With more than 50 years in women, estrogen production is drastically reduced, which affects the skin condition. Facial rejuvenation after 50 years without surgery is possible with the help of competent cosmetology methods and home care.
Plastic surgery works wonders, but not all women can afford the operation. But competent skin care at home is available to everyone. The main thing is that it is regular and comprehensive.
Daily care plan:
- cleaning;
- toning;
- moisturizer;
- nutrition.
2 times a week it is worth making nourishing masks, as well as connecting self-massage and gymnastics for facial muscles.
The set of skin care cosmetics for women over 50 is the same as in previous years. But the composition of funds must be different.
Necessity:
- get rid of products that dry the skin - alkaline foams for washing, lotions containing alcohol;
- buy protective cosmetics to protect the skin from the negative effects of sun, wind and frost;
- replace conventional creams and tonics with anti-aging.
For cleansing and toning you need:
- foam or gel for washing with neutral pH;
- Scrub-gommage (use once in 7-14 days depending on skin type);
- micellar water;
- alcohol-free tonic.
It is useful to cleanse the face with ice cubes - it tones and refreshes the skin. It is advisable to use decoctions of chamomile, succession, linden to make ice.
For hydration and nutrition, use day and night creams. Separately, you need to buy a cream for the skin of the eyelids, but for the neck you can use the same products as for the face. It is not necessary to buy an expensive cream, medium-priced funds are also suitable.
Good anti-aging creams contain:
- AHA and BHA acids;
- 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 useful. For tightening, home remedies with starch, gelatin and homemade protein are used.
Massage will help keep you young. Ideally, it should be done by an experienced beautician, but self-massage is not excluded.
An effective technique is plastic massage. Provides various types of impact - kneading, caressing, vibration. The procedure starts with superficial effects, then moves on to deep kneading.
Basic tricks:
- caressing. Light movements are performed towards the lines of least stretch (massage lines).
- Kneading is superficial. It is performed with four fingers (except the thumb), a movement is performed that resembles drawing a spiral with small turns.
- Deep kneading. It is performed with the five fingers and the palm of the hand, the pressure must be more intense.
- playing. It is done with the fingertips along all the massage lines.
- Vibration. It is performed with the lower part of the palm, the movement is directed from the middle of the sternum along the collarbone to the ear and then to the temple.
Before the session, the face is sprayed with sterile talc - this is necessary to prevent fingers from slipping on the skin.
Another technique is a complex massage with tablespoons. For the procedure, you need to prepare two containers filled with hot and cold water, a few spoons, cosmetic oil.
The impact is made by the convex part of the spoon. Stroking, rubbing and tapping techniques are used. It is advisable to use silver spoons, but you can use regular ones. Warm oil is applied to the skin before the session. The effect is done alternately with a cold and warm spoon, the direction of movement is strictly along the massage lines.
An effective way to rejuvenate the face without injections and operations is gymnastics for the muscles of the face. Learning to do exercises at home is not difficult, the main thing is that classes are regular.
There are different sets of exercises. Here's one of them (do each move 10 times):
- Take the air in your mouth and distill it in a circle from one cheek to the other, as if you were rolling a ball. First clockwise, then counter.
- Press the corners of the lips firmly with your fingers. Pull your lips forward, as if you want 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 possible, slightly raising your eyebrows. 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 drawing your eyebrows together, frowning, overcoming the resistance of your fingers.
- Open your mouth and try to pull your lips inwards, as if hiding them behind your teeth. This movement lifts the chin.
- Press the corners of your lips with your fingers and try to smile widely.
- Pull your cheeks inwards and then inflate them with air.
When exercising, you may feel a burning sensation on your skin. This is normal as the muscles work and contract.
Salons offer various forms of rejuvenation after 55 years without surgery. These are traditional methods (massage, masks) and new methods (introducing fills, exposing hardware).
The essence of the non-surgical face and neck rejuvenation technique is the performance of punctures in the skin and the introduction of synthetic threads that create a reinforcing frame. The effect of the procedure field lasts 3-4 years.
Thread lifting is recommended for sagging cheeks, formation of a second chin, changes in the contour of the face, appearance of wrinkles.
For the manufacture of yarn, polymeric materials, silicone, various acids, platinum, gold are used. The diameter of the strands does not exceed the thickness of a human hair. After the introduction of the wire it is not felt or visible to others.
The essence of this procedure is exposing the skin to pulsed light. Radiation is a quantum flux that is provided by bursts. The wavelength used is 400-1400 nm. The effect of the procedure does not appear immediately, but 6-8 weeks after completing the course. During this period, collagen structure and skin structure are strengthened, the face is tightened and fine wrinkles are smoothed.
Light energy heats tissues and destroys photosensitive substances. This way:
- age spots disappear, the complexion improves;
- turgor increases;
- the synthesis of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin is enhanced.
The technique is not suitable for getting rid of all age-related changes. Other procedures must be used to eliminate deep wrinkles and improve facial contours.
Laser resurfacing is a procedure that can stop aging. The bottom line is impacting the epidermis with a laser. The top layer of cells is evaporated, which stimulates regeneration processes.
Grinding is one of the varieties of peeling. But the effect is carried out in the deep layers, compared to acid peeling. Only a master who has a certificate can perform the procedure.
This is a hardware procedure based on infrared exposure to the deep layers of the skin. It is performed using a device that emits radio wave energy.
The flow of energy heats the deep layers of the skin to compaction temperature. As a result, the stretched collagen fibers are tightened, providing a tightening effect.
The method is suitable for rejuvenating the skin of the face, neck, décolleté, as well as other parts of the body. It is also used to fight 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 introduction of mesococktails, the following changes occur:
- age spots disappear;
- improves the complexion;
- dryness is eliminated, wrinkles are smoothed;
- relief is leveled.
The drugs are administered with very fine needles. Many microtraumas are created, which stimulates collagen and elastin production and improves blood microcirculation.
When planning rejuvenation without surgery, many women choose injection procedures. In cosmetology, different preparations are used for injection into the skin:
- hyaluronic acid in combination with peptides;
- botulinum toxin;
- calcium collagen hydroxyapatite.
Select drugs are administered by injection. Very fine injection needles are used.
Rejuvenation of the face and neck is carried out with the introduction of special oxygen-ozone cocktails. After the procedure, the face acquires a fresh appearance, wrinkles, acne marks disappear. The technique stimulates collagen production.
A homemade alternative to ozone therapy is treating the face with hydrogen peroxide. However, external exposure is less effective than the injection technique.
Effective facial rejuvenation after 60 years without surgery is possible using the fractional laser exposure technique. In terms of effectiveness, the procedure can be compared to using stem cells, but fractional laser rejuvenation is safer and more affordable.
It is necessary to carry out the procedure in a cosmetology clinic that has the appropriate certificates. Unspecialized use of the laser can result in burns and other adverse effects.
Fractional laser exposure is a unique method of facial rejuvenation without surgery that has many advantages:
- absence of severe pain;
- noticeable effect even after a procedure;
- no negative side effects;
- a short period of rehabilitation.
An important advantage is an affordable price (8-10 thousand rubles) with pronounced efficiency. The procedure solves several cosmetic problems at once - smoothes wrinkles, tightens, eliminates post-acne scars.
Fractional laser exposure is recommended in the presence of the following cosmetic defects:
- wrinkles, including deep ones;
- sagging skin, loss of a clear oval of the face;
- scars, scars, spider veins;
- enlarged pores, acne;
- dark spots.
But there are also contraindications. They must be taken into account, because at the age of fifty, not everyone is healthy. It is prohibited to perform laser rejuvenation in the following circumstances:
- large inflamed areas on the face;
- skin infections;
- psoriasis, eczema;
- malignant neoplasms of any location;
- heart disease;
- epilepsy;
- immunodeficiency status;
- neurological problems;
- serious allergic diseases.
The patient should alert the cosmetologist about the presence of chronic diseases. The specialist based on this decides which technique can be used.
The technique consists of impacting a laser beam on the deep layers of the skin. As the beam is divided into many small beams, the effect is only in certain microzones, the rest of the tissues remain intact. In the affected areas, the cells are "burned", which stimulates the regeneration process, the synthesis of collagen and elastin.
It is recommended that women over the age of 50 use a non-ablative exposure method. Their difference is that the deep layers of the dermis are involved in the process. This allows even deep wrinkles to be smoothed out.
During the first week after exposure, the skin will be inflamed. It can be noted:
- in the first 2-3 hours - a slight burning sensation;
- in the first 1-2 days - redness;
- on day 2-3 - peeling, which lasts 4-5 days.
During the month, the skin will be especially sensitive to sunlight, so you need to apply a protective cream before going out.
After the peeling stops, that is, after about a week, the effect of the procedure will become noticeable. Wrinkles are less deep, skin is firmer, face looks fresh. But to achieve a pronounced result, you need to take a course of sessions. Your number is determined individually.
Assistance in choosing the appropriate rejuvenation method will be provided by a professional cosmetologist.
After 50 years, it will not be possible to get a good effect when using:
- light fruit peels;
- cosmetic masks;
- BBL facial rejuvenation.
These treatments are good for young women over 30. After fifty and more than sixty years, techniques are needed that give a pronounced lifting effect and smooth out wrinkles.
Opinions on facial rejuvenation techniques are mixed: there are many positive opinions, but there are also those who did not like the procedure.
first review
With age, pronounced wrinkles and age spots appear. Facial rejuvenation surgery is contraindicated for me, so I decided to use non-surgical techniques. The beautician recommended fractional laser rejuvenation. I am satisfied with the procedure, I did it without severe pain and bruising. Already on the 6th day, the face looked decent, although it was more pink than usual. I can say that there is one result - the eyelids tightened, the wrinkles became smaller, the small pigment spots disappeared, but the large ones only turned pale. I will repeat the process later.
second review
I'm afraid of getting plastic surgery, so I took great care of my skin. But after 50, the face "collapsed", cheeks appeared, a second chin, a network of wrinkles. I opted for fractional laser rejuvenation. What can I say, it was very painful for me, tears welled up in my eyes, I could hardly bear this execution. In the morning I got up and was scared of myself in the mirror - a face like a beaten homeless man. It somehow survived 3 days, then got better. But she could really "hang out with people" only after 2 weeks. The wrinkles in my eyes disappeared, the oval became lighter, the nasolabial folds became less deep. The effect is not bad, but the second time I dare not bear this pain even for the sake of beauty.