Wrinkle and Fold Removal

Wrinkles and folds are really two different things. Wrinkles are in the texture of the skin, at the level of the dermis and not below. They are formed by the repetitive movements of our underlying muscles or by sun damage, and made worse by poor skin health or lack of skin rejuvenation or conditioning treatments. These are typically the thin lines that appear in the crows feet area, upper lip, across the forehead or around the mouth. Furrows can be considered the same as wrinkles with the addition that this feature involves the next deeper layers such as the subcutaneous fat and ligaments. Furrows are where there may be wrinkle lines complicated by the loss of subcutaneous fat and/or support. Typical areas are the frown lines between the eyebrows and the laugh lines. Skin folds and sagging skin are different from above and are the result of looseness or relaxation or just plain hanging skin. removed by various surgical and non-surgical modalities depending on the nature of your anatomy. These range from non invasive medical skin cream programs on the one end to more invasive surgical interventions like facelifts and laser resurfacing on the far end of the spectrum. Very aggressive medical grade cream programs mostly using Retin-A are prescribed in a very customized and doctor supervised fashion that really obtain results such as smoothening the skin, softening or removing fine wrinkles, removing spots, making pores smaller, and smoothening the textures. Chemical peels are the next step up and can be light, medium, or deep. Healing time and results depends on the depth and intensity of the peel and so it can range from weekend peels with TCA or Blue Peel to deeper peels that take longer to heal. Dermabrasion and Laser Resurfacing is the next step up and these are for deeper wrinkles and folds and it works much faster. Facelifts and eyelifts are performed for patients with folds and wrinkles that will not respond to the above treatments, but are often combined with one or more of these to optimize the results.