Different treatments for skin tightening
Below are some of the best treatments for saggy skin offered at our clinic. These can effectively make your skin firmer, smoother, and tighter.
- Microneedling – Microneedling has become a very popular treatment for many different skin related issues, like scars, sagging, and more, as deemed highly effective by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information. It is performed using a handheld medical device with micro-sized needles. The device is used to create fine punctures into the skin around the targeted areas. As soon as this is performed, your skin starts creating collagen to heal the punctured areas. This improves the health of your skin and makes it tighter.
Depending on what result you are expecting and how loose your skin is, there may be a need for multiple microneedling sessions. Generally, four to eight visits can do the trick. At The Bombay Skin Clinic, we make use of the Dermapen 4, the latest in microneedling technology. We do not recommend this treatment for patients with active skin condition, keloid scarring, and active acne. - Ultrasound HIFU – One of the main reasons why your skin may start to lose its tightness is the lack of collagen production. This can happen with age, but with the Ultrasound HIFU treatment, this problem can be successfully tackled. The Ultherapy technique is used to send sound waves into the affected areas of your skin. This increases the production of collagen, which leads to healthier, tighter skin.
At The Bombay Skin Clinic, we make use of the Ultraformer III to treat the entire face, neck, and body. It involves no incisions and causes no scarring with no downtime as well. We recommend it for patients with mild-to-moderate skin laxity. The ultrasound energy is delivered to the target area in short pulses for approximately 30 minutes to 90 minutes. For the duration of the treatment, you may feel some heat or tingling sensations, which is completely normal. There may also be some temporary swelling or redness. Patients who undergo HIFU report seeing results after three months. We recommend repeat procedures for them in a few years. However, depending on your condition, you may need multiple sessions with the doctor to achieve the result you want. - Threads – This treatment procedure is performed on people who want subtle, natural looking lifts on their skin. Subtle sutures are used by the dermatologist to hold the loose skin up, which provides you with a youthful appearance. The mono or poly threads are inserted below the skin to help to lift and stretch it. The threads are absorbable and trigger the skin healing response of producing collagen along the threads, causing the skin to lift and tighten. After the procedure is performed, the collagen production under the skin also improves significantly and makes your skin healthier and livelier.
This is a very low-invasive procedure without any serious health risks. This means you do not need a long recovery time to go back to your daily routine. Depending on the extent of the condition and your expected result, the dermatologist will determine how many sessions are required. - Radiofrequency – There are many effective skin tightening treatments available today, and radiofrequency is one of the non-invasive ones. When the radiofrequency (RF) energy is sent into the targeted areas, using a specialized medical device, it heats up the collagen present under your skin. This results in the production of more collagen and the health of your skin starts to improve dramatically. The skin on your jowls and neck start to tighten up after the treatment.
At The Bombay Skin Clinic, we use Monopolar RF to treat forehead lines, crow’s feet, and wrinkles around the lips and neck. Forehead skin, eyebrow skin, skin around the eyelids, and the cheeks can also be treated with radiofrequency. While some of our patients have seen results immediately, it can take up to six months for others to achieve the expected result. Also, you may also need multiple treatment sessions to reach your skin goals. - Laser skin tightening – According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the laser skin tightening treatment is effective as certain lasers can deliver heat into your skin without affecting the epidermis. When the infrared laser light is applied on the targeted site, the heat reaches deep within the skin and improves collagen production. This can treat a lot of different skin conditions, including sagging.
Laser skin tightening is a safe and painless procedure. It may take a few months for you to notice the improvement, but that is because the treatment influences the natural healing process of your body. Depending on how saggy your skin is, you may require up to three treatment sessions. Results are almost immediately noticeable with zero downtime required. This is a non-ablative type of treatment that only requires a topical anesthetic cream. Mild side effects include swelling or redness. - MNRF – At The Bombay Skin Clinic, we also offer the Secret Micro-needle Fractional RF System to tighten and rejuvenate skin. It is a USA-FDA approved treatment. It uses minimally invasive micro-needles to deliver controlled radiofrequency energy directly into the depths of the skin. This RF energy heats up the skin tissues and triggers new collagen production, thus promoting remodeling of skin and its tightening. This treatment is also effective in reducing acne scars by breaking scar bands.
- Fillers – Facial fillers are primarily used as volumizers to lifting and plump up the cheek, chin, jawline, temple, lips, and saggy skin on the hands. At The Bombay Skin Clinic, we help tighten skin with the use of facial fillers. It helps tackle issues of skin elasticity, volume, laxness, and facial lines. Dr. Batul Patel is a certified Allergan trainer and you can rest assured that you are in safe hands.
- Platelet-rich plasma – At The Bombay Skin Clinic, we offer the Arthrex PRP treatment that uses monotherapy, or in combination with medical needling for general skin and hand rejuvenation and treating peri orbital wrinkles. It is safe, non-invasive, effective, and can be repeated as many times as needed. The growth factors present in PRP that helps in the process, PRP for hand rejuvenation has shown great results, with significant increase in the thickness of the epidermis. It also improved overall skin texture and brightness.
