At the age of 50+ in women, the production of the female hormone estrogen drops sharply, affecting the condition of the skin. It is possible to rejuvenate the face after the age of 50 without surgery with the help of competent cosmetic and home care methods.
Plastic surgery is a miracle job, but not all women can afford it. But everyone can take care of their skin at home. The main thing is that it be regular and comprehensive.
Daily care plan:
- wash;
- firm;
- moisturizing;
- nutrition.
Twice a week is worth applying a face mask, as well as connecting self-massage and gym to facial muscles.
The set of skin care cosmetics for women aged 50+ is still the same as in previous years. But the composition of the funds should be different.
Demand:
- remove products that dry the skin - alkaline foaming cleansers, alcohol-containing lotions;
- purchase protective cosmetics to protect the skin from the negative effects of sun, wind and frost;
- Replace conventional creams and tonics with anti-aging creams.
For cleansing and toning, you need:
- foam or gel for washing has a neutral pH;
- Scrub-gommage (use once in 7-14 days depending on skin type);
- micellar water;
- non-alcoholic tonic.
It is very helpful to wipe the face with ice cubes - it tones and refreshes the skin. Should use decoction of chrysanthemum, thistle, locust to make ice.
For moisturizing and nutrition, use day and night cream. Separately, you need to buy a cream for the eyelid skin, but for the neck you can use the same products as for the face. It is not necessary to buy an expensive cream, mid-range budget is also suitable.
Good anti-aging creams contain:
- Acid AHA and BHA;
- vitamins (tocopherol, retinol);
- coenzyme Q10;
- peptides;
- hyaluronic acid;
- collagen.
You can buy ready-made masks or make your own. After 50 years, masks with oils, honey, fresh vegetables and fruits are very useful. To tighten the private area, people use home remedies with starch, gelatin and homemade protein.
Massage will keep you young for a long time. Ideally, it should be performed by an experienced esthetician, but do not rule out self-massage.
An effective technique is plastic massage. Provides several types of impact - knead, swipe, vibrate. The process starts with surface impacts, then they move on to deep kneading.
Basic tricks:
- Caress. Light strokes are performed in the direction of the lines of least stretch (massage lines).
- Acrobatics is superficial. It is done with four fingers (except for the thumb), a movement made like drawing a spiral with small rotations.
- Deep kneading. It is done with all five fingers and the whole palm, the pressure should be stronger.
- exploit. It is done with the fingertips along all the massage lines.
- Vibrate. It is performed with the lower part of the palm, moving from the middle of the sternum along the collarbone to the ear and further to the temple.
Before the procedure, the face is covered with a sterile layer of talcum powder - this is necessary to prevent fingers from sliding on the skin.
Another technique is complex massage with tablespoons. For the procedure, you need to prepare two containers full of hot and cold water, a couple of spoons, cosmetic oil.
The convex part of the spoon is made to collide. Swiping, rubbing, and patting techniques are used. Silver spoons are recommended, but regular ones can be used. Warm oil is applied to the skin before the session. The effect is performed alternately between cold and warm spoons, directing the movement completely along the massage line.
An effective way to rejuvenate the face without injections and surgery is to exercise the muscles of the face. Learning how to do homework is not difficult, the main thing is regular classes.
There are many different sets of exercises. Here's one of them (do each move 10 times):
- Bring air into your mouth and squeeze it out in a circular motion from cheek to cheek, as if rolling a ball. First clockwise, then counterclockwise.
- Use your fingers to press firmly on the corners of your lips. Pull your lips forward, as if wanting to kiss someone, overcoming the resistance of your fingers.
- Press the outer corners of the eyes with your fingers (with the eyelids closed). Open your eyes as wide as you can, raise your eyebrows slightly. Hold this position for 5 seconds, then lower your eyelids and relax your muscles.
- Place three fingers on the area between the eyebrows, press firmly. Try to frown, frown, overcome the resistance of your fingers.
- Open your mouth and try to pull your lips in, as if hiding them behind your teeth. This move raises the chin.
- Use your fingers to press the corners of your lips and try to smile.
- Pull your cheeks inward, then inflate them with air.
When you exercise, you may experience a burning sensation on your skin. This is normal, as the muscles work and tighten.
Beauty salons offer many ways to rejuvenate after 55 without surgery. This is both a traditional method (massage, masking), and a new method (injection of fillers, hardware contact).
The essence of non-surgical facial rejuvenation technique is to puncture the skin and insert synthetic threads to create a reinforcing frame. The effect of the surgical field lasts 3-4 years.
Thread lift is recommended for sagging cheeks, formation of a second chin, change in facial contour, appearance of wrinkles.
For the manufacture of thread, polymeric materials, silicone, various acids, platinum, gold are used. The diameter of the thread does not exceed the thickness of a human hair. After introducing the subject is not perceived and not seen to others.
The essence of this procedure is exposure of the skin to pulsed light. Radiation is a quantum flux delivered by explosions. The wavelength used is 400-1400 nm. The effect of the course does not appear immediately, but 6-8 weeks after the end of the course. During this phase, the collagen framework and skin structure are strengthened, facial skin is firmed, wrinkles are erased.
Light energy heats tissues and destroys photosensitive substances. Thereby:
- age spots disappear, skin improvement;
- turgor increase;
- The synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin is enhanced.
This technique is not suitable for eliminating all age-related changes. Other procedures should be used to remove deep wrinkles and improve facial contours.
Laser resurfacing is a procedure that can halt the aging process. The key point is to target the epidermis with a laser. The top layer of cells is evaporated, which helps to stimulate regenerative processes.
Grinding is one of the types of peeling. But the effect is carried out on the deep layers, compared with acid peeling. Only certified masters can carry out the procedure.
This is a hardware procedure based on shining infrared rays into the deep layers of the skin. It is done using a device that emits radio wave energy.
The energy flow heats the deep layers of the skin to a compaction temperature. As a result, stretched collagen fibers are tightened, providing a tightening effect.
The method is suitable for rejuvenating the skin of the face, neck, age spots as well as other parts of the body. It is also used in the fight against cellulite.
An injection procedure, the essence of which is the introduction of special "cocktails" under the skin. Preparations include hyaluronic acid, vitamins, amino acids.
With the advent of mesococktails, the following changes will occur:
- age spots disappear;
- skin improvement;
- skin dryness is eliminated, wrinkles are smoothed;
- relief is leveled.
The medicine is injected with a very thin needle. Lots of microtraumas are created, which help stimulate collagen and elastin production, and improve blood microcirculation.
When planning non-surgical rejuvenation, many women choose injection method. In cosmetology, various preparations are used for injection into the skin:
- hyaluronic acid in combination with peptides;
- botulinum toxin;
- calcium collagen hydroxyapatite.
Selected drugs are administered parenterally. Very thin needles are used.
Rejuvenation of the face and neck is carried out by introducing special oxy-ozone cocktails. After the treatment, the face has a fresh look, wrinkles, acne scars disappear. This technique stimulates collagen production.
An alternative home remedy to ozone therapy is to treat the skin with hydrogen peroxide. However, external exposure is less effective than the injection technique.
It is possible to effectively rejuvenate facial skin after the age of 60 without surgery thanks to fractional laser technology. In terms of effectiveness, the procedure can be compared with the use of stem cells, but fractional laser rejuvenation is safer and more affordable.
It is necessary to carry out the procedure in a cosmetic clinic that has the appropriate certifications. Unprofessional use of lasers can lead to burns and other side effects.
Fractional laser exposure is a unique non-surgical facial rejuvenation method that has many advantages:
- lack of severe pain;
- noticeable effect even after one procedure;
- no negative side effects;
- a short time for rehabilitation.
An important advantage is an affordable price (8-10 thousand rubles) with a pronounced effect. The procedure solves several cosmetic problems at once - smoothes wrinkles, tightens, removes post-acne scars.
You should use fractional laser irradiation when there are the following cosmetic defects:
- wrinkles, including deep wrinkles;
- sagging skin, loss of clear ovals on the face;
- scars, scars, spider veins;
- enlarged pores, acne;
- black spot.
But there are also contraindications. They must be taken into account, because at the age of fifty not everyone has iron health. Laser rejuvenation is not performed in the following cases:
- large inflamed areas of the face;
- skin infections;
- psoriasis, eczema;
- melanoma of any localization;
- heart disease;
- epilepsy;
- immunocompromised state;
- Neurological disorders plant;
- severe allergic diseases.
The patient should alert the esthetician to the presence of any chronic diseases. The specialist on that basis decides which technique can be used.
This technique involves the impact of a laser beam into the deep layers of the skin. Because the beam is split into many small beams, it affects only certain fractions, leaving the remaining tissues intact. In the affected areas, cells are "burned", which stimulates the regeneration process, the synthesis of collagen and elastin.
Women 50 years of age and older should use a non-ablative exposure method. Its difference is that the deep layers of the dermis are involved in this process. This allows even deep wrinkles to be smoothed out.
During the first week after exposure, the skin becomes inflamed. It may be noted:
- in the first 2-3 hours - a slight burning sensation;
- in the first 1-2 days - redness;
- on the 2-3rd day - peeling, lasting 4-5 days.
During the month, the skin will be especially sensitive to the sun, so you need to apply a sunscreen before going outdoors.
After the peeling process stops, that is, after about a week, the effect of the procedure will become noticeable. Wrinkles are reduced, skin is tight, and the face is fresher. But to achieve a noticeable result, you need to take a course of sessions. Their number is determined individually.
A professional esthetician will assist in choosing the right rejuvenation method.
After 50 years, it will not be possible to get a good effect when using:
- pale fruit peel;
- cosmetic mask;
- Facial rejuvenation with BBL.
These treatments are great for young women 30 and older. After fifty and even more than sixty years, techniques are needed to give a visible lifting effect and smooth wrinkles.
Contradictory comments on facial rejuvenation techniques: there are many positive comments, but there are also people who do not like this procedure.
First review
With age, wrinkles and age spots appear more pronounced. Facial rejuvenation surgery was contraindicated for me, so I decided to go with the non-surgical technique. Cosmetologists recommend fractional laser rejuvenation. I am satisfied with the procedure, I did it without severe pain and bruising. On the 6th day, her face looks quite good, although it is more ruddy than usual. I can say that's a result - eyelids tighten, wrinkles are smaller, small pigment spots disappear, but large spots just turn pale. I will repeat the process later.
Second review
I'm afraid of plastic surgery, so I take very good care of my skin. But after 50, the face "falls down", has sunken cheeks, double chin, and wrinkles. I chose fractional laser rejuvenation. What can I say, I am in so much pain, in tears, I can hardly stand this execution. In the morning, I woke up terrified to see myself in the mirror - a face that resembled a beaten homeless woman. Somehow survived 3 days, then it got better. But she can actually "launch to the world" in just 2 weeks. My eye lines are gone, ovals are more visible, nasolabial folds are less deep. The effect is not bad, but the second time I will not dare to endure this pain even if I just want to be beautiful.