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Face the New Year with a Fresh-Faced Look: How Botox® and Fillers Can Help
A new year is here, and that means you’re another year older. Maybe you’re starting to see the effects that time can have on your skin in the form of wrinkles, creases, and sagging.
Any of these changes to your skin can make you look older than you are or feel. If you want to reduce their impact and appear younger, injectable treatments like Botox® and dermal fillers can make a big difference.
If you’re looking for ways to get younger-looking skin, Dr. Javier Zelaya and his team at Skinworks Dermatology, with three New York City locations, can help.
How wrinkles develop
The skin is a versatile and unique organ, providing temperature control, sensation, and hair growth.
The proteins collagen and elastin are vital to the structure of the skin. Collagen is essential to the structure of other organs, muscles, tendons, nails, and hair. Elastin is the main reason skin is flexible and capable of stretching.
When we’re young, our bodies produce ample amounts of both proteins to keep skin full and flexible. Over time, several factors contribute to their decline, including overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or tanning beds and the natural effects of aging.
As the production of collagen and elastin slows, skin becomes less pliable and shows more wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging.
How Botox helps
Botox is the popular name for a neurotoxin that relaxes muscles where wrinkles form, including your face. Botox reduces the appearance of wrinkles like frown lines and crow’s feet when injected into key areas like your forehead and around your eyes.
It’s a simple process that takes about 10 minutes, and the results can last four months or longer.
How dermal fillers help
Where Botox relaxes muscles, dermal fillers add volume to treat deep wrinkles and sagging jowls. The materials in these injections vary, using substances like hyaluronic acid and calcium hydroxylapatite to replace the collagen lost in the skin and help you look younger.
Depending on how many areas you’re treating, the process can take only a few minutes or as long as an hour. You might need multiple treatment sessions to achieve optimal results.
Using one or both injectables can help eliminate the effects of aging on your face. To see what they can do for you, schedule a consultation with Dr. Zelaya and Skinworks Dermatology. Call the office in Maspeth, Chelsea, or Park Slope, or request your appointment online today.
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