The 3 Ds of Aging and What to Do About Them
Have you ever heard of the 3 Ds of aging? The 3 Ds define the way your skin ages over time.
Understanding the 3 Ds - degeneration, deflation, and deterioration - will give you a clearer picture of how various anti-aging treatments can help address and treat each one. When you take a more in-depth look at what's going on beneath the surface of your skin, the closer you get to restoring its youthful appearance.
What is skin degeneration?
Skin degeneration, also known as intrinsic aging, results from gradual damage to your skin cells and collagen layers over time. Dead skin cells build up with less collagen and elastin for skin revival, which contributes to dull, tired, sensitive, and weathered skin.
Though you can't stop natural cell deterioration, it's important to understand why it happens to help your skin maintain its texture and tone. HydraFacial treatments remove dead skin cells to allow therapeutic serums to penetrate deeper into the skin to treat wrinkles and provide nourishment.
What is skin deflation?
Deflation refers to the loss of subcutaneous fat deposits that support facial shape. When you lose facial volume due to more fat loss, your face appears longer. Over time, the loss of collagen, elastin, and other proteins causes facial bones, muscles, and skin tissue to become more brittle and less firm. This leaves you with thinner and more wrinkled-looking skin.
In addition to contributing to the loss of volume and the appearance of lines and wrinkles, it can also lessen your youthful glow by draining away fat from key areas like your cheeks.
Injectable dermal fillers promote collagen production for firmer skin and help your soft tissue and muscle support subcutaneous fat for more voluminous skin. Facial-rejuvenation treatments can also be used in combination with cosmetic injectables to repair the skin and restore your glow.
What is skin descent?
Descent is best understood as sagging skin. In essence, the skin has lost its ability to hold onto fat and water, so it droops.
This "descent" also affects the tissue underneath your face, including your throat muscles, tongue muscle, and jawbones. The loose skin typically becomes most noticeable under the neck and eyes and creates the appearance of sunken cheeks. Facial descent can leave you with a weakened chin that no longer supports full lip structures in the upper part of your face.
With skin-rejuvenating and wrinkle-reducing treatments like Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy and Facial Thread Lifts, you can achieve a firmer and more youthful appearance and reduce loose skin. Dermal fillers are also used to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and folds around the face. These cosmetic injectables promote collagen and elastin production to rejuvenate, lift and add volume to targeted areas.
When targeting areas like double chins that result from stubborn fat, multiple treatments may be necessary. Cold Contouring is a non-surgical option that freezes and reduces body fat. This revolutionary medical procedure is an FDA-approved technique that provides safe, non-invasive skin tightening and smoothing without surgery or downtime.
Age spots, fine lines, and wrinkles are simply a side effect of how your skin ages over time, but they don't have to be a permanent nuisance. If you are not sure which treatment is right for you, contact us to set up a consultation. It's never too soon or too late to start treating the signs of premature aging.