Skin Ageing and Solutions
The skin is the largest organ of the body and defines our look, beauty, expressiveness and our unique personality, while
reflecting the age and general health.
With the irreversible process of ageing, the skin loses its suppleness, elasticity, radiance and youthful appearance. Expression
wrinkles begin to appear and facial volume is reducing, dark circles, nasolabial folds and marionette lines deepen, cheeks flatten
and lose their firmness and shape, thus changing the overall harmony of the face.
All these signs gives the face a sagged, tired and aged look.
The Causes of Ageing Process
There are many causes of the skin ageing process, caused by internal or external factors:
Intrinsic ageing, named also chronological aging is caused by internal factors, mostly genetic factors which determine the pace
of ageing.
Extrinsic ageing is caused by external factors, such as:
– Photoageing – sun and UV exposure
– Pollution
– Lifestyle (smoking, stress, unhealthy food, insufficient hydration, high consumption of coffee and alcohol, lack of sleep)
– Facial expressions
– Gravity
All these factors accelerate the ageing process, resulting changes of the multiple facial tissue layers – bone, muscle, fat and skin.
Changes in one tissue layer can have effect on the other layers and overall contributing on facial appearance.
There are three major components of facial ageing:
– The appearance of dynamic wrinkles – produced by facial muscle contractions (forehead, glabellar and ” crow’s feet ” wrinkles
– The appearance of static wrinkles-as a result of the volume loss (nasolabial folds, marionette lines, perioral wrinkles)
– Loss of skin hydration, radiance and vitality – due to gradual decreasing of hyaluronic acid level in the skin
The Causes of Facial Volume Loss
– Fat resorption
– Bone structure resorption
– Depletion of hyaluronic acid level (it`s very important for water retention, helping to hydration and volumizing)
Some signs of facial volume loss
– Facial skin sags because of gravity – contour is less defined
– Cheekbones lose their volume
– Tear troughs accentuate
– Lips thins and atrophy
– Static wrinkles deepen (Nasolabial and marionette)
What is Going On with Our Skin as We Age?
– 30 years – loss of volume begin. Because of fat absorption, first signs of ageing appear: the nasolabial lines appear, lips begin to
lose their volume, collagen and elastin fibers begin to be affected and delicate skin under the eyes begin to thin, dark circles
begin to appear.
Fine lines around the eyes (dynamic wrinkles) appear because of muscle contractions.
– 40 years – loss of facial volume continues. The nasolabial lines become pronounced and marionette lines begin to appear, the
lips start to lose their contour and fine upper lip lines begin to appear – smoking lines, cheeks start to lose their volume and tear
troughs appear, the mandibular contour begin to descent, the expression wrinkles become more visible (forehead wrinkles and
around the eyes wrinkles). Firmness, elasticity and hydration level of the skin decrease, making it look dry and brightless.
– 50 years – moderate loss of volume and changes in facial fat distribution level occur. The nasolabial folds and marionette lines
are pretty deep, giving the face an older aspect, cheeks become flattened and the tear troughs are very deep creating bags
under the eyes. All these changes give the face a tired look. Mandibular contour and pre jowl Sulcus deepen leading to facial
contour loss. Lips commissures decrease.
The degradation of collagen and elastin fibers and depletion of HA in the skin lead to considerable decrease of skin`s hydration,
elasticity and brightness. The skin begin to be thinner, dryer and hyperpigmentation spots appear.
– 60 years – severe loss of volume. Massive loss of volume at mid face level and around the eyes. Tear troughs deepen and create
the appearance of “sunken eyes”. The face gets a tired look, marionette lines become very deep, lips continue to loose volume,
the lips commissures look “fallen”, all these giving an aspect of sad face.
The bone structure supporting the skin thins, resulting continuous flattening of facial features. The skin texture changes due to
intense depletion of hyaluronic acid. Skin continues to become thinner with blood vessels and hyperpigmentation becoming
more visible.
How Can We Correct Wrinkles and Restore the Lost Facial Volume?
To fill the static wrinkles, to replace the lost volume over time, in the different facial areas and to replenish the natural
hyaluronic acid content in the skin, come to our support the dermal filler substances (fillers) based on hyaluronic acid, used in
aesthetic medicine since 1996.
So the fillers applications in aesthetic medicine are:
– add and restore volume to the skin and facial features
– fill and smooth wrinkles
– moisturize the skin and restore the optimum level of hyaluronic acid
Over time minimally invasive aesthetic treatments have become increasingly popular because they are fast, painless and require
no downtime, the patient being able to resume normal activities immediately after the procedure. Therefore, we have created
the complete range of hyaluronic acid products Jevelle in order to assist the aesthetician physicians and the people who want to
get a spectacular facial improvement and a more youthful look with natural, safe, effective and long – lasting results.
The Important Role of Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic Acid (HA) is a natural polysaccharide present in human tissue that acts like a sponge that absorbs water molecules,
adding volume and keeping skin hydrated, supple, firm and healthy.
Its binding properties with water molecules helps the skin retain moisture and softness, keeping it moisturized, smooth and
plump.
A third part of hyaluronic acid quantity in the body is naturally removed and replaced every day.
Over time, the synthesis of HA declines gradually, the skin becomes drier and thinner, losing its elasticity and vitality. Also skin
support is weakened and this leads to loss of skin volume, the appearance of lines and wrinkles and change of physiognomy.