Even if it means having to wear a mask daily, you might as well take advantage of it.
After all, it also protects against pollution, UV rays, lightens makeup and hides any imperfections.
And if it was the opportunity to practice these small alterations long deferred for lack of time or for fear of marks and explanations to be given?
With less aggressive treatments than the scalpel, aesthetic medicine is very effective in delaying the harmful effects of skin aging, stimulating the supporting tissues, limiting slackening and maintaining a beautiful complexion.
I have spots
Like 1 in 5 women. This pigmentation disorder due to age, UV rays and hormones is one of the most difficult to treat in cosmetics.
The best cure is prevention.
Do not expect miracles, but with patience and regularity, they can be cleared up and the number of spots reduced if they are very recent.
The most effective active ingredients: all the antioxidants, in particular vitamin C, niacinamide, AHAs and BHAs (glycolic, kojic, phytic, dioic acids, etc.), arbutin, licorice, thiamidol… But to erase them, cap at the doctor.
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The aesthetic solution
“When it comes to lentigos (age spots), one Nd:Yag Q-Switched laser session is generally sufficient to treat the entire face and/or the hands, indicates Thierry Michaud, dermatologist.
Scabs last for a week (two on the hands), and sun removal is essential (from 150 euros per session).
If the lentigines are diffuse with skin damaged by the sun, polychromatic light can be a good solution (from 250 euros per session, three sessions on average).
Depigmenting peels are offered as a last resort, as their results are not guaranteed (from 200 euros).
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Our selection of anti-brown spot treatments
Our selection of anti-brown spot care - Patyka
Dark spot corrector serum, Patyka, €59 for 30 ml.
Available at patyka.com.
Patyka / Photo press
Our selection of anti-dark spot care - Lancôme
Anti-wrinkle cream, firmness and uniformity of the complexion Rénergie Multi-Lift Ultra SPF 20, €80 for 50 ml.
Available on lancome.fr.
Lancome / Photo press
Our selection of anti-dark spot care - La Roche-Posay
Pigmentclar anti-dark spot corrector care, La Roche-Posay, €29.50 for 40 ml.
Available on laroche-posay.fr.
La Roche-Posay / Press Photo
Our selection of anti-dark spot care - Caudalie
Vinoperfect anti-dark spot serum, Caudalie, €42.90 for 30 ml.
Available on fr.caudalie.com.
Caudalie
Our selection of anti-brown spot care - Talika
Our selection of anti-brown spot care - Omorovicza
Our selection of anti-dark spot skincare products - The Ordinary
Our selection of anti-brown spot skincare products - Codage
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My neck is crumpling
Very thin skin, few sebaceous glands, constant tension, head bent over the screens… If you don't want to wear the “Venus necklace” too soon, you get into the habit of applying your skin care right down to your neckline.
The right gesture: massage from bottom to top with the flat of the hand, then make small pinches.
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The aesthetic solution
In prevention, from 35-40 years old, Marie-Thérèse Bousquet, aesthetic doctor, recommends light products such as skinboosters (cross-linked hyaluronic acid) or mesotherapy (hyaluronic acid + vitamins), which will reduce the incipient wrinkle. On beefier skin, injections of hyaluronic acid over the entire area, with radiofrequency sessions, will block breaks and stimulate the supporting tissues. To be done in two sessions, with an interview every six months. After 50 years, injections of not too dense hyaluronic acid improve the skin, bring it suppleness, but the imprint of the wrinkle will tend to persist. To restore density, skinboosters and mesotherapy are also recommended twice a year, as is radiofrequency,which by heating the supporting tissues retexturizes the skin.
Non-fractionated ablative laser sessions bring a small retraction, thanks to its tightening action (
contracion
, in French).
When the skin becomes too loose, a light lifting remains the most effective alternative.
For injections, two or three sessions are necessary, count 300 euros per session.
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My lips are melting
From quarantine, the mouth becomes thinner, paler and the famous “barcode” appears above the lip.
Even if we see less air bag vents, beware of too many gestures.
Above all, it is necessary to consider the whole of the face to preserve the harmony of the features.
The aesthetic solution
For Nelly Gauthier, aesthetic doctor, it is by intervening early that we can stop the process, by injecting a low volume hyaluronic acid, specific for this constantly moving area. Placed directly in the edge of the lip to re-hem it, it firms the contour while keeping its natural appearance. It brings a supple volume, essential to this place. Later, “from the age of fifty, it is a global treatment that must be developed with the patient, continues the doctor. With injections of volumizing and projecting hyaluronic acid, the edge of the lips, the corners of the mouth, if they have inverted, as well as the nasolabial folds, which are part of the lower facial unit, are jointly treated ( from 500 euros per session). To treat sagging skin and sun wrinkles (white lip),different methods are used to
resurfacing
(Plexr), depending on the needs (from 600 euros).
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I look sad
Even if your heart overflows with energy and benevolence, the bitterness crease or "puppet ride" turns you into a bulldog.
This vertical wrinkle, which starts from the corners of the lips and descends towards the chin, is more difficult to treat than nasolabial folds.
The aesthetic solution
“To counter the slackening of this area which surrounds the mouth, injections of hyaluronic acid are the preferred solution, confirms Thierry Michaud, dermatologist. When the fold is just beginning, the lower part of the face is injected with a product that is not too dense so as not to weigh down the area. Radiofrequency sessions are also possible to gradually redensify the skin (from 150 euros per session, with annual maintenance). On a slightly older and more marked person, this treatment should be considered as part of an overall correction of the oval, with a more volumizing product, which restores support in the upper part of the face (from 500 euros per session). And when the slackening is more accentuated, only surgery can restore the smile...»
Some needlework, sharp care, and you're done.
Sabine Villiard
My nose is falling
We don't always realize it, but over the years, the tip of the nose dips and gets closer to the lips.
Indeed, the nasal bone erodes and, even there, the skin loses its elasticity.
Suddenly, the nose lengthens and makes it look “nasty”.
The aesthetic solution
To remedy this, Nelly Gauthier, aesthetic doctor, injects a volumizing and projecting hyaluronic acid at three levels, very deeply just above the bone to recreate the pillar of the tip of the nose, then below the nostrils to raise this part that no longer holds, and finally a superficial trompe-l'oeil drop just at the end to give the impression that the nose is higher.
However, if the nose is very arched, surgery may be more suitable with a definitive result.
With this treatment by injections, the result lasts between eighteen and twenty-four months, sometimes longer (from 500 euros per session).
My complexion is gray
Fatigue, stress, tobacco, pollution... Loss of radiance has no age to rage and the quest for glow, symbol of young and healthy skin, is the great obsession of the moment, signing the return, among others, of vitamin C, champion of radiance.
The aesthetic solution
To restore radiance to skin that is still young, Marie-Thérèse Bousquet, aesthetic doctor, recommends a light therapy treatment (Kleresca Rejuvenation), which gives good results while being very comfortable.
Another possibility is IPL (or pulsed light) which, by acting on the vascular component of the dermis, offers a beautiful light to the complexion and acts on redness (from 150 euros per session).
Count three sessions a month apart, then twice a year, except on tanned skin (300 euros per session).
Make-up Maria Olsson.
Hairdresser Mickaël Jauneau.
Sabine Villiard
From the age of 45-50, if the complexion lacks freshness, a fractional C02 laser session is a good "improvement trigger" which can boost the skin, put it back in tension and significantly improve the complexion.
The consequences (red and swollen skin, which fluff) last a good week, and the results are visible after three.
If stains are present in addition, a TCA (trichloroacetic) peeling is more indicated.
The result ?
More even skin, fewer fine lines and tighter pores (from 400 euros per session).
My face is square
Over time, we lose bone, fat melts and slides down.
The cone of youth is reversed and the V becomes U. Only the facelift can really go up the slopes but, according to Oliver Claude, plastic surgeon, we can act before.
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The aesthetic solution
"To fight against a little marked sagging, a treatment plan based on dense hyaluronic acid gives good results for twelve to eighteen months: three areas (cheekbones, temples and mandibular line) are injected to restore the support of the skin, redraw the oval and remove traces of negative emotions from the face (from 500 euros per session).
The option of absorbable threads is possible from the age of 35, when the relaxation is still slight, if necessary in association with injections of hyaluronic acid.
After 45 years, this combo of techniques remains effective, but with more threads (from 2000 euros) and a greater number of injections.
The results last around two years.
This article was updated on Monday, January 17, 2022.
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