moderate skin laxity around the mouth and eyes can be improved with a new laser procedure called combined fractional laser resurfacing which can produce excellent results (see pics below and read the reference below.)Infrared skin tightening (LuxIR Deep and Titan) and radiofrequency skin tightening (Thermage) can get about 20% of the tightening of a face lift around the mouth and neck, but I would not use on the eyes.See before and after photos of fractional laser resurfacing....
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