"At 50, you have the face you deserve, " said Coco Chanel.
What do you deserve?
We will tell you how to perform anti-aging procedures correctly and safely, so that at 50 you can say that you deserve to admire your reflection and attract admiring glances.
It's best to lay the foundation for natural rejuvenation when you're young, and after 30 years of training, it's already a mandatory part of personal care.
What are anti-aging (rejuvenating) treatments
Every woman has roughly the same chance of getting one of two things by the age of 50: a "peach" face or a "baked apple" face. Preserved youth or decrepitude.
Yes, there are insurmountable factors that can cost you extra years, like genetics and hormonal disruptions. But often it all depends on how you live: what you eat, how you feel, how active you are, how you take care of yourself. And the first violin of this youth orchestra is played by rejuvenating processes.
Humanity has been trying for thousands of years to invent the "elixir of youth". What was not used: hallucinogenic drinks, consumption of snakes and dried toads, breathing of young girls, moxibustion. . .
With the development of science, we have received a justification of what helps and what prevents prolonging youth.
Harmful:food waste, stress, ultraviolet rays, alcohol, cigarettes. . .
Healthy:movement, positive emotions, regular and quality intimate life, vitamins, unsaturated fats. . .
And, of course, anti-aging treatments. There are a lot of them, and we get a lot of money out of them. Hundreds of billions of dollars (! ) A year are earned on all kinds of "rejuvenation injections", hardware techniques, threads, cosmetic surgeries.
Yes, now it's not fly agaric with vipers, but "pharmacological results", "technical inventions", "innovations" - in general, all kinds of fruits of progress with catchy names. Botulinum therapy, mesotherapy, biorevitalization, plasma lifting, contour plasty, RF lifting, SMAS lifting, photorejuvenation, cryolipolysis, dermabrasion, blepharoplasty, thread lifting, fractional laser rejuvenation. . . The list is long.
But, alas, the true effect of modern anti-aging techniques on the body is still very poorly understood. In most cases, there is no full-fledged scientific research that would reflect the consequences of a cosmetic intervention even for several years to come, let alone the long term.
Such studies are partly impossible due to the relative novelty of cosmetology in principle, but most importantly, they are also unprofitable. If science records all the consequences of "punitive" cosmetology, it could seriously undermine the industry.
After all, most salon procedures are fiction, a short-term youthful appearance, behind which lies the decay of the fabrics.
This does not mean that facial rejuvenation is impossible. Versus. There are effective techniques.
But first.
Indications for anti-aging procedures
Anti-aging procedures are primarily aimed at women 30 years of age and older. It is generally accepted that it is at this age that the skin changes from young to mature.
Although the aging of the face is not just about the skin. Also important: muscle tone, posture, static neck, mobility of the tendon helmet, blood circulation, lymphatic drainage. For this whole structure to work well, you have to instill good habits from childhood.
And it is optimal to start anti-aging procedures from the age of 20-25 years. After all, it is at this age that the mechanisms of aging are triggered. They may not yet be visible on the face, but the processes are already underway, the blood flow is already starting to deteriorate. And the sooner you start to reverse negative processes, the longer you'll stay young.
When do anti-aging treatments become mandatory (if, of course, you aspire to beauty)? Then when you observe the following signs on your face:
- loss of elasticity of the skin, decrease in turgor,
- floating contour of the face, "grid" of the oval,
- sliding down the cheeks and flew away,
- wrinkles, folds, furrows: from crow's feet to nasolabial,
- the drooping corners of the lips and the wrinkles of pain that descend from them,
- bags under the eyes and swelling,
- drooping corners of the eyes and protruding upper eyelids,
- dull complexion, age spots,
- thinning of the skin, increased sensitivity.
There are also defects in the neck and décolleté here: flaccidity of the skin, "rings of Venus", "turkey goiter" (droplets of tissue under the chin).
Cosmetology procedures for facial rejuvenation
Does the mirror remind you every time you are no longer a girl? And I want to look fresher, tighten and smooth everything, lift the corners of the lips, eyelids, eyebrows. Tear off the mask of a woman who is sad and exhausted by her life.
What to do?
The first step, which is actively necessary for modern women, is to go to a beautician.
But we want to do everything right, without harming beauty, youth and health.
Therefore, let's see how the vast majority of cosmetology techniques work.
The truth may surprise you, but cosmetology is:
- Imaginary youth.99% of procedures provide a short-term rejuvenating effect (if applicable). At the same time, the causes of aging are not eliminated, but aggravated. When the effect wears off a few months after the cosmetic procedure, the face will appear older than before the procedure.
- Deterioration of tissue condition.The vast majority of invasive and physical cosmetic procedures are aggressive invasion from the outside and a violation of the body's self-regulation. Stress. This effect goes against physiology. The body is forced to defend itself, to spend resources. This initiates a series of negative processes. Everything on which the youth of the face is based suffers: skin, muscles, blood circulation, lymphatic drainage.
- Risk for the health.Most cosmetic procedures (injections, threads, surgeries, microneedling, dermabrasion) violate the integrity of the body envelope. Some (laser, radio waves, light, thermage) create internal burns. Therefore, complications often arise after the procedures. The severity varies from infection and inflammation to tissue necrosis (death), nerve palsy, speech disturbances, blindness, etc.
- A blow to beauty.The result of cosmetic procedures, as a rule, has little to do with beauty. Puffy wax faces of irregular proportions and distorted features - we see these victims of "punitive" cosmetology on every corner. From loads, the lips turn into shapeless "balls" and resemble a duckbill. From Botox, the face loses the ability to express emotions, becomes immobile, often asymmetries develop (an eyebrow falls on the eyes, the lips go down to a corner). The "frame" made of threads can swell, shine, migrate, gather in lumps. These are just a few examples. There are a lot of aesthetic side effects.
- Addiction.You sit on the beautician's needle and scalpel. After all, when the effect of the procedure wears off (and it happens very quickly), then the face becomes haggard and wrinkled, "flows". And you run again for a double. Occasionally, the effect becomes weaker. As a result, the face turns into an ugly mask with inhuman features.
- High costA cosmetic procedure is very expensive. Most of the techniques involve exposure to courses. Sometimes it is necessary to take up to 10-15 sessions per course, and after six months, start all over again. In addition, cosmetologists often promote complex rejuvenation, that is, using different techniques. Suddenly, the "investment" in illusory youth turns out to be colossal. Be prepared to pay huge sums of money for life.
Types of modern anti-aging facials
There are three main ways to treat aging skin in the salon: prick, cut or machine.
The first two options are accompanied by a violation of the integrity of the body shell, that is, they are invasive techniques. Hardware techniques most often affect the inner layers of tissues without damaging the epidermis.
Each of these areas is represented by a variety of specific techniques. The main ones are:
- Injection techniques:botulinum therapy (botox), contour plastics (fillers), mesotherapy, biorevitalization, plasmolifting.
- Surgical techniques:thread lift, rhytidectomy, blepharoplasty.
- Material techniques:laser, radio waves, ultrasound, light, cold.
And none of these methods are good for our body. It is always an aggressive invasion from the outside, causing damage, stress.
Is there somewhere an influencing principle that takes into account the interests of our physiology? No.
Judge for yourself the options offered.
- Paralyze some muscles and increase the load on others- Botox injections.
- Stretch the skin with loads, which will also interfere with normal blood flow and tissue drainage- the charges.
- Everywhere to injure the skin with needles, turning it into a continuous healed wound:mesotherapy and biorevitalization (cosmetic preparations are injected into the face using hundreds of injections), plasma-lifting (hundreds of injections of the patient's own plasma), microneedling (the face is "rolled" inblood with a needle roller or "sealed" with a needle pad).
- Cut off excess skin and fat- rhytidectomy (surgical lifting), blepharoplasty (eyelid correction).
- "Sew" the face with absorbable or permanent threads, causing the degeneration of healthy collagen into fibrotic- wire lifting.
- Remove layers of skin like emery- dermabrasion, laser resurfacing, chemical peels.
- "burn" the inner layers of the skin- laser, ultrasound, radio waves, light.
- Destroy tissue by freezing- cryolipolysis.
Where is the youth here? Nowhere. Only the aggravation of decrepitude.
How to be?
Anti-aging care at home
Let's define what we need:
- Security.No risk to health and beauty.
- A pronounced and lasting result, not the appearance of short-term rejuvenation.This requires eliminating the causes of aging, triggering the natural mechanisms of rejuvenation and not masking the problem.
This can only be given to us through natural rejuvenation techniques. Exercise, gymnastics and self-massage - this is what will help us lose 10-15 years of our face and maintain this result for years.
This, of course, is not a beautician's "magic" syringe. Don't expect instant "miracles". Regularity and consistency are necessary here. You need to do this every day, for 15 to 30 minutes a day.
But after a few weeks you will notice the results, and after a month they will become evident to those around you.
To look good, make natural rejuvenation techniques your healthy daily habit for life.
And also the fact that you take care of yourself. This means that you:
- you start to understand your body better,
- you don't pay huge sums for the fact that you end up getting old,
- you can do exercises at any time and not adapt to anyone.
What are you going to achieve?
- Restore blood and lymphatic circulation. You will relieve spasms that interfere with the movement of blood and lymph.
- Improve the supply of nutrients and oxygen to cells; you activate the "pumping" of all that is unnecessary and harmful from them.
- You will restore healthy tone and natural length to the muscles of the face and neck. This is necessary so that the skin is better absorbed by the blood and does not pull on the shortened and strained muscles.
- You will improve the synthesis of collagen in the dermis, "relax" the old stuck together fibers and renew the skin.
In addition, the exercises should not be performed only on the face.
What's the best way to get around?
- Start by correcting your posture.Often times there is the root of all age-related problems on the face. Work with the back, shoulders, neck, fascia of the head - remove all clamps and cords that interfere with blood circulation, skin nutrition and the work of the muscles of the face. Try some basic techniques: We lie down on the roll.Stretch and relax the neck using the "Frame"
- Proceed to the precise study of age-related defects on the face.Laxity of the skin, wrinkles on the forehead, folds between the eyebrows, nasolabial folds, wrinkles around the mouth, crow's feet, bags under the eyes, drooping eyelids, drooping corners of the lips, swelling, floating contour, flies, doublechin - all this can be corrected. We do exercises and self-massages. We work with our hands, vacuum cans, a dry brush, a gouache scraper. Try some of the exercises from the "gold collection":We open the eyes, remove the overhanging eyelids."Liposhlep" exercise against wrinkles on the stock market and to restore volume to the lips.Intra-oral massage of nasolabial folds.Facial massage with suction cups
Contraindications
It is natural that cosmetic procedures, which, in principle, run counter to physiology, have quite a few contraindications.
Natural rejuvenation techniques are a whole different matter. They can be used by almost anyone.
Of course, you have to use common sense. For example, if you have large protruding moles or a skin infection, then you should refrain from self-massage (topically or until healing). At the same time, it does not interfere with gymnastics.
Important! Even pregnant and breastfeeding women can run beauty marathons. You only have to skip a few individual exercises - they will be flagged.
You can ask the osteopathic doctor who accompanies the course the compatibility of your diagnosis and marathon exercises.
How to prepare well for anti-aging treatments
Among other things, salon procedures are impractical. For example, they usually need to be prepared in advance.
- For half a month or a month, do not take active sunbathing.
- Avoid eating salty and spicy foods for several days.
- Drink less fluids.
- Do not drink alcoholic beverages, do not smoke.
- Observe the prohibitions of certain drugs.
- Avoid strenuous physical activity.
As we can see, certain prohibitions (to drink, to play sports, to take drugs) go against the body. But even if constraints are useful, they remain additional difficulties.
And in the case of natural rejuvenation, no preparation is required. The maximum effort is to clean the skin just before the self-massage (if working with cans you will still need to apply oil or squalane). And that's all. No restriction and break from the usual way of life.
Rehabilitation after the procedure
How you will feel after rejuvenation treatment is also important.
After surgical, injection and material techniques, the rehabilitation period is most often painful. Bruises, bruises, scars, swelling, irritations, injuries, bruises, etc. are common.
And the restrictions can be very uncomfortable for life. Taboos can be imposed on the sun, sports, makeup, baths, saunas, diet. . . Often, you can't just touch your face or take a horizontal position.
What about natural rejuvenation? There is simply no rehab period here. The most "terrible" thing that can happen is that you will feel a pleasant tingling sensation due to the rush of blood to the worked area and a slight pain in the body. Even out of habit, bruises may appear after the cans (they will pass afterwards).
All of these are signs that the right processes are starting in the body.
Effective procedures after 30-35 years
After 30 years, the verdict is passed to the skin: "Mature". At this point, cell metabolism and the production of "building" proteins slow down. The barrier function is weakened. Moisture, turgor, elasticity decrease.
For cosmetologists, this is a reason to "recruit" new "victims" from the ranks of their customers. They impose on young and fulfilled women the idea that it is already necessary to do chemical peels, undergo mesotherapy or biorevitalization once every six months, use hardware techniques, etc.
At the slightest first wrinkle, they campaign for botulinum therapy. Apparently, it will be possible to avoid the appearance of deep wrinkles in the future. But we already know that due to muscle paralysis and the breakdown of the entire muscle configuration, everything will be exactly the opposite: the defects will appear in advance.
None of this can be done.
What can you do? Massages, exercises, gymnastics. In addition, natural rejuvenation techniques do not specialize by age. They suit everyone: from college students to deeply retired women.
As we said before, they should become a mandatory program for women 30 and over who take care of themselves.
Effective treatments after 40 years
After 40 years, the signs of aging are already accentuating. Wrinkles, nasolabial, loss of volume, flaccidity of the skin, blurred outline, speckles, sunken eyes. . . The skin needs a facelift.
In the language of cosmetologists, this means regular injections of Botox, contour plastics (fillers), more frequent mesotherapy sessions, plasma lifting, lasers, micro-currents, etc. Already, it is considered appropriate to install wires under the skin.
You are prescribed many different procedures ("an integrated approach"). You need to visit the beautician more often.
There is only one safe and effective alternative for women over 40 - natural rejuvenation. We do the same exercises as at any other age.
If you started practicing at the age of 30, you don't look worse than 10 years ago and, quite possibly, better. Do not stop.
Effective treatments after 50 years
At menopause (50 +/- 5 years) and after, the main blow to youth is dealt. In addition to poor blood circulation, there is also the extinction of hormonal activity.
Due to hormonal decline, the renewal of fibroblasts - cells in which the main components of youthful skin are produced - is blocked. The network of blood vessels also shrinks. Usually, the production of the "beauty hormone" estrogen collapses, and with it the beauty itself evaporates.
Here, the intensity and frequency of cosmetic procedures will be disproportionate. Surgical techniques will be added to the many non-surgical techniques, and on the basis of priority rights. The tissues will cut and stretch, cut and stretch. In the most "human" case - to strengthen.
The reflection in the mirror at this age, if you have long been addicted to the needle, will no longer please. And it will be difficult to abandon "punitive" cosmetology: we do not know what to do with all this decrepitude it has created.
The recipe for women 50 and over is the same: natural rejuvenation. It's too late? No, it's not too late. And 70 is not too late.
And the most important thing isyoung beautiful face, healthy back and royal posturewith the simplest exercises and effective self-massage techniques, you can achieve it in just 21 days. The marathon is a unique set of simple and effective exercises and techniques designed to improve the health of the body, initiate natural rejuvenation processes, eliminate edema and relieve muscle spasticity.