There are several treatments you can get at the doctor’s office for immediate noticeable results.
- Lasers
the old lasers took off layers of your skin, leaving you looking like a burn victim for weeks. The newer versions like the Fraxel Skin Resurfacing Laser can be used to eliminate age spots, scars and uneven texture with a few days of recovery. - Peels
A light chemical peel such as a glycolic acid peel will speed cell turnover so that skin tone and texture improve, but you need to have several treatments, increasing in strength, to see the best results. This is one of the easiest and least painful ways to brighten up your skin. I’ve had several glycolic peels, and I loved the results. - Microdermabrasion
A machine is used to exfoliate the skin, scrubbing it using very fine crystals. A series of treatments can improve skin tone, texture, dark spots and fine lines. - LED Photomodulation
With this treatment, you sit in front of a panel of bright lights that pulsate across your face for 45 seconds. It is supposed to give you more elastic, smoother skin, but the cost is steep, around $1,500 for eight 45-second treatments. That’s a total of six minutes, which is good if you have a busy schedule, but bad if you have a budget. - Fat
Using your own fat to fill in wrinkles. Sounds like a winner to me! But the fat has to be injected very deeply with a big needle for the results to last, and there are no long-term studies on the process. - Collagen
CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast are made from human collagen so they don’t require tests for allergies. Zyplast and Zyerm are made from bovine collagen (yes, from cows) and require testing before injections. The results can last up to nine years—great if you get good results, horrible if you get results you aren’t happy with. - Hyaluronic acid
This actually comes from natural sugar, and is found in Restylane, Juvaderm, Captiqe and Hylederm. - Silicone
Silicone 1000 is more permanent, and can last at least three years. Again, great if you like the results, but a disaster if it is botched.



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