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As we grow older, many of us tend to develop fine lines and wrinkles due to the breakdown of collagen and elastin in our skin. If you’re looking for a newer cosmetic treatment that can help treat signs of aging by inducing your skin’s own collagen and elastic production, microneedling could be your solution to younger-looking skin.

Request a consultation with GLOW Surgical Arts today to discover what microneedling and other facial rejuvenation procedures can do for you!

If your goal is to achieve a more youthful, vibrant look through one or more cosmetic treatments, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed about your options. For instance, you might already know that Botox® can help erase fine lines and wrinkles, and that laser treatment can help reverse sun damage and correct pigmentation irregularities. But if you want an overall facial makeover — or rejuvenation — what is your best option?

No matter how well we’re able to care for and preserve our skin throughout our lives, signs of aging are bound to catch up with us.

The daily facial expressions we make can cause fine lines, creases, and wrinkles to develop around our eyes and forehead, and make us look angry, tired, or sad — even when we’re not. Sometimes, factors such as stress and genetics will bring out wrinkles and creases, and make us look and feel older than we really are.

Fortunately, cosmetic injectables have the ability to treat and reverse visible signs of aging, and can help restore an overall youthful appearance to the face. Botox, which is the top selling FDA-approved product of its kind in the world, can inhibit the contractions of muscles that contribute to wrinkles and creases, and produce a softer, smoother, and younger appearance.

When it comes to great skin, you need to take care of it with proper cleansing, quality anti-aging ingredients, and of course, daily sun protection. But more evidence is emerging about the effects our diet may have on our skin’s appearance. Whether your concern is acne breakouts, aging, or just keeping a healthy glow, you don’t have the follow a fancy diet to feed your skin what it needs.

As we become older, concerns about fine lines and wrinkles seem to dominate our skin care needs. For years now, cosmetics and skin care brands have been releasing products that promise to reverse signs of aging and restore a youthful appearance. Despite the availability of such products, many continue to turn to various facial rejuvenation procedures such as dermal fillers and cosmetic injectables, both proven treatments for reducing signs of aging.

None of us are going to magically stop aging. Which means none of us are going to magically avoid looking older. It’s a race against time and, spoiler alert, we always lose! Don’t let that reality be overly daunting or depressing, though, because while the existence of magic isn’t up for discussion, there are real-life, readily available options for you to achieve looking younger. And if you’re under the impression that all cosmetic procedures require a lot of time (time for the procedure, time to recover, time to wait to see the results), then here’s a spoiler alert with a much more positive ending: a major time commitment is not necessarily part of the deal when choosing a cosmetic procedure with the goal of looking younger. 

Here are four cosmetic procedures available to you at our GLOW Surgical Arts offices in Redwood City that can be done in under an hour:

With the sun about to be — thankfully — a much bigger part of our daily lives, we here at GLOW Surgical Arts thought it might be a good time to play a little bit of fact or fiction. The sunscreen edition!

So! Fact or fiction?

Our faces express a lot. Literally. It’s the first thing we notice when talking to a

nother person, and you can flip that around and be sure your face is the first thing others notice when they talk to you. After all, we rely on facial expressions to tell us whether someone is happy, sad, annoyed, angry, or perhaps bored by the conversation (hint: change the topic!). One of the long-term effects of all of those facial expressions over years  is, unfortunately, wrinkles. The constant and repeated motions of smiling, frowning, laughing, and everything else in between can’t help but lead to permanent creases and lines in our faces. As we age, those wrinkles grow in number. It’s an undesireable result of getting older.

It is also why botulinum toxin is something you might want to know more about. Of course, many of you are aware of botulinum toxin – simply know as “Botox.” A positive spin on growing old now as opposed to 50 years ago? Not only are Botox injections available, but now there are multiple options to choose from if you decide to utilize botulinum toxin to battle those signs of aging in your face. Botox has been around the longest, while Xeomin is relatively new and Dysport is the latest addition to the available choices.

Indisputable fact: You know more now than you did 10 years ago, 20 years ago, longer. Right? How many times have you marveled now at how incredibly naïve you were in your youth? So yes, you’re older. But at least you’re also wiser. Superficially speaking, though, many of us think back on our youths wistfully every time we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the mirror. One of the main factors we all use to determine someone’s age (you apply it to others; they apply it to you) is the skin’s appearance. And there’s no denying our skin starts to lose that youthful glow after a while. As we grow older, skin starts to slow down the rate it turns over. The result of that slowdown is an accumulation of dead skin cells on the skin surface, which leads to a sort of dull appearance and can amplify things like lines and wrinkles.

The effect of aging on skin is an inescapable fact, but there are several options available to you to combat that effect: