Hi! I'm 29 and have crepey skin around my eyes. I would like the skin to be smooth and tight. I also have some sun damage on my face and chest. my main concern is the eyes. I am interested in a customized treatment that will address the eyes, face, neck and chest. I am researching lasers and ultherapy and have done a couple of consultations. Recommendations range from fully ablative CO2 to fractional CO2 to IPL and PRP. I am looking for help identifying what the appropriate treatment.
February 17, 2021
Answer: Options for eye area Thanks for your question. You could pursue laser, but CO2 laser can't get too close to the eyes without risking damage to your eyes. Since you are so young, I would recommend RF Microneedling. You can use RF Microneedling to help with sun damage and laxity on the chest, neck and face, and especially in the undereye and upper eyelid areas with good tissue tightening and very low risk. Please see a professional that is skilled in RF microneedling, and plan for a series since it takes a few treatments spaced about 4 weeks apart. Regular microneedling in series can also help, but we get much better results with the addition of Radiofrequency, so look for that type of device. The treatment has less downtime than laser treatments, and can provide very good tissue tightening. IPL is just a broad beamed light that helps improve brown and red superficial pigment from sun damage and small broken capillaries, but doesn't do anything for tightening or collagen stimulation. PRP has variable results but not a lot of hard data on effectiveness, and is very operator skill dependent. Good luck!
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February 17, 2021
Answer: Options for eye area Thanks for your question. You could pursue laser, but CO2 laser can't get too close to the eyes without risking damage to your eyes. Since you are so young, I would recommend RF Microneedling. You can use RF Microneedling to help with sun damage and laxity on the chest, neck and face, and especially in the undereye and upper eyelid areas with good tissue tightening and very low risk. Please see a professional that is skilled in RF microneedling, and plan for a series since it takes a few treatments spaced about 4 weeks apart. Regular microneedling in series can also help, but we get much better results with the addition of Radiofrequency, so look for that type of device. The treatment has less downtime than laser treatments, and can provide very good tissue tightening. IPL is just a broad beamed light that helps improve brown and red superficial pigment from sun damage and small broken capillaries, but doesn't do anything for tightening or collagen stimulation. PRP has variable results but not a lot of hard data on effectiveness, and is very operator skill dependent. Good luck!
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